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NA Invite Top 100: #100-#91
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November 26, 2021

The NA Invite Top 100 is a project merging history and shenanigans with the purpose of highlighting some of the best players in North American TF2 history. Access the hub post here to view outlines, honorable mentions, and previous reveals. Tune in every Monday and Friday for the next release!

We kick off the official Top 100 with alexwut, a Demoman that ties a couple other players for longest time retired from TF2. Last active ESEA S5, he only played two full seasons excluding any activity before ESEA. Therefore, there isn't much (easily accesible) data on him. As for what we do know: he played 21 Invite matches with a 12-9 record, and won the first ever ESEA Invite season with 20ID in S3. He also played for Blight during S5, though he did not attend LAN. For this brief amount of time, alexwut stands on equal footing in the fragging department when compared to his contemporaries like litany and hubris. Statistics will likely be the driving commentary for the super old players, since even I don't know much about them, so alexwut starts us off with a short but simple resume.
Next up is alexwut's 20ID teammate saber07. This Scout player also does not have much in terms of information, with just one full Invite season to his name (two if you count the inaugural ESEA season). Maps-wise, saber has an 18-8 overall record (including a perfect 7-0 run on Badlands!). Additionally, his bonus highlights include competing on high levels teams before the dawn of ESEA, winning Season 3 Invite with 20ID (while being #9 in frags), and attending the first big LAN in TF2's history: NVISION 08 GeForce LAN. By nature of having played more matches with a better win record, saber07 ekes out a spot better than alexwut. Since the bottom 50 were the biggest and most interchangeable pile of players, I tried to spread out super boomers and Medics for pacing purposes but sometimes situations like this can't be avoided.
The first member of ESEA S8's CheckSix Gaming to debut on the list, vhalin is also the only member of the entire Top 100 to play just one ESEA season total (and some change). Naturally, this means he has the fewest regular season matches played at 20. Many know that CheckSix went an perfect 16-0 during S8 to be the first undefeated team in Invite history, but did you know that in his additional four games backing up for Blight Gaming in the previous season, he won them all? For the mathematicians at home, this means vhalin has never lost an Invite match (in regular season). If you include CheckSix's LAN run where they won six maps and lost two, vhalin's career total record is 26-2 (93%). By percentage, he has one of if not the best W-L of all time. It makes sense when you realize that vhalin solved the game. But the overall low number of matches prevents him from being any higher than this current rank.
Someone has to be the lowest ranked out of ~20 Medic mains here, so apologies to caseey but he'll get the ball rolling. He will also unfortunately combine the Medic problem, the ancient player problem, and the statistical problem all at once as far as discussion goes. caseey played in ESEA's first four seasons, with achievements including 4th in S2 Open and consecutive 2nd place finishes with Evil Geniuses the following seasons. Random fun fact: the last ESEA match caseey ever played was as a backup for eMazing Gaming during Season 9. A Medic's job in the most simple terms are to use uber and stay alive. In that regard, caseey did an excellent job. Over his three Invite playoffs seasons, caseey averaged ~1.75 ubers per death which is super solid especially for the time. As one of the earliest to ever do it on Medic, welcome to the Top 100 caseey.
Now we have the owner of one of the best Youtube channels in the TF2 community. Don't believe me? The content still holds up today. Legendary Scout Ggglygy won Invite in his first season with eMazing Gaming during S7, which makes him part of an exclusive club. Since he was the Robin to Yz50's Batman, he never had the most gaudy statlines. Even having said that though, he still holds up when adjusted for time against other Scouts like cyzer and BLoodSire. However, he does stand out in one regard. Ggglygy possesses the best Coldfront W-L record of all time at 6-1. On a more serious note, Ggglygy led the division in point captures in both his seasons with eMg - a combined 335 in Seasons 7 and 8. The game of TF2 is won by capturing the objective, and nobody did that more than Ggglygy for six months. He did make later appearances in Invite with teams like Apocalypse Gaming and Show Me the Monet, but naturally it's his first two seasons that we remember him for.
After his debut season in ESEA S19 with Champagne and Cocaine, Demoman Muma joined a Strawberry Mangoes roster with other up-and-comers like corsa and Freestate alongside Invite veterans Tagg and alfa. Improving from a record of 1-15 to 8-8, he was then recruited into the newest iteration of froyotech. This is an important moment in the timeline, as froyotech had just come off a 3rd place finish and needed to replace almost the entire roster. Muma's performance during his froyotech tenure was serviceable: nothing otherworldly, but he was a role player and let the Scout combo of b4nny and clockwork do their thing. Muma has a 66% win rate, which is certainly not bad for a player with just three seasons to their name. He's the first froyotech player to be ranked, and he certainly won't be the last. As part of the froyo rosters that transitioned into the superteam it is today, Muma deserves a place on the list.
While we aren't counting RGL Season 7 for data purposes, Skye - currently playing for GlobalClan Ice - is still technically the first active player on the Top 100 (Muma has also been playing but outside of Invite). Starting from ESEA S21, she has played in eight full seasons of Invite, which is the 10th most for any Medic mains here. A majority of her teams featured players like Shamoo, Rekuso, and Jarrett. These cores often hung out in the middle of the division, save for S28 and S29 when they snagged a pair of playoff berths under the Velocity eSports flag. Of all Medics to ever play in ESEA, Skye is #6 in ubers and #11 in assists - with a league lifetime uber/death ratio that rivals TheFragile and other top healers, which is not bad company at all. She is also one of ten Medics to play a perfect game within the league. Unfortunately, the lack of success (both individually and compared to her contemporaries) holds her back...for now.
mason is the first player on the Top 100 to have logged Invite seasons under two classes. With activity as sporadic as Ggglygy, it makes sense for him to be in the same zip code. Staying with this comparison, they both logged five seasons of Invite, while mason trades a playoff appearance for a season (plus extra) offclassing on Soldier. His woodpig teams have made multiple stops in the division, including grabbing a playoffs ticket during ESEA S20. The prior season, he made his Invite playoffs debut as part of The Five Dollar Club. He was the 2nd Medic in Invite history to record a perfect game, doing so in S16 (albeit in a 6v5 but hey it's still a zero in the deaths column). Even though none of his seasons stand out spectacularly, having two classes on your Invite resume gives mason a little extra sauce.
You'll be reminded throughout the project about how these rankings are pretty loose. Most of the bottom 50 (and even some of the lower ranks) were quickly scrambled into place, and I've talked enough about the various disclaimers. Not that I mind at all if your jimmies get rustled, it gets discussion moving either way. bo4r has a simple five seasons played and two playoff appearances in Seasons 28 and 29 with Velocity eSports, During those two seasons, he ranked top five in both frags and caps - though part of it was due to the higher amount of playtime. When checking FPM his numbers are actually kinda low compared to the competition. What isn't low however, is his Sniper impact. Having long been established in the Highlander realms as a top-level Sniper, bo4r brought that to the table for his teams and then some. He played a healthy amount of the pick class in his full seasons and was comfortably one of the best in the division every time. His S28 performance is of note: racking up a Invite-leading 95 kills in a little under two hours of Sniper time.
As mentioned in the hub post, you won't be seeing many RGL-only players here, but lolguy has certainly built a case for himself. lolguy has played every season of RGL Invite thus far, and after going 4-20 in his first two seasons has forged ahead with a record of 40-23 in the four seasons since. Even though he - like Skye - has only made playoffs twice, it's the quality of those appearances that matter. The first was during S3 with Ascent en route to a 2nd place finish. The second was his magnum opus: a thrilling S6 grand finals series against froyotech where he put on a master class of top level Medic gameplay. Hands down one of the best Medic performances in Invite playoffs history. The only thing that'd have elevated it to another level was if it was on LAN. He'll hopefully be getting that opportunity next year when Witness Gaming attends the Copenhagen Games. Assuming he keeps this up for seasons to come, the future is extremely bright for lolguy.

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#1
53 Frags +

ggglygy not number 1??? How could this have happened?!?!?!?

ggglygy not number 1??? How could this have happened?!?!?!?
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#2
35 Frags +

y tf lolgoat so low

y tf lolgoat so low
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#3
-9 Frags +

Why is lolguy so low

Why is lolguy so low
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#4
16 Frags +
Young_SanityWhy is lolguy so low

As mentioned in the hub post, you won't be seeing many RGL-only players here

[quote=Young_Sanity]Why is lolguy so low[/quote]
As mentioned in the hub post, you won't be seeing many RGL-only players here
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#5
19 Frags +

some snubs are coming judging off these picks

some snubs are coming judging off these picks
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#6
63 Frags +

pretty good 100-91, I'd only change the ordering probably

muma 100, vhalin 92, ggly 93

pretty good 100-91, I'd only change the ordering probably

muma 100, vhalin 92, ggly 93
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#7
4 Frags +

hope to see even more woodpig rep

hope to see even more woodpig rep
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#8
68 Frags +
clckwrkpretty good 100-91, I'd only change the ordering probably

muma 100, vhalin 92, ggly 93

u r a super fan

[quote=clckwrk]pretty good 100-91, I'd only change the ordering probably

muma 100, vhalin 92, ggly 93[/quote]
u r a super fan
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#9
28 Frags +

my biggest knock on this ranking is that I'm not sure people who have just played lots of seasons of invite and accumulated THE TWELTH MOST TOTAL UBERS or w/e should be ranked above people like alex.exe

I definitely have no issue with the old school players here though- alexwut and saber07 were beasts in their time

my biggest knock on this ranking is that I'm not sure people who have just played lots of seasons of invite and accumulated THE TWELTH MOST TOTAL UBERS or w/e should be ranked above people like alex.exe

I definitely have no issue with the old school players here though- alexwut and saber07 were beasts in their time
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#10
24 Frags +

You make lolguy #91?! He is at least top 10 for sure, random infidels

You make lolguy #91?! He is at least top 10 for sure, random infidels
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#11
52 Frags +

in all seriousness I think muma should be ranked much better than 95

2 championships and a 3rd place at i58 should definitely put him ahead of people who just played a lot of classes or something. unless you're one of the best players in the game at 3 different classes like banny I think it's pretty irrelevant if you have middling results on multiple different classes or played the game for more years/seasons, but I guess there are 90 more players whose justifications I haven't seen so I won't think too hard about it

I do feel like I'll disagree more and more though if it becomes a trend that people who haven't won or been dominant on any single class be placed higher than those with wins or notable performances because of class versatility. super overrated skill IMO, what matters is how good you were for your team on your best class. unless we're talking about banny who pretty dominant on all 3 classes. I wouldn't necessarily agree that a career 3x 5th place finisher on scout should be ranked lower than another career 3x 5th place finisher who did it on each class. I'd care way more about individual impact and their competition those seasons

in all seriousness I think muma should be ranked much better than 95

2 championships and a 3rd place at i58 should definitely put him ahead of people who just played a lot of classes or something. unless you're one of the best players in the game at 3 different classes like banny I think it's pretty irrelevant if you have middling results on multiple different classes or played the game for more years/seasons, but I guess there are 90 more players whose justifications I haven't seen so I won't think too hard about it

I do feel like I'll disagree more and more though if it becomes a trend that people who haven't won or been dominant on any single class be placed higher than those with wins or notable performances because of class versatility. super overrated skill IMO, what matters is how good you were for your team on your best class. unless we're talking about banny who pretty dominant on all 3 classes. I wouldn't necessarily agree that a career 3x 5th place finisher on scout should be ranked lower than another career 3x 5th place finisher who did it on each class. I'd care way more about individual impact and their competition those seasons
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#12
3 Frags +
clckwrkin all seriousness I think muma should be ranked much better than 95

2 championships and a 3rd place at i58 should definitely put him ahead of people who just played a lot of classes or something. unless you're one of the best players in the game at 3 different classes like banny I think it's pretty irrelevant if you have middling results on multiple different classes or played the game for more years/seasons, but I guess there are 90 more players whose justifications I haven't seen so I won't think too hard about it

I do feel like I'll disagree more and more though if it becomes a trend that people who haven't won or been dominant on any single class be placed higher than those with wins or notable performances because of class versatility. super overrated skill IMO, what matters is how good you were for your team on your best class. unless we're talking about banny who pretty dominant on all 3 classes. I wouldn't necessarily agree that a career 3x 5th place finisher on scout should be ranked lower than another career 3x 5th place finisher who did it on each class. I'd care way more about individual impact and their competition those seasons

100% agree, playing additional classes should be a benefit if you're like Platinum or something, not someone who has dabbled in multiple classes but not super excelled at any of them

[quote=clckwrk]in all seriousness I think muma should be ranked much better than 95

2 championships and a 3rd place at i58 should definitely put him ahead of people who just played a lot of classes or something. unless you're one of the best players in the game at 3 different classes like banny I think it's pretty irrelevant if you have middling results on multiple different classes or played the game for more years/seasons, but I guess there are 90 more players whose justifications I haven't seen so I won't think too hard about it

I do feel like I'll disagree more and more though if it becomes a trend that people who haven't won or been dominant on any single class be placed higher than those with wins or notable performances because of class versatility. super overrated skill IMO, what matters is how good you were for your team on your best class. unless we're talking about banny who pretty dominant on all 3 classes. I wouldn't necessarily agree that a career 3x 5th place finisher on scout should be ranked lower than another career 3x 5th place finisher who did it on each class. I'd care way more about individual impact and their competition those seasons[/quote]

100% agree, playing additional classes should be a benefit if you're like Platinum or something, not someone who has dabbled in multiple classes but not super excelled at any of them
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#13
102 Frags +

That's insane - thank you.

Some of the most fun I've ever had was when I was playing this game, so to be on this list is cool.

some random memories of people here:

  • saber07 - real ones know
  • vhalin - this is when I knew this list was gonna be good cause research when into it. I forgot about the flowchart lol. my old scout partner. my brother. we won open together. when x6 beat us on lan, I went over to shake their hands and congratulate them. Like 20 seconds later, Carnage comes up to me and says "yo, don't shake vhalin's hand, he stuck it down his pants right before they won." legendary move, but history has decided i am 100% the better player.
  • casey - was blind in one eye afaik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0J0Uqhmcc
  • muma - thought you would be higher. happy you had success in ow, sorry I facetimed you on snapchat randomly like 2 years ago.
That's insane - [b]thank you.[/b]

Some of the most fun I've ever had was when I was playing this game, so to be on this list is cool.

some random memories of people here:
[list]
[*] saber07 - [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLrhQF3qneA]real ones know[/url]
[*] vhalin - this is when I knew this list was gonna be good cause research when into it. I forgot about the flowchart lol. my old scout partner. my brother. we won open together. when x6 beat us on lan, I went over to shake their hands and congratulate them. Like 20 seconds later, Carnage comes up to me and says "yo, don't shake vhalin's hand, he stuck it down his pants right before they won." legendary move, but history has decided i am 100% the better player.
[*] casey - was blind in one eye afaik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0J0Uqhmcc
[*]muma - thought you would be higher. happy you had success in ow, sorry I facetimed you on snapchat randomly like 2 years ago.
[/list]
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#14
2 Frags +
clckwrkI do feel like I'll disagree more and more though if it becomes a trend that people who haven't won or been dominant on any single class be placed higher than those with wins or notable performances because of class versatility. super overrated skill IMO, what matters is how good you were for your team on your best class. unless we're talking about banny who pretty dominant on all 3 classes. I wouldn't necessarily agree that a career 3x 5th place finisher on scout should be ranked lower than another career 3x 5th place finisher who did it on each class. I'd care way more about individual impact and their competition those seasonsmustardoverlorddabbled in multiple classes but not super excelled at any of them

dont need to call out alfa like that

[quote=clckwrk]
I do feel like I'll disagree more and more though if it becomes a trend that people who haven't won or been dominant on any single class be placed higher than those with wins or notable performances because of class versatility. super overrated skill IMO, what matters is how good you were for your team on your best class. unless we're talking about banny who pretty dominant on all 3 classes. I wouldn't necessarily agree that a career 3x 5th place finisher on scout should be ranked lower than another career 3x 5th place finisher who did it on each class. I'd care way more about individual impact and their competition those seasons[/quote]
[quote=mustardoverlord]dabbled in multiple classes but not super excelled at any of them[/quote]
dont need to call out alfa like that
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#15
24 Frags +

speaking of, no matter where alfa gets placed everyone is going to shout about it, including alfa himself. looking forward to that

edit: started earlier than i expected

speaking of, no matter where alfa gets placed everyone is going to shout about it, including alfa himself. looking forward to that

edit: started earlier than i expected
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#16
7 Frags +
glassspeaking of, no matter where alfa gets placed everyone is going to shout about it, including alfa himself. looking forward to that

ESPECIALLY alfa himself. . .

[quote=glass]speaking of, no matter where alfa gets placed everyone is going to shout about it, including alfa himself. looking forward to that[/quote]

ESPECIALLY alfa himself. . .
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#17
72 Frags +
mustardoverlordglassspeaking of, no matter where alfa gets placed everyone is going to shout about it, including alfa himself. looking forward to that
ESPECIALLY alfa himself. . .

Mustard, me not "excelling at a class" is still placing higher than you did in the past 12 years on your main. Let that sink in, Young Sanity was an embryo when you started playing demo in comp and he is about to pass you in invite soon.

Regardless, I could be getting #99 and I am still happy that I got to go to LAN with the most fun people ever and create a team of pug players that eventually went 16-0. Neither an article or anyone on this forum can invalidate that so it's kinda weird you keep posting shit like this when you are not even part of the discussion.

[quote=mustardoverlord][quote=glass]speaking of, no matter where alfa gets placed everyone is going to shout about it, including alfa himself. looking forward to that[/quote]

ESPECIALLY alfa himself. . .[/quote]

Mustard, me not "excelling at a class" is still placing higher than you did in the past 12 years on your main. Let that sink in, Young Sanity was an embryo when you started playing demo in comp and he is about to pass you in invite soon.

Regardless, I could be getting #99 and I am still happy that I got to go to LAN with the most fun people ever and create a team of pug players that eventually went 16-0. Neither an article or anyone on this forum can invalidate that so it's kinda weird you keep posting shit like this when you are not even part of the discussion.
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#18
5 Frags +

looking forward to where kbk and indust place :)

looking forward to where kbk and indust place :)
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#19
1 Frags +

https://c.tenor.com/QwcxGNHGU_8AAAAC/dr-evil-right.gif

https://c.tenor.com/QwcxGNHGU_8AAAAC/dr-evil-right.gif
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#20
48 Frags +

Excited for lan to comeback so you guys can either fistfight or make out

Excited for lan to comeback so you guys can either fistfight or make out
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#21
2 Frags +

very cool, like the list so far

very cool, like the list so far
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#22
13 Frags +
THEBILLDOZERExcited for lan to comeback so you guys can either fistfight or make out

hopefully both

[quote=THEBILLDOZER]Excited for lan to comeback so you guys can either fistfight or make out[/quote]
hopefully both
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#23
4 Frags +

where will xensity arc fall on this list???

where will xensity arc fall on this list???
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#24
16 Frags +

Alfa simply deserves top 35, been making playoffs since he came back and during old esea days.

Alfa simply deserves top 35, been making playoffs since he came back and during old esea days.
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#25
-8 Frags +
sandblastAlfa simply deserves top 35, been making playoffs since he came back and during old esea days.

only top 35? not top 25? you're a hater bro, he's a legend

[quote=sandblast]Alfa simply deserves top 35, been making playoffs since he came back and during old esea days.[/quote]

only top 35? not top 25? you're a hater bro, he's a legend
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#26
1 Frags +

how u do a writeup on caseey and not mention his needles

how u do a writeup on caseey and not mention his needles
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#27
RGB LAN
50 Frags +
mustardoverlordsandblastAlfa simply deserves top 35, been making playoffs since he came back and during old esea days.
only top 35? not top 25? you're a hater bro, he's a legend

I don't know why you're saying this in jest, because despite alfa saying dumb shit 99% of the time on this forum and vomiting all over my hotel room, he's legitimately good at the game. He's played consistently at a high level for a long time on every class he's been asked to play.

[quote=mustardoverlord][quote=sandblast]Alfa simply deserves top 35, been making playoffs since he came back and during old esea days.[/quote]

only top 35? not top 25? you're a hater bro, he's a legend[/quote]

I don't know why you're saying this in jest, because despite alfa saying dumb shit 99% of the time on this forum and vomiting all over my hotel room, he's legitimately good at the game. He's played consistently at a high level for a long time on every class he's been asked to play.
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#28
-22 Frags +

who said I was saying it in jest? please point into this thread where I said anything about where I would rank alfa...

just shows how fast FAKE NEWS can spread

who said I was saying it in jest? please point into this thread where I said anything about where I would rank alfa...

just shows how fast FAKE NEWS can spread
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#29
19 Frags +

i might put vhalin a bit higher

and muma should be significantly higher imo

i might put vhalin a bit higher

and muma should be significantly higher imo
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#30
8 Frags +

Put some respect on his name
https://youtu.be/OafHkQ0j5J0

Alfa is a LAN multi classer and legend

Put some respect on his name
https://youtu.be/OafHkQ0j5J0

Alfa is a LAN multi classer and legend
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