The Top 10 American Tekken Players Of 2010
Aris ON Friday, December 31, 2010 at 4:03PM 
This is a list of the most consistently highest placing American Tekken players of 2010. First, let me explain how I got these results. I went back and looked at every major tournament since January 1st, 2010 and gave points to the top 8 placers.
For the sake of consistency I counted all majors as equal. This means that Evo was worth the same as MLG etc. The only criteria the tournament had to meet is it had to have 50+ entrants to qualify as a major on this list. Some of the tournaments that did not count are Devastation and WCG, etc.
The point layout goes like this:
1st = 6 points
2nd = 5 points
3rd = 4 points
4th = 3 points
5th = 2 points
7th = 1 point
In the case of MLG which had people play matches out to see who got 6th and 8th, I gave 6th 2 points and 8th 1 point.
Some people may say that the points for 1st should be much higher than points for 2nd but this list isn't about how many times someone won a tournament. It's about which player most consistently placed top 8 over the last year. Here are our results!
1st NYC fab (New York) – 29 points – Miguel, Bob.
2nd Kor (Texas) – 24 points – Bob, Lars
2nd GM (New York) – 24 points - Lee
3rd Crow (Texas) – 19 points – Bob, Lars, Steve
4th Naps (NorCal) – 18 points - Bryan
5th JustFrameJames (SoCal) – 16 points - Law
6th Rip (SoCal) – 10 points - Law
7th Anakin (Atlanta) – 9 points – Jack 6
7th Suiken (SoCal) – 9 points - Lei
8th Pokchop (Atlanta) – 8 points - Bruce
Congrats to the top 10. Each of these players have their own unique style and did a great job showing their dedication to Tekken 6.
Reader Comments (35)
Kor should have an asterisk next to his name for all the controversy at MLG.
Good job to Fab and GM during 2010, they rep'd NYC hard!
Also ditto and kudos to Suiken, he was EXTREMELY competitive and consistent during 2010. He was SO consistent, that deep down inside, I call foul play...yeah I said it...what.... :)
So by that guys logic a person who enters 1 tourney and wins is better that a person who enters 20 tourneys and consistently places top 5 lol. Thats a rather stupid premise. Greatness is defined by being really good consistently over a long period of time not just by being great a couple times. Consistency also proves if something was or was not a fluke or your style didn't just catch a whole bunch of people off guard and now they can easily figure you out. Its the same reason why best 2 out of 3 is more widely accepted as the way to determine the better player than first to 2.
the list is definently accurate, though i thought KOR would've been number one. still, dope list nevertheless. wonder if all these guys'll still be playing tekken this year....
@ Schematic - yeah I hear that.
sounds about fair, but i think only top 5 would be applicable, cuz porkchop isnt that good.
lol! i made top ten! can't believe that!
and yet we still got haters like your mama. thanks Aris i really appreciate the recognition! big ups
@Pokchop, For sure man, congrats.
I watched pokchop vs GM here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pldPmNLGCE
And I really enjoyed it - imo GM is one of the best players on the planet and speaking to Harry Potter after he did the Evo US tour time thingy - he also said the only US player that he really really felt a massive amount of pressure from was GM.
That's not being cocky or anything, Harry Potter is a very good player, probably the best in Italy @ the moment and another big Italian name is Sandro, one of his friends that mains Lee. -_- (I'm not going to post the Sandro beating Holeman vid - Aris has already had enough of my posting - sorz 4 that - ^_^)
You can watch some of Harry Potter's game from UTXII on this vid - just as an fyi - it starts @ 6:12 after WayGamble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pldPmNLGCE
lol RIP I edited you at the end talking shit and cussing me out - - - fuckin lol ----- "Never Again NIN, Never Again" flol
pokchop looked effective to me in the above match so even just from that i got time 4 the skills.
The methodology is biased towards the East Coast. Most major tournaments last year were not held on the West Coast and many of the West Coast players could not attend. Is there a breakdown of major tournament locations for last year and how many times a player entered?
Gaming By Sneeakz is Extremely Proud of NYC Fab .... Congrats to the other Finalists aswell
im looking for someone to play me. ive never been beaten and want som comp. email me if you think you stand a chance. id prefer one of the top ten. please dont waste my time. i can take anyone
im looking for someone from texas preferably. txt me if you want to fight me. 9034618816.
hey aris i really liked ur numero '10' on the picture.
very VERY creative Kappa