First off, I want to once again congratulate DWhite4MVP (DrakeMaye4MVP) for reaching the top 50. He is now the sixth user to reach the top 50 since October. Second off, welcome to yet another post basically recapping and predicting what's next.
Let's start this post off by talking about some higher ranking moves. The 300k club has extended their members this week with Ballin and Surge both getting to that esteemed number and becoming 34th and 35th with 300k, a number I expect to be a normal barrier for the top 50 by the end of the year. When we get to December, KnicksTape, Melo4MVPS, oldlakersfan, ozamoramerino, BobRossIsSoCool, JoshHart4mvp, and DWhite4MVP will all reach 300k, and there will be more users to get to the top 50, so therefore where 230k, 240k, 250k has been the norm now to get to the top 50 will become a common thing for vet users who have been here for a while but not getting enough attention to get to the top 50 like 150k is right now. I also want to point out that Surge is 46,469 away from the top 25, something I touched on the last time I made a post like this. He might get to that spot by the end of February.
Some of y'all may ask why I didn't add Melo4MVPS to the list with Surge like I did for the top 50 or why I skipped leokevin188 or DeadPoole to the chase for the top 25 when both are ahead of Surge? The reason is a. Surge has suprassed Melo so much that they are both on separate paths right now. One is climbing, the other is running, it doesn't really matter in the short term but can affect their growth long term. And b. leokevin188 and DeadPoole don't gain a lot of GM scores per day compared to Surge and I fully expect him to pass DeadPoole, though I am 50/50 he passes leokevin188 for top 25, though if leokevin188 makes it first, I do see Surge bumping leokevin off of the top 25 temporarily.
Real quick, going to touch on that I am not going to talk about Naf getting to top 15 right now and will leave this for it's own post for the next week or two as he gets a little closer. I think he moved one spot since I last made a post about it and I think he is realizing how spaced out everyones GM scores are now the closer he gets to the top. With that said, let's look at who is next. Who is going to reach the top 50 next? Well, for starters, I don't think we will get one in February. There are three users who are on my watch list and that is (in order) AJGreenalwaysin, Bdawg, and DeadGuyKawhi. All three are over 200,000, in the top 70, don't have too much left to get there, but they both don't post or gain a lot of GM scores per day for me to think they are going to get there in like two or three weeks. All three need about three big posts to blow up and push them over to get the boulder moving and get there before the end of the month. With that said, is there anyone else outside of these three that can jump pass them like DWhite or Melo or Surge all did? Also no. I'm looking at the closest guys to them and neither looked primed enough to gain almost 20,000 and pass them in the next few weeks, kawntent I believe will easily get to the top 50 once he gets to 200,000, but I don't see him gaining 50,000 in two weeks, I might be the closest one out of everyone in the 100,000 group but I don't see me passing either of these three in time and would most likely get to the top 50 at the earliest March or April along with those three. I think this will be a slow February but it is also primed up to be a volcanic Spring where I can see from three to maybe seven users making it to the top 50 in like three to six weeks from each other. And then I also see another batch on the way in the Summer, so whoever put a fresh, new top 50 on their New Years Resolution is getting their wish!
Let me know your thoughts down below! Also, if you have your own predictions that is different from mine or you want to predict who is next, let me know!