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I write the same thing every year. If the winner were determined based on the number of tournaments, there would be no need for a vote. Essentially, this is an award for popularity – vote for the one you think deserves it or simply like.

Considering his overall achievements, LuckyF clearly deserves this award, as he has been a strong contender for quite some time. As for Daive, I would award him based on his performance in 2019, provided he performs just as well in the upcoming season.

Lucky definitely played well enough to be considered for "Player of the Year." In their head-to-head match on the mirrored map, he completely crushed Dave. For Lucky +

Before the Mirror series, I was sure that Dave was the undisputed player of the year. Of course, this series doesn't diminish Dave's skill, which he has proven in all the tournaments he participated in, where he holds the record for the number of wins and contenders for victory in last year's tournaments. Lucky may have participated in fewer tournaments, but he is an exceptional player, a cyber-machine, consistently playing at a high level against the strongest opponents and has been at the top of the ranking for a long time. Sanek, if not player of the year, then definitely a breakthrough of the year. He went from being a nobody to a top player in just one year. Dave and Lucky showed a very high level of play last year and continue to do so now. Personally, it's still difficult for me to make a choice.

How about we split the prize between Lucky and Deiov? One gets the best part, the other gets the scraps?

Ideally, the votes would be split evenly, so there wouldn't even be a need to worry.
Then, we could confidently nominate two players to be "recorded in the annals" as players of the year.
Everything happens for the first time eventually. Two clear leaders, neither of whom played well enough for a clear victory.

Dave deserves more recognition for his overall performance, but Lucky's results are also impressive. Considering that the mirror matches weren't so clear-cut (everyone who says "Lucky completely dominated" probably only saw the score of that series), I also vote for him to receive two awards. Both played at an extraordinary level, and I can't fairly single out one as better. I remember that in the series on x3dm1, there was one game where Zhenya definitely played better because Dave was already quite upset. And besides, skill wasn't the deciding factor in most games (which also highlights the unattainable level of play for both of them).

Lucky also had a victory in St. Petersburg, and defending the championship title is also a good achievement!

By the way, along with Sanya, De_Lux also deserves at least a nomination. ;) Ilya is modest, and no one even nominated him, which is a shame; he also played divinely.

In a head-to-head match on Dave's map, he completely dominated.

As is well known, history only remembers the result. Just like the famous Gomunguls vs FTS series on Spider, which ended with the same crushing score, but no one remembers what the game was like. The same applies to this series; the starting conditions (primarily, the amount of practice) were not equal, despite the much-touted "mirror match." Therefore, I wouldn't place such a significant emphasis on this series, although overall, the result is commendable.

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Lucky also had a victory in St. Petersburg; defending the championship title is also a good achievement!

By the way, for me personally, unlike the series on mirror maps, the tournament in St. Petersburg is very indicative. Zhenya won it using maps that he plays very rarely.

As is well known, history only remembers the result. Just like the famous Gomunguls vs. FTS series on Spider, which ended with the same crushing score, but no one remembers what the actual gameplay was like. The same applies to this series; the starting conditions (primarily, the practice time) were not equal, despite the much-touted "mirror match." Therefore, I wouldn't place such a significant emphasis on this series, although overall, the result is decent.

I also wouldn't focus on the "crushing" score of 5-0 in that series. After Dave's mistake in the first game on the timer (if he had just managed to switch his boots to MP, he would have won), there were two games where I had a very good hero draft, and with the score at 3-0, Dave simply tilted and played the last two games not at his best, probably wanting to finish it quickly. Dave is a very difficult opponent, and if our first game had gone differently, who knows how that series would have ended.
By the way, Dave asked before the New Year if I would be interested in playing another series, so maybe there will be a rematch:smile13:

P.S. But I don't quite agree with the idea of unequal conditions in this series. After all, just six months before that, Dave won an entire mirror match tournament (which, by the way, is considered a major achievement for him, and from which I unfortunately had to withdraw thanks to Vik).

Based on last year's results, I'll say that Zhenya (LuckyF) played better than anyone else! I'll cast my vote for him. P.S. He also won the fun tournament - Best on the mirror map.

Our goose is the champion!

Just - LuckyF

Davec.

I'm definitely rooting for Gusyabler, but objectively, Lutzuski is amazing! Cheers to Zhenya! :D

Joking aside, Goose has significantly improved as a player over the past year. It won't be long before he starts winning tournaments one after another (but that's not a certainty).