nice list, i see you included me, hate to say it but i dont share the same confidence
dark and roche, im sure they'd be glad to see they have fans, but i played them just the other day and generally gave em the run around. im sure theyre not the worst people on your list, but i point them out because you really have no idea how good they are, and i do, and yet you'd try to educate me about it. i dont know what you mean by "follow smash worldwide", but i've played probably half of those players you listed in person, could you claim anything close to that? edit: just noticed you included zeck and zant, players with nothing but a combo video and even dark says that theyre not very good but can play fast
i was exaggerating when i said 20, i'll admit that, but youre really overrating new gimmicks and tricks if you think mediocre players today would beat a top player of yesterday. ken, like hugs said, would adapt and beat people. people dont get as good as he got if the same things worked on him over and over again for a set, no matter how good it was. you cant watch an old video then say "well that wouldnt work now" because he wouldnt keep trying it after it didnt work, thats what made him and all the other top players so good
i mean just look at drephen, he still beats probably half that list when he shows up to one tournament a year without playing in between, doing the same style for years, not knowing how to cancel needles or jump cancel grabs
hugs says 75, he'd be the most educated on this matter, i would definitely estimate lower but if i believed anybody who posted in here it would be him