id hope whoever is in charge of making these lists has the 9 brain cells necessary to distinguish the difference from authentic skill versus someone crutching on there level. also its retarded to base it off of strat as those fucking battles last hours and in order to "have the largest impact" youd have to play through those in its entirety and show up at the start in order to top frag. you could diversify it by the duel tournies (cough cough) or host a fuckin 4v4 tourny or something
Strat feeds this game, whether you like it or not. Every time strat stopped, NA1 stopped. 4 vs 4 tourneys don't drive this game, Strat does. An awesome dueler is good for defending/capping flags or for hanging out on the flanks. Guys who fight in a group, oddly enough, are good for fighting in a group. They are the guys you run to in a big battle. Just be the diversion while they kill. And some guys just know where to be in a big battle. If they run, you should run too.
And I don't believe in level crutching. It gives them a small bonus. I don't whine when a level 32 beats my level 30. If you really believe that a lvl 36 can only survive because of their level, well then, you must admire their patience in keeping the same character for years and dying and dying and dying until they could finally reach the levels they could kill people at.
Most of the people I have talked to were pretty happy with their results, maybe claiming to be 1 or 2 levels higher. I was just ecstatic that I wasn't the lowest tier. I do adequately in NA1, but horrible in strat. It could be because people know my banner and see an easy kill.