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seriallurker  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Super Smash Brothers Melee power rankings over time [graphs]

There's definitely something to be said for letting players dissect and figure out the game before it gets patched. Something a lot of e-sports could do with a little more of.

As for Ken, he just recently returned to the scene.

He went inactive for about 5 years, but came back in 2012. Hasn't been doing nearly as well as he used to though. After 5 years the metagame kind of left him behind. He made it onto the 2013 power rankings, though only barely at spot 100. Recently he was given a sponsorship by Team Liquid so he's been getting a lot more high-level practice, and he even finished 21st at MLG this year, outstripping a lot of people who outranked him on the 2013 list. It'll be interesting to see how far he goes. Everybody loves a good comeback story.





user-inactivated  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh fuck, cool. I remember a Smashboards thread from almost a decade ago where he was offering private lessons. Back when he was (I think) on top of the rankings.