by Crazy Ivan
Some people would argue that the Trickster Award is the most coveted award in all of Myachi. After all, it's primarily a game of skill and this is the only one of the Jammer of the Year prizes that recognizes somebody for their Myachi skills.
A quick perusal of the past winners will show that only top echelon jammers have won it before. Mantis has taken the prize twice, Kickstand, Dragon and A-Train once. All four of them true masters of freestyle Myachi.
But all that being said, the Trickster Award is not necessarily about who has the best skills. Mantis won in 2008 and 2010, but Dragon won in 2009. Does that mean that Dragon got better at Myachi that year and Mantis caught back up in the following year? Of course not. Because the Trickster Award is about something more than that.
Of course, I don't get to vote in the awards so I can't say exactly what people take into consideration when they're choosing the winner, but after watching the process go down for 5 years in a row, I can say with certainty that there are certain commonalities in the people that have won.
The most important factor, as near as I can tell, is INNOVATION. That's the one thing that all the winners have had in common over the years. Each one of them helped to take the game to the next level by creating new tricks, new combos and new ways of executing the classics. They took the next logical step in the game and created two Myachi versions of one Myachi tricks or three Myachi versions of two Myachi tricks (and in Mantis' case, four Myachi version of three Myachi tricks). They pushed the envelope. They test the boundaries.
Not only does this make them great Myachi players, but it also helps others to become better. The true Trickster is the one who brings everyone's game to a higher level. Our past winners have certainly personified that trait and I'm sure whoever takes the award this year will continue that proud tradition.
Good Luck to all the hopefuls!
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