I don't think this should be split into region, otherwise this thread carries no weight at all. There's only like 10 Ness mains as it is spread across the whole country, do you want to just make everyone feel like they are the best in their region? Cause they probably are wherever the heck they live because there's so few Ness mains lol. You don't need a thread to tell them that. I think this thread should stay national on who's the top Ness, nobody cares who's the best in the Boise Idaho region etc...
Let me set the record straight, I don't care if I hurt somebody's feelings if they're not ranked first. I don't really care about that. Second, the regions are not going to be that small lol. I already listed them.
I agree with ViceGrip actually. I just think you could include other countries to an extent as well without splitting it. Canada has plenty of notable players (KingAce, Ambrose, Ally to name a few) that you should be able to get an idea of the level of competition... a lot of us travel to US tourneys too since they're close anyway. I mean, right now I'd probably be near the bottom of the list anyway, but I'm just saying there should be enough reference points to go by.
I know Canada has a lot of notable players. I've been to Vancouver before and smashed up there.
TRUE Ness Power Rankings:
1. Masky
2. Ref?????
Douchebag. lol XP.
The debate and competition are what is gonna make this thread interesting and valid (and push people to become better/attend more tournaments), if you only have to beat out one other person (or nobody else, in a lot of cases I bet) to say your the best in your region that doesn't seem to count 4 much.
I'm really glad this is starting some fierce debate. The only problem I have is evidence. The only thing we can say are notable people we beat and tournament placings. I feel that tournament placings are not exactly factorable. Let's say you have somebody like me and you end up facing Chu first round, then Azen later in losers (the vice versa actually happened to me). While I wasn't necessarily ***** by them, clearly these players were able to beat me. I end up getting a place like 20 something when I should've gotten 15th. Let's compare this to say... Timotee's (no offense if you read this) tournament win. Timotee lives in the Midwest, which isn't known for producing high level players. So we basically have to come to an agreement on whose region is better and what placing in a certain tournament affects what. Timotee may even be hindered by this if, for instance, he has enough skill to win the tournament I got 15th at. This is why for this thread I didn't ask only for tournament results, but also who they played against (and how well they did against notable players).
This leads us to another problem. Basing skill off of how a Ness main does vs. good smashers and how well those smashers do against other good smashers which another Ness main fights frequently. This (in the east coast at least) is called inuilogic. This doesn't really work out that well. It fails to take in account characters, playstyle, and even other conditions that could affect the outcome of a match.
*****Hypothetical Situation Alert******
Let's say AvariceX gets jv 2 stocked by ally. Let's say I do the same against Azen. In a tournament set, Ally gets beaten by Azen. Does this mean that I am better than AvariceX? Not necessarily. I'd prefer to wait until we can actually compare how we ourselves perform instead of others (i.e. we can compare how I do vs. Ally to how AvariceX does vs. Ally).
I want to break it down into regions UNTIL there's a large international tournament (there will be a major one in MD in march which I will attend, if anybody can afford to ride a train to Baltimore, you can be housed where I am being housed and we can settle who's better in person lol). That way I can play the major smashers you guys have to deal with and we have everything solved (I think).
This post will seem pretty messed up as I'm on major meds right now. I hope you guys are getting what I'm saying. If not I'll argue why I think I should be where I am.
I have three years of tournament experience.
I think I give good advice.
I am able to beat players that place higher than me in tournaments.
I write long winded posts.
I live in a good area.
I go even with Azen's DDD (I would've taken him to the third set if I didn't cp Delfino cuz I didn't know he played DDD). I did get two stocked by his Lucario though (it plays mad differently from other Lucarios which totally threw me off).
Despite the fact I barely ever practice the game (I only recently started playing outside of tournaments again), I still do these things.
I'm starting to get much more active in the community.