Character Rankings List - Post-March 2010

[~ Gheb ~]

Maybe he is? It's impossible to tell how good a character truly is at this point in the metagame, especially with the lack of large regional / national tourneys thus far.

That's true. But from the data we have now (properties of characters, match-up's) we can assume that some characters are better than others. Mybe Wario is a better character than Dedede? At the moment it looks otherwise. But who knows? Maybe the future will show me wrong

 

[Steeler]

wario's grab release shenanigans are too much of a weakness for him to be a top 3 character.

 

[fkacyan]

wario's grab release shenanigans are too much of a weakness for him to be a top 3 character.

It is notoriously easy for a good Wario to avoid being grabbed. He has disgusting shield pressure.

I'm not looking to turn this into a tier discussion, though, so let's steer clear of this one xD

 

[Turbo Ether]

Peach is better than Zelda, but better than Sheik/Zelda? Maybe. Maybe not.

 

[choknater]

Peach has an advantage on Sheik, fairly even with Zelda. Sheik/Zelda is even better but still fairly even with Peach.

 

[Charoo]

entry fee: $7
10/18/08
entrants: 110
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=191335

Singles
1) Futile (wario)
2) TKD (metaknight/ ice climbers)
3) DSF (metaknight/ snake)
4) Boa (marth/ metaknight)
5) Ajax (snake)
5) Shadowrob (rob)
7) Edrees (peach)
7) Leepuff (mr. game & watch)
9) Mike Haze (marth)
9) Champ (sheik/fox/falcon)

this is all that edrees remembers

im sure results will be uploaded on aib soon

i think every good in socal went to this tournament or at least all the power ranking people anmd the people who will be on the power ranking.

Edrees is pretty good at this game btw

 

[Kirk]

Cyber Arena VIII - Gurnee, IL
10/18/08

27 Entrants
10$ entry fee

Top 8:
1: Tink (Wario)
2: Chompy (Diddy)
3: Scythe (Lucario/Marth)
4: Kirk (Ike)
5: Big C (Snake/DDD)
5: Este (MK)
7: Mendoza (Lucario)
7: Arty (Falco)

Links:
AIB - http://allisbrawl.com/ttournament.aspx?id=2922
Smashboards - http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=197608

 

[Zankoku]

After much deliberating, I have decided NOT to accept MK-banned tournament results. Better metagame or not, it's still a completely different game when Meta Knight isn't in it.

The tournament will still be listed in my txt file, though.

 

[JustKindaBoredUKno]

After much deliberating, I have decided NOT to accept MK-banned tournament results. Better metagame or not, it's still a completely different game when Meta Knight isn't in it.

The tournament will still be listed in my txt file, though.

good call. as much as i'd like to see it so, you're very much right, it is a different game

 

[Shaya]

Well *ahem*.

At the moment Ankoku, Meta Knight is at the [approximately] 40% mark.

So a tournament without him should only get 60% of the points.

Or because there are less than '37' characters available, just times the score by 36/37.

 

[Lirok]

After much deliberating, I have decided NOT to accept MK-banned tournament results. Better metagame or not, it's still a completely different game when Meta Knight isn't in it.

The tournament will still be listed in my txt file, though.

Good call.

Well *ahem*.

At the moment Ankoku, Meta Knight is at the [approximately] 40% mark.

So a tournament without him should only get 60% of the points.

Or because there are less than '37' characters available, just times the score by 36/37.

Such a percentage isnt precise enough, this wouldn't work as well as just leaving the tourneys out.

 

[Shaya]

Are you nuts Lirok? More and more tournaments are banning Meta Knight.

Do you think of how the list will skew as time goes on where reasonably sized tournaments all have Meta banned and the only points in the list are those from specific areas where the character isn't banned? I'd totally like to see a Character Rank List with maybe 8 characters with points with the rest being at 0.

 

[Zankoku]

"More and more." Right.

We'll see.

 

[Tenki]

After much deliberating, I have decided NOT to accept MK-banned tournament results. Better metagame or not, it's still a completely different game when Meta Knight isn't in it.

The tournament will still be listed in my txt file, though.

Just wondering, does this apply to _____-banned tournaments?

Not that this is a relevant example, but one early tourney banned Pit.

 

[Shaya]

"More and more." Right.

We'll see.

Exaggerating aside, sure. But it's not exactly taboo anymore to ban him, and people are doing it. 'We'll see' doesn't seem proactive enough in my opinion.

 

[Steeler]

i think a tourney list just for mk banned tourneys would be interesting. at that point we could compare and kind of see what mk's impact may be.

 

[Lirok]

Are you nuts Lirok? More and more tournaments are banning Meta Knight.

Do you think of how the list will skew as time goes on where reasonably sized tournaments all have Meta banned and the only points in the list are those from specific areas where the character isn't banned? I'd totally like to see a Character Rank List with maybe 8 characters with points with the rest being at 0.

Exaggerating aside, sure. But it's not exactly taboo anymore to ban him, and people are doing it. 'We'll see' doesn't seem proactive enough in my opinion.

i think a tourney list just for mk banned tourneys would be interesting. at that point we could compare and kind of see what mk's impact may be.

Shaya: Until the much larger part of the community is banning MK, putting those tourney rankings into the current list cant be done. The major factor is that the entire thing could still go either way, it isnt set in stone that MK will be banned and it's just a matter of time. When the "sckew" effect you stated starts to come into play, it will probably be when the community has already decided to ban MK, if that happens.

I think Steel36's idea is actually good. The comparison between the lists would defiently have an effect on the debate on banning MK, and it supplies rankings to those who dont want to be in tourneys with MK. However, this will only work if a large amount of competitive players dedicate themselves to these tourneys, especially the higher level pros.

 

[Shaya]

Steel36's idea is actually pretty good.

i.e.
1st Meta Knight (1900 points + 0 points)
2nd Snake (930 points + 400 points)
3rd ...

Where all the second parts are where Meta is banned, and then a little list of the rankings in points order with meta banned below all the rest.

ANYWAY:
TOURNAMENT: Smoosh Boost
LINK: http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=5606988&postcount=568
DATE: October 19th, 2008
LOCALE: Australia [Sydney]
ENTRANTS: 22
ENTRY: $10.00
RESULTS:
1 S.D. (Meta Knight/Pit/Lucas)
2 FTS (Snake/Donkey Kong/Lucas)
3 Shaya (Marth/Meta Knight/Falco/Diddy Kong/Sheik)
4 Meteor (ROB/Olimar/Ice Climbers/Lucas)
5 tedeth (Wolf/Wario/Ganondorf)
6 Fruity (Sonic/Captain Falcon/Pokémon Trainer)
7 Luke ATY (Snake/Link/Luigi)
8 Turtle (Meta Knight/Diddy)

 

[Browny]

way to make life hell for whoever has to calculate the results for that tourney lol

 

[Napilopez]

way to make life hell for whoever has to calculate the results for that tourney lol

LOL.

Seriously, no one used a single character XD.

And wario placing 1, alone? No metaknight as a counter? Out of 110 entrants? I know wario is already top, but thats pretty darn impressive, especially when there seemed to be so many MKs

 

[Shaya]

way to make life hell for whoever has to calculate the results for that tourney lol

I pity the person who doesn't have a computer program to automaticly calculate results. I know I do.

 

[Morrigan]

way to make life hell for whoever has to calculate the results for that tourney lol

Nah, they will just get few points since there were 22 entrants and $10 fee

 

[Steeler]

glad so many people liked my idea. hope ankoku goes through with it.

 

[Bwett]

PBT1 -- 10/11/08
Number of Entrants: 32
Entry Fee: $5
Texas
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=175785&page=132

1: Getti (Falco/MK/Snake)
2: THieN (Diddy)
3: bwett (Yoshi)
4: Forsaken (DDD/MK)
5: UTD Zac (G&W)
5: Infinity (MK)
7: Matt Johnson (DK)
7: DPhat (Marth)

 

[ShadowLink84]

I pity the person who doesn't have a computer program to automaticly calculate results. I know I do.

What program do you use?

 

[Morrigan]

Calculator!

 

[ShadowLink84]

Calculator!

dawt dawt dawt

 

[Luigi player]

I just programmed a program that calculates this.

But you can only input one character... so you'd have to input every secondary if there are some xP (and don't forget to part the individual values)

Btw, I'm not sure anymore...

If there are listed two characters. Do they get 50 % each? Or 66/33? 75/25?
And if there are listed more than 2? Does the first one always get's 50 % and the rest is parted and everyone get's the same number?

Someone posted this, but then he edited his post...

 

[bob-e]

After much deliberating, I have decided NOT to accept MK-banned tournament results. Better metagame or not, it's still a completely different game when Meta Knight isn't in it.

The tournament will still be listed in my txt file, though.

Since it's completely different game, do you suppose you could make a completely seperate ranking list for no Metaknight tournaments?

 

[Veng]

weres teh list at now? like its NOT there anymore

 

[EdreesesPieces]

Tournaments are based on popularity or certain palyers. Warios good results are based on 3 players: Futile, Reflex and DMG. He is #3 because of that. Therefore he must be a better character than KingDedede, Falco and Mr. Game and Watch, rith?

Yeah, Wario might just be better than those characters despite the way we perceive it. It will take time, but IMO Wario is definitely the same league and breath as those three.

A better question is , why can't "certain players" win with Game and Watch the way these 'certain players" win with Wario? Would you mean to suggest that no one good has tried winning with Game and Watch? Surely there must be a reason that so many people try to use him and so many good players use him and many fail. I'm not saying wario is better than these charracters, I'm saying there is a lot of substance to be taken out of his character from the fact that people can win at such a high level using him.

 

[Hai Im Fearless]

http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=5621173&postcount=582

60+ entrants

Gigabits, Florida's biggest brawl monthly tournament

IF you can only use 1 character per person, just use the first, most seconds aren't used too often here.

http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=5621173&postcount=582

 

[Dark.Pch]

I agree with Edrees. Also it could be due to the fact that there is not a person that great behind the character to show its true power. Like how people were going on about Zelda is this and that. But who has come to the top and has beasted with Zelda to show how great she is from what people are saying? From her tournament results, no one. Untill a Person Picks Zelda and beast with her in tournaments. She will not be seen as people want.

That's why I say tournaments matter. Tournaments matter cause the pressure is on, and you will be tested mentally as well as how you can handle yourself when things get tuff. And with Characters like Zelda its too hard. So that's why people go to characters like the high tiers. No one has took a stand with Zelda in tournaments to beast and get her records up.

Remember how it was with Peach back then? "Peach sucks, she got nerfed, I need my broken Dsmash or I can't win, can't kill, waa,waa,waa" All that crap and look at Peach now. Look at her rank. Edrees step it up and did not care about all those babies crying about Peach. He just Picked Peach and beasted in tournaments cause he is freaking smart and knows what to do. Thats how it should be with every good man behind each character if you wanna see what they can really do. if not its ether:

- The characters match ups are too much

- People behind them dont really know the character and/or thier match ups 100%

- Pick them cause they can spam or camp and think that will just get them the win.

 

[Zankoku]

How good a character is is ALL about the character matchups.

Just that nobody knows all of them for sure yet.

Well, except maybe Meta Knight. Just pick a random number between 60 and 100, you've got MK's number in the matchup. lol

Or Captain Falcon. Same thing, except it's between 0 and 40.

 

[Shaya]

What program do you use?

Shaya's awesome PROGRAM (copyright).

Spoiler

No warranty, don't send me PMs, make your own printOut function, Fox only, Final Destination.

P.S. need folders "In" and "Out". In has a file name for example "Oct 08.txt", where the first line is the amount of tournaments and then it's pretty much just Ankoku's txt file at the front split by months.

Actually, if you want the program, make sure Ankoku is okay with it first then I'll repost it.

 

[TKD]

Chula Vista, San Diego, California

Chula Vista Weekly XVI:
http://allisbrawl.com/ttournament.aspx?id=3075
10/12/08
17 entrants
Entry Fee: $7

1: TKD (Meta Knight)
2: Havok (Marth)
3: Hall (Snake)
4: Burnts0cks (Yoshi)
5: Nyjin (Ike)
5: IceDX (Sonic/Lucario)
7: Mario (Pikachu)
7: Oats (Pokemon Trainer/Lucas)
9: Phear (Bowser/D3)
9: Soid (Meta Knight)

Chula Vista Weekly XVII:
http://allisbrawl.com/ttournament.aspx?id=3197
10/19/08
20 entrants
Entry Fee: $7

1: Hall (Snake)
2: MogX (Kirby)
3: TKD (Meta Knight)
4: Havok (Marth)
5: Kaos (Meta Knight)
5: Powered By Sex (Snake)
7: Reaper (Meta Knight)
7: Nyjin (Falco)
9: Soul (Pit)
9: Underwing (Toon Link)

 

[Zankoku]

Links to the tournaments plz.

 

[da K.I.D.]

oh snap, IceDX is beating faces.

what happened to sonic son?

i cant tell which is worse, having MK win, or having him have 3 of the top 8
edit: i know whats worse

do you have these results up yet?

http://www.arena51.com/nuke/modules...pic&t=2256&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105

http://www.arena51.com/nuke/modules...opic&t=2259&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

http://www.arena51.com/nuke/modules...opic&t=2273&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

rochester fall biweeklies


also here are some results from the sonic boards that im not sure have gotten back to you or not

http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=5618693&postcount=1734

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=196152

 

[TKD]

FORGOT......!!! Updating my last post...

EDIT: Done.

Ice mains Sonic most of the time. And didn't attend the last one

i cant tell which is worse, having MK win, or having him have 3 of the top 8
edit: i know whats worse

Hahaha true true

 

[shadowlink3]

YCB Presents: 1st Annual Super Smashapalooza!
http://allisbrawl.com/ttournament.aspx?id=1343
10/18-19
49 entrants (Regional tourney)
Norcal tourney, Oregon and Nevada came
Entry Fee: $10

1: Hitori (ROB)
2: t0mmy (ROB)
3: Questionmark (Toon Link)
4: Sean (Metaknight)
5: Meep (Snake)
6: Catnip (Metaknight)
7: Tc1 (Diddy Kong)
8: QTP (Diddy Kong)