The *NEW* Official Texas Power Rankings Updated 10/15/2012!

Hello and welcome to the new Texas Power Ranking thread!

The purpose of this list is to promote competition in Texas and enourage participation in out of city tournaments. Soon, the Texas scene will be revived and with this new breath of fresh air, will come a new PR starting from 2011.

If you're curious about the type of system UTDZac used for our power ranking system, please refer to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system
For an easier time reading, please refer to how MTG does it: http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/9198.html

• In short, here is how it works.
• The list is extremely dynamic based on recent tournament results. It tries to stay as up-to-date as possible. The list can be updated after EVERY tournament (please email me at Austin.Bastida.Ramos@gmail.com the TIO files).
• Players are rated based on head-to-head battles for any given tournament. They are not based off of placings (1st, 2nd, 3rd), as this is not necessary.
• Everyone starts at 1600 points. This is considered the average score.
• You gain points for beating someone in tournament. If they have more points than you, you'll gain more points. If they have less points, you'll gain fewer points.
• You lose points if you lose to someone in tournament. If they have more points than you, you'll lose fewer points. If they have less points, you'll lose more points.
• Not going to a tournament means you will not gain or lose points, you'll stay the same. This explains why some inactive players are still ranked decently high.
• Only Brawl Singles are counted for ratings. Teams, Low-Tier, etc will not be counted.
• Players must have participated in at least two tournaments to appear on the PR list.
• Why do you gain/lose less points in Loser's Bracket than in Winner's Bracket?

S-Tier

UltimateRazer - 2114.96
Trela - 2108.97
Gnes - 2082.14

A-Tier

Denti - 1966.15
Dojo - 1921.70 /
Pwii - 1896.85 ///
Infinity - 1852.67
Espy - 1849.66
K Prime - 1836.84
Dakpo - 1824.25 /

B-Tier

Pj - 1796.74
Jerm - 1784.64 (Retired)
Megafox - 1776.49
Shlike - 1775.32 (Retired)
Illmatic - 1775.30
Bio - 1760.81
Sync - 1751.27
Dphat - 1748.18 (Retired)
Poltergust - 1743.33 (Retired)
UTDZac - 1736.69 (Retired)
ALSM - 1733.67
Smoom - 1729.49 (Retired)
Fliphop - 1714.76
Magik - 1713.28 / (Retired)

C-Tier

Nike - 1693.41
Fino - 1686.59
Disqo Bunny - 1676.27
Bad Karma - 1674.10
JustinKamikaze - 1673.36
Sky Pirate - 1671.09
Infern - 1670.40
Zori - 1669.95 (Retired)
Neon - 1667.71
69Dude - 1667.42
Y.b.M - 1661.48
Tesh - 1660.51
Broly - 1657.04 (Retired)

D-Tier

Slush - 1649.40
Fogo - 1649.08 (Retired)
Xyro - 1646.77 (Retired)
Esca - 1640.61
d4ba - 1640.07 (Retired)
Mumble - 1639.24
??? - 1634.46
Red Shadow - 1632.97
Ice - 1630.57 (Retired)
Reloj Jarell - 1630.22
RoyR - 1625.54 (Retired)
Sopo - 1625.19
Asa - 1624.02
Phil - 1623.73
Zano - 1623.69
Bad - 1622.12
Andilex - 1621.94 (Retired)
Fernando - 1621.63
John Hammar - 1620.40
Sola Akinola - 1620.33
JRUGS - 1620.12
Maurice Steele - 1619.68
Loko - 1619.34
FK - 1618.21
Derk - 1617.33
Chic - 1616.73
RT - 1616.64 (Retired)
Sethlon - 1616.64 (Retired)
Sam - 1616.33
Bored - 1616.31
Big Boss - 1615.25

E-Tier

Limbo - 1614.37
Tree - 1614.30
Panty Raider - 1613.48
NoMad - 1611.91
Swaka - 1611.27
Santi - 1610.89 (Retired)
Paw - 1610.77
Shamrock - 1609.99
Hugz - 1609.22
Hero - 1608.75
austin - 1608.16
Zero - 1608.07
ToT - 1607.16
King J - 1606.77
Krd - 1606.22
Labernash - 1606.18
DMG - 1605.83 (Retired)
ZacAttack - 1605.53
Okuser - 1604.71
Nguyen Ken - 1604.21
Deepblue - 1604.05
Rave - 1603.63
Zeta - 1603.32
Shiken - 1603.13
Temp - 1603.04
Rei-Gun - 1602.66
CBF - 1602.66
SuperKing - 1602.42
F Hero - 1601.33
Turdox - 1600.85
Papi - 1600.42 (Retired)
Tyson - 1600.36
ET - 1600.22
ShoeS - 1600.20

F-Tier

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yiffy - 1599.98
Nates - 1599.47
Solid Soul - 1599.25
kbot - 1598.95
Alpha - 1598.61
Cake - 1598.46
Diska - 1597.64
Volta - 1597.49
BooM - 1597.39
Andre - 1596.82
Alvin - 1596.63
Chubs - 1596.55
Papin - 1596.44
Jiveturkey - 1596.18
*** - 1596.02
Kyro - 1595.58
Izz - 1595.23
PyleDriver - 1595.14
FTP - 1594.98
Colin - 1594.97
Jaime - 1594.79
Brnd - 1594.77
ChaosGriffin - 1594.63
The Nameless Wonderer - 1594.46
Zabi - 1594.17
Bryan - 1594.16
Wolfy - 1594.15
Aladdin - 1594.13
Everis - 1594.07
The Dollaz - 1594.07
Meatbag - 1592.79
Gea - 1592.69
Adrian - 1592.40
Down Ta Heck - 1592.32
D-Man - 1592.21
Eric - 1592.03
Garrett Dillion - 1592.03
Peachguard - 1592.01
Bryce Fleeman - 1592.00
Tony Bothel - 1591.73
Omar - 1591.71
Daniel Parsley - 1591.67
Alcohol - 1591.47
KoN - 1591.39
Drinky - 1591.33
Jew - 1591.31
Archmage - 1591.23
Kid - 1591.15
ChaosKyle - 1591.11
Phillip - 1591.10
Panic - 1591.07
Shadow - 1591.00
Mist - 1590.99
RB - 1590.99
Michael S. - 1590.97
Shank - 1590.95
Walter - 1590.90
Arthur - 1590.89
Andy Lees - 1590.82
Daham - 1590.81
Psychoace - 1590.78
Locke - 1590.32
Devin - 1589.71
Noshow_soul - 1589.30
Forge - 1588.77
Cloud - 1588.75
Sonic King - 1588.70
Blue - 1588.30
Awestin - 1587.58
Max - 1586.65
Admiral - 1586.42
Noel 3/5th Brown - 1586.36
SAF - 1586.31
Jesus - 1586.20
PatrickWhite - 1586.00
Xiphen - 1585.96
Deox - 1585.44
Charles - 1585.28
Kadin - 1585.23
George Bush - 1585.22
Evan Gannaway - 1585.18
Leo - 1584.99
Roy - 1584.95
Zane - 1584.88
Nick - 1584.67
Slaps - 1584.53
Bigfoot - 1584.45
Andrew - 1584.16
J-Rawk - 1584.15
Netro - 1584.13
Patrick - 1583.51
Bokkie - 1583.30
Albert - 1583.16
Kerg - 1583.08
Vash - 1582.72 (Retired)
Eb - 1582.68
Chocolate Thunder - 1582.62
Noob Saibot - 1582.60
Riot - 1582.52
Redsky - 1582.41
Nater - 1582.41
BC - 1582.30
JTD - 1582.29
Trey - 1582.13
Tosm - 1582.06
Calm_Animal - 1581.23
Peoples Champion - 1581.10
Mocha - 1580.16
NeoBatou - 1579.64
Ponyboy - 1579.00
Light - 1578.40
Chris - 1577.81
Diego - 1577.78
RS - 1577.29
Calm - 1576.94
Mike2 - 1576.51
MrBlueSky - 1576.33
Clint Fetiza - 1576.26
Blondie - 1576.14
Boshi - 1575.44
Pizza Thug - 1575.17
Matt Aaron - 1574.65
Kirby Stephen - 1574.58
Bird - 1574.54
Thomas Patton - 1574.45
Sean Fajardo - 1574.28
Berrier Taylor - 1574.25
Will - 1574.22
Joey Ramirez - 1573.77
John - 1573.65
Justin - 1572.76
Robert - 1572.74
Fhero - 1572.58
Skull King - 1571.81
Kevin - 1571.48
Problemo - 1570.60
DJ Phatz - 1570.59
Maharba - 1569.96
Adam - 1569.77
Teh Brettster - 1569.19
Miguel - 1568.62
Rsn - 1568.51
icecream - 1567.88
Tim - 1567.57
Geoberos - 1567.32
SilentManny - 1567.27
IG88 - 1566.26
Rex - 1565.83
Tyler - 1565.50
Maaan - 1565.27
J - 1565.15
Joseph - 1564.71
Mikey - 1562.45
Ginko - 1562.25
Suspect - 1561.79
Wingless - 1561.21
Ryan - 1561.13
Turbo - 1561.02
Gova - 1558.18
Tallman - 1557.45
Kirby - 1557.34
Tawko - 1555.57
Slate - 1555.16
Shugo - 1552.12
Alex - 1551.87
P4 - 1550.22
Michael - 1549.95
Sama - 1548.63
since - 1542.73
Xeven - 1540.72
Rio - 1538.63
Kilik - 1537.18
Pixel - 1531.53
That DUde - 1527.44
Tofer - 1517.21
Lock - 1516.97
Gucci - 1512.31
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List of Tournaments

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Jan 8, 2011 - DMT 4
Jan 8, 2011 - Hobo 30
Jan 15, 2011 - F3K
Jan 22, 2011 - Brawl STV4
Jan 22, 2011 - Monster Arcade
Jan 22, 2011 - RGV High Roller
Jan 22, 2011 - Strokeface
Jan 29, 2011 - Phase X
Feb 5, 2011 - Zigsta's Blizzard Beach
Feb 12, 2011 - Paws House Tourny
Feb 19, 2011 - We Hate Grown Ups 4
Feb 19, 2011 - DMT 5
Feb 26, 2011 - Pik A Nik 2
Mar 5, 2011 - Nikefest 3
Mar 18, 2011 - Whobo 3
Mar 30, 2011 - Mizumi Con
Apr 2, 2011 - HoM 1
Apr 9, 2011 - Hobo 31
Apr 16, 2011 - Fort Worth Classic
Apr 23, 2011 - OzzFest 4
Apr 23, 2011 - High Rollers
May 7, 2011 - HoM 2
May 20, 2011 - Nikefest 3.2
May 21, 2011 - DMT 7
May 28, 2011 - Good Times
June 4, 2011 - Revolution 2
June 16, 2011 - Hobo 32
June 25, 2011 - Sync's Sex Saloon 6
June 25, 2011 - Comic Con
June 25, 2011 - DMT 8
July 1, 2011 - Revolution 3
July 2, 2011 - Phase X-2
July 9, 2011 - Nexus
July 16, 2011 - Sync's Sex Saloon 7
July 23, 2011 - Phase X-3
July 27, 2011 - Battle Network 1
July 30, 2011 - Sync's Sex Saloon 8
July 30, 2011 - NikeFest 3.5
July 30, 2011 - DMT 9
Aug 6, 2011 - Sync's Sex Saloon 9
Aug 6, 2011 - Revolution 4
Aug 6, 2011 - Batou's Monthly
Aug 6, 2011 - San Japan
Aug 15, 2011 - Nikefest 4
Sept 10, 2011 - Hobo 33
Sept 16, 2011 - Batou's Monthly 2
Sept 16, 2011 - Revolution 5
Sept 24, 2011 - Sawyer
Sept 24, 2011 - Battle Network 2
Oct 1, 2011 - OmniChan
UMC 10/1/2011
Oct 5, 2011 - ACC Adventures
Oct 8, 2011 - Revolution 6
Oct 21, 2011 - Batou's Monthly 3
Oct 22, 2011 - Revolution 7
Oct 22, 2011 - Battle Network 3
Oct 22, 2011 - DMT 11
Nov 7, 2011 - Saturday Fight Night
Nov 9, 2011 - Denti's Destiny
Nov 13, 2011 - House of Mouse AM
Nov 13, 2011 - House of Mouse Pro
Nov 27, 2011 - Batou Monthly 4
Nov 28, 2011 - DMT 12
Dec 7, 2011 - Battle Network 4
Dec 17, 2011 - HOBO 34
Dec 20, 2011 - Battle Network 5
Jan 1, 2012 - Ikkicon
Jan 14, 2012 - Revolution 9
DMT #13 1/21/2012
Nike Sucks 1/28/2012
Batou's Monthly 6 2/18/2012
GATOcon 2012 2/18/2012
Lotus 1 2/18/2012
Not in the Face! 2/25/2012
Captain InZano 3/3/2012
Woodlawn Smash I (AM) 3/10/2012
Woodlawn Smash I (Pro) 3/10/2012
Revolution 10 03/03/2012
HOBO 36 3/17/2012
Batou's Monthly 7 3/24/2012
Coastal Bend Rising 3/31/2012
DMT #15 3/31/2012
HOBO 37(AM) 4/14/2012
HOBO 37(Pro) 4/14/2012
Revolution 11 4/21/2012
Battle Network 8 4/29/2012
WHGU12 5/5/2012
Woodlawn II(AM) 5/12/2012
Woodlawn II(Pro) 5/12/2012
DMT #17 05-19-2012
Batou's Monthly 8 5/19/2012
Captain InZano 3 5/26/2012
HOBO 38(AM) 5/26/2012
HOBO 38(Pro) 5/26/2012
Texas Crusade 1 6/9/2012
MBBR 6/16/2012
Batou's Monthly 9 6/16/2012
SASS 6/23/2012
Ascension 6/30/2012
Texas Crusade 2 7/7/2012
Who's Tyler 1 7/27/2012
WHOBO Tryhards 7/28/2012
Revolution 12 9/1/2012
Maharba's Battle Royale 2 9/8/2012
Texas Crusade 4 9/15/2012
Revolution 13 9/22/2012
Who's Tyler 2 10/6/12
Ascension 2 10/13/12
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Reasons Your Rating is Wrong

(1) Your rating fluctuates a lot. (uses Magic the Gathering lingo)
Look at your rating over the course of the last year. Has it gone up and down a lot? If it has been steadily going in one direction, it probably means that your rating still hasn't caught up to your current level of skill. However, if it jumps up and down a lot, then your rating probably isn't a very good indicator of skill. Good players can do horribly in tournaments and bad players can win them. This will cause ratings to fluctuate. In higher K-value events, this phenomenon is even more pronounced. For example, I rarely play limited games, and my rating sat at 1625 for 1 whole year while I did not play a single limited match. Later, I played in a 16K tournament, and went 4-0 against 1900 rated players. So my rating went up about 50 points in a single day. Is it because I am really good and should be rated much higher? No - swings this large do not well represent my actual play still. In this case I happened to play against the 4 highly rated players at the tournament, while the rest of the players had similarly poor ratings as my own. Through their drafting mistakes, I somehow wound up with a ridiculous deck they crushed my more-talented opposition.

(2) The average skill of the players in your area can dramatically affect your rating. (uses Magic the Gathering lingo)
Consider the extreme example where all the players at your local tournaments have a 1600 rating, because they have just started playing live tournament magic. However, they are good at the game from playing Wifi, so their play skill is typical of an 1800 player. After this group of players has played against each other for a few dozen tournaments, their ratings would all still be at 1600, despite their skill level. Remember, your rating actually represents your win expectation relative to those around you, not necessarily to the entire magic community.

This thread has the most recent PR update.

Couple of things:

Removal of 2009 and 2010 tournaments from the system.
Updated with: MBBR, SASS, Ascension, Who's Tyler 1 and WHOBO Tryhards.

If I missed tournaments (I'm sure I did but I checked all of my email twice) let me know and send them to me so I can add them. I'm going to try and update this thread everytime I get a file so hang tight!

no whobo 4?

Nope I need to get it though. As soon as I get WHOBO 4 it'll be added.

neat, looks pretty accurate now.

Yeah, next time I'm at Denti's, I'll send you the files for the Texas Crusade Series tournies.

Nice to see the older years taken off the list.

I'm in the same tier as Illmatic? :D

Also, my tag is all caps like this: ALSM
(Not Alsm).

Glad you guys are liking it and I'll fix that ALSM.

I didn't change.
Neat.

Put retired next to my name, please. :]

I'll change it when you go inactive

Best spot I've had since....ever....

WARNING! THE FOLLOWING POST MAY CONTAIN A MESSAGE THAT IS SARCASTIC IN NATURE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I find this list to be totally and completely accurate. Zac is -obviously- a 1700 rating player.

This list is wrong, the system is wrong, the world is wrong, bleh bleh bleh bleh.

Soon I will fade away from the list...

Still higher than Leaf.

Lol you guys. It's more up to date with activity. Of course we know Zac is great, but he isn't around in the scene that much anymore. Simple as that. Remember, PRs are to reflect skill AND activity!

I can't believe you ****ing new gens took out tio files. List is worse than ever.

lol sync you put me in twice. I used a different name when I just started.

meatbag- 1592.82
Chris- 1578.16

Xyro77 said:

I can't believe you ****ing new gens took out tio files. List is worse than ever.

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No character icons for you.

What a shame.

That will be fixed next update. What would you like your name to be?

Was Revolution 11 not added or am I just missing it?

Yay d tier

Infinitysmash said:

WARNING! THE FOLLOWING POST MAY CONTAIN A MESSAGE THAT IS SARCASTIC IN NATURE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I find this list to be totally and completely accurate. Zac is -obviously- a 1700 rating player.

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HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT A#U@)(#EKAMSLKDM#O@I#ND

Im 7th in Texas sweet

Sync. said:

This thread has the most recent PR update.

Couple of things:

Removal of 2009 and 2010 tournaments from the system.
Updated with: MBBR, SASS, Ascension, Who's Tyler 1 and WHOBO Tryhards.

If I missed tournaments (I'm sure I did but I checked all of my email twice) let me know and send them to me so I can add them. I'm going to try and update this thread everytime I get a file so hang tight!

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I have like... a million tournaments I could send you. Okay more like 6-9 ish, but I don't wana mess up this system and end up 1st in Texas.

You won't be.

never ever ever.

Not gonna happen

Not until next update then LOL

Naw I'm not guna send them in.

Sync, out of curiosity, why create a new thread? I've been updating the old thread with the lists you provide me.

Infinitysmash said:

WARNING! THE FOLLOWING POST MAY CONTAIN A MESSAGE THAT IS SARCASTIC IN NATURE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I find this list to be totally and completely accurate. Zac is -obviously- a 1700 rating player.

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Yes, this is interesting. I'm curious what tio files Sync kept/eliminated.

I really have no reason lol. Just feels easier this way. Anyway, I literally took out and archived every tournament from 2009 and 2010 and starting the new PR from DMT 4 and HOBO 30 at 1-8-2011.

RT said:

No character icons for you.

What a shame.

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i lost my icon before the switch, dummy.

and this new idea about taking out files is really bad because tons of players lots a mass amount of points while others got a free ride up. yet again, new gens ****ing up **** that didnt need fixing.

Its a new generation as you keep saying. There is no reason people that beat retired players should get extra points for no reason.

Everything wound up being nearly the same anyway. Everyone just dropped by different amounts.

I don't see who got tons of points. Everything looks fine especially near the top.

Sync. said:

I really have no reason lol. Just feels easier this way. Anyway, I literally took out and archived every tournament from 2009 and 2010 and starting the new PR from DMT 4 and HOBO 30 at 1-8-2011.

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So you're saying you just up and decided to put this up without consulting anyone else who was in charge of the other thread or discussing it with any of the other players?

Yeah, take me off of this and leave me off of it please.

Nope, you're staying on whether you like it or not.
Don't wanna be on it?
Don't enter any more tournaments.

Yea just quit now, and you will be off by 2014.

Its no big deal, some people wanted to see how it would look without the super old tournaments.

Tesh said:

Yea just quit now, and you will be off by 2014.

Its no big deal, some people wanted to see how it would look without the super old tournaments.

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That could have easily been done without creating an entire new PR thread.

Alot of things could easily have been done without a new thread...

Like the BBR chart could have just been an explanation of the tier list since both discussions are so similar.

I don't see how its even harmful to have another thread. If anything it makes more sense for Sync to be running it instead of people doing updates then sending them to zac. Whats the point of that.

Someone also locked the original thread for no reason and created a social thread because they didnt want people socializing in the PR thread, so its not like he could have posted it in either of those places.