lol sheik is definitely 1, the back room based too much off tourney results, and only counted the US results over mostly the past year which had a lot of me and PC fighting
in Europe, Sheik is the best by FAR, while in Japan, Sheik/Fox dominate (and bomb soldier although it was a while ago)
Actually, if anything, we're not based on tournament results enough. Let's be realistic, what is the point of a tier list?
A tier list should dictate the likelihood of character performance in a tournament setting given a standardized set of rules, and held constant are the variables of player talent. Since we can see that Marth wins the majority of all high level play tournaments, all other factors disregarded, we should come to the conclusion that Marth will likely place the highest in any given tournament in the future. We've accurately done this, as Marth and Fox are the two highest characters on this particular list. Tier lists should reflect tournament results.
If anything, by Sheik still being higher than Falco, we're not placing enough emphasis on tournament results, as high level Falco players have definitely placed better in this game than Sheik players have. In a 6-year tournament metagame, Sheik has failed to prove herself as #1, or even #3 and should probably be #4 instead, behind Falco. If anything, you're biased for disregarding tournament results.
This is not a personal attack @ you Jason, this has been my philosophy for tiers since about 2003. As for Europe and Japan, 76% of smashboards is US based, the majority of the rest being Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and everything else besides Asia. We do not cater to the Japanese, and their list is usually pretty different from our own, as they do not cater to us either. As for Europe, Europe is probably the reason Sheik is still 3rd. You can thank Amsah if you ever meet him in person. Thank him for me too, I like Sheik way better than Falco.