There’s been countless threads in the past about ‘who is the best RotMG player’ and you know how those eventually boil down to: massive circle-jerks and meaningless rhetoric.
Instead of having those types of discussions again, I’m changing it up and asking y’all to describe your own play-style in a short phrase, and perhaps give a little blurb explaining why. You can also comment on other players, preferably those who record.
I’ll comment on a few stand-out players,
Kalle: Utopianistically Authoritative
Widely adored and heavily criticized, everyone may have different opinions about the bloke but he’s undoubtedly skilled. The way he treated his fans certainly didn’t grant him the fame he once had and actually still retains to this day. At one point, Kalle had an auto-ignore script for people who PM’d him. Some argue that his fame came from the high-profile notoriety of MAFIA or resulted from being one of the ‘original youtubers’ but I think that there was something intrinsic about his playstyle that appealed to ‘lower-class’ denizens like myself. As Dalla said in his AMA a while back,
[Kalle, AntiLOL and MIKADO] have just very appealing playstyles when you’d watch them go about things.
While Kalle definitely isn’t the best player of all time, he played with such authority and certainty - almost academic in nature - the way he calmly approached each obstacle with perfect technique and form. There used to be a saying, ‘Kalle never uses HP pots’, and the very nature of publishing his “I die too” video, is that the guy had an immortal, invincible aura that branded his name. From the strict way his characters were played (14 fame character, all dyed the same, 14 backups and some extras) to the methodical way he farmed in the ‘Fill the Vault’ videos, there was something appealing about the sense of control and safety that his viewers gravitated towards. It was the disillusionment of an idealistic ‘utopia’, a created facade to which his viewers strove to achieve that made his gameplay so unique. Kalle always won in the eyes of his viewers.
BTEL: Transcendental
A legendary player with vast knowledge, BTEL knows all the ins and outs of the Shatters. Nobody who records videos even comes close in terms of deeds, with BTEL possessing the title of fastest solo, fastest duo (with PaIras), fastest [and probably only] petless solo and most classes soloed. Yet his gameplay is too allusive for the average player; while Kalle did have a legendary pet in the end days of his realm days, he played pre-pets and did NPE’s. BTEL’s divine pet creates a sort of disconnect with his audience, hence why I chose the word ‘transcendental’. Things like tanking a full Ice Adept shotgun while standing perfectly still and getting down to half health is too obscure and abstract for the majority of his audience but creates a kind of ‘god-like’ status.
The ‘Elitist Crew’; Superciliously Adept
Although arrogant, these guys have a certain reckless type of playstyle that’s very entertaining to watch. From crazy switch rushes to screwed-up third boss, there’s a certain adrenaline-inducing feeling you get but also a certain moral predicament you face when you see some of the less cordial, distasteful stuff some of them do (like killing others). They’re unsurprising elitists: a person who believes that a system or society should be ruled or dominated by an elite.
Mrunibro: Deft and Fluttery
His winning petless arena entry really intrigued me, and I found his dodging very satisfying to watch. The way he jukes out the quiet pink lizard things is extremely well executed and the spastic jerks are really quite pleasant. You’re like a butterfly @Mrunibro , a flippin’ deadly one.
UnicornSla: Amateur
I’m just bad, and take risks that are far out of my league 
(Sorry if nothing makes sense, I’m supposed to be doing English but ended up doing this instead… so I inserted fancy words galore to make myself feel better xD)
(And yes, this is hardcore fanboying…judge me accordingly)
