Month: January 2017

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SRK World Player Rankings: The Street Fighter V Season 1 Awards

Guest article by Bavo Bruylandt.

Street Fighter V Season 1 Awards

These awards are statistically calculated by http://rank.shoruyken.com and scope all SFV tournaments in the SFV Season 1 edition. Polls were also taken via @srkranking on Twitter (tag #sf5s1) to see how the FGC community perceived many performances. The results of the polls are mentioned here as “popular vote.” Where possible, the source data of the result is provided.

Player awards

Player performance

Player rankings are defined by the SRK ranking algorithm, assigning weights to tournaments and scores to results automatically based on player skills entering.

Strongest European player: Luffy (10th place)

  • runners up: Phenom (12th place), CCL (21st place), Mister Crimson (24th), Problem X (30th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, europan countries
  • popular vote: Phenom (63%)

Strongest Asian player: Infiltration (1st place)

  • runners up: Xiaohai (2nd place), Tokido (3rd), Fuudo (5th), Haitani (6th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, asian countries
  • popular vote: Infiltration (44%)

Strongest American player: Nuckledu (4th place)

  • runners up: Justin Wong (9th place), Ricki Ortiz (13th), Julio (22nd), K-brad (25th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, US country
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (74%)

Strongest Latin American player: Brolynho (52nd place)

  • runners up: DR Ray (63th place), Keoma (86th), MenarD (93th), Dark817 (118th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, Latin american countries
  • popular vote: DR Ray (60%)

Strongest player overall: Infiltration (1st place)

  • runners up: Xiaohai (2nd place), Tokido (3rd), Nuckledu (4th), Fuudo (5th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (43%), Infiltration (34%)

Most improved player from SFIV into SFV overall: Xiaohai (+4113 pts)

  • runners up: Nuckledu (3920 pts), Haitani (3891 pts), Go1 (2979 pts), MOV (2807 pts)
  • source data: SFV player scores compared to USF4 player scores
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (59%)

Up and coming player in SFV: GO1 (16th place)

  • runners up: Yukadon (20th), CCL (21st), Mister Crimson (23rd), Nuki (32nd)
  • source data: Upcoming players, players out of SRK top 50 in SFV that were not in SRK top 250 in AE2012/USF4
  • popular vote: GO1 (48%)

Strongest Team: Team Razer (14169 pts)

  • runners up: Evil Geniuses (13129 pts), Qanba (8434 pts), Youdeal (6321 pts), Red Bull eSports (6287 pts)
  • source data: Player Teams, scores added per result by team
  • popular vote: Razer (57%)

Player consistency

Consistency is measured using consistency.groovy, consulting the SRK API to find all player tournament results and calculate standard deviation. Consistency does not measure the strength of results, but the predictability of them.

Most consistent player overall: Tokido (deviation 0.86)

  • runners up: Humanbomb (1.49), Fuudo (1.94), MOV (2.15), Haitani (2.37)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Tokido (64%)

Most consistent American player: Justin Wong (deviation 2.74)

  • runners up: Chris T (3.13), Ricki Ortiz (3.41), Nuckledu (3,44), k-brad (4,05)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (48%)

Most consistent European player: Phenom (deviation 2.49)

  • runners up: Ryan Hart (3.43), Problem X (3.49), CCL (3,50), Mister Cromson (3,82)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Phenom (69%)

Most consistent Asian player: Tokido (deviation 0.86)

  • runners up: Humanbomb (1.49), Fuudo (1.94), MOV (2.15), Haitani (2.37)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Tokido (64%)

Character awards

Character scores are defined by all tournament results they achieve in non-local/weekly tournaments.

Best performing new character: Necalli (5th place)

  • runners up: Laura (11th), F.A.N.G (15th), Rashid (16th)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by base score, new characters
  • popular vote: Necalli (80%)

Best performing DLC character: Guile (9th place)

  • runners up: Alex (17th), Balrog (19th), Ibuki (20th), Urien (21st)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by base score, DLC characters
  • popular vote: Guile (89%)

Strongest character: Chun-Li (26097 pts)

  • runners up: Nash (20907 pts), Ryu (20636 pts), Cammy (20230 pts), Necalli (19138 pts)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by base score
  • popular vote: Chun-Li (47%)

Character winning most tournaments: Chun-Li (26 wins)

  • runners up: R. Mika (24 wins), Karin (22 wins), Cammy (21 wins), Nash (20 wins)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by top1 finishes
  • popular vote: Nash (33%)

Character winning most CPT tournaments: Karin (12 wins)

  • runners up: Chun-Li (10 wins), R. Mika (9 wins), Ken (8 wins), Necalli (7 wins)
  • source data: CPT wins data, sorted by top 1 finishes
  • popular vote: Nash (33%)

Most popular main character: Chun-Li (14%)

  • runners up: Cammy (10%), Necalli (9%), Ken (9%), Karin (9%)
  • source data: Top 100 main usage, number of top 100 players maining the character
  • popular vote: Chun-Li (52%)

Most popular secondary character: Ryu (34 players)

  • runners up: Nash (30 players), Chun-Li (22 players), Necalli (19 players), Cammy (19 players)
  • source data: Top 100 secondary usage, number of players using the character as non-main
  • popular vote: Ryu (49%)

Character specialists

Source data: Players maining the character ranked by points on Character rankings.

  • Chun-Li: Ricki Ortiz (MOV, GO1)
  • Nash: Infiltration (Yukadon, Bonchan)
  • Ryu: Tokido (Daigo, Abao)
  • Cammy: Xiaohai (Kazunoko, K-brad)
  • Necalli: Haitani (Phenom, Gamerbee)
  • Ken: Momochi (Eita, Julio Fuentes)
  • R. Mika: Nuckledu (Fuudo, Luffy)
  • Karin: Justin Wong (Mago, Packz)
  • Guile: Imstildadaddy (NYChrisg, Chuan)
  • Dhalsim: Mister Crimson (Filipino Champ, Arturo Sanchez)
  • Laura: Will2pac (Wolfkrone, Saunic)
  • Vega: Flash (Nemo, DR Ray)
  • M. Bison: Moons (Tampa Bison, Piccolo)
  • Birdie: Xyzzy (Gen1us, LPN)
  • F.A.N.G: Xian (Dieminion, SonicFox)
  • Rashid: Takeuchi (Oil King, Alex Valle)
  • Alex: Problem X (Dark817, StormKUBO)
  • Zangief: Snake Eyez (Itabashi, Infexious)
  • Balrog: Smug
  • Urien: RB

Tournament awards

Tournament weights are defined by the combined weights of the strongest 16 competing players in that tournament.

Highest stacked American open tournament : Evolution 2016 (10651 pts)

  • runners up: Brooklyn Beatdown (10489 pts), Final Round 19 (10379 pts), CEO 2016 (10338 pts), NCR 2016 (10235 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, US tournaments only
  • popular vote: Evolution (71%)

Highest stacked Asian open tournament : G-league 2016 (9971 pts)

  • runners up: SEAM 2016 (9906 pts), Japan Cup (9543 pts), esports festival Hong Kong (8583 pts), TWFighter Major (8224 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, Asian tournaments only
  • popular vote: SEAM 2016 (51%)

Highest stacked European open tournament : Stunfest 2016 (10278 pts)

  • runners up: Dreamhack Summer (9694 pts), EGX 2016 (8733 pts), FFM Rumble (7651 pts), Sonic Boom (7511 pts), VSFighting (7070 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, European tournaments only
  • popular vote: Stunfest 2016 (28%)

Highest stacked open tournament overall: Evolution 2016 (10651 pts)

  • runners up: Brooklyn Beatdown (10489 pts), Final Round 19 (10379 pts), CEO 2016 (10338 pts), Stunfest 2016 (10278 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight
  • popular vote: Evolution (71%)

Highest stacked invitational tournament: Capcom Cup Finals 2016 (10693 pts)

  • runners up: CPT Regional Finals Asia (9662 pts), Red Bull Kumite (9279 pts), CPT Regional Finals Europe (8447 pts), CPT Regional Finals North America (7653 pts), CPT 2016 AO Online Ranking Event 2 (6637 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, invitational tournaments only

Follow player rankings at rank.shoyruken.com, and keep an eye on @SRKranking on Twitter!

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SRK World Player Rankings: The Street Fighter V Season 1 Awards

Guest article by Bavo Bruylandt.

Street Fighter V Season 1 Awards

These awards are statistically calculated by http://rank.shoruyken.com and scope all SFV tournaments in the SFV Season 1 edition. Polls were also taken via @srkranking on Twitter (tag #sf5s1) to see how the FGC community perceived many performances. The results of the polls are mentioned here as “popular vote.” Where possible, the source data of the result is provided.

Player awards

Player performance

Player rankings are defined by the SRK ranking algorithm, assigning weights to tournaments and scores to results automatically based on player skills entering.

Strongest European player: Luffy (10th place)

  • runners up: Phenom (12th place), CCL (21st place), Mister Crimson (24th), Problem X (30th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, europan countries
  • popular vote: Phenom (63%)

Strongest Asian player: Infiltration (1st place)

  • runners up: Xiaohai (2nd place), Tokido (3rd), Fuudo (5th), Haitani (6th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, asian countries
  • popular vote: Infiltration (44%)

Strongest American player: Nuckledu (4th place)

  • runners up: Justin Wong (9th place), Ricki Ortiz (13th), Julio (22nd), K-brad (25th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, US country
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (74%)

Strongest Latin American player: Brolynho (52nd place)

  • runners up: DR Ray (63th place), Keoma (86th), MenarD (93th), Dark817 (118th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings, Latin american countries
  • popular vote: DR Ray (60%)

Strongest player overall: Infiltration (1st place)

  • runners up: Xiaohai (2nd place), Tokido (3rd), Nuckledu (4th), Fuudo (5th)
  • source data: SFV player rankings
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (43%), Infiltration (34%)

Most improved player from SFIV into SFV overall: Xiaohai (+4113 pts)

  • runners up: Nuckledu (3920 pts), Haitani (3891 pts), Go1 (2979 pts), MOV (2807 pts)
  • source data: SFV player scores compared to USF4 player scores
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (59%)

Up and coming player in SFV: GO1 (16th place)

  • runners up: Yukadon (20th), CCL (21st), Mister Crimson (23rd), Nuki (32nd)
  • source data: Upcoming players, players out of SRK top 50 in SFV that were not in SRK top 250 in AE2012/USF4
  • popular vote: GO1 (48%)

Strongest Team: Team Razer (14169 pts)

  • runners up: Evil Geniuses (13129 pts), Qanba (8434 pts), Youdeal (6321 pts), Red Bull eSports (6287 pts)
  • source data: Player Teams, scores added per result by team
  • popular vote: Razer (57%)

Player consistency

Consistency is measured using consistency.groovy, consulting the SRK API to find all player tournament results and calculate standard deviation. Consistency does not measure the strength of results, but the predictability of them.

Most consistent player overall: Tokido (deviation 0.86)

  • runners up: Humanbomb (1.49), Fuudo (1.94), MOV (2.15), Haitani (2.37)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Tokido (64%)

Most consistent American player: Justin Wong (deviation 2.74)

  • runners up: Chris T (3.13), Ricki Ortiz (3.41), Nuckledu (3,44), k-brad (4,05)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Nuckledu (48%)

Most consistent European player: Phenom (deviation 2.49)

  • runners up: Ryan Hart (3.43), Problem X (3.49), CCL (3,50), Mister Cromson (3,82)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Phenom (69%)

Most consistent Asian player: Tokido (deviation 0.86)

  • runners up: Humanbomb (1.49), Fuudo (1.94), MOV (2.15), Haitani (2.37)
  • source data: Top 32 player consistency
  • popular vote: Tokido (64%)

Character awards

Character scores are defined by all tournament results they achieve in non-local/weekly tournaments.

Best performing new character: Necalli (5th place)

  • runners up: Laura (11th), F.A.N.G (15th), Rashid (16th)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by base score, new characters
  • popular vote: Necalli (80%)

Best performing DLC character: Guile (9th place)

  • runners up: Alex (17th), Balrog (19th), Ibuki (20th), Urien (21st)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by base score, DLC characters
  • popular vote: Guile (89%)

Strongest character: Chun-Li (26097 pts)

  • runners up: Nash (20907 pts), Ryu (20636 pts), Cammy (20230 pts), Necalli (19138 pts)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by base score
  • popular vote: Chun-Li (47%)

Character winning most tournaments: Chun-Li (26 wins)

  • runners up: R. Mika (24 wins), Karin (22 wins), Cammy (21 wins), Nash (20 wins)
  • source data: Character rankings, sorted by top1 finishes
  • popular vote: Nash (33%)

Character winning most CPT tournaments: Karin (12 wins)

  • runners up: Chun-Li (10 wins), R. Mika (9 wins), Ken (8 wins), Necalli (7 wins)
  • source data: CPT wins data, sorted by top 1 finishes
  • popular vote: Nash (33%)

Most popular main character: Chun-Li (14%)

  • runners up: Cammy (10%), Necalli (9%), Ken (9%), Karin (9%)
  • source data: Top 100 main usage, number of top 100 players maining the character
  • popular vote: Chun-Li (52%)

Most popular secondary character: Ryu (34 players)

  • runners up: Nash (30 players), Chun-Li (22 players), Necalli (19 players), Cammy (19 players)
  • source data: Top 100 secondary usage, number of players using the character as non-main
  • popular vote: Ryu (49%)

Character specialists

Source data: Players maining the character ranked by points on Character rankings.

  • Chun-Li: Ricki Ortiz (MOV, GO1)
  • Nash: Infiltration (Yukadon, Bonchan)
  • Ryu: Tokido (Daigo, Abao)
  • Cammy: Xiaohai (Kazunoko, K-brad)
  • Necalli: Haitani (Phenom, Gamerbee)
  • Ken: Momochi (Eita, Julio Fuentes)
  • R. Mika: Nuckledu (Fuudo, Luffy)
  • Karin: Justin Wong (Mago, Packz)
  • Guile: Imstildadaddy (NYChrisg, Chuan)
  • Dhalsim: Mister Crimson (Filipino Champ, Arturo Sanchez)
  • Laura: Will2pac (Wolfkrone, Saunic)
  • Vega: Flash (Nemo, DR Ray)
  • M. Bison: Moons (Tampa Bison, Piccolo)
  • Birdie: Xyzzy (Gen1us, LPN)
  • F.A.N.G: Xian (Dieminion, SonicFox)
  • Rashid: Takeuchi (Oil King, Alex Valle)
  • Alex: Problem X (Dark817, StormKUBO)
  • Zangief: Snake Eyez (Itabashi, Infexious)
  • Balrog: Smug
  • Urien: RB

Tournament awards

Tournament weights are defined by the combined weights of the strongest 16 competing players in that tournament.

Highest stacked American open tournament : Evolution 2016 (10651 pts)

  • runners up: Brooklyn Beatdown (10489 pts), Final Round 19 (10379 pts), CEO 2016 (10338 pts), NCR 2016 (10235 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, US tournaments only
  • popular vote: Evolution (71%)

Highest stacked Asian open tournament : G-league 2016 (9971 pts)

  • runners up: SEAM 2016 (9906 pts), Japan Cup (9543 pts), esports festival Hong Kong (8583 pts), TWFighter Major (8224 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, Asian tournaments only
  • popular vote: SEAM 2016 (51%)

Highest stacked European open tournament : Stunfest 2016 (10278 pts)

  • runners up: Dreamhack Summer (9694 pts), EGX 2016 (8733 pts), FFM Rumble (7651 pts), Sonic Boom (7511 pts), VSFighting (7070 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, European tournaments only
  • popular vote: Stunfest 2016 (28%)

Highest stacked open tournament overall: Evolution 2016 (10651 pts)

  • runners up: Brooklyn Beatdown (10489 pts), Final Round 19 (10379 pts), CEO 2016 (10338 pts), Stunfest 2016 (10278 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight
  • popular vote: Evolution (71%)

Highest stacked invitational tournament: Capcom Cup Finals 2016 (10693 pts)

  • runners up: CPT Regional Finals Asia (9662 pts), Red Bull Kumite (9279 pts), CPT Regional Finals Europe (8447 pts), CPT Regional Finals North America (7653 pts), CPT 2016 AO Online Ranking Event 2 (6637 pts)
  • source data: SFV tournaments, sorted by weight, invitational tournaments only

Follow player rankings at rank.shoyruken.com, and keep an eye on @SRKranking on Twitter!

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BEST_KOREA Is Street Fighter V’s Best Online Player? More Like Best Hacker, Actually

Another PC user exploits Street Fighter V’s online game to take the top spot.

For those that fight online to secure a hard-earned rank in Street Fighter V, it certainly isn’t encouraging to see the game’s LP system itself, gamed. And while this is hardly the first time a PC-based SFV user has broken the ladder and climbed to the top via cheats or hacks, it isn’t exactly comforting to see it still happening.

The “God-Like” user BEST_KOREA has climbed to over a 10,000 LP lead over Wolfkrone’s #2 spot:

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A look at their profile starts to indicate that something fishy is going on–as it becomes apparent that there’s a strange discrepancy between the “WIN” indications. The player with the winning marks on the replay display isn’t the winner in the main fight list.

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Replays indicate clearly that BEST_KOREA isn’t really playing to win–it doesn’t appear to be a bot, but more like a player just occasionally mashing light kicks, with a parry or taunt thrown in sometimes. They usually lose, but still get that WIN indicator on the list–and lots of LP of course. Generously, the opponent also seems to get LP for their victory, so no harm done there?

A few Twitter users have called out @SFVServer about BEST_KOREA, but as of this writing the user has not been penalized or removed from Capcom Fighters Network. The fact that hacks like this are possible is not surprising, but it is a bigger problem that Capcom isn’t quicker to correct it when it occurs–if they don’t, what meaning do the online rankings even have?

Source: Street Fighter V [in-game], via tip from DJ Ghost Phrat