Well it's the moment you've all been waiting for. The Player of the Year 2024. Before I start I would like to thank you all for continuing to ensure that this is the biggest and best Red Alert 1 fansite on the internet and the greatest blog and resource in RA History. I've been doing this for 5 years now and I wouldn't keep doing it if it weren't for the fans! Especially since I'm not really active in playing these days, the pleasure of helping the community is what keeps me going! Special thanks to the player from Chile who has over 1000 unique page views on this blog since 2020! I have no idea who he is but I'm honoured that Blog of Boo is so popular in Chile! Thank you 😊
Before we reveal the winner, some honourable mentions and some reasons they didn't quite make player of the year:
Gganbu - While he is obviously the strongest player in the world in both 2v2 and 1v1, we feel that Gganbu wasn't active enough over the past year to deserve the award. Being the best player doesn't automatically mean you are the MVP - some others had far more impact in 2024.
Dynamic - Obviously a great player and right up there close on Gganbu's coat tails. I've not been able to play much but I have been able to watch some action on Lautatube and Pr1de Twitch and it does seem he loses more than he wins on P4 2v2 for example. If he ups his game on P4 and spends less time driving the 200k Porsche then he might win the title in 2025.
San - Good streamer but doesn't really play 1v1 and there are some others who are still a bit better than he is.
Bea5ty - Too busy making quality pizzas these days so hadn't played as much.
I can now reveal that the results of the poll for PLAYER OF THE YEAR are in. It was a unanimous victory 32-14 in favour of the winner, by UNANIMOUS DECISION...
LORDY
Well there you have it. The best man won. The people have spoken. The Bear is officially more popular than Diaz. Much like Trump coming back from the political abyss, the Ogre has now triumphed over his mortal enemy. No doubt the Bear will be gagging for a bit of bo9 once his ban is lifted in a few days time. Is this the end of an era for RA? Will Diaz's reign be remembered like Biden's. Hold onto your Salami. Time will tell...
Well with 2 days to go before we crown Player of the Year, we thought it would increase the hype if we give the Butler of the Year Award its own post, such is its historic prestige and significance. This award is on a par with POTY in the bowels of RA history and can be seen as the Champions League to POTY's Premier League. This year is particularly absorbing as the reigning and defending 2-time back to back champion, Ad, is going for a historic 3-peat! So read on to find out if he has secured this monumental achievement or if someone else has sucked and rimmed better than Ad this year.
First up, a reminder of previous winners 🏆
2021 Budwouter (butlering for Dynamic)
2022 Ad (butlering for OP)
2023 Ad (freelance butlering most of lobby)
At the halfway stage of this year, many thought that Ad securing the 3-peat was a certain lock. However, the panel agreed that Ad became perhaps a tad too complacent throughout the 2nd half of the year. If there was an award for ass-sniffer of the year then Ad would have won that hands down for his flamboyant purveying of Diaz's posterior, but unfortunately ASOTY is not on offer at this present time.
Therefore, bombshell moment, the 3-peat hasn't happened!!!
Ladies and gentleman, we have a new Butler of the Year for 2024! Stand up and applaud your new BOTY, Toshy!!! Congratulations!
Toshy exhibited the traits of what we think constitutes an elite butler during the voting period. Toshy hopped from clan to clan ( or c*CK to c*CK ? ) at least 5 or 6 times this year to the point we have lost track of his current clan. Toshy was also an expert at fellating the megapros in lobby whenever they would login. Such eager butlering has not been seen since the days of the legendary Budw. Ad will need to significantly up his game in 2025 if he wishes to regain his title as it is clear that positioning himself as Diaz's weed carrier will not be enough.
Be sure to congratulate TOSHY on this phenomenal achievement!
And remember, get ready and get hyped as we find out who has been victorious between the Shroomhead and the Bear for POTY in a few days time! May the best man/they/them win!
Thanks for reading, happy Christmas to all 🎄 Hope Santa gets you cying lessons with OldPr0
We are excited to announce that unanimous results have been decided for all but 1 of this year's awards, therefore we are free to announce the winners of all the secondary awards at this juncture. The most important award, PLAYER OF THE YEAR is still open for voting and I shall be including a poll to decide on this year's winner. 2 candidates this year, polar opposite, have stood out above everyone else for POTY. The voting panel agrees that POTY should be given to the player who has made the biggest impact and contribution to the game over the previous 12 months, and not necessarily the strongest player. Therefore players such as Gganbu and Dynamic are not in the running for this award as there's not been much notable competitive action this year - instead, we feel that there are 2 standout candidates and I am sure most will agree. These are of course, N8Diaz and Lordy. The poll will decide once and for all who is the most popular of the 2 and who takes home the prize of POTY2024. This race will no doubt be even more consequential than Trump vs Kamala. Additionally, we will save the other most important award, Butler of the Year, for part 2 so stay tuned!
Anyway, without much further ado, it's time to decide who has taken home the rest of the prestigious awards:
Most Improved Player 2024
A year ago, Fighter would only beat Ad 6-4 or 7-3 in a 10 game series. However, nowadays, he absolutely pumps him and it would be 10-0 head to head. There's no point in Fighter vs Ad anymore because Fighter has proven he is a tier above his fellow countryman and would absolutely smash him in a Best Of series nowadays.
Additionally, Fighter was able to win the padawan ladder by easily beating players such as robskate while all the big pros were away from keyboard and so proved he is much better than those guys now.
Therefore, Fighter is the clear winner of the MIP2024 Award.
Rookie of the Year 2024
Bart reliably informs me that there's a unanimous winner of this award. The player known by many names but notably [soul]cycle or Recyclebin most often takes this prize. I've not crossed paths with this player myself because I've not been active for the last year but I am assured this player is yet another talented Australian on the CnCNet ranks. I look forward to observing his/her progress, but please, for fuck sake, choose ONE name and stick to it! I know that's hypocritical since I'm known as RedCarpet, MrBoo and others instead of Crushy but I've earned that status due to being an absolute legend of the game, much like The Undertaker (The Deadman, The American Badass) of WWE fame. Newer players should choose one name and stick to it to make them easily identifiable to the seasoned veterans until they earn their stripes in the pr0 ranks.
Streamer of the Year 2024
This of course goes to San for keeping the plebs entertained with some pro action. Find his channel here. LINK TO SAN TWITCH
Lifetime Achievement Award 2024
The panel decided that there's one individual who is extremely deserving of this award. We have decided to soften the blow of his 30-day ban for racist outbursts, by awarding the enigmatic OldPr0 (aka [420]Ryan) with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
OldPr0 has become an integral part of Red Alert popular culture over the past 10 years through his contribution of 12 hours per day losing at 2v2. People will regularly say to each other "stop being an oldpr0" or "ok oldpr0" when anyone makes excuses after a loss. The association of bitching after a loss and the name oldpr0 have become one and the same, completely synonymous at this point, and this is why we love him.
So not only does OldPr0 spend most of the day getting paid by the Canadian social security system to sit and get pumped by KOBA and UFF-Magno on P4 2v2, but he's also a legendary lobby general chat stalwart in his own right.
We should also mention the anomaly which comes with OldPr0. Despite his limited success in competitive play, OldPr0 has the distinction of being Kickn's bogey player. For some reason, Kickn seems to have a mental block when he plays against OldPr0 and usually gets pumped. Maybe this is because they have similar playstyles and OldPr0 is just a much stronger player than Kickn on 10 cy, but whatever it is, Kickn always seems to get pumped by OldPr0 when they're on opposite teams on 2v2.
Congratulations on your award OldPr0 and we look forward to hearing about how a pig flew past the window and that's why you lost your next game once your ban is uplifted!
RA would not be the same without this character and he deserves his legacy to be cemented in the annals of Red Alert history with this award.
POLL FOR POTY2024 BELOW and a reminder that BUTLER of the year will follow in part 2 as well! DON'T READ THE FAKE NEWS, STICK TO BLOG OF BOO.
RED ALERT 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
RED ALERT 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Vote for your RA President!
Voting closes on 19th December 2024 at 23:59 London time.
It's official. Mr Anonymous has informed me that he was able to broker a deal with higher admins, and Lordy will finally be released after 1 more month provided he has good behaviour. The Bear will be returning to Red Alert 1 on CnCNet to get pumped again by OldPr0 on 2v2 on December 28th 2024.
To celebrate I have included a countdown clock in this post.
I have contacted Yuzgen and informed him of this news. He says he too will come out of retirement to pump Lordy's hairy dangleberry hole one last time on the release date.
Thank you to the negotiators in bringing us this Christmas gift.
Voting is now open for RA End of Year Awards. A reminder of the awards being covered.
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved Player
Lifetime Achievement Award
Streamer of the Year
Player of the Year
BUTLER OF THE YEAR
Get your votes into the Chief Golden Milo Jockstrap Sniffer aka Bart who is acting as head curator in my absence. I am afraid I have been too much of a scavenging crow this year and so my insight isn't as valuable as our dear Four Letter Word. Bart will be sharing the results with me around December 20th in time for your Christmas stockings.
In other news, I stumbled across evidence that Milo is alive and well whilst out on my travels.
Additionally, I can confirm that I have communicated with our favourite Turkish Rambo, Yuzgen. He said he has retired from the game because the competition absolutely sucks and too many nubs. Yuzgen will be remembered very fondly for his 22 hour streams and 5 years of sacrificing pussy in order to teach a generation of padawans the dark arts of HJK6.
Finally, drunken cowboy robskate is back 🤠
Hopefully Santa Diaz will fill up everyone's Christmas stockings and release the Bear back into the woods.
