KOWLOON 11's MANY Breakout Stars 

Yess the top 8 chart is back, also kid bracket is a 500iq idea

Great work as always! Personally, I find the chronological approach of going from 7th to 1st more compelling. It feels like watching a story unfold as each match goes down. I think it helps viewer retention too. If one immediately knows the winner, they might not be inclined to stick around for the whole vid! Idk how smoothly this would gel with the rest of the video, but perhaps you could cover major upsets outside of top 8 right before grands? It’s like a mini interlude, they’d still feel important and viewers would have the result of grands to look forward to after. That said thanks for all the work you do man keep it up! Ultimately just do what you think is best because this format absolutely works as well

I like the old format way better but I guess majority wins :(

Thank you so much for keeping us in the loop my friend. You are pushing the boundaries of what is possible with Smash ultimate content ( no one does it like you) and I REALLY appreciate you. Sending unconditional love your way!

"no one would still be watching by the time we got to the top 8" Uhhh source? This sounds like speculation. And speculation your viewers are disagreeing with.

now that I've read his comment about it, I still mostly disagree. To my novice eyes, it seems like keeping upsets and non-top-8 notables in a separate video would do better for retention and new viewership (or even releasing that video FIRST and then doing top 8), but I don't know the numbers Rister sees. That being said, I think the suspense of not knowing who won and who didn't is still an integral part of the viewing experience, ESPECIALLY for people like me who for the most part can only get information about how tourneys go after they're already over. I obviously don't want you to take my singular anecdote as a reflection of the general audience (current and future), but I think that you should also be maintaining the same level of suspense and tension for us as there would be for those watching it live, at least in the days immediately after the event. Competitive events like this thrive on the storytelling just as much as they do the actual events that happen, and removing that in favor of what sounds like a simple info-dump imo makes the experience worse for all parties involved. I agree that placing the non-top-8 notables is a problem, though, one I unfortunately don't have a really good answer for beyond releasing that vid first before top 8. edit: I did see a comment about how this format could be for tourneys where the top players and winners aren't the main story, while the old format is used for the big events, and I think there's some merit there. I'm more on the side of being consistent so I don't really fully agree to that, but I do admit it's viable. Use this new format for when the expected winners/top 4 make it and there's more stories around the lower top 8 and the non-top-8 notables, and use the older one for either the big tourneys (Genesis, etc.) or for tourneys where there's a dramatic shake-up in what was projected for top 8.