Stormroar

He's still an orange belt, but I played him for real and he beat me 3 times in a row

Who me? I have a bad internet connection, and I am running Linux. I always either ping or client freeze. I never rage quit. The only time I quit straight after a match is if it is a tourny server and I ceebs waiting in the queue. (Or if I ping/freeze)

And thanks for the mention Laxo. I haven't played you in-game to see enough of your skills however.

In my opinion, the rising star I have seen lately is a fellow called SkittlePie. He is dangerous. He is just so well-rounded and a good player.

In my honest opinion, i don't think anyone who was mentioned here has what it takes to be the next star. (besides Jusmi :P)

I think HooliganJ definitely fits the description of rising star. His replays are really good despite being fairly new to the game.

I also have a few others on my mind who are great replay makers and have improved so much in such a little time, but I don't want to give them an ego and affect their replay making before they reach their peak.

I'm voting for doxx

I'm putting my vote in for Pamaaj. I played aikido with him a few months ago, and he's been improving at a ridiculous level since then. They guy's only a blackbelt, so if he keeps going at this level it could turn into something special.

Assuming he isn't an alt...

Didn't he get a name change to pamajj?

I think he's an alt, but no one really knows, let's just hope he's not an alt.

"rising" star implies that they have, in fact, been rising. If it's an alt and they're already at that skill level, then they've already been rising for quite some time.

I think Thorn is starting to make a name for himself around here.

at least in my experience it's usually pretty easy to spot the people that are after some forum ranking, they're the ones that chill in #support that you don't recognize
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well, in the forum scene anyways, not sure how things go down ingame