Nidtendofreak
Smash Hero
If that Pikachu example works, then I could increase argue that Ike's standing should increase due to Kirk/Dr.Doom/Ryo/San, even though the later two are no longer active and thus aren't relative to the current metagame. It correlates because you are potentially arguing that people who no longer effect the current metagame can effect the tier list.When I went to MLG Columbus (the one that capped out at 256) I believe ESAM got 5th, anther got like 9th or 13th or something and Pikapika got 33rd.
Also, your ike example doesnt correlate to this situation, because nobody is making the claim that 'Ike shouldnt move up on the tier list because theres only been one good Ike main/the 2 ike mains that were ever good werent active at the same time.
Is Anther still active now and getting those kind of results? I honestly don't know.