OrionRank has wrapped up, and now there’s a few things to go. I’ll be briefly covering some data uncovered during the ranking process regarding regions and characters, and I have a full, unabridged list of contenders, Hidden Bosses, and NEDs. In the case of “Contenders”, I have their final scores. These are the players who failed to make Top 100 and placed 101st to 175th.

Index:

1A: Region Data

1B: Character Data

1C: Contenders, 101-175

1D: Hidden Bosses

1E: Not Enough Data

1F: Missed

1G: OrionRank 2017 Qualification & Future

1A: REGION DATA

United States regions were split into several areas. Per the Tournament Database, these are the U.S.A. regions:

*Subject to change in future. Regions based on tournament attendance by region. E.g. Texas is split because west Texas often attends New Mexico events, while Oklahoma/Louisiana/Arkansas players tend to go to one of Texas’ metropolitan centers like DFW or Houston.

Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Japan were treated as large, single regions. This has changed recently, see the database for updates. (Only Mexico has retained the status as one single region.)

Here are charts for player region information:

Japan, SoCal, Tristate, Florida, and the Midwest took up the bulk of both contenders and the actual Top 100, with Europe and Canada following. While Japan had the most success as one unit, they also had a particularly large falloff, with less than half of their contenders making the list. Florida saw better success, with the majority of their contender base making Top 100.

1B: CHARACTER DATA

Cloud, Sheik, Bayonetta, and Diddy Kong – in line with 2016’s final character scores – were the most represented characters in the Top 100, making up under 25% in the contenders list and over 25% in the final top 100.

This illustrates both the waning character usage in the lower tiers/clones/miis and also demonstrates certain details like Cloud having a high number of users partly due to his useful secondary status.

List of players that were considered, and their final placements if applicable:

1C: Contenders, 101-175

101: John Numbers (Tristate) 393.66

102: HIKARU (Japan) 392

103: Fuwa (Japan) 383

104: Josh/Wormynugget (Florida) 378.34

105: Choco (Japan) 376

106: DKWill (Tristate) 374

107: 3xA (NorCal) 363

108: Mr. ConCon (SoCal) 361

109: Zan (SoCal) 358

110: DarkAura (Canada) 355.5

111: Tearbear (SoCal) 354.5

112: Blacktwins (Canada) 353.5

113: Trevonte (NorCal) 351

114: Shogun (Japan) 350.5

115: Pichi (Japan) 347

116: Nick Riddle (Florida) 337.5

117: Dekillsage (Tristate) 331.2

118: True Blue (Florida) 326.5

119: Dark Wizzy (Tristate) 321.5

120: Jbandrew (Tristate/Europe) 311.5

121: NiTe (Midwest) 310.1

122: T (Japan) 304.5

123: LoNg0uw (Europe) 303

124: Atelier (Japan) 300.5

125: Remzi (MD/VA) 293

126: LOE1 (Midwest) 290.5

127: Raffi-X (New England) 289.7

128: Sinji (Tristate) 288.33

129: Badr (Europe) 285

130: Puppeh (MD/VA) 284.6

131: Dan (Midwest) 283.5

132: TLTC (SoCal) 276.5

133: LingLing (New England) 272.5

134: Craftis (New England) 268

135: James (Tristate) 266.5

136: Aphro (SoCal) 261

137: Karna (South) 260.5

138: Mister Eric (Midwest) 259.1

139: Umeki (Japan) 255.8

140: Regi Shikimi (Mexico) 258

141: J. Miller (Europe) 238

142: ViceGrip (SoCal) 232.5

143: Phoenix (SoCal) 232.4

144: Smasher1001 (Midwest) 231.5

145: Sonido (Southeast) 230

146: K.I.D. Goggles (Tristate) 229.4

147: Angbad (SoCal) 229.2

148: The Wall (South) 228.2

149: Alphicans (Canada) 227

150: Raito (Japan) 226

151: MJG (Midwest) 225.5

152: Seibrik (Florida) 221

153: Jtails (Tristate) 216.9

154: FILIP (Japan) 214

155: Logic (MD/VA) 207.5

156: Brood (Japan) 202

157: Kuro (Japan) 197.5

158: Scizor (SoCal) 195.3

159: Gomamugitya (Japan) 192.9

160: Raptor (Tristate) 188

161: C3PO (Tristate) 188

162: AC (SoCal) 187

163: RoguePenguin (Florida) 180.7

164: Sol (Florida) 176.5

165: Sigma (Japan) 174.5

166: Stroder (Southwest) 172.1

167: PurpleGuy (Florida) 170.25

168: Ven (Southwest) 167.5

169: Boss (MD/VA) 160.5

170: Z (Southwest) 145

171: Oisiitofu (Japan) 128.5

172: Captain Awesum (New England) 124

173: SOVA Unknown (MD/VA) 88

174: Hayato. (Japan) 82

175: Raziek (Canada) 30

1D: HIDDEN BOSSES

SH (Japan)

Kirihara (Japan)

Ron (Japan)

Kome (Japan)

You3 (Japan)

Megafox (South)

Master Raven (Florida)

LordMix (Southeast)

Venia (Tristate)

Darkwolf (Canada)

Javi (Mexico)

Serge (Mexico)

Wonf (Mexico)

Hyuga (Mexico)

DOOM! (Puerto Rico)

1E: NOT ENOUGH DATA

XL-97 (New England)

Shaky (NorCal)

Klein (Mexico)

Ghost (Australia)

Extra (Australia)

Waveguider (Australia)

Luco (Australia)

Jezmo (Australia)

Jaice (Australia)

1F: MISSED

Players that would’ve had their set histories combed over, but it simply passed me by:

Vash (Southwest)

Slither2Hunter (SoCal)

TonySherbert (South)

ApologyMan (NorCal)

Soulimar (NorCal)

Lycan (Southwest)

Rice (NorCal)

Legit (NorCal)

Chrim Foish (Canada)

1G: 2017 QUALIFICATION & FUTURE

Now that I have experience in this field, I have a list of qualification rules I’ve designed for 2017’s OrionRank. I intend to have it published either late December 2017 or early January 2018, preferably not in conflict with PGRv4.

Rules for qualification:

Player must make Top 64 at a Category 5 tournament (Supermajor) or Top 32 at a Category 4 tournament (Major)

Beyond that, a player must attend a minimum of two separate category tournaments. Placement beyond the initial Top 64/Top 32 at the Supermajor/Major does not matter.

All participants at 2GG Championship and NicoNico Tokaigi 2017 automatically qualify assuming #2 is true for the player(s) in question. The same will likely apply for other circuits this year.

Players who don’t attend enough unique tournaments but placed Top 64/32 at one supermajor/major will be labelled “Hidden Boss”.

Players who make Top 8 at a Category 3 tournament (Super regional) but fail to make Top 64/32 will be listed as “NED” (Not Enough Data.)

The latter two terms will only be applicable/used by the year’s end when the full player list is known. Any player who makes Top 64/32 at a Supermajor/Major automatically is placed here, a database made by u/Freeziebeatz. All updates will be posted here:

https://smashboards.com/threads/orionrank-2017-data-thread.445337/

Strict definitions for Supermajor/Majors will likely pop up as the year goes on. There are currently 80 players who qualify for OrionRank 2017, with the number likely to grow after LCQs at NicoNico Tokaigi 2017, Frostbite 2017, and 2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga.

Current list of expected Category 4 or 5 tournaments after this weekend, subject to change:

Frostbite 2017

Frame Perfect Series 2

2GGC: Civil War Saga

KTAR XX

CEO Dreamland

Umebura MVG Golden Week

CEO 2017

Dreamhack Atlanta

2GGC: July Saga

EVO 2017

Super Smash Con 2017

2GG Championship

List is not finalized, could change, and is simply a rough estimate based on current attendees, trends, tournament timing and how it coincides with previous occurrences, etc. 2GGC: July Saga and Dreamhack Atlanta are listed, for example, because of their proximity to major events that will likely boost their skill pools.

There are likely several unannounced tournaments that will fall under “Major” or “Supermajor”. A lot of late year 2GGC Sagas could be majors, The Big House 7 (if announced) would likely be a Supermajor, Umebura T.A.T. (if announced) would likely be a Japan major, and it’s likely that some European major will occur during the year. Possibly Smashdown World 2, Syndicate 2017, Dreamhack Montreal, etc. – only the attendee pool will give a solid answer on this.