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No common leagues and I don't think playing in one would "prove" anything one way or another, regardless of the fact that I don't feel the need. One league is just one league and you'd have to look at a larger sample size to get a sense of how two people stack up.
One thing I'll say about FF is that there's often a pretty wide gap between someone's reputation and his actual acumen. It's like poker in that regard. A lot of guys with "street cred" and a visible public profile are considered fish among the real big winners. Being a staff member at Site X or having a zillion Twitter followers doesn't necessarily say anything about a person's real know-how. There are guys in my leagues that don't post anywhere or seek the spotlight in any way, and yet demonstrate a lot more knowledge than certain pundits that everyone knows. I've played with some name brand guys who haven't distinguished themselves in actual competition (some are just flat out donators). I've been the fish at times myself, especially when I was first starting. I think I've turned a corner in the last year or two, but my win rate wasn't what it could have been and I'm still paying for old bad decisions in several of my leagues.
There's not necessarily a lot of accountability in this hobby. Every year is a new cycle and last year's predictions generally get swept under the rug. A few things will stick, but most things will be forgotten. Most of the specific calls people make are forgotten and what's left over is maybe a general impression with a handful of notable calls that form a sort of lasting legacy. So people think, "Yea, that guy is pretty good/bad because I remember he loved/hated this player who busted/blew up" but they're making those judgments while only recalling a tiny fraction of that person's overall analysis. Most predictions aren't tracked. People who whiff badly generally aren't named/shamed. Likewise, people who get things right aren't necessarily acknowledged for doing so. The end result is that a given pundit's reputation probably depends more on things like eloquence, visibility, and effort than it does on actually making good assessments and decisions.
All that being said, it would really shake up the hobby if something like OPR/SharkScope (tools that track and rank online poker players) was created to aggregate and monitor performance on sites like RTS and MFL. I know in my leagues the guys who have won the most aren't necessarily going to garner any "best poster" mentions on FBG, pimp themselves on Twitter, or even have an agreement to write for a site. Likewise, I'm sure you could toss quite a few staff members from places like ESPN and RotoWorld into a legitimately tough league and watch them get devoured.
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Stuff like this happens everywhere. You'd be best to just stop playing his game and just post whatever you feel like. 
The kind of response I think everyone here expected from you, guy.
