Following up on my previous posts ranking people's performances on the pro circuit here are the standings of the top 50 with all events from this season up thorugh PC and 10k LA.

190 Dalton, Michael
182 Jacob, Michael
179 Spears, David
165 Muller, Andre
164 Reeves, Neil
154 Edwards, Craig
151 Brown, Alex
151 Horn, Karl
149 Kolb, Markus
139 Dawson, Jason

136 Leader, David
124 Blech, Reinhard
123 Kockott, Kristian
117 Pan, Phimus
114 Hoh, Hans Joachim
112 Rowland, Niles
111 Wijaya, Vidianto
104 Cabanero, Eric
103 Lao, Bulk
101 Postlethwait, William

100 Bragg, Tillman
99 Witanen, Joshua
94 Sohnle, Dean
90 Cuenca, Nicholas
90 Little, Nick
89 Prosak, Adam
88 Dougherty, Rob
87 Tatar, Matthew
79 Tice, Doug
74 Frayer, David

72 Hager, Jason
68 Rodriguez, Colin
66 Clark, Dan
66 Corney, Andrew
66 King, Stephen
65 Chaurette, Benoit
65 Tatta, John
64 Hoang, Sau
64 Stoll, Ben
63 Ashton, Tommy

63 Figueroa, Milton
63 Gellerman, Alex
63 Shvartsman, Alex
63 St. Clair, Roy
62 Stitch, Maik
61 Calabrese, Anthony
61 Dembinski, Kyle
60 Brown, Jonathan
60 Lockard, Ryan
60 Shaheen, Anthony

hans seems a little high, no?

why?

He didnt finish with a place at PCLA.

only constructed rankings? seems a bit unfair...

Its not adjusted for Hoh's DQ since I use the official standings that UDE posts when the tournament info is sent in and they obviously didn't decide to take him out of the standings. To the other question, it uses any 10K or PC which includes Constructed and Limited formats together.

Pardon my ignorance, how are the points weighted?

Avatar, He was removed from the standings. Everyone who played in LA was bumped up 1 place by his DQ.

Taken from the old thread: "Points are awarded at a PC by giving 75 points to 1st place and scaling down by 1 point for each place till 1 point for 75th and then top 8 gets bonus points, 25 for 1st, 20 for 2nd, 15 for 3rd-4th, and 10 for 5th-8th. Points for a 10k are a little more modified but are similar as top 8 gets 1st - 25, 2nd - 23, 3rd - 21, 4th - 20, 5th - 18, 6th - 17, 7th - 16, 8th - 15."

And I think Hans still deserves the points. I mean, he did make top 8, and as long as he didn't cheat to get there (which we don't know), he isn't actually a bad player.

WTF?!

I couldnt care less how 'good' Hans really is. All i know is that the individuals entrusted to judge adherence to the rules of the game on its most vaunted stage decided that he cheated.

This is a decision that goes past the grounds of mere allegation. Given all of the information, it was concluded that Hans cheated. The decision to DQ without prize is never taken lightly. Hans is free to appeal the decision but at this stage he is guilty until proven innocent, rather than the other way around.

Cheating is the absolute worst thing you can do. For mine, a second chance is always warranted so long as the guilty part continues to protest their innocence, as mistakes can be made. However, i am willing to trust the decision of the judges in this regard.

As a result, i dont see why Hans deserves any sympathy, let alone reward from the Vs community, AT ALL. Hans tried to cheat Karl Horn, and any interested party to PCLA, out of money and recognition. I dont see how this garners him any respect whatsoever. His actions belittle the entire Vs playing world, and any punishment should recognise this.

I'm just saying, I interpreted this thread as the best players of the year. I'm not sympathizing with him, I'm just saying he is a good player. I'm not saying cheating is good, or that he was innocent either (I really doubt he was).

Part of beign a good player is not cheating. Ever.

lol, Roy St. Clair is on the list.

Whatever, I'm done with this argument.

whatever is said about Roy, and there has been a lot, until UDE decides to do anything about him, he is innocent until proven guilty. The fact that the infamous Roy St Clair hasnt been penalised for anything major gives more weight to the confidence the judges must have had in the guilt of Hans to DQ him.