There is no clear favorite.
As I see it, during 2018 the finals of 5 major tournaments were played:
CIS 2018 (finals Reddii - Dave)
FB-11 (finals Lucky - Dave)
Hota-Mirrors-2 (finals Dave - ATG)
Only-HL-5 (finals Sanyok - DeLuxe)
Favorites-10 (finals Dave - Bishop)
How one can speak about the obviousness of Zhenya's choice here is a mystery, without denying his top-tier skill in any way
Discovery of the year - undoubtedly Sanyok, who showed unique progress and also proved himself as a team player
Based on the overall results, in my opinion the player of the year is rather Dave
Obviously, many will vote with their hearts,
but if a unique player with his magic shovel hadn't interfered, Dave would have won this nomination by a landslide
and it turns out that because Reddii "out-dug" Dave in the CIS final, a tournament that Zhenya unfortunately couldn't even attend - Zhenya is obviously the best?
That's hardly obvious.
The choice is difficult, I want to choose two: Dave and Lucky :smile54:
But in my opinion, Zhenya did a lot of work this year, achieved the top 1 ranking in HeroesWorld and played a lot, and such efforts should be rewarded. +for Evgeniy