With Axis Gaming's Brawl tournament complete, it's time to look at the Southern California Power Rankings once again.

Two questions come out of that tournament:

1. How much changes from the previous guesses?
2. Can one tournament define a player?

For discussion, here's the top 15 players:

1. DieSuperFly
2. Futile
3. Aero
4. Teba
5. Edge
6. Hugs
7. Ajax
8. ShadowROB
9. Plan 9
10. Lite661
11. Beat of Azia
12. Gamble
13. Danimals
14. Romeo (xDarklinkx)
15. D.C.

As I mentioned in a previous entry, there's six, possibly eight players that can take over spots in the rankings based on success or participation. Those eight players are:

1. Connor the Kid
2. BarDulL
3. Fly Amanita
4. Creepy Fingers
5. Leepuff
6. Edrees
7. Hall
8. Pnoy

After Axis Gaming's tournament, what changes?

First of all, I didn't say who the six players were that should be dropped. I still don't think it's necessary to say who they are ...

... except for Gamble.

Gamble, the top Fox player in the region, was one of the six players who I believed should have been dropped from the rankings. A lot of it was based on recent activity, which was near zero.

But he went to Axis Gaming's tournament and finished 17th, which included a first-round-so-everyone-is-watching-you win over Zelgadis. I think with his performance, he saved his spot on the rankings. He might drop, but he'll be on there.

As far as the other five players, I still believe they're gone. Nothing has changed to where they should be kept.

So that leaves five spots for the eight potential candidates I've mentioned (and there's nobody after the major tournament that joins the discussion).

Do any of the eight potential candidates get dropped? The only person I can think of is Pnoy. Then again, he's No. 1 in the San Diego Rankings. So if you take him out, then you have to take out Hall, who is No. 2 (think about it, you can't take one player if he isn't even considered the best in his or her region). Now, if San Diego updates their rankings and puts Hall at No. 1 where he should be, then this discussion ends.

So let's assume that Hall will jump to No. 1 in the San Diego Rankings. That eliminates Pnoy from the discussion.

Seven players for five spots.

That seems about right. The last two Power Rankings were created with some good players getting shut out, so this will be no different. There's no need to extend the rankings just to get two good people in.

Labels: power rankings, super smash bros brawl

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