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 Aside from acola and Sparg0, two other players also began dominating their respective metagames. Despite having a weak start of the season, {{Sm|Miya|p=Honshu}} ended the year with the most major wins out of anyone, winning a total of 11 majors and supermajors. His performances especially took off in the latter half of the year, where he won most of his majors, including his biggest win {{Trn|Kagaribi 11}}, and even became a bracket demon for acola. In North America, {{Sm|Sonix}} emerged as a contender for best player in North America after defeating Sparg0 at {{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}, and regularly making it to Grand Finals at majors in second half of the year, later winning {{Trn|Port Priority 8}}. Collectively, these four players won a combined 30/37 majors (81.08%) throughout the [[LumiRank 2023]] season, including all but one major in the second half of the season with at least one of them in attendance and all but one of the year's "premier-tier" events. This dominance culminated in their performances at the final supermajor of the season, {{Trn|Watch The Throne}}, where the four of them took the top 4 places. Recognizing their dominance in the metagame, players began calling the four players the '''Four Horsemen''', with the term taking off after Watch The Throne. This is reflected on the [[LumiRank 2023]], where the four players were ranked top 4 and had a score above 95, with the next highest being {{Sm|Glutonny}} with a score of 84.78.
-The Four Horsemen's dominance almost immediately dissipated in the following season. All four combined only made up for a total of 10 major wins for the [[LumiRank 2024.1]] season, which was not even half the number of majors that took place that season. Furthermore, only Miya had more than 2 major wins that season, as acola's decreased activity, Sparg0's inconsistency, and Sonix's "second-place curse" meant that the number of Four Horsemen major wins that season were largely carried by one player. Conversely, this season saw a variety of other major winners, with no repeat major winners outside of Miya between [[Tournament:DELTA 7|DELTA 7 [FAT]]] in December 2023 and {{Trn|Sumabato SP 46}} in April 2024, and even saw many new majors winners, most notably {{Sm|SHADIC}} at {{Trn|Cirque Du CFL 3}} and {{Sm|Hurt}} at {{Trn|Battle of BC 6}}, two players who were ultimately top 10 that season, and both players ended up getting wins on multiple members of the Four Horsemen, as well as {{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut}} being the next player to get wins on all four of them alongside {{Sm|Shuton}}. Due to all of this, many players questioned whether the community was too hasty in labeling the four players, especially if their dominance did not even last for a year.
+The Four Horsemen's dominance almost immediately dissipated in the following season. All four combined only made up for a total of 10 major wins for the [[LumiRank 2024.1]] season, which was not even half the number of majors that took place that season. Furthermore, only Miya had more than 2 major wins that season, as acola's decreased activity, Sparg0's inconsistency, and Sonix's "second-place curse" meant that the number of Four Horsemen major wins that season were largely carried by one player. Conversely, this season saw a variety of other major winners, with no repeat major winners outside of Miya between [[Tournament:DELTA 7|DELTA 7 [FAT]]] in December 2023 and {{Trn|Sumabato SP 46}} in April 2024, and even saw many new majors winners, most notably {{Sm|SHADIC}} at {{Trn|Cirque Du CFL 3}} and {{Sm|Hurt}} at {{Trn|Battle of BC 6}}, two players who were not only top 10 that season, but also had multiple wins on the Four Horsemen in the same season. Due to all of this, many players questioned whether the community was too hasty in labeling the four players, especially if their dominance did not even last for a year.
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