PLAYOFFS BAYBEE!!! DISCLAIMER: Only the players and teams that made playoffs are being featured in this power ranking report. As a reminder, we use internal data calculated into a formula called PAR to create these rankings. PAR calculates data such as win/loss, game win rates, and strength of schedule. If you would like to read more about how this is calculated, read the blog that Marty wrote explaining how it all works! Each week we will be updating you on how these players and teams shift throughout their respective series, as well as highlighting individuals and their journeys.​

Oh boy, it’s playoff prediction time! Before going there, however, I want to congratulate everyone who made it onto the players list. We had only 2 perfect seasons from Supersenter and Overloaded. In fact, they both had the exact same game record of 21-4 as well. Who will win MVP? Tune in to the awards show in a month to find out! (or do the math yourself). Besides those two players, the rest of the list is filled with 6-1 or 5-1 seasons; these are incredible performances as well, so a well deserved congrats to everyone there. As for our teams, we have another set of strong seasons from everyone involved here. While this list shows only the playoff contenders, these 8 teams are in the actual top 9 of PAR. Now, it’s time for my spicy and totally unbiased playoff predictions!

Quarterfinals:
I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) > ET C’Thun
F2L: White > Defias
BILL BILL BILL > Nirilì Narilà
Story of Scorpius > The Justining

These actually aren’t that spicy at all. Two of these matchups have already happened, with the NOT 3 seeds and Story taking solid victories over their opponents, so I’ll take good odds that it repeats. BILL BILL BILL has literally won every match all season and includes many components from last year’s championship team, so I don’t think I can write them off. The F2L: White and Defias match was the hardest for me to decide, and I believe that it is going to be insanely close. But Defias is the only team that beat my team and I need to rig this bracket to give valid reasons for my team to win every week, so…

Semifinals:
I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) > F2L: White
BILL BILL BILL > Story of Scorpius

Look at that, the NOT 3 Seeds are facing a new team, surely they win! BILL BILL BILL keeps winning probably, no commentary here, just trust me bro.

Finals:
I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) > BILL BILL BILL

Again, no real commentary from me, but like I said earlier, these predictions are very unbiased and any unbiased bystander would say that my team is the bestest team so sorry. Anyway, I do believe that every team in the playoffs is strong and has the potential to go all the way. I’m looking forward to seeing how all these matchups actually play out, and cheers to all the playoff participants!
-EPICat

​The playoffs have arrived with the top 6 teams in Hero qualifying. Aristocratic Mountain got a clean win vs their APM counterparts week 7 giving them the top spot in our rankings along with a bye the first week of playoffs. Unseen OP also Managed to secure a bye thanks to wins by Chair42, and PROBIwan giving them the edge over Defiance. SI:7, ET Y’Shaarj, and Last Minute Team each had a bye last week, expect them to come in rested and swinging. Only 2 points separate the teams playing at the start of this week. With #6 SI:7 vs #3 Defy Us, and #4 ET Y’Shaarj vs #5 Last Minute Team. NotBamity is in the #1 spot in our player rankings with their week 7 win giving Defy Us just enough points to match the 60 point threshold. Supersenter and freshmastafunk are right behind NotBamity in the MVP race with only 4 players with 5 wins going into this week ;) The championship race is on and it's truly anyone's to take with no clear favorites, good luck to all the teams involved!
-JudoChop

​DOUBLE WEEK BAYBEE!!! As a reminder, we use internal data calculated into a formula called PAR to create these rankings. PAR calculates data such as win/loss, game win rates, and strength of schedule. If you would like to read more about how this is calculated, read the blog that Marty wrote explaining how it all works! Each week we will be updating you on how these players and teams shift throughout their respective series, as well as highlighting individuals and their journeys.

Final regular season week is here! I’ll be at the race to make playoffs; it’s especially close because of the two wild card spots left open. First off, in the gold conference! BILL BILL BILL holds a comfortable lead over their whole conference and have a spot clinched. F2L: White is also very likely to make the playoffs, but go head to head against Gold’s third place team, 7 Mile Spanking Machine. If 7 Mile can win every match and hold F2L to 6 points or less, they can snipe the spot. It’s very unlikely, however, as even a single match win clinches the 2nd seed for F2L. 

In the silver conference, these margins become much tighter. The Justining remains in first, but only 5 points over TFCAOTN. To compete with them, The Story of Scorpius and Big W Esports are also both close behind. Justins and TFCAOTN face off, and Scorpious and Big W also do, so there is real potential for some seed swaps to occur in this final week. A big win from Scorpius and a close match between the current top seeds could vault them into the conference’s top seed, one of many outcomes that could happen. 

Next, of course, is the Red Conference. I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) and Nirilì Narilà currently hold the top two spots and the 2nd and 3rd place on this PAR podium, and also face each other this week. ET C’Thun and Defias are tied at 93 points for Red’s third place spot. While the gaps here are a little larger, there still is potential for either ET C’Thun or Defias to sneak into one of Red’s playoff spots. 

Finally, of course, are the wild cards. If the season were to end at this very moment, they would both go to teams in Red (ET C’Thun and Defias). In fact, both of these teams have more points then the 2nd place team in Silver. While they currently hold the lead, there still are teams in the silver race that can catch them. Defias and ET C’Thun face each other this week, so a lopsided win from either side could flip the other team out of the race. We’ll see how it ends up after the double week!

I don’t want to forget our players, either. Overloaded has moved into the 1st place spot with their 6-0 record, and Supersenter moves up into the 3rd with the same. Lulnenko, at 5-1, also sneaks their way into the top 3. As for our MVP race, it is currently led by the 2 6-0 players. Even more impressively, these two players have lost barely any games all season, with Supersenter leading at 18-2 and Overloaded close behind at 18-4. If they were both to lose, tee3cat is our only other undefeated player currently in the running. If all 3 of them were to lose then the MVP trophy is anyone’s for the taking! Of course, we’ll have to wait for the awards show to really know who gets the prize …

Good luck to everyone in playoffs, and thanks for reading!
-EPICat​

There are currently 3 teams sitting above 60 points going into this week and only one of them managed to get a win in week 6. SI:7 was knocked off the podium by It/She Sweaters, and ET ‘ YShaarj managed to pull one point above Last Minute Team in a critical win putting them #3 in our Rankings.The three 60+ point teams have byes this week so their points are final.

APM’s top performing teams Aristocratic Mountain and Ashalon’s Mountain have climbed to the #1 and #2 spots on the rankings. They face off this week each looking to clinch a top seed for playoffs along with Unseen OP. I’m not sure if mathematically we have our top 6 but I'm bad at maths. Geranium Battle is typically my goto for playoff birth questions… ask him.

We have some new faces in the player department, LuluMK1 knocked henry off the ranking taking a spot for themselves. WalkerMan, managed to knock EpiCat down a few notches at a critical point in this season where every point matters, and CmaccoompH just made the #10 spot by winning a close match vs Saltman
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Supersenter had the biggest jump this week into the #3 spot, NotBamity continues their love affair with the PAR formula taking the #1 spot. Notable mention to freshmastafunk in the 3 seed for being the only 5-1 player going in to week 7 in the #2 spot. Not one Hero player is undefeated so we’ll see who else can achieve a 5-1 record this week in attempts to carry their team to the playoffs.  WHO ELSE IS EXCITED?!
-JudoChop​

Going into the final week of THL we are slowly starting to see standings finalize but there is still one week left to see a potential shakeup or not. The biggest shakeup this week teamwise is No. 6 CardCrafters, who handed No. 2 Mid Zoom Crisis their second loss in a row to enter at 6th place and have outside chances to make the playoffs. No. 3 and Unidentified Pet Tracking and No. 4 F2L swap spots after F2L got upsetted by No. 9 ET Yogg-Saron. Similar to Card Crafters, ET Yogg-Saron have outside chances to make playoffs as the 5th place team of their conference where the no. 3 and no. 4 of Black conferences are playing each other. Individually, No. 6 Jagatari, who has been No. 1 for 3 weeks in a row has been toppled after a 1-3 loss to No. 4 Memnarch of Cheese Mongers United. The other big upset in the top 10 is No. 10 Dagda, formerly ranked No. 6, also lost 1-3 to nedkek of ET Yogg-Saron. No. 5 EPICat makes the biggest jump in rankings defeating former top 10 Sp1n3 in a nail-biter 3-2.
-trido2​

​WILD PLAYOFFS?! ALREADY?!?!?! As a reminder, we use internal data calculated into a formula called PAR to create these rankings. PAR calculates data such as win/loss, game win rates, and strength of schedule. If you would like to read more about how this is calculated, read the blog that Marty wrote explaining how it all works! Each week we will be updating you on how these players and teams shift throughout their respective series, as well as highlighting individuals and their journeys.

Only two more seasons of the regular season left! Our future playoff teams are shaping up even further, and the wild card spot is in tight contention. Our podium teams show only a bit of change with BILL BILL BILL and I’m NOT a Legacy 3 Seed :) holding the top two spots and are the top two point holders. ET C’Thun shot their way back into the podium with another win, and our list is rounded out by other playoff contenders. The biggest surprise here is The Justining moving down into 6th despite their perfect 5-0 record. 7 Mile Spanking Machine also makes their first appearance on their list after a dominant win over another strong team last week. 

As for our players, we finally have all of five of our 5-0 players in this top list. Wildrose, Lemur, and TwoStarMako (our podium) as well as Overloaded and supersenter find their way into this power rankings. AlwaysJustinTime and Memnarch also finally find their way with impressive records. Of our perfect records, both supersenter and Overloaded have incredible 15-2 game scores, putting them as favorites for the MVP spot. I’ll be back next week with a more in depth guide on what teams need to do to make it into the playoffs!
-EPICat​

​Coming into week 6 SI:7 is still on top of our list. They are leading in points coming off their second loss of the season to Defias. This is SI:7’s final week of the regular season with a bye week 7. We will have to see if they can hold strong this week to secure a top 6 spot for playoffs. Unseen OP Whom have jumped 4 spots earning them a pedestal placement in #3 with their win over DoLA who are now #8 in our rankings. ET Y’Shaarj had a close loss to F2L: Black. Knocking ET down 3 places in the rankings to #6 and F2L up to #9. Last minute Team, Ashalon’s Mountain, and Aristocratic Mountain's spots remain undisturbed with Last Minute Team being one of only 3 teams to acquire 50 or more points so far this season.  
 
In the player department Vmprnighthwk took their first loss of the season to Copa, knocking them down to 2nd place. In 1st place we have a 3 seed tee3cat jumping up 3 spots from 4th, followed by NotBamity in 3rd place jumping 4 spots during a bye week (The PAR algorithm must really like the Bam!).
With 1,2, and 3 seeds being represented on the pedestal, we have one new player on the list this week in 6th place Shoebacca, who had an impactful win over Glacier week 5. Knocking Glacier down off the pedestal to 7th place along with his teammate henry who was swept by lulneko knocking henry down to 10th place on our Rankings.

Only 1 more week left after this! I hope we’re all excited for playoffs as it is truly any teams season to take at this point. In PAR we trust. 
- JudoChop

It's time for the FINAL THL Power Rankings for Wild! PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS! ET N'Zoth control the #1 seed after going undefeated during the regular season!! 😎 captured 2nd place after spending much of the season playing catch up in the standings. Staff of the Five Dubs and Super Cereal Clowns round out the last two seeds, putting an almost 30 point difference behind themselves and the remaining two teams, Worgen Greasers and WTF. Amazingly, three players ended the regular season with unbeaten, 5-0 records, Kelptomanic and Ruins/Unburnt/PaHyang of Et N'Zoth, and MartyB of 😎 (rigged). 

This week, ET N'zoth and Super Cereal Clowns face off as #1 and #4 seeds (we've already seen Creal Clowns draw blood, Impermanence finally putting a loss on Kleptomanic(!!!)), and 😎 our #2 seed hosts Staff of the Five Dubs (at time of writing, Rebobson of 😎 has seen off Devalion of Clowns). 

If I had to pick one match to watch this week, it would be the sneaky 5 seed rumble between Kamas (1-4) and Pers (2-3). Both players are better than their records this season, and in the playoffs, who cares about records anyway? Both players know each other well and have similar tastes in decks. The whole series may hinge on a QL dh or Warsong Warrior mirror!! WHO BLINKS FIRST!?!? The tension will be palpable. 

Personal feelings aside, I think ultimately we see an Et N'zoth vs 😎 final, but I am going out on a limb and predicting a 😎 Championship!!! Until next Wild Power Rankings, see you space cowboy…
-Schmoopydady

SI:7 had a huge week 4 giving Unseen OP their first loss, with freshmastafunk having a clean sweep over PROBIwan rising 4 spots in the rankings to #5. Defy Us got their 3rd loss allowing ET Y’Shaarj to take a podium spot with their nailbitting win vs Ashalon’s Mountain, much due to Vmprnighthwk flexing as the best 2 seed with the #1 spot on our list.  Aristocratic Mountain is in 2nd place in points with a bye this week, with Supersenter making an appearance in the #10 spot. Their record should read 2-2 losing to Team Name which is now in the #5 spot. Tee3cat had a dominant 3-1 win over …me securing the #4 spot on our list. F2L: Black had a huge win knocking It/She Sweaters off the list, making an appearance at #10 along with rebobson at #6. NotBamity got knocked down to #7 after losing their first match to Yachster. Defiance had a close loss to DoLA, giving DoLA a boost to the #4 spot. There is currently a 2 point difference between the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place teams in the Hero standings, With only 2 weeks to go after this week. Aside from SI:7 being favored many of these teams are looking strong for playoffs
-JudoChop​

It's time for the THL Power Rankings for Wild! ET N'Zoth Continued their dominance of the series so far, distancing themselves from the chasing pack by beating Cereal Clowns to rise to 81 points. Staff of the Five Dubs (65 points), and 😎 (65 points) both leapfrogged Cereal Clowns (53 points) to keep ET in touching distance. Greasers (41 points) and WTF (31 points) remain the cellar dwellers. Amazingly, ET N’Zoth on its own at time of writing, has 3 unbeaten players. Kleptomanic, (4-0) Ruins/Unburnt/PaHyang (5-0!) and Dory (3-0) who was replaced by a sub virtuzz (2-0) (we are gonna staple them together for fun). MartyB (rigged) remains the only non-N'zoth player still unblemished.

This week, ET N'zoth and Staff of the Five Dubs get to practice what looks like now to be a playoff dress rehearsal. 😎 looks to keep Greasers winless (and try to catch up to N'zoth), whilst WTF figure out wtf they will need to do to beat Cereal Clowns.

If I had to pick one match to watch this week, it would be Kleptomanic (4-0) vs Filtrophobe (3-1). Klepto is a Reno Slop Pile cooker who refines his slop into fine dishes (that are still slop). Filtrophe is a former Wild Rank 1 who could easily be unbeaten at this stage of the competition. Will klepto keep yellow-carding on curve? Will filtrophobe take klepto to the shadow realm (Australia)? Tune in next time on ~~Dragon Ball Z~~ the THL WILD POWER RANKINGS!
-SchmoopyDady

As Mako stated, we are SO back! It’s week 4 and we have 12 undefeated players, 4 undefeated teams, and one of them is in tenth in power rankings (???). I will dive into all of this and more in my short paragraph (I have now finished writing, it is not short and it is not 1 paragraph, sorry!). First off are the teams, with a couple stories I want to highlight. Of course, there is an impressive podium of teams with BILL BILL BILL in first, ET C’Thun in second, and The Justining in third. They all stand at perfect 3-0 records and sit on top of their conference! A special shout out to BILL BILL BILL, as I believe this is the strongest early season performance I can remember from a free agent team. They have the most points in the league and already hold a comfortable 16 point lead in their conference. The Justining, on the other hand, barely headed their conference with a 1 point lead. Who is close behind? The Food Chain Ate Our Team Name (TFCAOTN for the rest of this season because I do NOT want to type all that again), of course, with the final perfect 3-0 record! Why are they at the very bottom of this list, then? There’s a couple reasons, with the first being the low scores from their opponents so far. An average opponent score of 29.3 compared to the crew of Justins’ score of 36.3 leads to significant differences in PAR scores early on. Also, 2 of TFCAOTN’s wins come from a subbed player, meaning that they don’t contribute to the team’s total PAR score. I’m sure we will quickly see them move into a podium spot if they continue to win every week, though! The other significant story here is the plethora of teams in red in this list. 5 out of 6 teams from the red conference, to be more specific, are included here, and they take up slots 3 through 7 on the list. This is because of their success in cross-conference playoff matchups in week 3, in which red teams won 5 out of 6. This not only leads to more wins, but increases the strength of their past opponents as well, so every team in red ends up with a significant boost in PAR. We’ll see if the chunk of red teams can maintain their majority after week 5, when a second round of cross-conference matchups occurs. I’m also interested to watch and see if this cross-conference success can help them pull off the difficult feat of snagging both wild card spots as we approach the playoffs!

As for the players, the race for the coveted MVP spot is nowhere near close to being finished. We have the 9 undefeated players shown on the graphic, including our podium of the iconic Hastur, the legendary Nejiboston, and our underdog hotshot 5 seed of the season, Inkycyanfrog. In addition to these 9 listed, I of course also want to acknowledge fellow 3-0 players Supersen, TwoStarMako, and Nvision who only miss this chart due to sheer PAR misfortune. In addition, not to float my own boat or anything, but there are 5 more players sitting at 2-0 due to subbing out a week. AlwaysJustinTime, Rumham, Samael, EPICat, and Tee3Cat, are all in this position, and could be poised to nab MVP titles if the 12 3-0’s all manage to be felled. I’m excited to watch this race narrow down in the coming weeks. Cheers to everyone who made it to the end of my rant, and good luck getting yourself and your team onto this ranking!
-EPICat

While Defy Us didn't get the blow out wins some other teams had, They had a very close match with Ashalons Mountain, and Unseen OP that resulted in them being in 3rd place on the Power Rankings with a 1-2 record.
This week SI:7 has the task of playing an undefeated Unseen OP. We will see if they can hold their top position. SI:7 had a dominant first two weeks, only to lose to ET Y’Shaarj week 3. 
Both Ashalon’s and Aristocratic Mountain are holding strong for APM. Aristocratic Mountain suffering their first loss to It/She Sweaters week 3 but are still tied for first in points with Unseen OP
Henry continues to be undefeated giving them the top spot in our rankings, with impactful wins over the likes of RonMexico and Lemur. NotBamity has contributed significant victories for Defy Us, establishing themselves in the talented field of this season’s 1 seeds. Vmprnighthwk has proven to be the most impactful 2 seed in Hero so far, I would not be surprised to see ET Y’Shaarj in the playoffs this season. Honorable mention to PROBIwan for being the only 50 on this list having only lost to Shoebacca, Chair42 for being an absolute beast, and Myself. My first Power Ranking!
-JudoChop​

It's time for the THL Power Rankings for Wild! ET N'Zoth start with a strong lead over the chasing pack with 62 points. They are followed by a densely packed field, with Super Cereal Clowns (47 points), Staff of the Five Dubs (45 points), and 😎 (44 points) all in striking distance. Unfortunately, this leaves Worgen Greasers (34 points) and WTF (25 points) trying to stay relevant but fading. As far as individual performances go, we have three undefeated players at time of writing. MartyB (the comish, rigged), Dory (CN Deck and meta enthusiast) and kleptomaniac (Reno Slop Pile Expert) are all 3-0.

This week, ET N'zoth can continue to put distance between themselves and everyone else by playing Super Cereal Clowns. Dubs can add to Worgen's misery and leave them winless, 😎 is trying to tee up full points vs WTF.

If I had to pick one match to watch this week, it would be Pers (1-2, Super Cereal Clowns) vs UsernameABCD (1-1, ET N'zoth). Both players are talented combo nerds that won't be 100% happy with their current 4th seed births. Pers pushes high legend regularly and Username has been one of our undefeated THL players to watch late in previous seasons. Someone is going to start the comeback, and someone else is gonna be left sobbing 😭.
-Schmoopydady​

By Bonemasher

By MartyB

​Every June, there is a small community of THLers that come together to find the best of the best. The Hall of Fame committee wakes up from its slumber, looking for new players to induct into the Hall. For most, the committee is a mystery, with no members officially made public. No official process has ever been provided to the public either. That is, until now.

By Dragonrider & TwoStarMako

​THL has had a long history, and merch being a part of that history is no exception! And much of the merch is as unique to THL as the players and teams and individuals that make THL such a unique community to be a part of in the first place. Let’s dive into more about some of the individual pieces of merch and the history or stories behind them.

The shake ups continue in the Hero series as we begin the penultimate week of the regular season! Defy Us reclaimed its top spot after a week lower on the podium, and Across-Playoff Mastery retook third in an exact reversal from the week prior as well. Fat Yoshi had a small dip after their surge last week and remains solidly on the podium. The It/She Sweaters continue its rise up the ranks placing it just outside of the podium. Your Best Nightmare also continues their climb up the ranks. ET Y’shaarj takes a small tumble after big gains last week. Are Protoss Meta? and A Persistent Mountain both took large tumbles as well.

On the player side, we have another week without movement on the podium and a big shake up all across the other 4-10 spots. Only 2 players remain undefeated and are featured prominently on the Podium at 1 & 2. 10 Players still remain at X-1. I’m just waiting for the shoe to drop and see the entire top 10 move in a week. I can feel the rumbling. SkrtReynolds with the biggest surprise this week jumping from outside of the rankings all the way to 5. LuluMk1 is notably the only player to make the top ten with 2 losses on the season. Her PAR is just that good!
-basedinc​

It's time for the Wild THL Power Rankings! Last week, team vies for the final spots in the playoffs. Staff of the 5 Dubs saw off WTF in the final week to seal their unbeaten season (4-0-1), but not before Sinferno lost to Arrowbounce. Dub's 1 seed was the only remaining undefeated player in the series (ends 4-1). APM ended Super Cereal Clown's hopes and dreams by beating them 15-10, and Et'Nzoth and Greasers fought tooth and nail in the final week to a score of 13-11. 

With the Super Cereal Clowns and WTF missing out on the big dance, all eyes turn to our semis final match ups: Staff of the 5 Dubs (4-0-1, 90 pts) vs Worgen Greaser (1-3-1, 69 (nice) pts).

If I could watch one match this week, it would be an entertaining 5th seed clash between Filtrophobe (2-3) and Egades (1-4). Filtrophobe is a habitual 11x gamer having an off season (but coming off a win last week) vs a talented player in egades who can do the impossible: Pilot his famously homebrewed LPG mage to a win in almost any match up. Good luck to all the teams still left alive! And pUt ThIs ApPlE oN yOuR hEaD!
-SchmoopyDady​

By MartyB

​When the Hall of Fame committee considers a nomination, they usually focus on a single series to sell them on the induction. THLers tend to shine in a specific series more than others, as each series is tailored to different skill sets and provides distinct challenges to its players. Occasionally, however, a player is so great that their play in multiple series makes them a lock in the eyes of the  Hall of Fame committee. These players tend to focus on only two series, or are seen dabbling in other series while mimicking their success from their preferred series in a low sample set of matches. One player, however, bucked the trend in the eyes of the committee. Nejiboston may be the only player to ever be considered for his play across every series hosted in THL today.

Neji and I sat down together to discuss some of his experiences in THL and how he looks back on it to this day. The purpose of this piece isn’t solely to focus on how Neji felt during his time in THL, but to highlight the versatility of a player that’s had so many experiences with so many players throughout the league. No other player has seen as much diversity, adversity, and success all at once within THL. His times in each series are stories that stand on their own. Each one deserves individual recognition for the accomplishments they represent.
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