We are down to the final 10. To celebrate each of the players, we have given them their own page to celebrate 2015. Share your thoughts about today with the hashtag #SSBMRank2015.


Photo Credits to Robert Paul (@tempusrob)

Rank
Rating
SSBMRank 2014
6
9.329
3
Tournament Results
Apex2015 ceo2015 evo2015 bh5
1
N/A
3
N/A
N/A
Other Results
1st at Canada Cup
5th at Smash Summit
Summary
2015 has been a rather quiet year for Kevin “PPMD” Nanney. Coming off of some health issues in 2014, the North Carolina resident showcased his excellent Falco and Marth gameplay in only four tournaments this year, but his results at those tournaments were impressive enough to warrant the title of sixth best player of 2015. Starting the year off in an exciting way, he managed an incredible performance at Apex 2015, defeating Wizzrobe, S2J, PewPewU, and Leffen, and taking two out of three sets against Armada to win what was then the largest Melee tournament ever. After such an impressive performance, many thought 2015 could prove to be PPMD’s year.
Unfortunately, his health issues persisted and he didn’t attend another tournament until EVO 2015, nearly six months later. At EVO, he again proved his worth, beating HugS, SFAT, and Plup to make it all the way to Winners’ Finals. However, he struggled against Armada once he got there, losing 3-0 in three close games. In Losers’ Finals against Hungrybox, he again lost 3-0 to take 3rd place. From there, PPMD disappeared again, only re-emerging four months later to take a dominant first place at Canada Cup 2015 over RaynEX, Ryan Ford, and Duck.
A week later he attended Smash Summit, his final tournament of 2015. Over the Summit weekend, he seemed to be struggling to keep up his energy, losing in several exhibition matches to players considered to be below him in skill. However, he also seemed to improve every day, and by the time bracket rolled around on Saturday, he pulled it together to defeat Swedish Delight and Westballz to arrive at Winners’ Semis against Armada. The Swede once again knocked PPMD into Losers’, this time winning the set 3-1. In Losers’ Quarters, he faced off against Plup in a rematch from EVO. This time Plup put up a fight, taking PPMD to game 5 and managing to clutch it out to pull off the upset and knock PPMD out at 5th.
Although some might be somewhat disappointed in PPMD’s performance over his few appearances in the second half of 2015, we remain confident in the Good Doctor’s play. He has showed his ability to keep up with the best players and remain a major threat in bracket despite not attending nearly as many tournaments as his competition. His elegant neutral game and championship mentality mark PPMD as not only a player to be feared and respected, but also one of the highest level competitors in Melee. We can’t wait to see what he brings to the table in 2016.
– Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia) & Andrew Nestico (@PracticalTAS)
Top 10 H2H Stats
Player
2015 Sets
Set Wins
Set Losses
%
vs. Mango
0
0
0
0
vs. Leffen
1
1
0
100
vs. Mew2King
0
0
0
0
vs. Armada
5
2
3
40
vs. Hungrybox
1
0
1
0
vs. Top 1-6
7
3
4
43
vs. Axe
0
0
0
0
vs. Plup
2
1
1
50
vs. Shroomed
0
0
0
0
vs. Westballz
1
1
0
100
vs. Top 7-10
3
2
1
67
Total
10
5
5
50

 

Panelists

42 Panelists

(More Panelists were asked from each region, but did not turn in a ballot in a timely manner)

Socal (6)
– HugS
– s2j
– MacD
– MikeHaze
– Kira
– Reno

Norcal (4)
– TarheelJKS
– Laudandus
– Toph
– Shroomed

Midwest (5)
– Juggleguy
– FendrickLamar
– Duck
– Webs
– DarkAtma

New England (3)
– Mafia
– MattDotZeb
– Gtown Tom

Maryland/Virginia (4)
– Nintendude
– Redd
– Chillindude
– Wife

Pacific Northwest (5)
– Silent Wolf
– Bladewise
– Vish
– eBay
– Fat Goku

Arizona (3)
– Axe
– Tai
– DarkDragoon

South (5)
– s0ft
– Flow
– Chi Wong
– Gahtzu
– Hungrybox

Tri-State (2)
– Zhu
– Swedish Delight

Canada (2)
– Idea
– n0ne

Europe (3)
– MikeHaggar (w/ Armada)
– Imperfect
– Mahie

Rest Of The List

12/21/2015 – SSBMRank #100-91
12/22/2015 – SSBMRank #90-81
12/23/2015 – SSBMRank #80-71
12/24/2015 – SSBMRank #70-61
12/25/2015 – SSBMRank #60-51

12/28/2015 – SSBMRank #50-41
12/29/2015 – SSBMRank #40-31
12/30/2015 – SSBMRank #30-26
12/31/2015 – SSBMRank #25-21
1/1/2016 – SSBMRank #20-16

1/4/2016 – SSBMRank #15-11
1/5/2016 – SSBMRank #10, #9, #8, #7
1/6/2016 – SSBMRank #6, #5, #4
1/7/2016 – SSBMRank #3, #2, #1
1/8/2016 – SSBMRank Recap

Other Information

Acknowledgements

SSBMRank is a big undertaking every year. We could have not done this without the help of HTC, who generously helped us out with this year’s production values. Nick, Darkdragoon, was a workhorse with the formatting and the graphics this year as well. We also had countless volunteers that helped out with numerous tasks.

Photographers
Robert Paul (@tempusrob)
Michael Hathaway (@tl_peanuts)
Thomas Tischio
Old Abbot (@oldAbbot)
Itsjustatank (@itsjustatank)
Ludwig Ahgren
/u/BirdUPSSBM
Big Blue eSports (@BigBlueES)
SleepyK (@sleepike)
Alex Baldwin
Meowth

Blurb Writers
Eli Schoop
Bradley Stafford (@bradcobra)
Louis Torracinta
Sawyer Frey (@ssbm_tm)
Derek Zhang (@DZhang4)
Matt Deslatte (@pantsnameguy)
Matthew Reed (@Matthew__Reed)
Jack McDonald (@KezzupReviews)
Luke Geldart (@Haksause)
Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07)
Nick Gow (@ssbm_Song)
Anthony Bruno (@slime_machine)
Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia)
David Tyler (@flossy_tas)
Josh Kassell (@roboticphish)
Solomon McMurphy (@HFMSmash)

Fact Finders
Eli Schoop
Bradley Stafford (@bradcobra)
Louis Torracinta
Derek Zhang (@DZhang4)
Matt Deslatte (@pantsnameguy)
Matthew Reed (@Matthew__Reed)
Jack McDonald (@KezzupReviews)
Luke Geldart (@Haksause)
Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07)
Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia)
David Tyler (@flossy_tas)
Solomon McMurphy  (@HFMSmash)

Editors
Sheridan Zalewski (@sheridactyls)
Louis Torracinta
Scott Zeng
Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07)
Nick Gow (@ssbm_Song)
Andrew Nestico (@PracticalTAS)
Anthony Bruno (@slime_machine)
Bryan Rapp (@Mithrintia)
David Tyler (@flossy_tas)
Josh Kassel (@roboticphish)

Picture Finders
Bradley Stafford (@bradcobra)
Louis Torracinta
Scott Zeng
Sawyer Frey
Derek Zhang (@DZhang4)
Matthew Reed (@Matthew__Reed)
Luke Geldart (@Haksause)
Nick Buckman