First of all, the panelists were dark, trent, philippe, tony, and I (which reminds me, I need to update the panelist list).
Second, I'm sorry if some of you disagree with the list. However, that is bound to happen. No matter what list is generated, the said list will never, ever please EVERYONE.
because of this, the best we can do is try to come up with the most accurate results possible. In order to do this, a panel of five people in the state were chosen not necessarily by skill but by involvement in AZ's tourney scene.
Trent has been around forever and still continues to go to tournies. I think he is one of the most knowledgable smashers in the state as far as the tourney scene. Philippe hasn't been around quite as bit as Trent but has still been around for a while, and he has made it to almost every tourney in Arizona as of late; driving distance does not stop him from making a tourney in AZ. Same with Dark; he has made it to every tourney in arizona and has showed up to pretty much every tourney in Tucson, at least to all of the ones I hosted. He knows the AZ tourney scene very well.
Tony is Tony. He has been around forever, he still goes to tournies.
I think that these four are more than qualified to make a list. I believe that I am the least qualified to offer input of us five, and will be giving up my spot on the panelists' list. However, despite not being to tournies recently, I think that the power rankings list that I made was an educated list and was carefully researched before making it.
That being said, again, there is no way to make the perfect list. There will always be disputes. But I can say that the five people serving as panelists are more than qualified to represent Arizona and its power rankings.
If you aren't happy with your placement on the list, do better in tournies or show up to more. For example, I think hanki isn't ranked as high as he should be because he just hasn't been around, minus SAST2. Ruben potentially could be ranked higher but he is still very new. Corey, I still don't think people are familiar enough with what you can do, hence you ranked that low.... etc.