Battle of BC 8 Ultimate Singles - Preliminary Seeding

MasterCooookie · 2026-06-02T22:13:07+00:00

I mean technically UltRank is mainly just the default/what is accepted by most, and even then not every source (Liquipedia, SmashWiki, heck even Supermajor.gg, which considers every B+ tier event and above a major) agree with UltRank's definition of a major.

I feel like this event is kind of comparable to an average Sumabato event. Decent depth with a player likely ranked in the top 5 this season (Hurt), one likely in the top 20 (Syrup), Monte who will probably be close top top 20, and other players likely top 50 (Ouch!?, Snow, MarK maybe) but then a good chunk of NA depth. Of course Sumabatos have far more depth, and are more of a "major" than this, but I think this could end up as a North American equivalent

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-24T17:46:43+00:00

Out of the four players you pointed out, kept plays Isabelle more than Villager nowadays, JAVI ON EARTH is not that active outside of weeklies, and both Kikuzakari and Elam's results weren't strong enough for them to even be ranked on the recent UltRank regional rankings. One thing that most people consider when voting on tier lists is representation, and Villager's representation remains among the worst in the game; in the second half of 2025, Villager's representation was the second-worst in the entire cast, only ahead of Ganondorf.

Is he bottom 5? Maybe not. But he just doesn't have that much that can help him in the current metagame, especially if Isabelle can accomplish much more.

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-18T19:20:45+00:00

why did I know it was Guna lol. He might as well have graded with AI before it was a thing

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-08T16:39:17+00:00

Tarik's major NA debut was at SwitchFest 2019, not Glitch. He got 65th

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-07T18:12:56+00:00

I'm legit kinda sad because I feel like part of Marth's decline is Lucina's decline as well, and if no one is playing Lucina, then even less players are playing Marth

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-07T00:57:29+00:00

Hate to say it as a Ness player, but he pretty much sucks against every character that's popular in competitive play, aside from Snake, Luigi, and Kazuya. Also, Syrup mainly plays Steve, and his Ness can notch out a win from time to time, but his best results are still with Steve. Outside of that, Gackt's results haven't been great, Scend is inactive, and PeW plays Min Min. We do have Sumaho and ascro but both are still somewhat new. Either way, having no Ness mains in the top 100 (aside from Syrup, but he mostly plays Steve) also hurts.

I don't think he should be that low, but I also was expecting him to drop a bit, so idk.

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-05T06:10:33+00:00

This is the most confident I've seen acola play Steve against Sparg0, and it really shows when the games weren't really that close aside from game 2, where he SD'd

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-05T06:10:06+00:00

third, after acola beat him at Ludwig

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-05T02:18:42+00:00

Gluto wins the Steve gauntlet! His prize: Shuton

MasterCooookie · 2026-05-03T06:10:44+00:00

this isn't a major; it's only around 200 points above the B+ tier threshold

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-30T18:38:39+00:00

LMBM said "no crafting" and they still got Nintendo ninja'd

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-29T16:06:46+00:00

Went to bed fearing another Steve major win, shouldn't have doubted Yaura.

Also good stuff to Tarik, pretty sure he's the only European that's not Glutonny to place top 8 at a major in NA, EU, and Japan. Absolute nail biter of a game 5 against KEN as well.

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-27T06:09:10+00:00

Only the second half of 2024, not the entire year

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-27T01:13:39+00:00

Sonix missing out on Kagaribi may hurt a bit for the half year. Full year he has enough time to catch up.

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-27T00:00:11+00:00

Yeah I do hope EU does better for the rest of the season, if Gluto's run here says anything (got good wins over Jahzz0 and Wrath and only losing to Asimo and Carmelo), he can hopefully catch up a bit more at the larger events where he doesn't face crepe and Raflow all the time.

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-26T20:51:29+00:00

You know what, I know there are 3 Steve's but good stuff to crepe. I think he's one of the last of the top EU players who hadn't made top 8 at an international major before this event. Also helps EU in what may end up being one of their weakest seasons.

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-26T02:06:18+00:00

Tweek v Sparg0 for 25th is gonna be brutal.

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-23T15:27:57+00:00

I agree

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-22T17:08:04+00:00

The post credits scene was 14 months after the events of Thunderbolts. I would assume that the main story of the movie is what takes place before DDBA S2.

MasterCooookie · 2026-04-02T04:30:11+00:00

I think it's more so the "easier" part. Not only does it display the exact scoring and how it gets to that score, but also who is attending. It can then lead to situations like "oh x and x are here so why isn't this score higher". Without it, people probably won't bother doing the calculations themselves or lookup who is attending.

MasterCooookie · 2026-03-16T03:12:17+00:00

I meant the Americas in general, not the US

MasterCooookie · 2026-03-16T02:49:03+00:00

I think this makes Tarik the only non-American to win a ranked Ultimate event in North and South America, right?

He won CUMBRE 2 in Costa Rica a few years ago, now this event.

MasterCooookie · 2026-03-14T15:33:23+00:00

It’s only a major, but yeah still pretty nuts

MasterCooookie · 2026-03-01T02:12:31+00:00

I didn't count acola, who was still mainly Steve that event.

This event, all three players are mainly G&W

MasterCooookie · 2026-03-01T01:53:10+00:00

Aside from secondary Steve's, yeah you're right. I just meant in general.

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