14th April 2022, 3:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 14th April 2022, 5:28 PM by Different. Edited 1 time in total.)
The RANK 50+ Theory Cracked
Introduction: I'm going to talk about how the Rank 50+ obsession started, who's responsible, what's changed, your Ranking status, nostalgia, and more!
WARNING: If you're Rank 50-59, stop patting yourself on the back because this thread will hurt your feelings! First off, I didn't make this thread to put a smile on your face and dab you up for reaching Rank 50+ in this new decade... Sorry about that. I'm hear to crack the COLD-HEARTED TRUTH, pushing you to be better!
It's a lot to read, I know. But, if you want the truth, NO BS, then happy reading!
So now of days, if you're Rank 50+, it's not very impressive anymore. Why? Because there are exactly 945 accounts that are over Rank 50+. Yeah that's right... there are 945 accounts that are over Rank 50+. That's ridiculous because the more a Rank gets overpopulated by new players, the more it gets overrated and becomes less impressive.
You see, what people don't realize is that a higher rank equals respect. If you're someone who's up the creek without a paddle, and you needed a supplier, you'd lookup to the man who's already been there and done that, asking him for handouts. Whether it was folding, macroing, you name it! You respected the hell out of that higher ranked player because he was helping you reach your destination!
For those of you who are just now reaching the Rank 50+ list, don't pat yourselves on the back because you have a long ways to go before you can ever get noticed and remembered. If you were Rank 50+ back in 2008-2009, almost everybody knew who you were because you were considered important. You had something SPECIAL that no one else had back then.
Who Started it?
Believe it or not, the first man to reach Rank 50+ was UnknownAX back in 2008. Yeah that's right... 2008! The early days where people were testing the game back then. Around late fall of 2008, simming was invented. Tbh, it was UnknownAX who really started the Rank 50+ obsession because if you think about it, all these players started ranking up to Rank 50+ really fast in 2009.
Now, I'm not calling anyone out but, here's an example of a player who was well over Rank 50+ back in late 2008 to early 2009. Call it what you want, I just think it's impressive.
Had it not been for UnknownAX, I doubt Rank 50+ would have been achieved back then, until 2010. I'm not saying you should thank him, I'm saying you should be aware of the COLD-HEARTED TRUTH.
Some people, not me, say that he created an experience bot for people to download and abuse the hell out of the game.
Now, obviously this wouldn't fly today with the new exp bar update of 2020. If something like this was invented in 2009, things would have been VERY different today, leaving older players scared to death.
But hey, no one had ever thought of it before, which means everyone could pretty much get away with murder back then. Again, not calling anyone out in particular. Tbh, I think this was really invented to expose cheating and report it to the staff.
If UnknownAX hadn't started the Rank 50+ trend, then who would have?? I guarantee you guys, you wouldn't even see a Rank 50 until 2010, probably. It would have been a VERY slow transition from the 40s to 50s back then. Especially since not very many people knew about macroing.
Your influencers are the Rank 50+ legends from 2009 and older, tbh with you. I hope you don't think you would have gotten to Rank 50+, quickly on your own back then, do you? Had to start somewhere!
When people see others doing something outstanding, not knowing what's behind it, they want to follow them in their footsteps, which is what's happening today! Not everyone is like this, obviously, but a lot of you are, believe it or not!
The DEATH of Rank 50+
I hate to say it but the Zack6723 era, which started in 2010, began to kill off the golden status of Rank 50+ because you had a ridiculous amount of players who would piggyback off the Rank 50+ legends of 2008-2009, to reach their goals.
Here's Zack6723 back in 2009, who was Rank 35 at the time, racing against Frozne, who was Rank 52 at the time.
During this era, the golden status still lived on until 2010. During 2010, when you saw all these accounts rank up all of a sudden, that's when Rank 50+ died because you had too many players reaching Rank 50+!
Fun Fact: HackUAX was Rank 46 with no +3 at the time. He would quickly reach 47+3, then shortly a month later or so, reached Rank 52!
Tbh, Rank 50+ has lost it's golden status back in 2010 because that's when players were starting to get really comfortable, figuring out the tricks and mechanics to the game, while spending a tremendous amount of time, leveling up their accounts. These players would also piggyback off the real Rank 50+ legends from 2008-2009.
The reason a Rank 50+ list didn't exist back in 2008-2010 is because Rank 50+ was still fairly new to the noobie players of Pr2. The first Rank 50+ list was back in 2011. No one had caught on to the Rank 50+ players until 2010.
@Jiggmin on the other hand, didn't like the fact that there were so many players reaching Rank 50+, so he decided to finally do something about it in 2010.
Pr2 Exp - May 2, 2010 Update!
Half EXP
EXTRA: Rank 50+ Limit
As time when on from 2010, more and more players would begin to find crafty and creative ways to reach Rank 50+, making the rank more overrated than it was before.
Because of this, Rank 60+ would quickly become the new Rank 50+. Who started it? UnknownAX did, really. But, quesin helped build that legacy, 12 years ago.
The DEATH of Rank 60+
Let's just cut to the chase... Rank 60+ had been popular up until 2014. 3 years from quesin ranking up to 60, @AlphaZ would reach Rank 60 back in March of 2013, leaving everyone in a shit storm, not knowing what to do with themselves. Then, players like me, slowboy03, and Chocapic would follow behind him.
Quesin was Rank 64 at the time of @AlphaZ huge rank up. He knew someone would catch up to him eventually, so he decided to push for Rank 65. This man was already far ahead of everyone else, but decided to quit at Rank 65 because of the rank tokens. Tbh, he was the last of the 2008-2009 legends, to leave Pr2.
Before the return of @FDX3 in fall of 2013, quesin would stay in the lead at Rank 65, followed by @AlphaZ with Rank 63, and myself at Rank 62. @FDX3 saw an opportunity to surpass quesin, becoming the highest ranked player in 2014. Had quesin continued from 2013, things would have been very different.
Things like a ridiculous IP TEST by mods back in 2012-2013, made it difficult for you to level up in peace. A damn IP test doesn't determine whether someone is macroing or not... come on, now!
The DM Glitch was an exploit in the game, allowing players to gain experience REALLY FAST within 5 seconds!
When the DM Glitch was born, thanks to Jellyhood3, players quickly took advantage of the situation, making Rank 60+ become overrated VERY FAST!
On the other hand, someone decided to report the incident to @Jiggmin, causing it to get patched in July of 2014. Then, when the game experienced a major failure in December of 2014, the DM glitch would return in January of 2015, for a short period of time. You should be thanking that person because then Rank 70+ would eventually become quickly overrated... think about it!
THE COLD-HEARTED TRUTH! 🥶
Rank 50+ isn't SPECIAL anymore and neither is your player. I don't mean to be blunt and hurt anyone's feelings but, it's the truth! Your player can't be SPECIAL unless you do something VERY remarkable on Pr2. If you're below Rank 70, you will not get noticed, I promise you. Maybe a little bit at Rank 60+, but anything below that, and you can forget it. There are wayy TOO MANY players reaching Rank 50 and 60+, now.
Players are getting really comfortable grinding experience points past 10m+. Back then, you'd complain your ass off because it was too much for you to handle. You weren't used to this level of experience until updates like rank tokens, happy hour, welcome back bonus, and other things took over. Take all that stuff out, and you're back to complaining again.
When a Rank becomes overpopulated by players, it's destroyed, which means you need to work twice as hard to stand out amongst other players. Nothing you do will be impressive, unless you are above Rank 70+, trust me! Everyone is macroing their accounts, full time now, and they've successfully gotten used to insane amounts of experience that exceed 50 million+.
But before this, never in your wildest dreams would you ever imagine reaching experience points above 50 million, 100 million, 150 million, etc. You know who you are, and give yourselves a huge pat on the back because people will respect you and notice you, quickly. I'm not saying that that's the only thing they'll respect you for. I'm saying that's one of the things they'll respect you for.
On the other hand, had it not been for macroing being allowed in 2017, that damn captchas would have still been around, making things VERY difficult for the players who are Rank 70+. Those ranks wouldn't even be there, now! The only people who could work around this system, were people who had experience bots and custom exploits!
Players below Rank 70+, you need to reach this rank to be considered SPECIAL in Pr2 because it was @AlphaZ and @Colind who paved the way to Rank 70+, 5 years ago. Now they're Rank 80!
Had UnknownAX not started the Rank 50+ trend, 13 years ago, the roster would have looked like this, today. Think about what he did! Thank about reaching Rank 50+, quickly back then!
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SpoilerUnfortunately, a lot of the Rank 50+ legends from 2008-2009 have long been forgotten because the majority of them quit Pr2, and are now part of an extremely large roster full of Rank 50+ players. What do you think would have happened today, if all of them (except for UnknownAX) had just decided to keep on pushing their ranks, forward. Well, this is my prediction:
YOUR Addiction
At the end of the day, I'm sure we'd all like to know why you are so addicted to ranking your accounts up to 50+. Well, you have to understand that the whole Rank 50+ obsession, started in 2009 when players below Rank 50, developed a dopamine spike, when they saw players reaching Rank 50+ ranks.
The reason you still have that dopamine spike and adrenaline rush, every time you see your ranks exceed to a high level, is because you are obsessed with ranks. The older legends paved the way for you, leaving you totally obsessed because you wanted something that used to be special back then. Now, all these 2008-2009 legends have retired their ranks, leaving you totally obsessed with macroing!
Ranking Status
The Ranks go down every year because new players are starting to reach them.
BONUS
Teamcowboy at Rank 50 in early 2009:
Quesin at Rank 46 in early 2009 (Skip to 1:45)
Back in the day when the roster was lit, and servers were packed! (0:01-0:07)
Spanishboy10, Ryguy16, and M@gic*G, all below Rank 50+, before they reached golden status later on that year.
Quesin at Rank 56 (Skip to 2:57). Video was uploaded 2 months after he reached Rank 56 in August.
Crispy94 at Rank 50 (Skip to 1:30).
Quesin at Rank 50, LamLam at Rank 43, and M@gic*G at Rank 34 (Skip to 1:49). All would rank to 50+ later on in 2009.
That's all I have to share with you guys, as this will be my LAST Pr2 History thread; there's really not much more to talk about from the past, unless you know something that I don't. Any objections to my findings or facts, you're welcome to state them below. I don't care that this thread is super long because you need to know the COLD-HEARTED TRUTH!
