[b]Aerial[/b]<br /><br />Always been able to hang with the best duelers but is CTF going to translate over for him?&nbsp; He&#039;s been talking some mad trash lately so he has a lot to answer for.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know much about his CTF skills but he looks like a dark horse candidate for rookie of the year.&nbsp; However other players on DMC might take all the glamor leaving Aerial to left overs.<br /><br />[b]Dawsonation[/b]<br /><br />A player who I literally know nothing about.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve even seen him play.&nbsp; I doubt he&#039;ll win many accolades this season just because of the heavy hitters on BSK are unlikely to give him much playing time.<br /><br />[b]DR_Noob[/b]<br /><br />I&#039;ve seen him play ST and he&#039;s a good fragger with a bit of all around skills.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t seen him too active in ZDaemon with&nbsp; practicing or priving.&nbsp; The lime light will likely pass him by if he gets stuck in D or mid positions given the other players on his team.&nbsp; O seems more likely to be Turska&#039;s job, who is another great rookie.<br /><br />[b]Higgs[/b]<br /><br />The player that has improved the most so far since team practices have started.&nbsp; He is often found practicing with EBL at 2am vs a random mix team.&nbsp; His running has gotten much smarter lately and he&#039;s starting to get sneaky.&nbsp; His aim is also becoming more &quot;Doomish&quot; and I see him snapping the SSG around.&nbsp; If he can put up 25+ caps this season he could be the best rookie.&nbsp; Plus let&#039;s be honest Quakers make some of the best Doomers (see me and Mike).<br /><br />[b]Kov[/b]<br /><br />Along with Rust and Noob I see him as the heavy fraggers for this season&#039;s rookies.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure what role he&#039;ll end up playing yet but he seems good enough to win praise even in D or mid.&nbsp; Being a weaker team should help Kov to stand out as a rookie this season.<br /><br />[b]Mandolore[/b]<br /><br />Not sure if Mando is a contender this season for a rookie of the year.&nbsp; Mando to me doesn&#039;t seem to excel enough in any postion to really stand out.&nbsp; He also might not get enough play time to even attempt to make his mark due to another great rookie being on his team who I think will get much more play time.<br /><br />[b]MassVC[/b]<br /><br />Mass will likely see a decent amount of play time but I&#039;m not sure he can excel enough in any role to stand out from the other rookies.&nbsp; He can frag but not enough to be a fearsome D or mid player.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see him doing much offense.<br /><br />[b]Reckless[/b]<br /><br />I don&#039;t see Reckless among the contenders for rookie of the year for one main reason, like a few other rookies he is very unlikely to see much play time with SUC having a stellar lineup.<br /><br />[b]RustInPeace[/b]<br /><br />A heavy fragger but Higgs will probably steal much of his rookie attention as the primary O for EBL.&nbsp; Rust will likely use his heavy fragging power to play D or mid and we all know those positions are much harder to win respect in.<br /><br />[b]ThatsJustPrime[/b]<br /><br />A versatile player who looks likely to excel this season in any position.&nbsp; One of his problems will be having to play along side Chaindude who is one of the flashiest players in IDL history.&nbsp; Even if Prime puts on a show Chaindude might put on an even bigger one.&nbsp; Prime also might not play as much if Mando can out perform him.&nbsp; Still a very solid contender for the rookie of the year race.<br /><br />[b]TurSKA[/b]<br /><br />A strong European, hailing from Finland, Turska can put up caps and work his lagged SSG with the best of them.&nbsp; Given TKV&#039;s lineup it seems likely Turska will be their primary O while rus/nostar combo hold down D and mid.&nbsp; Turska likely will get a chance to shine but is he up to the challenge?&nbsp; Just like Higgs if he can put up 25+ caps this season he&#039;ll be a serious stand out.<br /><br />My top picks for rookie of the year race are Higgs, Kov, Prime and Turska.&nbsp; I think these players will get enough play time to see how good they actually are.&nbsp; They are also in situations where their teams should work well with their skills.&nbsp; As a side note TKV and SPE both have two rookies each.