I did say he did deserve props on the top 8 of esl, be performed far better than expectation, but getting there should be expected with someone like his experience, and with Australia no offense to it, how good can they be against a pro player when they have gotten nearly every mk banned? They just don't have the experience. And no he didn't get to 16 at every major. Not even close, maybe if he actually was pro active and want cocky as fuck and actually go to more majors I would be more convinced of his skill, I haven't considered him a high caliber player since mk9. And I don't think sonic fox would 13-0 a majority of the players in top 50. The players that should be in top 50 shouldn't get the floor wiped with them they should at least win a couple games against the best of the best hell more than a couple games since top 50 implies they are the best of the best. Fatal 8 doesn't count since that was before the game was released everyone only had 2 days to get their berrings on the game, everyone had an equal chance to win that. No one has high expectations of him, we are just waiting for him to actually prove himself in mkx, hell nearing the end of mk9's lifespan he was starting to degrade due to his lack of practice and shitty attitude. If he wants to be back on that pedistal, he can't just rely on past victories to stay a big name, he needs to work his ass off instead of occasionally maybe playing locals or maybe playing casuals, hell when he was at EGP ranbat (which I went to) he didn't play a single casual and expected to mop the floor with everyone, and you know what? He didn't get very far against socal locals and esl finalists alike. So until he actually goes to more tournaments other than ESL where he gets free wins (since let's be honest most people who play ESL are online scrubs) he should not be considered top 50. And you know someone is out of his prime and dying of clinging to the last thread of pride he has in all those mk9 wins be had when he bans people for calling his lao mediocre for tournament standards, which, it is. Now there are some people who I would put in top 50 that only have gone to one major like
@Dja_Homies but he only has had the chance to go to only 1 major, and that was scr, where he performed insanely well with stunt double Johnny, and he has been smashing all the locals he has been going to which also have a ton of really good players. And he is working on getting better. The last part is a big key component on a top 50 player, always trying to get better. Even when they are already in the upper excelon they still are getting better and making new tech and improving on their weaknesses, PL has done no such thing, he thinks he is good enough that he doesn't have to get better. Which is wrong, while everyone else is getting better, he is staying the same, which means more and more people are passing him in skill level. So he is getting lower and lower on best players. He needs to do something other than wave around his sponsorship that doesn't mean shit around, he needs to actually get better at the game.
So to recap he has one impressive tournament under his belt, he needs to go to more to actually prove himself, he hasn't gotten top 16 at most tournaments that is the opposite from the truth, he no top 50 player should get 13-0'd by sonic fox similar to how no top 50 player in street fighter should get 13-0'd by daigo, everyone else is improving around him while he stays the same.
