First, I'm going to address your point that this list is "stupid" and "not perfect."
Durrdurr. Obviously when comparing different players from different regions who play completely different people, the list will never be 100% accurate. That goes for any character PR; however, given what results we had at the time and what we know about each player in the community, we did the best job we could, and I think our list is pretty **** accurate.
As for your beating unknowns..... well, there's nothing we can do with those, because we've never heard of those people and can't just take your word that they're good, lol. I've beaten people who should be on PA's PR list (maybe not high, but at least listed), but they don't go to enough tournaments, so they're not PR-ranked and therefore don't count. That's just how it is.
What you did yesterday will count for the next rankings, but we finished this list days ago. When I sent you a PM asking you who you've beaten in tournament and mms, you sent me back your results, and those are what we went off of. If you sent me the wrong thing or didn't include certain wins, guess what? That's your own **** fault.
TX is a stronger region than FL. Let's be honest with ourselves here.
On the point of people not using Pika in tournament: we asked everyone who they beat with Pikachu and only counted results with significant use of Pikachu. We did recognize that some people (you, Prime, Stealth, etc.) go all Pikachu and that others (Bear, Kenny, Bigman, etc.) frequently CP characters; however, that DOES NOT change the fact that they are successful with Pikachu in tournament. If they're skilled with other characters, that doesn't take away from their skill with Pikachu in any way. That just means they're a versatile player..... we can't fault people for that.
Lastly, on the ESAM vs. Prime debate: We put hours of arguing into your place on the list, trust me. You didn't in any way get the short end of the stick.... if anything, you got the most consideration, because we definitely spent the most time on you, making sure your final placement would be as accurate as possible.
In the end, none of the wins that you sent me for consideration justified placing you above Prime. Although Prime primarily plays in San Antonio, he did go to WHOBO and has played OOC players in money matches. He places first in nearly all of his SA tournaments.... the only person in his region who's even close to his skill is Espy, who he goes slightly better than even with. He has also beaten PhantomX, Hylian, and although we didn't place too much of an emphasis on doubles (like.... barely any), he and Espy took out some strong players in doubles the last tournament they played together. (That's actually more of a side note than anything.)
The bigger issue, however, was that your results were shady at best. Let me remind you again that we were going off of the results you yourself sent me. At that point, you had not beaten your brother in tournament and had actually gotten knocked out by him in tournament. At that point, the only PR-ranked players you beat were Afro, Seibrik, and Chops, and this is how it went:
The "mm" vs. Chops we found out was a fake mm and discounted. Besides that, we've all seen the videos, and the matches weren't impressive.... sorry, I'm just telling you how it is. Neither of you were playing very well.
The win vs. Seibrik's DDD wasn't exactly a huge plus in your favor either.
The win vs. Afro worked in your favor, but c'mon, walk-off CGs? It counted, but it was sort of gimpy. However, point in your favor, you did win the set.
The win vs. Seibrik's MK was in your favor, but the fact that you split at one of the two tournaments you went to for the entire season was kind of a slap in the face to your own results, lol.
At the end of the day, though, this is only a PR on the Pikachu boards. It's meant to inspire new players to get better and for everyone to be more competitive.... if you want to move up the list, go to more tournaments, travel OOS, and submit wins that aren't so questionable. That's all I can tell you. *shrug* If you really don't care, keep doing what you're doing, and other people will shift around you. That's the way it works.
Also, you're forgetting that Gallax was on the panel.... I'm sure he knows the FL region pretty well, so don't assume we're ignorant on how good FL is.
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