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Posted by: Backfjre
I think it really comes down to an element of superstition, and what people perceive luck as.
But also, an analogy :D
If you have a team of great High School basketball players, and only one makes it to the big time (other players suffer injuries); people won't argue when that one player reaches the hall of fame and say that 'his buddy from 10 years ago could have done better', because it doesn't matter. This player did it, could the others have? Maybe... maybe.
You could say that any spartan could have done what Chief did, but there are tons of outliers within judgement, fighting style, tactics, chance, bravery, proficiency, compatibility with Cortana, even morale.
Maybe another spartan could have done what Chief was able to do, but Chief did it. He accomplished successfully to created the most ridiculous dossier in the Haloverse, where as no matter what you say, there is still an element of doubt as to whether another spartan could do the same.
Here's another perspective, when a scholar asks 'Who was the worst president?', the top 2 worst would be Harrison or Garfield. The reason these 2 are rated the worst, because they were assassinated before doing much of anything. Scholars don't ponder 'what COULD they have done', because that is irrelevant to what was actually accomplished.
To my understanding of you said, this post rather accurately sums up my thoughts. I say Chief is the best because of what he has done, if it had been some other Spartan who had done everything instead, then I would say they are the best. The other Spartans may have done well, but that point is moot because they didn't do it, doesn't mean they aren't amongst the best or anything of the sort, but Chief is the best because of what he has done.