there is probably a reasonable way to weight the characters based on all the matchups here. so the characters with fewer winning matchups are worth fewer points. i could read up on this and try to find a way to do it or come up with something on my own if there's enough interest. modeling it would be easy programming wise, it's just figuring out the formulas.
I have come to the general consensus that tier lists in Melee are dumb. No one ever agrees on the top 5 characters and never will. I think it makes discussion interesting/fun but the truth is, most smashers get angry or take tier lists too seriously.
Honestly, I got to say that thinking Falco is the best character in the game is pretty funny though. Hes second best though, without question. Everything else after that IMO is really up for debate. If someone walked up and told me "I think Sheik is third" I could see an argument for that. Or "I think Jigs is third" yeah, i could see one for that too.
Falco ***** Peach, Ice Climbers, Jigglypuff, Marth, and Sheik much better than Fox does? No, definitely not.
Fox is good on every single stage, beats or is even with every single character, is the reason why half of the stages are banned, kills floaty characters as low as 5% with one move, has the same approach to nearly every match up minus the mario bros, and leaves more room for error as opposed to Falco. (shrug)