Who to pick in a PUG...

[Magyk]

imo, the acknowledged greats should collaborate and form a list. Then that gives people a reason to play. I know that I'm a very competitive person and would love to see where I ranked and try to advance a place or two. Maybe some form of challenge system could be invented to try to move up the ladder by playing against dudes ranked above you.

[Turky]

well, skill seems very opinionated so it'd be a good idea to get multiple lists.

[GUARD!AN]

well, skill seems very opinionated so it'd be a good idea to get multiple lists.

That's a good point.

I think the most unbiased way to do this is to track pug pick orders across multiple pugs and just create list based on trends in that (however, only when capts are even lol).

[AmericanFool]

As much as I think these lists tend to bring out the worst in ppl, I love them anyways, judging is always a good time

My list:

Elite (Single handedly win games consistantly)
Tensor
Jkb
Wuf
Jawa
Guard

Great (Still able to carry, but to lesser extent)
kra/duo

Really good (these dudes are all really equal, each has his specialty class: yo as reborn boss, trk as snowtrooper, archi as jan, and raptor as demo..IMO)
Yo
Archi/Trk (Both really consistant and you know what you'll get from)
Roflraptor

Good
Pipe (Has practically perfected d-tech on hoth, but other then that isn't too far ahead of the rest of the tier)
Vail (Haven't played with that much)
Lorax/Fool
Sonic (Great reborn boss)
J3rk (is a ninja)/VDS (great reborn boss)
MadCow/Kane
Katy

Servicable (new to pugs and still need to learn the main strategies)
MR. KILL
general garm
What_console

Only reason I put me/lorax together is that we are both extremely streaky (at least from what I've seen)

[§ Vail §]

Lots of people in this thread really overrate me. I'm definetly not on the same level as players like Yo or Kera. I think Archi should be higher up on the list and piiipe should definetly be above me since its a proven fact that piiipe is the best player in the buisness. I'm not too sure why Laser is so low in the list, he should be around the top, he's really good when he isnt rusty

[what_console]

i wanna see tensor vs what_console 1v1
all my money on console

Nice Joke Pips...

[Turquoise Dragon]

There should also be a list of who not to pick. I'm the no. 1 anti-pick.

[j3rk]

is tens0r really as good as ppl say? not to be daft, i've just never really seen him play i don't think (unless he was aliased or somethin...)

[Magyk]

is tens0r really as good as ppl say?

Is the sky blue?

[Laser]

Thanks Magyk and Vail

I used to be one of the top picks behind the pug owners/elite, but I haven't played so much since new years.

This is my list (in no order inside each sublist):

Top picks (their team is expected to win almost always):
Tensor
Jakab
Guard

Carriers (can carry a team but need a certain degree of support)
Jawa*
Duo*
Wufei Chang
Saberdude*

Great
Kera
Roflraptor
Fusion
Ghoul

Very good
Turkey*
Archi*
Yo

Good-1
Vail
Pipe*
Sith
Cyclosarin

Good-2
Lorax
Afro
Phoenix

OK
J3rk
Magyk
Kane
Sonic
Katy
Mike
Fool
Cow
Blackout

Pub
MR. KILL
what_console
General Garm
Delta

*=specialist jan, thus these people are rated more highly

Bare in mind I haven't played much recently, so my list might not be completely accurate.