this entire thread is rather silly. You are trying to compare corps that dominated at different times.
Zdub said it well, but you are attempting to compare Marciano to Ali to Tyson
all the BEST in their time.
now we all speculate who would be the best if they all faced each other in their prime, so its pure speculation.
you can use random facts, like bunnies beat TEAM once, or TEAM beat Imps once, etc etc.
or you can sit back and look at the reign of each corp at the top of their game and attempt to compare.
For me this is not an easy task, as I have seen most come up and go down in succession.
I would still agree as it stands, Imps were #1 ( in a different time and place we might have challenged that, but there was no overlap in our times so the world will never know. I have them the ranking by default as there is nothing to prove it otherwise).
I would say TEAM was #2. we had a high learning curve, and our early loss to Bunnies was a catalyst for our fast-track to success. They dominated most the match, yet we came back and made it close. learned a lot in 20 minutes that helped shape the next 3 1/2 months. We beat Imps (lets face it, it was technically Imps, but not their A team. I faced their A team with STB so I can make such statements) Flat out BEAT down all other teams we faced. SI and WTF would occasionally bring good matches, and O.H. with their FOTM flaylocks always kept things interesting. We never faced SyN nor RND A team, but AE/HS whatnot... close also during FOTM flaylock and always good matches, but were controlled almost all the time (bridge map excluded as you definitely hold the head to head advantage on that 1 map)
Ahrendee is the obvious #3 imo. They dominated everyone and held it down for a good amount of time. Them along with SyN often get overlooked because TEAM took center stage in EoN. all the while they dominated all their opponents.Based on the rest, I would say the current AE has displayed the dominance of 1 and 2, however in a time where competition level is at an all time low, so its difficult to judge, but they are deserving of top 5.
and the final spot is a huge tossup. O.H. is deserving of mention, as well as SI. Yes believe it or not at their peak SI was a top 5 corp. EU lag the reason why? poor excuse for everyone and you know it. When they were at the top of their game and peak activity Seraphim was a force that could never be overlooked.
The other would be Synergy, who at their peak were as equally dominant as any on the list.Others that would round out a 'top 10' would be WTF, Pro Hic and likely KEQ or Red Star
keep in mind this ranking is based on gameplay since uprising dropped (5/14)
Is still not a good ranking because even in uprising we have gone through 'phases' and FOTM weapons that many teams have adapted into their gameplay and helped them be more dominant than they normally would.
AE currently has the most active numbers of the higher-tier players, and thus have reached the top.but AE doesn't dominate.. really anyone. Sure they dominate the team with an average of 5M SP/person, but then again so does all other established corps.
so considering them #1 on any 'all-time' list is just biased to anyone who says it.
they are #1 NOW, and thus in the short history of this game many will place them in that 'top 5' all time
either way October 2013 AE is on top
