Mas has been using the brute force method in Sifting his way to 250, and this can be proven by looking at his pqueue with an astonishing 227 submissions in it. So there's really no difference between the amount of effort it has taken him, and the effort put forth by a Silver diamond. A great number of his submissions are for the Videogames channel, which you probably know if you've ever run into Mas in a SiftTalk thread, where he has clearly identified his desire to take over the existing channel. He has sent a polite note to Oatmeal about it.

A word of caution about Mas, though. If you find him immediately behind you in rank you better go through your queue and check for *deads because he's going to. And if he does, don't take it personally, because his sifting style could be equally applied to any 8-bit videogame with great success. Congratulations, Mas, your dedication is impressive! Level UP!