I wasn't a panelist...my opinions in no way affected the listing. I simply was one of the people who tallied the results, the other being skrach, to keep things correct.
Pete, I actually want to thank you for what you're saying here...really appreciate it, so let me start with that.
However, your reasoning at this point is a bit unfounded. I believe I should have been on past Power Rankings lists, but my absence on this one makes sense to me. I have been playing Link a lot lately, as most people know...so people stopped considering me a viable option for the rankings...just how it goes. I recently picked Fox back up, but only for a few tourneys lately, so it's not all that accurate. that's all anyone is saying... People forget about me as a smasher sometimes, as Thomas said...mainly because I "sandbag" in friendlies by having fun with the game.
do I believe I belong on this list? in a word, yes. I have stats to show that, but I don't really want to brag about myself here...that's not the point.
imo, everybody who did not include me on their voting had a good reason to do so. I can see it sort of both ways, so I'm not that worried about it.
I will say this, though. Thomas has been doing better than I have at basically every tourney lately, so he would definitely belong above me. Don't forget about him, either...when he takes this game seriously, he's impressive in tourneys.
I got really upset this last Gigabits...I felt I was wronged in a way, not to john, that's just how I felt...so I really didn't expect to end up on this list...