It sounded like it would be interesting and fun to hear some stories from others about the people that made them the players they are.
Cheapshot:Cheapshot was a big reason that I stuck it out for 4 gens as a pure thrower when I first started. He was one of the first decent throwers that I had seen and his passion for the class definitely enhanced my own. His hilarious and brilliant comic series, often centered on throwers, always made me proud and encouraged to play the class.
WaltF4:In my circle of real life friends, we always joke about how Waltf4 has a PHD in Mount and Blade. He was the reason that I stopped throwing and went to pike. My throwing style was always very up-close and personal, skirting melee range as best I could as often as I could. One day I saw WaltF4 long-spearing and realized that he was doing the same thing I was with 100% accuracy and infinite ammo. I picked up the pike(even though he swore pike was garbage) and emulated what I had seen to great effect. I ended up piking for probably 12 generations or so with a few charger gens mixed in, loving the hell out of 11 of them.
Rhaelys:My early memories of Rhaelys consist mainly of him calling me a noob when I pestered him with wardarts. I now find it funny that last night he jokingly told me IM A NO-SKILL SOMETHING OR OTHER THAT CANT GET A KILL WITHOUT A HORSEBUMP!! Anyways, I credit Rhaelys considerably with showing me how to melee effectively. At the time that I stopped my endless pike generations, I was very average at multi-directional melee. I could block, but I was just clueless when it came to offense. I had already grown fond of the great long bardiche as a supportive weapon to a pike-crew, but found it to be lacking when it came to actually hitting unpressured, aware targets. I started to watch Rhaelys and his now infamous "blockleft" playstyle. I saw how he would stare people down with long holds and trick people into thinking he'd release with spins and sudden jerks, completely controlling the fight. It was soon after those lessons that I really felt for the first time like I was a decent melee.
Goretooth and Tydeus:These guys taught me the value of putting a crew together and going after the important(and challenging) targets. It is not only an effective way to play, it is how I enjoy the game the most.