A couple of days ago, I scored over 72k damage in Lockdown using Deadly Crystal Bomb. I also have a video of it. It comes with nice music.
Now, the match is obviously staged. I convinced 7 friends to join the EU server during a time when the EU server was totally empty with me and then just had four of them walk into my shards wearing as much health as possible before heading back to the health pad to refill. This is very impressive, right? 72k damage? That's more than Feller's top score! It's more than most people's top score! But, of course, nobody's going to be impressed by it because I "cheated". I'm not impressed by it, myself, but it was fun to do.
Why am I bringing this up, anyway? Because I think my 72k damage highlights something fundamentally wrong with the mentality of Lockdown players. Remember that epic game of basketball where one player scored 100 points? I'm not making this up, there's a Wikipedia page listing basketball players who have individually scored 100 points in a single game of basketball. Before I link you to the list, I want you to think about one thing: Who is the best basketball player you can think about? Okay, remember that name. Now, click this link, press Ctrl+F and search for that name. I checked for "Michael Jordan", myself. If you don't know anything about basketball, don't worry, here's a wikipedia page linking the top 50 greatest basketball players.
I'll save you some time; I searched for the top 10 in that list, and none of them were present. Instead, you'll find people like this:
- At the middle school level, 13-year-old 8th grader Bob Harrison scored all 139 of his team's points in a 139–8 win on February 3, 1941.
- The first recorded instance was on March 8, 1913, when Herman Saygar of Culver High School (Indiana) scored 113 points against Winamac High School.
- The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union-Whitten High School (Iowa), who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School.
- The boys' high school record is 135 points, scored by Danny Heater on January 26, 1960.
Those weren't cherry-picked by me. They were all from the first paragraph on the Wikipedia page. Now, to be fair, there is one person on that top 50 list present on the 100 scorer list. His name is Wilt Chamberlain, and he once scored exactly 100 points against the New York Knicks in 1962. This is the only time in the history of professional, American basketball that's ever happened. I'm sure Wilt Chamberlain is a good player, but as you can see, he's not agreed to be the best player, and I strongly doubt that has much to do with that one incident.
Are you picking up where I'm going with this yet? I have no doubts that Bob Harrison was a competent basketball player, but he didn't score 139 points because he was super special awesome basketball player; he scored them because everyone on his team and his opposing team were 13 years old and didn't give a damn.
It should be obvious how this relates to Lockdown. Whether it's damage, caps, or defence, having a high score is not a badge of honour. In fact, it's the opposite! High numbers is almost a mark of shame. A telltale sign that the contest was totally out of balance, and you were the one-eyed man being king of the blind. The least crippled amongst the whole flock. Getting 50k damage in Lockdown is just as impressive as killing thousands of ants by peeing on an anthill; which is to say it's not actually impressive at all, and it certainly did nothing to demonstrate your "skill" or your worth as a "real Lockdown player.
This is Zeddy, telling you that when you post a picture of a high amount of damage, caps or anything else in Lockdown, this is what you are:
"The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year old boy named Mats Wermelin of Sweden. He recorded every single point in his team's 272–0 win on February 5, 1974, during a regional boys' tournament held in Stockholm."
No offense but...
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