{"id":21450,"date":"2021-09-01T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-player-fakes-51-man-tournament-win-immediately-gets-caught"},"modified":"2024-07-21T12:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T12:41:20","slug":"smash-player-fakes-51-man-tournament-win-immediately-gets-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-ultimate\/smash-player-fakes-51-man-tournament-win-immediately-gets-caught","title":{"rendered":"Smash player fakes 51-man tournament win, immediately gets caught"},"content":{"rendered":"
It seems a Smash player is trying to make their name known at all costs, going as far as faking an entire 50+ player bracket in order to be featured in PGstats’ Smash Ultimate local winners weekly roundup. <\/p>\n
PGstats<\/a> spawned from Panda’s (formerly Panda Global) esports org as a resource that compiles all sorts of data from multiple fighting games, primarily focused on Smash titles, eventually becoming a de-facto official source for player rankings via the PGR<\/a> (Panda Global Rankings) and to measure the importance of a tournament via their rating system. <\/p>\n Naturally, being featured in PGstats’ weekly roundup is a neat way to start gaining some traction (and notoriety) within the Smash community. At first, nothing seemed wrong with the latest one shared on 31st August<\/a>, which featured events from Europe and North America.<\/p>\n The roundup only takes into account local events with over 50 entrants registered via Smash.gg. Digging deeper into the tournament results, William B., a Smash player from Michigan, quickly found some strange irregularities with Makoto, a Sheik main highlighted in his state.<\/p>\n