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I'm making this poll because it is pretty overdue. However, I really don't want to go digging through a whole bunch of stats, so I'm just going to summarize. The active players should know what's up!
Joel Johnson
Joel started the year in 96th and moved to the top 10 by the end of the year with a massive AF cut. He showed promise early on with a 8"00 flap on rGV3, then got a WR in the later half of the year on rCI1. Overall he's shown a really strong flap game, and he's posted some high-level times on the SC side of the game as well. Considering how busted his system and game combo have been throughout the year, as well as his other hobby of being a top-ranked player on Split/Second, and I have to admit that I'm pretty damn impressed with how far he came.
Michael Hutchings
Michael started off the year at the fringe of the top 10, but by the end of the year, he had managed to pass Sebastian Stellmacher! Michael now has a very consistent time sheet with every time in the top 10, along with a couple of strong performances including rCI1 flap WR (which he showed a lot of persistence to get!). Even after passing Seb, Michael kept going and now has at least 0.5 AF between himself and Seb. Especially considering Michael may be suffering from a small handicap, he's definitely in the race as a candidate for 2017 POY in my view.
Christian Wild
Chris had a really solid stretch in 2017 in the later part of the summer and the fall. I was amazed and constantly battling him day in and day out it seemed for WRs during this period. He invented strategies and pushed the limits at the highest level in many different ways. He also cut his AF all the way down to nearly 2.1, almost joining me in the 1.x AF range and regardless completely dominating the rest of the field. Chris had spots where he held various course WRs and he still holds various (strong, imo) flap WRs such as 9"13 rDP1 flap. Chris is not only far ahead of the rest of the field, but most of his times are well-separated from the skill level of nearly everyone else; in 2017, Chris absolutely cemented his #2 spot and had me seriously concerned for my royalties.
John Copernoll (Alternate assisted living home resident spelling suggestion)
Jon Coppernoll hosted the well-documented non-non-meet of 2017; he also made fantastic progress, starting the year in the 80s of AF (I think?) and ending up far inside the top 40. This was also done almost entirely in the second half of the year, after the non-non-meet un-non motivated him. He got a time in the top 10 even, BP course, not an easy accomplishment for someone who doesn't even have ZZMT to help! Jon's definitely a candidate for POY 2017, and that's not just the cheese curds he fed me on Rainbow Road talking.
Honorable Mentions
Leone Castar - stayed inside the top 100, despite the best efforts of the community to kick him out of it.
Kyle Begley - content only viewable by SPIES
Robert Szabo - Great effort in the SC department, played a lot of different modes, did a fair amount of updating, and is overall consistently posting quality OC to our board.
Jonathan Toole-Charignon - Sent in PRs and wrote the news, but he's only an honorable mention because he wasn't in uniform when he arrived at the non-non-meet.
Andy Lundeen - author of this poll, he also did things like get 34"50 on Rainbow Road and sub-minute on BC2, along with 88 other WRs.
Paul Tanney - Kept the site running with numerous time updates. He also got lots of PRs, moving from outside the top 70 and into the top 30. He got a couple great laps as well on rMC1 and PC.
TvK - I'm sure you will agree with me that TvL was an inspiration to us all, all year.
Stephen Weber - An unforgettable character, he is definitely deserving of a mention (@thewebinator & @@thewebinator) here!
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