Official Texas Power Rankings! - Updated June 15, 2012

[RT]

first of all Im not disregarding any efforts of any Texas TO's in fact I cant believe I forgot to list you as one of em and I am very grateful for the fact that you practically were the founding father to this great community of players. In fact I will admit my point of brawl just flat dying was a lil harsh, however I do believe brawl should have way more popularity than it does now and most of the community should stop downing the game and actually show support instead of dissing it and running to MVC all the time. It shouldn't be just Xyro and the TO's showing love for this game. This community is soooo nice and friendly that that alone should be alone worth representing.

One of the main reasons why people quit/leave Brawl is because the metagame has pretty much peaked for most characters. Brawl is an overly defensive game, and this really can't be argued. The problem is that most people don't like fighting games that encourage playing defensive (which isn't saying much because most fighting games as of late are heading in that direction anyways). Add in lack of hitstun, combos being limited, and stalling issues...you can see where the distaste comes from.

Also, most Brawl matches take an average of 3-4, while in most fighting games an entire set can be finished in the same amount of time. Be honest, which is more fun: watching people time each other out for 8 minutes, or watching a ridiculous 0-death combo in MvC3? Hell, at a recent local GFs took 46+ minutes...that's a lot of play time just for GFs. Imagine how many games of MvC3/Tekken/SF4/whatever you could do in that timeframe.

As far as TOs, people just need to step up more if they want more activity in their cities. When Xyro announced his intention to stop hosting as much, Sync voluntarily stepped in to fill that spot. He had that much passion for the game to spend his free time doing a rather thankless job...and keep in mind he still plays competitively! Being a TO isn't as easy as people think. You have to arrange tournaments, venue, get advertising, make snap decisions on the spot, set aside a weekend, use effective time management during the tournament and more...it's a lot of hard work and you won't get a lot of help unless people volunteer.

 

[Tesh]

Most top level players do complete amazing combos and game changing reads, but our rulesets turn it into a marathon rather than something quick and entertaining.

@ Maharba, each area has its own voted PR and i think its cool to have both. This one has alot to say about consistency. Its not as simple as "i could beat some of those guys above me".

 

[Typ_Ex]

46 minutes isn't bad. the last several GF's at the last several tournaments ive seen have been over an hour.

 

[Leaf.]

But you know what else is taking too long?

An update.

 

[AeroLink_the_SoulMaster]

^ For real.

 

[shlike]

Do me a favor and put me as retired, ty

 

[Reizilla]

Same here.

 

[Sinister Slush]

Would someone who banned themselves on purpose before raging at someone be considered retired?

Also, Big boss Pyledriver and I believe Morningstar, are retired.

Spoiler

SA's Snakes NOOOOOOOO

 

[Sync.]

Aw RT does love me! :]

But he is right. It takes a lot of work to be a TO. Allan is one of the best TOs I've been lucky to learn from. Many young TOs would really benefit from learning from him!

 

[Sky Pirate]

Austin and San Antonio should combine regions, both areas are dead and both areas are only an hour away.

I've loved this idea ever since someone that may or may not have been Zigsta talked about it a year or so ago. namesearchbait
As a matter of fact, Austin's current host is in San Marcos, approximately halfway between Austin and San Antonio:

However, there is still a reason to keep the scenes separate. San Antonio still has people in-city that can host, so it wouldn't exactly be optimal for them to travel thirty minutes just to play with the Austin guys.

- If you're talking about just creating an Austin/SA PR, we tried it one time. Can't remember why, but it never left the ground (which is fine; PR stuff is spectacularly, astoundingly, breathtakingly unimportant).

- AFAIK, neither scene is really DEAD. SA players still seem active and some of the Austin players have actually improved a lot recently. Nobody in Austin is showing signs of leaving after Zig leaves.

- I thought the Dallas scene died because Denti was banned, which should be fine by January.

 

[AeroLink_the_SoulMaster]

Dallas IS dead, but Fort Worth is pretty active.

 

[Infinitysmash]

The Dallas scene died because literally all of G-Krew but myself stopped playing the game. We were the driving force behind the early Brawl scene in Dallas and UTD Zac, Bwett and Fogo were all the major players in hosting or promoting smashfests and tournaments. For a hot minute there Dallas was -the- place to be in the Smash community in Texas and was one of the best - if not -the- best - place to be nationwide.

The Fort Worth crew is active, but not nearly as active as it could be. We've got the potential to be a great city, but as it stands we're not tapping in to that potential. I think that's why people always say that Dallas is dead and they tend to ignore the Fort Worth scene.

</soapbox>

 

[Dojo]

I miss Fogo </3

 

[Sky Pirate]

I see. You have my apologies for lumping the Fort Worth and Dallas players together.

 

[Infinitysmash]

I miss Fogo </3

Remember that trick he did with the toopicks and the forks at iHop after FS5 dude?

I see. You have my apologies for lumping the Fort Worth and Dallas players together.

It's all good. We get a little butt-hurt over it sometimes, but it's not like it's easy to lump the cities together or anything.

 

[UTDZac]

Remember that trick he did with the toopicks and the forks at iHop after FS5 dude?

Remember that trick he did with that one table at ihop?

 

[Maharba the Mystic]

fogo isn't dead, he is in a brawl coma. but he said he may come back to houston and stay here for a while and maybe even compete some. hell when he comes back from germany ill try to house and drive him for a while because i know he has trouble getting around due to finance issues.






fogo come back to texas faster damn it! we miss your ***

 

[Typ_Ex]

wtf hes in germany? news to me

 

[Maharba the Mystic]

visiting his girlfriend. he may not have left just yet but i know he said he was leaving early-mid december

 

[Infinitysmash]

Remember that trick he did with that one table at ihop?

I'm the one that instigated that whole thing, lol. Best.Tournament.Afterparty.Ever.

 

[DMG]

Dawg we WRECKED that Ihop table lmfao

 

[Sinister Slush]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGwyB0_av68&list=LLHmA-qm0vVy68eUBZJP_Y2A&index=32&feature=plpp_video
This vidya.

 

[Infinitysmash]

Dawg we WRECKED that Ihop table lmfao

YYyyyessss! rofl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGwyB0_av68&list=LLHmA-qm0vVy68eUBZJP_Y2A&index=32&feature=plpp_video
This vidya.

I have that favorited :D

 

[Dojo]

I wish so badly I could go back to those days.

*table breaks*
Someone: Is everyone alright?
Fogo: *walking off* Yo it's good.

 

[z00ted]

Haha, looks like good times.

"Fogo Magic" was my favorite part of the video.

 

[Infinitysmash]

I wish so badly I could go back to those days.

*table breaks*
Someone: Is everyone alright?
Fogo: *walking off* Yo it's good.

Those were the golden days of Texas Brawl, man.

Haha, looks like good times.

"Fogo Magic" was my favorite part of the video.

DID SOMEONE SAY FOGO MAGIC??!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOMZ868V78I

One more for the hype train:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=VURV091lFz4

Okay I lied, one more and then I'll stop ****riding '08:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=4VSdOo1cKPw

 

[AeroLink_the_SoulMaster]

Just curious Xyro, what tio files have you received so far? I assume this pr is updating after HOBO 34, correct?

 

[Xyro77]

sync sent me an email with 2 tio files and they are corrupted so i sent Zac the 4 i had. He didnt update it so ill resend it again once HOBO is done with. LOTS of people will have BIG changes.

 

[Sync.]

They were corrupted? Want me to resend?

 

[z00ted]

resend please, Sync <3

 

[Sync.]

Ok, will do when I get off of work.

 

[Tesh]

You can mark me as retired now, I'm not going to Apex.

 

[z00ted]

Will wins from Kansas / Oklahoma count as anything from HOBO 34?

In before Mekos is ranked 1650 or something ********.

 

[AeroLink_the_SoulMaster]

So... about this update...

 

[Nike.]

Wonder how high Megafox is going to rise.

 

[Leaf.]

Wonder if I'll FINALLY get out of F Tier.

 

[Sinister Slush]

I wonder if i'm gonna move at all.

 

[Sync.]

...we should have a panel

 

[Dakpo]

lol im not sure a panel would be a good idea...that would mean i get bonned even more since no one knows if Im any good. (same would go for my region)

 

[Zano]

wonder if I'll ever get to a texas tourney again