Wow, everyone exploded with gimpyfish quotes... I read his whole post, and I agree that some of his views aren't true to what the current metagame portrays the characters to be. I agree that ZSS is a 'gimmick' character, but she's one that has an array of options that can mix it up to try and disguise her repetitiveness, unlike other characters of the sort. And I don't really agree with Kirby being able to move up lots of spots... I wish it were true, but realistically speaking, I can't see him higher than bottom of high tier (nor lower than top of mid-tier), which is where I KNOW he belongs.
It would've been nice if, according to his character synopsis AND with it, he'd have put together a small tier list of his own to present HIS view on how the characters' performance proves them to be placed as.
And about Lucario? Well... I think he's overhyped. In my eyes, his new placement was influenced by Pound4's results, and the results wouldn't have been the same if the Lucarios didn't have MK backing up their hardest matches (without those MK victories, they'd have met their match a while ago)... I'm a guy who cares about results where non-top characters place well in tourneys, but if they only make it so far because in a match where they would've lost, they changed to a very dominant character like MK (or a counter for their current match), then the result is now tainted and thus nothing in my eyes... They might've gone just one single set as a different character because they knew they were going to lose with Lucario (or whatever other character), but if he would've lost there by not being able to pick another character, who's to say that in Loser's he would've lost as well?
I think Lucario's a bit overhyped. With good DI and all that recovering whatnot, he could get his power boosts... But his weaknesses remain the same, and he's still vulnerable to the same approaches he's weak to when he has no power boost. I rate Lucario as a character by having his full power boost, and not by his 0% kill power, and I still think he's a little too high on the list.