Written by Glenn | 23 July 2011

My whole plan was to only let you know that I finally put together the interactive chart for the Super Battle Opera qualifying tournament late last night. But something came up this morning related to it, and I'll connect both of them together here.

First off, the Top 6 interactive charts for the SBO tournament includes two extra parts.

• Averages: Under the percentage tables, there is a red line that shows the average percentages for each category. I added this so you all can tell when a player is above or below average in a certain statistic.
• Win Shares (WS): This is a very important stat in regard to team tournaments. It tells the percentage of total wins that a teammate had compared to his or her opponent. If both players win 2 rounds, then the win share for each player is .500. If one player gets 1 win and his teammate gets 3, then the win share is .250 for one player and .750 for the other. It's a quick way to figure out whether someone did more work for the team than his or her teammate.

That leads us to Mr. SNK and Latif.

Both of them, mostly SNK, received a lot of heat for winning the tournament and thus receiving the qualifying berth to represent the United States at Tougeki later this year. And then, they relinquished the berth to the runners-up, Mike Ross and Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez.

But before they bowed out, the comments were fire. People were giving major love to Latif for carrying the team and questioned SNK's ability. And I totally understand why people were "upset." Never before had I seen a win share differential as big for a team that made the finals. A little more than a year ago, one team made the finals of an Orange County tournament and lost. That team's win share in the Top 8 was .824 and .176, a differential of .648.

Latif's win share was .923. SNK's win share was .076, a difference of .847. That's insane. In looking at my charts, SNK won his first round in the Top 6 and then never won again (and never had a lead at a benchmark). That put immense pressure on Latif and he delivered. His performance was lauded by many. Consider this: In the Top 6, he entered into every match down 1-0. How many of us would win three of the toughest matches in a tournament all starting with a deficit? Latif delivered when he needed to.

Enter Mike Ross.

I thought Mike's idea was truly genius. On the latest Cross Counter episode, he talked about dream matches he would want to see in the After Hours Suite at Evolution 2011. He mentioned getting everyone that thought SNK is/was bad and pitting them against him.

We all have had people doubt us. And I'm sure many of us have wanted to get those people in an arena and smack them around, to prove to them that they're wrong. SNK taking on all comers would be a great showcase at Evolution.

You can see the rest of the latest Cross Counter following the jump: