Let's clear a few things up:

1. The game had already been out for a month before I started playing so I would of been one of the last "elite" players to get proto gear, not one of the first.
In fact, The vast majority of the better players had been a part of the closed beta (unlike myself) so they knew the maps & they knew exactly what to spec into, I on the other hand spent the first 4-5 months testing a variety of different builds out.

2. I was still playing when the majority of the player base had 40+ mil. SP & had access to AUR bought respecs; Do you honestly think they were all running basic / advanced gear? I may have had more options than most, but I certainly didn't have better gear - I left long after "the player base had caught up" SP wise.

3. You only refer to our "pure 1v1s" b/c you won the last few we had; Back when I was playing every day, I won most of, if not all our straight up 1v1s. Same goes for 95% of the player base.
However, towards the end, when I was an infrequent player that percentage became more like 80%. I just wasn't on the same level anymore. Much like I wouldn't be now.

4. You weren't recognized back then b/c you simply weren't one of the best players at that time, tanker or no. It was actually an achievement to be considered a great slayer back then b/c there were so many to choose from. It was only after most of the the best infantry players had left that you became one yourself.

The one part that is true is that we did play / think alike; We understood that gun game wasn't everything & compensated for our lack of it in other areas.

I never professed to being the best. I was considered one of the best b/c I consistently topped the leaderboards of both the PC battles & pubs I took part in (Usually playing the latter solo). There aren't many slayers who could do that back then.

Everybody knows that being at the top of the leader boards doesn't mean you're the best, all it shows is that you can steamroll pubs & you have a lot of free time on your hands. You can get there playing solo with an assault rifle like I did, or you can get there by playing in full squads with multiple tankers like you & Duna did. It really doesn't mean ****.

You shouldn't feel the need to hold a grudge after all this time; our competitiveness is the only reason we every butted heads in the first place. (Outside of that one time you went full r.etard in a forum post & I informed you that you should never go full r.etard.)

It comes down to the fact that we both just like winning. Now, you can keep trying to convince everyone that I suck & you were always better than me, but dude, I promise you, no one's ever going to believe you.