I suppose I should have said I feel Drifty & Hopes are AT LEAST on par with DPC. In fact sometimes I think Hopes is closer to Philly than DPC in terms of writing a story. In any case, this is totally subjective and these are all very good and valid opinions.
And I feel that I owe an apology to Mortze, the other half of the Tlareo & Mortze duo. While Tlareo handles the writings in most of their collaborations, Mortze's solo writings are also superb and worthy of being included in the very top tier.
Anyways, my original "rambling" was a rebuttal to
djhillyhill claiming "it's good money to bet on DPC at the current momment being the best writter." Again, these are just opinions and there's no right or wrong here, but I feel most will agree with me that while DPC is one of the few better ones, there are better writers than DPC out there.