Of the ppl currently signed up (plus boom even though he got kicked out lol):
1) Boom
2) Isai (who will he play THIS year?)
3) Jaime (the perpetual 3rd place)
4) Sensei (kinda depends if he's been training for 64 though)
5) Kefit (I think sensei will win their battle in a close one this year
6) Firo (end of the cream of the crop after firo)
7) Low-tier-or-no-tier (surprise breakthrough, poor man's Jaime)
8) ballin (maybe? don't let me down dude)
Notable's left out:
banze: not enough enough to put in top 8. could very well crack it
nintendude: gotta base it off of the last time I played him, and sorry but you were not playin top 8 smash dude
tank: I feel like tank is ever so slightly more prone to trying to be super fancy and mess it up on his last stock, so I gave ballin the edge.
battlecow: Normally I would have put bcow in top 8 over low tier and ballin, BUT i was looking through the list and there was a name I recognized from last year that will be bcow's undoing! TearBear, a brawl player, but he mains kirby in 64 and is decent. Bcow loses to him and fails to make top 8.
jel: decent, but not top 8. had a good draw in the loser's bracket last year, but I don't see that happening 2 years in a row.
kero: Who knows? I hear he's good now....
knitephox: lol he would except that he's not even trying
chain-ace: no mercy in the first round next time dude, i wanted to play you! Will finish much better this year
RBN: is he coming Jaime?
Potential game-changers if they sign up:
megavolt
valoem
sheer
ybombbb
alpha
CLUBBA