After I befriended mosteeL (changed the capitalisation of his name 3 times or so) and Rhydah, they put in a good word with Makaveli/Maka and he introduced me to the whole "hitbox" concept (as I was just leadaiming willy nilly- pretty much what you do in 2.9

). mosteeL and Rhydah were a couple of strong high-pingers at the time (being Filipino) and when I first fought Maka he was crazy skilled (in comparison to me, and most others).
Those 3 would have to be there up the top, although haven't really been 'mentors' for a couple of years now, literally.
I later returned the favour to mosteeL and Rhydah and helped get them into [W]- when I first fought Hustler and more importantly, Hooligan, my jaw just dropped at their skills.
After I was in CT (and had already applied for [W] before I got in-
way too early if you ask for my opinion now) I got more exposure to clans such as [SiN], yet most of my fighting was alongside them against new clans (at the time) of [MI] and [HC4L].
Anyway to save this turning into a 5page long history thread, my "mentors" would be mosteeL and Maka, and then Hooligan- but as a high pinger I had to figure everything out for myself on a higher level, and in developing my own tactics and strategies I'd have to say that I was by far the biggest mentor to myself.