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I recently got a chance to interview Malcolm about his recent success in Brawl, among other things. This was a pretty informal interview, since I've known Malcolm for a while, so please no comments about using emoticons or anything. Enjoy:

Sumer: I’d like to start off by taking a chance to thank you for making time in your busy schedule to do this interview with me.

For those who don’t know, you were one of the top Sonic players back in the day, shout out to bluesteak, but decided to pick up Wario I believe a year after Brawl’s release. Why did you choose Wario to be your main instead of someone like Meta Knight or Snake who were clearly top tier at that time?

Malcolm McNulty : Wario was actually my first character in Brawl. I played Zelda once because I loooved her in melee (See my Zelda in Melee!) but she just didn't feel the same so I decided Wario looked too funny to pass up. I picked up Sonic right b4 I went to tournaments because I'm a huge sonic fanboy and well...he was fun, effective and could be played really offensively before people understood what to do. He turned alot less fun later on so I made the change to Wario because he's too funny and better of course.

Malcolm McNulty : ;o

Malcolm McNulty : He's also the onllllllllllly other character I can play!!

Malcolm McNulty : My metaknight is so bad ;-;

Sumer : I know you got that pocket Falco. (smirk)

Malcolm McNulty : Wifi falco is the strongest Falco.

Sumer : XD

Sumer : I actually picked up Wario after playing yours, and have used him in a couple tournaments, in both singles and doubles, and have a lot of fun using him. What makes him so fun for you to use and do you have plans on trying to pick up a higher tier character, or even lower tier, to help you with some of your tougher match ups?

Malcolm McNulty : I find Wario fun because he's entirely in your opponent’s head. His moves are pretty good, but the fear factor is his specialty. I find reads fun...and he makes a lot of them. IMO he's forced to make more than any other character around him in the tier list. I haaaaaaave dabbled with Falco but I think it's going to be just Wario. DDD frustrates me to no end (Shoutouts to every DDD that has beaten me...aka every DDD) but the way I look at it...once I get past that hurdle I'll be unstoppable so it'll be well worth it.

Sumer : I'm sure you'll find a way to get past those DDD players soon, whether it's by finding out some ground breaking technique in the MU or just by playing gay to the extreme every time you play a DDD. lol

Malcolm McNulty : I'm getting better @ it!! I just have to win on FD ;o

Sumer : On to more recent events, you’ve been enjoying an increased success in tournament performance ever since your victory at Baltimore Brawl 2 where you beat Junebug in Grand Finals. Since then you haven’t placed under top 3, placing 3rd at Hall of Gaming #4, behind ADHD and Anti, and placing 2nd at Mass Madness Legends, behind Fatal. What do you think can contribute to you performing so much better recently?

Malcolm McNulty : Well I took a break from Brawl because I lost my controller and found this dope game called League of Legends. I actually believe that is the reason for my recent success. It's easy to get wrapped up in patterns in this game and lose sight of all the options you have available to you...and sometimes just not seeing the game for awhile can make things a lot more clear to you when you return. Oh but just to clarify I have placed below 3rd in the past few weeks. I got 4th @ a New Jersey tournament that Ally attended. I beat ADHD's Diddy in winners then lost to Atomsk's DDD in winners and ADHD's 'Peach' in losers.

Sumer : I know what you mean about breaks. I've personally taken time off from Brawl and returned playing better than before, and I guess I didn't do my research as good as I should have lol, but that's still very impressive to not place below 4th after playing again.

Malcolm McNulty : It was a stacked tournament! And yeah I think the occasional break is good for everyone.

Sumer : There's no denying you're a top contender after placing so high with so many other good players to compete with, and I'm sure it won't be the last time we see you that high up anytime soon. :3

Malcolm McNulty : I am playing reaaaally well atm so I don't wanna count myself out, but you never know in this region. Everyone is somehow really really good lol.

Sumer : I agree with that, you got this though!

Sumer : As far as doubles goes, you’ve been teaming with Vinnie and Inui a lot recently, placing no less than 2nd at your last three tournaments. What do you think makes your team combinations with these players so successful? And are there any players you’re planning to or would like to team with at a future tournament?

Malcolm McNulty : Both of those players are just really good lol. They are both really experienced with teaming a Wario for various reasons and both of them are excellent doubles players. If I had to point out specific reasons...Vinnie and I are both very hard to hit and we see different habits so he punishes a lot of stuff I would miss out on and vice versa. Inui and I are more focused on a grab game. Down throw from Wario is really devastating...and I get it a lot. I am planning to team with Junebug for CoT5. June is like...da bes so I wouldn’t be surprised if we did really well. We teamed once before @ a Maryland tournament and got 1st so we are hoping to replicate that. People that I would like to team with? Anti, Jash, Trela, Nairo, DMG Gnes, Dphat and anyone from the WC that I know. I could see myself winning with any of them.

Sumer : I could also see that, and hope you get a chance to team with them sometime soon. I still want to team with you one day, but I'm sure there's a list of people who'd like to do that as well. XD

Malcolm McNulty : Maybe we will do work @ a MI tourney!!

Sumer : Looking forward to it. :D

Sumer : Speaking of tourneys, what tournaments are you planning to attend that are coming up either nationally or in your region? I know DNA 17 and KTAR 5 are both coming up pretty soon. Also, how do you think you’ll perform at these tournaments? It’s fine not to answer this question if you want to make a surprise showing at these to take everyone’s money.

Malcolm McNulty : I will be @ KTAR and CoT5, but I think that's it for the EC. I wanna save up and go to Genesis! I had a complete blast @ the first 1 and I encourage everyone to go this time around. How do I think I will do at all these incredibly stacked tournaments? I really have no idea. There will be a lot of top players there and there will be a lot of random DDDs there. Let's just say top 10 ;o

Sumer : Those random DDDs so strong.

Malcolm McNulty : Too powerful imo

Sumer : Hopefully I can make it out to CoT5 and Genesis too.

Sumer : They sound like they'll be a lot of fun.

Malcolm McNulty : You should!! Both tournaments are gonna be amazing!

Sumer : I'll try my best. lol

Malcolm McNulty : Yeeee 8-)

Sumer : I wanted to save a question about a topic I know a lot of people are interested in nowadays, League of Legends! You were one of the first people to start playing this on AiB, and now a good handful of the site plays. However, you sort of answered it already when you said taking a break from Brawl and playing LoL is one of the reasons you’ve been doing better recently, so I’ll change up the question a bit. Do you think you might have learned some new traits you can apply to your Brawl mindset after playing LoL for so long and returning back to Brawl? For example, I went about a month and a half without playing Brawl one time, so I passed the time playing a lot of fighting guys like Guilty Gear and Street Fighter; but through playing these I learned just how important playing defensive was to win, and when I got back to Brawl I was playing a lot more defensive and doing a lot better too.

Malcolm McNulty : Things I learned from league...I can't think of any off-hand. Maybe risk estimation? When to go for a kill and when to try and put yourself in your opponent’s shoes? I don't see much similarity in the two games outside of the fact that I enjoy them both. Sorry I couldn't be of any help with this one D:

Sumer : No problem. XD It was just an on the spot question, but thanks for trying.

Sumer : I know you have a lot going on in your life when you’re not owning in Brawl or playing LoL, so what do you typically do when you get a chance to relax from gaming, and what are your future plans as a pro gamer looking like other than gaming?

Malcolm McNulty : When I'm not on LoL or @ a tournament I am usually in the city hanging out with my college friends. I don't really see myself going further with pro gaming. I really just wanna get out of school (not happening anytime soon) and get involved with the field of Psychology...most likely as a therapist. If an opportunity were to arise for gaming I wouldn't ignore it, but I don't have any future plansss. I play games because I have fun playing them and like the competition. Not because I plan to make a living off of them.

Sumer : Sounds cool, and I'm sure you'll be out sooner than you expect, so no need to worry. lol

Malcolm McNulty : It's all good. College is fun even if it takes a little long. ;o

Sumer : Do you have any advice you would like to share for people who are new to LoL or Brawl, or who are looking to improve in either game?

Malcolm McNulty : As far as advice...

Malcolm McNulty : I think the two games are pretty similar in how to get better. They both look really basic and it's easy to get lost in doing what youuuu think is the best and not make any progress. You can figure out the basics of either game on your own, but to get better faster you really have to watch or consult the top players. They see something that you don't most of the time. They may be able to help you correct it personally or you may pick up on an option you've ignored from watching them play. I mean you can take the long road of making 41290412 mistakes and having to learn from each one...sometimes its more fun that way. I prefer the visual style of learning. Neither game has a large technical barrier so it's alllllllll in the mind ;o

Sumer : I see. Good advice and definitely something I try to do to improve myself.

Malcolm McNulty : inb4sumertop3inMIandbesatLoL

Sumer : I'll try my best to get better in both. XD

Sumer : You better help me though!

Malcolm McNulty : O the strongest carry

Sumer : You know it. :D

Sumer : Do you have any shout outs you would like to give to people who have helped you get as good as you are today or people who’ve supported you even before?

Malcolm McNulty : oOoOoOo

Malcolm McNulty : I've been waiting for shoutoutsss

Malcolm McNulty : Well for people who helped me get as good as I currently am...

Malcolm McNulty : shoutouts to HBK. He kicked my *** in melee and even in brawl for a bit.

Malcolm McNulty : Lol a lot of the lessons I learned "the hard way" were from him.

Malcolm McNulty : But other shoutouts go to Shoego aka Shugo, You, Rei, Lightside Lee, TKO, Midnite, Misa, Vincenzo, Sassy, Shadow1pj, L_Cancel, Nappy, Joedot, Meekspeedy, Orez, Mittenkiss, Skaabi and Elite_Viet and all the other people I talk to on Skype all the time =D

Sumer : My final question of the day is how you came up with the nickname WarioMaster15? I personally think it’s because you wanted people to think you were a random at nationals before you owned them. lol But I’d like to hear the reasoning behind it from you.

Malcolm McNulty : Hahahaha. Tbh I was talking and playing brawl with Speed (SonicMaster5) a lot and I just found his name to be absolutely hilarious so I made one of my own and started using it as a tag on Wifi. I had a really horrrrrrrrrrible performance @ MLG Orlando and I was like well...they clearly just hated on the name Malcolm McNulty so I thought this other name might have a bit more luck =P

Malcolm McNulty : I still enjoy hearing people say they "only have to play against some random named WarioMaster15". It never gets old ;o

Sumer : Too good. XD

Sumer : That about wraps it up. Thanks again for doing this interview and I hope you keep up the rape in Brawl, so you can finally get out of that 7th place PR spot. lol Forever 7th! Also, LoL with me later, you owe me.

Malcolm McNulty : I'm like 7th every ranking, but this one may be different lol. And you can get carried by the dopest Tristana/Caitlyn on the planet in jus a lil bit ;o

Sumer : It was a pleasure. :3

Malcolm McNulty : It was also a pleasure for me :D

*switches in* Hmmm? Oh hey there, AiB! Welcome to the 4th ladder update of the winter season! How are things going on in the ladder? We have reached way past the halfway point through the season, and I hope you ladder players are doing well as you try to storm for the top! Have there been interesting changes, or not much at all? We will just have to see what's in store for today. Just to keep this intro nice and short, let's move on to the rankings!

(No ladder replays have been sent to us for this update, but not to worry, submissions are still open! If you guys have replays of your best ladder matches you'd like to share and have it featured on here for the ladder updates, feel free to send me or Mocha any via PMs! Depending on how much we get, she and/or I will most likely pick a maximum of 2 videos for both singles and doubles to post up in the next update.)

Side-note: These top rankings have been taken at 5:30 am PST on [02/26/11].



Singles:

[01] | [NR] : Agent Salem (27 - 0) → Zero Suit Samus
[02] | [01] : ADHD (165 - 15) → Diddy Kong
[03] | [03] : lorD timeouT (67 - 14) → Peach
[04] | [NR] : Flame (21 - 3) → Snake
[05] | [02] : Atomsk (32 - 3) → King Dedede
[06] | [04] : Raffi-X (79 - 43) → R.O.B.
[07] | [06] : ANTi (45 - 12) → Diddy Kong / Snake / Marth / Random?
[08] | [11] : -DracoBlaze- (65 - 22) → Meta Knight / Snake / King Dedede
[09] | [05] : Zebra (107 - 31) → Wario
[10] | [18] : Waft (50 - 12) → Wario
[11] | [07] : Jules (128 - 41) → Meta Knight / Olimar
[12] | [25] : YoshQ (91 - 38) → Luigi / Meta Knight
[13] | [NR] : FOW (10 - 0) → Meta Knight
[14] | [09] : Zero Heart (133 - 23) → Zero Suit Samus
[15] | [14] : Ramona Flowers (29 - 2) → Meta Knight / Snake / King Dedede
[16] | [NR] : MeroKnight (80 - 22) → Zero Suit Samus / Random?
[17] | [31] : MintyFlesh (18 - 5) → Meta Knight / Marth
[18] | [NR] : Tisiphone (26 - 5) → Mr. Game & Watch
[19] | [10] : Koolaid (57 - 4) → Meta Knight / Snake
[20] | [30] : SlayerZ (31 - 7) → Peach
[21] | [12] : burntsocks (57 - 12) → Pit / Snake / Yoshi
[22] | [20] : M to the Ekos (45 - 26) → Lucas
[23] | [24] : Super Saiyajin (42 - 6) → Meta Knight
[24] | [08] : Mcpeepants (41 - 12) → Wolf
[25] | [15] : Aegis Angel Admiral Pit (78 - 26) → Pit
[26] | [16] : Sinnyboo242 (74 - 16) → Meta Knight / Ice Climbers
[27] | [21] : Alphicans (62 - 40) → Mr. Game & Watch
[28] | [NR] : Tearbear (11 - 3) → Meta Knight / Random?
[29] | [NR] : Phoenix vX (60 - 13) → Sonic
[30] | [22] : judge (79 - 22) → Meta Knight / Random?
[31] | [23] : Dnyce (56 - 13) → Olimar
[32] | [13] : Anuar (49 - 9) → Olimar / Meta Knight / Snake



Doubles:

[01] | [02] : Flame's team [Flame / Loopmaster] (41 - 3) → Meta Knight
[02] | [01] : DLK [FOW / M to the Ekos] (22 - 2) → Ness / Lucas
[03] | [03] : we throw our controllers when we lose [Solid Soul / Jules] (15 - 1) → Snake / Meta Knight
[04] | [04] : Muramasa baby! [Amaterasu Okami / TearxXWolf] (20 - 2) → Snake / ?
[05] | [NR] : Team NY [Vinnie C / ANTi] (5 - 1) → Mr. Game & Watch / Meta Knight
[06] | [05] : BEND OVER CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO **** YOU IN THE *** [Adam Gibson / Bizkit] (22 - 7) → Snake
[07] | [07] : Chinchilla Bros [megafox112 / DatWavyBoyDev] (17 - 6) → Fox / R.O.B.
[08] | [06] : Team Red [SuperMarioMC / SkOaRaAn] (18 - 8) → Mr. Game & Watch / Marth
[09] | [13] : Fiendnation [Bo X7 / 7F0] (16 - 13) → ? / ?
[10] | [NR] : Green Team Reborn [BF-Doogi / joe ST] (11 - 4) → Ness / Meta Knight
[11] | [14] : The Uno of Novaa [Uno_Gelp_Beast / SupaN0vaa] (11 - 3) → ? / ?
[12] | [08] : We both lost to Wolf [Atomsk / MJG] (3 - 0) → Random? / Toon Link?
[13] | [NR] : The Ragnell Legends [-BlazeLeaf- / Shai] (8 - 2) → Ike
[14] | [NR] : Desu Forever!~ o3o [-Randum- / SlayerZ] (4 - 0) → Lucas? / Peach
[15] | [NR] : Just fartin in the dark [Chimpakt / Waft] (5 - 0) → Diddy Kong / Wario
[16] | [15] : we r gud [Super Saiyajin / lorD timeouT] (3 - 0) → Meta Knight / Peach




Singles:

• A Zero Suit Samus user, Agent Salem, currently takes first place with an undefeated streak while ADHD trails behind him by 112 points!
• Newcomer, Phoenix vX, enters today's rankings with the only user representing Sonic. Great job!
• MeroKnight has managed to get back on the top rankings, using a whole plethora of characters besides his main! Keep it up!
• YoshQ seems to be doing very well this time around, as he 'super-jumps' from 25th to 12th with his Luigi (and some Meta Knight).
• These following players have been dropped from the last update's rankings: [17]ChinaLee, [19]So Fatal, [26]Adam Gibson, [27]raytay824, [28]Kimchi, [29]Kain, and [32]Luckay4Lyphe
• Top 5 Players with the Most Wins → ADHD (165), Zero Heart (133), Jules (128), Zebra (107), and YoshQ (91).
• Top 6 Players with the Highest Win % → Agent Salem and FOW tie with a win percentage of 1.000, Ramona Flowers (.935), Koolaid (.934), ADHD (.917), and Atomsk (.914).

Doubles:

• The top 4 of these rankings haven't changed much other than 'Flame's team' and 'DLK' switching positions.
• Teams 'We both lost to Wolf' and 'we r gud' are currently suffering some decay, despite having undefeated streaks. Meanwhile, newcoming teams, 'Desu Forever!~ o3o' and 'Just fartin in the dark' have entered the rankings with undefeated streaks. Nicely done!
• We first have double Snakes, then double Meta Knights, and now, we have a team of double Ikes being represented by a newcoming team, 'The Ragnell Legends'. Whew, this should be interesting.
• These following teams have been dropped from the last update's rankings: [09]-WiFi GoDs-, [10]Team We Don't Lose To Lucas, [11]HATE US, [12]Debom and Flame, and [16]Sunshine Snuggle Brigade~.
• Top 6 Teams with the Most Wins → 'Flame's team' (41), 'DLK' and 'BEND OVER CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO **** YOU IN THE *** ' tie with 22 wins, 'Muramasa baby!' (20), 'Team Red' (18), and 'Fiendnation' (16).

Alright, with the season ending on March 31st, we've got at least about a month before the playoffs come around.We shall see who can make it to the top 64 in singles and top 32 in doubles by then! If you haven't tried out the ladder yet and you feel like proving yourself to be the best, go for it! And as for the decaying players, you have some time to make it up. Keep it up, everyone! Until next time, see ya~ :]

Hey AiB! How has everyone been doing? As most of have you probably gathered by now, Trish and I are collaborating on the AiB ladder updates for this season. This is my second article for you guys, and I hope it’s an improvement from my first. Thank you everyone for being patient and supportive as I get adjusted more to the Content Team. I would also like to thank Diska for helping me with the doubles ladder rankings, and making sure I had their teams’ mains and rankings in check =)

Now that we got that out of the way, there is one more point I would like to address that I didn’t on my first update. If you have any replays of your best ladder matches and you’d like to share it and have it featured on here for the ladder updates, feel free to send them to me or Trish via PMs. Depending on how much we get, we will post a max of 2 videos to post for the next ladder update.

Side-note: These top rankings have been taken on 5:00 am on Saturday [02/12/11]. 


Current Rankings


Singles:


[01] | [01] : ADHD (152 - 13) → Diddy Kong / King Dedede
[02] | [02] : Atomsk (30 - 3) → King Dedede
[03] | [04] : lorD timeouT (49 - 9) → Peach
[04] | [03] : Raffi-X (60 - 26) → R.O.B.
[05] | [05] : Zebra (89 - 19) → Wario
[06] | [06] : ANTi (40 - 12) → Meta Knight / Marth / Sheik
[07] | [07] : Jules (93 - 25) → Meta Knight / Olimar
[08] | [14] : Mcpeepants (37 - 6) → Wolf
[09] | [18] : Zero Heart (109 - 17) → Zero Suit Samus
[10] | [NR] : Koolaid (50 - 4) → Meta Knight / Snake
[11] | [09] : -DracoBlaze- (41 - 12) → Meta Knight / Snake / King Dedede
[12] | [11] : burntsocks (49 - 4) → Pit / Snake / Yoshi
[13] | [28] : Anuar (48 - 7) → Olimar / Meta Knight / Snake
[14] | [NR] : Ramona Flowers (25 - 2) → Meta Knight / Snake/ King Dedede
[15] | [30] : Aegis Angel Admiral Pit (64 - 22) → Pit
[16] | [29] : Sinnyboo342 (66 - 10) → Meta Knight / Ice Climbers
[17] | [NR] : ChinaLee (67 - 17) → Zero Suit Samus / Meta Knight / Ice Climbers
[18] | [11] : Waft (38 - 11) → Wario
[19] | [13] : So Fatal (17 - 1) → Snake
[20] | [10] : M to the Ekos (41 - 25) → Lucas
[21] | [20] : Alphicans (52 - 30) → Mr. Game & Watch
[22] | [NR] : judge (61 - 12) → Meta Knight / Snake / Donkey Kong / Kirby / Pikachu
[23] | [NR] : Dnyce (44 - 8) → Olimar
[24] | [15] : Super Saiyajin (34 - 5) → Meta Knight
[25] | [25] : YoshQ (57 - 23) → Luigi / Meta Knight
[26] | [19] : Adam Gibson (41 - 14) → Snake
[27] | [NR] : raytay824 (43 - 8) → Marth
[28] | [NR] : Kimchi (23 - 7) → Ike
[29] | [22] : Kain (35 - 20) → Wolf
[30] | [27] : SlayerZ (21 - 3) → Peach
[31] | [NR] : MintyFlesh (10 - 0) → Meta Knight / Marth
[32] | [NR] : Luckay4Lyphe(99 - 31) → Pikachu / Pit


Doubles:


[01] | [NR] : DLK [M to the Ekos / FOW] (22 - 1) → Lucas / Ness
[02] | [01] : Flame’s Team (We go ham in the mother ****ing dubs) [Flame / Zakalicious] (31 - 3) → Meta Knight / Meta Knight
[03] | [06] : we throw our controllers when we lose [Solid Soul / Jules] (11 - 1) → Snake / Meta Knight
[04] | [04] : Muramasa baby! [Amaterasu Okami / TearxXWolf] (19 - 2) → Snake / Zero Suit Samus
[05] | [02] : BEND OVER BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO **** YOU IN THE *** [Adam Gibson / Bizkit] (22 - 7) → Snake / Snake
[06] | [03] : Team Red [SuperMarioMC / SkOaRaAn] (18 - 8) → Mr. Game & Watch / Marth
[07] | [14] : Chinchilla Bros [megafox112 / DatWavyBoyDev] (16 - 6) → Fox / R.O.B.
[08] | [05] : We both lost to Wolf [Atomsk / MJG] (3 - 0) → Random / Toon Link?
[09] | [16] : -WiFi GoDs- [-ZoDi- / Mcpeepants] (11 - 8) → Meta Knight / Wolf / Random?
[10] | [NR] : Team We Don't Lose To Lucas [Catastrophe / Eden] (6 - 1) → Snake / Marth
[11] | [NR] : HATE US [Souseiki / ThuG85] (6 - 1) → Meta Knight / Mr. Game And Watch
[12] | [NR] : Debom and Flame [Sinnyboo242 / Pitzer] (6 - 1) → Meta Knight / Pit?
[13] | [NR] : Fiendnation [Bo X7 / 7FO] (11 - 9) → Mario? / Wario
[14] | [15] : The Uno of Novaa [Uno_Gelp_Beast / SupaN0vaa] (7 - 2) → ? / ?
[15] | [07] : we r gud [Super Saiyajin / lorD timeouT] (3 - 0) → Meta Knight / Peach
[16] | [08] : Sunshine Snuggle Brigade~ [L_Cancel / Azure-Kenny] (3 - 0) → Olimar / Meta Knight


Notes


Singles:

• ADHD is still in the lead with a respectable 152 wins. He is also the only one consistently using Diddy who’s currently ranked.
• Raffi-X stays high in the rankings being the only R.O.B and Alphicans as Mr. Game and Watch.  Going further down the tier list
• Kimchi joins in with his Ike, and M to the Ekos continues displaying his Lucas. Good job guys!
• Mcpeepants and Kain keep stepping it up with Wolf.
• burntsocks (with an additional Yoshi and Snake), Aegis Angel Admiral Pit (all Pit), and Luckay4Lyphe (and Pikachu)  bring Pit into the light. Aegis Angel Admiral Pit has also taken an impressive leap half-way across the ladder rankings since the last ladder update. Nice work, Pits.
• Zebra and Waft continue with their Wario, while lordDtimeouT and SlayerZ keep representing their Peach.
• The following players were not ranked in the last update but join in for this one: Koolaid, Ramona Flowers, ChinaLee, judge, Dnyce, raytay824, Kimchi, Mintyflesh, and Luckay4Lyphe.  

Doubles:

• M to the Ekos and FOW lead the rankings with their amazing Lucas and Ness team.
• Teams ( We both lost to Wolf, we r gud, Sunshine Snuggle Brigade~) currently have an undefeated streak! How far will they be able to maintain that streak?
• Double, double, toil and trouble! Flame and Zakalicious join in double Meta Knight while Adam Gibson and Bizkit go double Snake.
• Muramasa Baby! has been the only team who kept the same position since the last ladder update.
• Top 5 teams with the most wins: Flame’s Team (31), DLK (22), Muramasa Baby! (19), Team Red (18), and Chinchilla Bros (16).  

Remember, the ladder ends on March 31st.. There’s still plenty of time to catch up on your score if you’re behind on decay, and to join the ladder if you haven’t already. Once again, congratulations to everyone who participated in the ladder. Keep working hard guys! ^_^

Hey, everyone! How's it going? I hope everyone has been alright. Well anyway... you probably thought I was gone or something, but that is not the case. I was unable to work on the first ladder update due to my return from hiatus at the time, and I hope that is understandable. I thank Mocha for whipping up an update for me while I was gone! Also, if you probably didn't realize, she is currently co-working with me for this season's ladder updates. This is something I wanted to try out and to see how things go, so please bear with us as we switch off on each ladder update. Oh, I've also kept to my promise and racked up the most accurate results I can get by taking in today's rankings. We shall see what goes on here!

(By the way, I know this wasn't posted in the first ladder update of this season, but I'm still open to doing this. If you guys have replays of your best ladder matches you'd like to share and have it featured on here for the ladder updates, feel free to send me or Mocha any via PMs! Depending on how much we get, she and/or I will most likely pick a maximum of 2 videos for both singles and doubles to post up in the next update. After all, the ladder updates do need a little more spice on 'em, yes?)

Side-note: These top rankings have been taken at 5:45 am PST on [01/29/11].



Singles:

[01] | [01] : ADHD (111 - 9) → Diddy Kong / King Dedede
[02] | [NR] : Atomsk (30 - 2) → King Dedede
[03] | [NR] : Raffi-X (48 - 18) → R.O.B.
[04] | [03] : lorD timeouT (39 - 7) → Peach
[05] | [12] : Zebra (54 - 9) → Wario
[06] | [19] : ANTi (31 - 12) → Meta Knight / Marth / Sheik
[07] | [NR] : Jules (63 - 19) → Meta Knight / Olimar
[08] | [04] : Waft (38 - 11) → Wario
[09] | [22] : -DracoBlaze- (33 - 9) → Meta Knight / King Dedede / Snake
[10] | [NR] : M to the Ekos (33 - 16) → Lucas
[11] | [NR] : burntsocks (33 - 0) → Pit / Snake / Yoshi
[12] | [20] : judge (58 - 11) → Wario / Meta Knight
[13] | [06] : So Fatal (17 - 1) → Snake
[14] | [NR] : Mcpeepants (25 - 6) → Wolf
[15] | [14] : Super Saiyajin (33 - 5) → Meta Knight
[16] | [17] : Luckay4Lyphe (84 - 20) → Pit / Pikachu
[17] | [02] : MeroKnight (56 - 13) → Zero Suit Samus / Random?
[18] | [NR] : Zero Heart (59 - 5) → Zero Suit Samus
[19] | [09] : Adam Gibson (39 - 13) → Snake
[20] | [NR] : Alphicans (36 - 16) → Mr. Game & Watch
[21] | [05] : Illmatic. (59 - 16) → Peach
[22] | [NR] : Kain (32 - 19) → Wolf
[23] | [25] : psp (84 - 45) → Toon Link
[24] | [11] : chucknasty (25 - 2) → Meta Knight
[25] | [30] : YoshQ (49 - 22) → Luigi / Meta Knight
[26] | [31] : Kamii (16 - 2) → Lucario
[27] | [NR] : SlayerZ (19 - 2) → Peach
[28] | [NR] : Anuar (3 - 6) → Olimar / Meta Knight / Snake
[29] | [24] : Sinnyboo242 (47 - 8) → Meta Knight / Ice Climbers
[30] | [NR] : Aegis Angel Admiral Pit (43 - 22) → Pit
[31] | [08] : Stingers (43 - 9) → R.O.B.
[32] | [16] : dabuz the wifi olimar (16 - 3) → Olimar



Doubles:

[01] | [04] : Flame's team [Flame / Zakalicious] (20 - 0) → Meta Knight
[02] | [02] : BEND OVER CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO **** YOU IN THE *** [Adam Gibson / Bizkit] (22 - 7) → Snake
[03] | [NR] : Team Red [SuperMarioMC / SkOaRaAn] (14 - 5) → Mr. Game & Watch / Marth
[04] | [01] : Muramasa baby! [Amaterasu Okami / TearxXWolf] (18 - 2) → Snake / Zero Suit Samus
[05] | [03] : We both lost to Wolf [Atomsk / MJG] (3 - 0) → Random / Toon Link?
[06] | [16] : we throw our controllers when we lose [Solid Soul / pkmonftw] (6 - 1) → Snake / Meta Knight?
[07] | [06] : we r gud [Super Saiyajin / lorD timeouT] (3 - 0) → Meta Knight / Peach
[08] | [NR] : Sunshine Snuggle Brigade~ [L_Cancel / Azure-Kenny] (3 - 0) → Olimar / ?
[09] | [14] : The Ragnell Legends [-Royal Assassin ZenoIke- / Shai] (6 - 1) → Ike
[10] | [08] : Sexy Beasts [AfroTwist VanillaPie / GardoTwist ChocolatePie] (12 - 4) → Link / Mr. Game & Watch
[11] | [07] : Th[A] Chosen [2] [Eazyseph / -DracoBlaze-] (3 - 1) → Snake / Meta Knight
[12] | [05] : Dat wiimote DI [HyperKeeby / BlazerKirby] (4 - 0) → Kirby
[13] | [NR] : IMBALANCE [NSANE / LiKanG] (8 - 4) → Marth? / Snake?
[14] | [11] : Chinchilla Bros [megafox112 / DatWavyBoyDev] (9 - 5) → Fox / Random?
[15] | [NR] : The Uno of Novaa [Uno_Gelp_Beast / SupaN0vaa] (4 - 2) → ? / ?
[16] | [NR] : -WiFi GoDs- [-ZoDi- / Mcpeepants] (5 - 3) → Meta Knight / Wolf / Random?




Singles:

• ADHD is currently maintaining his position at the top of the ladder with a 92-point lead. How long will he be able to last?
• This time around, despite more top tier dominance, we're starting to see some Pits (from burntsocks, Luckay4Lyphe, and Aegis Angel Admiral Pit), Wolfs (from Mcpeepants and Kain), and a Mr. G&W (from Alphicans) added to the character variety from players un-ranked 2 weeks ago. Great job, you guys! And also, we have a Lucas added to the mix, as M to the Ekos is currently placing high with him. Very unique choice, I must say!
• The biggest drop in the ladder at this time is Stingers, dropping from 8th to 31st with his R.O.B. due to some inactivity. But not to worry though, Raffi-X is just getting started, making sure that at least one R.O.B. main can try to leave a mark on the ladder.
• Congrats to burntsocks for currently having an undefeated streak with his character variety of Pit, Snake, and Yoshi!
• These following players have been dropped from the last update's rankings: [07]Amaterasu Okami, [10]CtL, [13]pkmonftw, [15]joe ST, [18]×MÁR×, [21]BoxxahBrown, [23]LNIAD, [26]BengalsRZ, [27]State Alchemist Roy, [28]ven, [29]MythTrainerInfinity, [32]-Remix-.
• Top 6 Players with the Most Wins → Atomsk (111), Luckay4Lyphe and psp tie with 84 wins, Jules (63), Zero Heart (59), and judge (58).
• Top 5 Players with the Highest Win % → burntsocks (1.000), So Fatal (.944), Atomsk (.938), chucknasty (.926), and ADHD (.925).

Doubles:

• So, it seems 'Flame's team' and 'Murakasa baby!' have currently switched positions from the last update while 'BEND OVER CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO **** YOU IN THE *** ' are maintaining their 2nd place position. 'Flame's team' also remains undefeated with a streak of 20 wins. Nicely done!
• With a few starting to decay, we have 4 other undefeated teams for this update. Besides 'We both lost to Wolf', 'we r gud', and 'Dat wiimote DI', we now have 'Sunshine Snuggle Brigade~'.
• Speaking of 'Dat wiimote DI', if you probably didn't catch this, they are currently the only pure mod team on these rankings, representing a double Kirby team! If you try to take 'em on, you have the opportunity to earn a Double Danger badge!
• These following players have been dropped from the last update's rankings: [09]u mad y, [10]Wasta~Pray, [12]Green Team, [13]Meaty Beasties, and [15]> O^O.
• Top 5 Teams with the Most Wins → 'BEND OVER CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO **** YOU IN THE *** ' (22), 'Flame's team' (20), 'Muramasa baby!' (18), 'Team Red' (14), and 'Sexy Beasts' (12).

So, the ladder ends on March 31st, which leaves us to having almost exactly 2 months remaining before the playoffs! Not to worry, you guys have plenty of time to get the position you deserve before that happens. Try out the ladder if you haven't and have some fun! It's a great place to experiment with characters, practice, have fun and make new great friends. Remember that there is actually prize money to be won at the end of the ladder season if you make it very far! A lot of people have already started and gotten high up in the ranks with no problem at all. Perhaps one of you can do the same? In the meantime, work hard and keep your flame of competition lighting up! Congrats to the current top 32 players and 16 teams who made it to this first bi-weekly update. We wish you all the best of luck for anyone seeking to be at the top and making it to the playoffs! Until next time, see ya~ :]