thespymachine
Smash Ace
Very recently Capcom announced the Capcom Pro Tour for SF, and not too recently SWF integrated a ranking system on this site. These inspired me to see the desire of the Smash community to do a pro circuit.
Idea 1: Tennis style
In (male) tennis, they run practically everything through the ATP Rankings. Each event has a specified amount of points (Grand Slams = 2000pts, Masters = 1000pts, etc), and these points are used to help establish a rankings throughout the entire year - this works especially well because the points a player has earned from an event only last a year, so last year's event points will be replaced by this year's event points you earned.
Example: Nadal wins the French Open in 2014, a Grand Slam event, and gets 2000pts for it. In 2015, if he doesn't participate in the French Open he loses the 2000pts he earned from the previous year's event. However, if he wins again, he keeps the 2000pts. If he get's 2nd place, he replaces his 2000pts with his recently earned 1200pts (meaning he loses 800pts on his rankings).
This would be the easiest for the community to implement, because our tournament scene runs practically on a yearly cycle.
Potential tournaments, and their point values and categories for 2014:
Grand Slams - 1000pts: Apex, MLG Anaheim, EVO, Pound 6
Majors - 500pts: BEAST 4, Shuffle V, SCR, RoM7, NCR, CEO, TBH 4, etc
Others:
less than 64 entrants: 50pts
64-127: 100pts
128-191: 150pts
192-255: 200pts
256+: 250pts
Idea 2: MLG style
MLG has a season of events that lead up to a final even to end the season, which crowns the champion for that year and offers the most prize money. Each event helps your seeding for future events and only a few make it into the finals.
This would be difficult for us to implement, since it would require a huge agreement among TOs and sponsors to move money and players to the final event. It would make most sense if MLG didn't host its own season for Smash.
Overall, I think more hype would flow through the entirety of the year with a circuit then it does now. And it would provide a concrete ranking system.
Plus, if a player ever obtains a Grand Slam (winning all four Grand Slam events), they're pretty much guaranteed the best player in the world.
Thoughts?
Idea 1: Tennis style
In (male) tennis, they run practically everything through the ATP Rankings. Each event has a specified amount of points (Grand Slams = 2000pts, Masters = 1000pts, etc), and these points are used to help establish a rankings throughout the entire year - this works especially well because the points a player has earned from an event only last a year, so last year's event points will be replaced by this year's event points you earned.
Example: Nadal wins the French Open in 2014, a Grand Slam event, and gets 2000pts for it. In 2015, if he doesn't participate in the French Open he loses the 2000pts he earned from the previous year's event. However, if he wins again, he keeps the 2000pts. If he get's 2nd place, he replaces his 2000pts with his recently earned 1200pts (meaning he loses 800pts on his rankings).
This would be the easiest for the community to implement, because our tournament scene runs practically on a yearly cycle.
Potential tournaments, and their point values and categories for 2014:
Grand Slams - 1000pts: Apex, MLG Anaheim, EVO, Pound 6
Majors - 500pts: BEAST 4, Shuffle V, SCR, RoM7, NCR, CEO, TBH 4, etc
Others:
less than 64 entrants: 50pts
64-127: 100pts
128-191: 150pts
192-255: 200pts
256+: 250pts
Idea 2: MLG style
MLG has a season of events that lead up to a final even to end the season, which crowns the champion for that year and offers the most prize money. Each event helps your seeding for future events and only a few make it into the finals.
This would be difficult for us to implement, since it would require a huge agreement among TOs and sponsors to move money and players to the final event. It would make most sense if MLG didn't host its own season for Smash.
Overall, I think more hype would flow through the entirety of the year with a circuit then it does now. And it would provide a concrete ranking system.
Plus, if a player ever obtains a Grand Slam (winning all four Grand Slam events), they're pretty much guaranteed the best player in the world.
Thoughts?
