MK can get a first place on Ankoku's list from Evo and he can get it from the random scrub tourney in Middle Of Nowhere, Idaho. I believe multiple people on both sides have stated the innaccuracy and uselessness of his list for this several times at this point.Also, I kind of raise an eyebrow at your definition of succeed. If anything, "succeeding" is getting first on a regular basis. As Ankoku's thread shows, when you throw in all the tournament results together, the gap between Metaknight to Snake and then to the rest of the cast becomes radically clear.
I'm not going to address the rest of your post for the moment; Macross Frontier is about a million times more compelling and interesting.