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Event - EVO 2016 EVO 2016 Melee Seeding Thread

Scamp

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Hey everybody! I'm Scamp and I'll be one of the TOs for Melee at EVO 2016.

For EVO 2016, we are determining seeding for each game, but the community input holds a lot more weight than whatever we, the staff, think the seeding should be.

I'd like the Melee community on Smashboards to compile a list of the Top 32 Melee players that should be seeded for EVO 2016.

If you're concerned whether or not a player is attending EVO 2016, don't worry too much about it. Assume the player is attending or ask him or her via social media if they're confirmed. The main point is to make a Top 32 list assuming they're going and we [the EVO 2016 staff] will go through EVO 2016 registrants and seed accordingly.

Please remember that the seeding we do will be based off of what you, the Melee community, has to say on the topic. We value this discussion quite a bit, so please be as unbiased as possible.

Note that after the brackets go live there will be a period of review where the community will be able to provide feedback, just like the last few years.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. And I'd appreciate a solid list of top 32 by June 24th if possible.

Thanks much,
Scamp

(Writing credit for this post goes to Bear. Thanks for letting me copy/paste a large majority of this.)
 

Spak

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Here's my list. It's definitely not going to be perfect and I'm open to changes, but this is what I've come up with:

  1. Armada
  2. HBox
  3. Mango
  4. Leffen
  5. M2K
  6. PPMD
  7. Westballz
  8. Plup
  9. Axe
  10. Lucky
  11. SFAT
  12. PewPewU
  13. Shroomed
  14. Ice
  15. Swedish Delight
  16. Hax$
  17. S2J
  18. Druggedfox
  19. Wobbles
  20. Hugs
  21. Silentwolf
  22. Cobol
  23. MacD
  24. Wizzrobe
  25. Duck
  26. Nintendude
  27. The Moon
  28. Gravy
  29. aMSa
  30. Javi
  31. Abate
  32. Zhu
NOTES: I took KirbyKaze off the list because I'm pretty sure he retired, Hugs, Silentwolf, and aMSa are lower than they normally would be because I haven't seen their play recently, Fly isn't on the list because I haven't seen him recently, and Swedish is higher than some would consider normal because of his placings at Smash N' Splash 2, Pound 2016, and Super Nebulous 4. Also, don't know where to put Hax because he's just recovering from the hand injury and I haven't actively watched him since he dropped Falcon.

EDIT 1:
8. Lucky -> Plup
9. Plup -> Axe
10. Axe -> Lucky
 
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MTL Kyle

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1~4 outputs swedish winner semis and hbox vs mango once again.
I know the seeding is not final, but I think some swapping wouldn't hurt.
Winners Eights also has Hbox vs Swedish, another matchup we've seen a bunch.
 

Spak

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I would swap Axe and Lucky.
Let's compare their results for the nationals so far this year. I'll add in Plup for re-ordering purposes:

Lucky:
  • 4th at GOML
  • 5th at DreamHack Austin
  • 18th at BotFG
  • 9th at PAX Arena
  • 17th at Genesis 3

Axe:
  • 7th at DreamHack Austin
  • 5th at Enthusiastic Gaming Live Expo
  • 7th at Smash Summit 2
  • 25th at Pound 2016
  • 14th at BotFG
  • 4th at PAX Arena
  • 4th at Genesis 3

Plup:
  • 5th at Smash Summit 2
  • 5th at Pound 2016
  • 5th at BotFG
  • 9th at Genesis 3

It looks like Axe consistently placed higher than Lucky up until DreamHack Austin, but that might just be an exception because they haven't participated in any of the same tournaments since then. Plup has consistently placed above both of them Axe has the highest best result (tied with Lucky) and the worst low result, implying that he is the most inconsistant of the three. If we compare average tourney placements, Plup leads at 6th, Axe is second at ~9.4286th and Lucky is last at 10.6th. The order of tournament attendance between the three is Axe with the most, Lucky with the second, and Plup with the third. Considering all of these statistics, I'd be inclined to give Plup 8th, Axe 9th, and Lucky 10th. I'll edit my list accordingly.

EDIT: Corrected formatting
 
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3HUNA

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  1. Armada
  2. Hungrybox
  3. Mango
  4. Leffen
  5. Mew2King
  6. Plup *
  7. PPMD
  8. Westballz
  9. Axe
  10. SFAT
  11. Shroomed
  12. Lucky
  13. PewPewU
  14. Silent Wolf
  15. Swedish Delight
  16. S2J
  17. Wizzrobe
  18. MacD
  19. Ice
  20. Drugged Fox
  21. Colbol
  22. Hax$
  23. Wobbles
  24. Duck
  25. n0ne
  26. HugS
  27. Nintendude
  28. Javi
  29. The Moon
  30. aMSa
  31. Professor Pro
  32. Fly Amanita
* Obviously it seems sacrilegious to have Plup in the Big 6 but I think it's hard to deny the level of consistency that Plup has reached in the last year, combined also with the unfortunate fall off by PPMD.
 
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Tr1p

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#1 Wizzrobe
#2 Wizzy
#3 Flow God
#4 Stomp master general
#5 The knee we need
#6 The Trump wall of edge guards
#7 basically Wizzrobe
 

PotatoLunar

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Some of these may be controversial or downright wrong, but here is my list:

1. Armada
2. Hungrybox
3. Mango
4. Leffen
5. M2K
6. PPMD
7. Plup
8. Axe
9. Westballz
10. SFAT
11. Shroomed
12. Wizzrobe
13. Lucky
14. Ice
15. S2J
16. MacD
17. Hax
18. Swedish
19. Colbol
20. PewPewU
21. Silent Wolf
22. Duck
23. DruggedFox
24. Wobbles
25. Nintendude
26. n0ne
27. HugS
28. Professor Pro
29. The Moon
30. aMSa
31. Zhu
32. DizzKidBoogie

Additionally, I feel these players could have an argument to be somewhere in the 27-32 range.

Mike Haze
Gravy
Gahtzu
Abate
Javi
KJH
Prince Abu

I'm guessing the most controversial placements would be Wizzrobe, Hax, PewPewU, Silent Wolf, Wobbles, and DizzKid. The last four-ish placings honestly became sort of a crapshoot, and it was hard to decide who deserved to make the final spots.

I'm open to any critiquing.
 

RaphaelRobo

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1. PPMD
2. Sleepyk (The best player in Japan)
3. KoopaTroopa895
4. Ambition
5. DingusMaster
6. Upke
7. KirbyLover69
8. MortFeld
9. Prog
10. NuBetaTester
11. Puff (the player, not the character. Although I wouldn't be opposed to all Puff players getting 11th seed)
12. IdentityCrisis
13. Fly Amanita
14. Spenser
15. Stupid Yoshii
16. Twitch
17. TwitchIsWeb
18. Webs
19. Chroma
20. Flwns
21. Brian Buckley
22. Algebra123230
23. KamekazeCaddy
24. ycz
25. milktea
26. Ashkon
27. Devin
28. Shazmah
29. Soupostrich
30. sincerazero
31. Fendrick Lamar
32. ConnorDaKid
 
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