We are down to the final 5. 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 Thomas Tischio (@Tischphotos)

Rank
Rating
SSBMRank 2014
5
9.396
4
Tournament Results
Apex2015 ceo2015 evo2015 bh5
9
N/A
N/A
3
N/A
Other Results
2nd at Paragon 2015
7th at Press Start
4th at WTFox
2nd at Super Smash Con
1st at PAX Prime
2nd at Paragon LA
5th at HTC Throwdown
2nd at MLG World Finals 2015
3rd at Smash Summit
Summary
“Everyone loves seeing Mew2King play well because, in so many ways, Mew2King is Smash Brothers.” That is what commentator Kris “Toph” Aldenderfer had to say about Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman’s importance to the Smash community at Paragon Los Angeles earlier this year in September.
2015 has been a tough year for Mew2King. Suffering from crippling pain from years of playing Smash without taking care of his hands, he dropped out of EVO 2015 and didn’t enter several other large tournaments. When he was playing, often through the pain, his results were a mixed bag. He began the year with a bang, taking 2nd place at Paragon Orlando after defeating Axe, Plup, and Leffen. He then entered a slump where he placed rather disappointingly at nationals, including a 9th place at Apex 2015 where he sustained a loss to Shroomed in a Sheik ditto. He forfeited from MVG Sandstorm in April and finished 7th at Press Start in May, losing to Leffen and Hungrybox.
Mew2King’s 2015 was looking grim until PAX Prime in August, where a large pot bonus provided by Twitch attracted many top players including Westballz, MacD, Nintendude, Hugs, Zhu, and Cactuar. Leffen, who was on a tournament-winning rampage over the summer and had beaten Mew2King in five straight sets between February and August, was also in attendance. In a shocking turn of events, Mew2King 6-0’d Leffen across Winners’ Finals and Grand Finals, taking games with all three of his mains.
He went on to an electrifying 2nd place performance at Paragon Los Angeles, defeating Leffen again and winning a tense Loser’s Finals set against Hungrybox. He continued to 3rd place finishes at both The Big House 5 and Smash Summit, winning convincingly over Mango at both tournaments. Mew2King may not have ended 2015 at the top of SSBMRank, but his year was one hell of a journey. He proved Toph right many times, and his love and passion for the game continue to remind us why we play it. We look forward to whatever he can offer in the coming year, and please, Jason, go see a doctor.
– Andrew Blessington (@AJawesome07) & Andrew Nestico (@PracticalTAS)
Top 10 H2H Stats
Player
2015 Sets
Set Wins
Set Losses
%
vs. Mango
6
2
4
33
vs. Leffen
9
4
5
44
vs. PPMD
0
0
0
0
vs. Armada
2
0
2
0
vs. Hungrybox
8
1
7
13
vs. Top 1-6
25
7
18
28
vs. Axe
16
12
4
75
vs. Plup
5
4
1*
80
vs. Shroomed
4
3
1
75
vs. Westballz
3
3
0
100
vs. Top 7-10
28
22
6
79
Total
53
29
24
55

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