Editing Spring 2020 PGRU

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|period         = December 16th, 2019-March 11th, 2020
|region         = Global
|game           = ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|producer       = {{Team|Panda}}
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The '''Spring 2020 PGRU''' is a cancelled list of the best smashers for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. The ranking period started on December 16th, 2019 and became frozen on March 12th, 2020 because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|COVID-19 outbreak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1237971902750171136|title=Effective immediately, the PGR and TTS will be frozen.}}</ref> On November 19th, 2021, the PGRU was announced to return on January 1st, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1461786518461288455|title=The PGR Returns January 2022}}</ref> However, on December 28th, 2021, PGstats announced the PGRU would not be reopening on January 1st, 2022 due to the rise of COVID cases globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1475920289548496898|title=Reopening postponed}}</ref> On February 2nd, 2022, PGstats announced they would be looking at starting the new season on March 1st, 2022 with a four-month period spanning from March to June 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1489010865042952198|title=An update on the return of the PGR}}</ref> They will be monitoring the state of the pandemic and will give final confirmation of the new start date on February 17th, 2022.

Between January to February 2022, a series of articles and videos titled [[PGRContenders]] was published, looking at some of the biggest PGR contenders from North America and Europe heading into the new season. Panelists of the tier list considered tournaments in 2021 for the list, and the tournaments in early 2020 remained permanently unranked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/qxob72/the_pgr_is_returning_in_january_2022_for_melee/hlay7jj/|title=Stuart98 comment}}</ref>

==Methodology==
Due to concerns over players attempting to game the rankings, the methodology received an overhaul. Rankings would be panel-based instead of using an algorithm, in a similar fashion to the [[MPGR]]. The rankings themselves would be extended by 50 places and now would rank the top 100 players instead of 50. Players in Area 51 would be counted for the PGRU, and five additional "rising stars" would be considered for PGR tournaments 3 months into the season; both would be worth the same as those ranked from 31-50. The international multiplier was changed as well: the multiplier for the continental United States and Japan remained the same; however, the multiplier everywhere else changed to ~1.67x; the C-tier threshold for those countries was now 120. Disqualifications for entrants in free-to-enter tournaments were counted, and a 1-DQ buffer was given to S-tier tournaments. Finally, there were plans for an off-season starting in December and ending in January.

===Tiers===
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!Tier!!Continental Attendance!!Japan Attendance!!International Attendance
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|{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C||200-299||160-239||120-179
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|{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B||300-599||240-479||180-359
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|{{bg|#FC9|#BF5104}}|A||600-1199||480-959||360-719
|-
|{{bg|#F99|#600}}|S||1200+||960+||720+
|}

===Tournament evaluated===
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-T-xVDq3cQGb8ewhwgNlj2L9rjQ8ZZCuPADiDA6fUEY/edit#gid=0 List with full stats]
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!Type!!Tier
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|{{Trn|Codec Call 4}}||December 21st, 2019||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
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|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 11}}||December 28th, 2019||Japan||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Holiday Heist 5}}||December 28th, 2019||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|HABBY Birthday 2019}}||December 28th-29th, 2019||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimatum 2}}||December 27th-29th, 2019||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate WANTED 2}}||December 27th-31st, 2019||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 1}}||January 4th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Terry Christmas}}||January 4th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|2GG: SoCal Chronicles 2020}}||January 4th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Let's Make Big Moves}}||January 3rd-5th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F99|#600}}|S
|-
|{{Trn|Overclocked Ultimate IV}}||January 11th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 12}}||January 11th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Karisuma SP 7}}||January 11th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Kurobra 19}}||January 11th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Tizona}}||January 11th-12th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|GatorLAN Spring 2020}}||January 11th-12th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Mountain Top}}||January 11th-12th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Royalty 3}}||January 11th-13th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Valhalla III}}||January 9th-13th, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|EGS Cup 3}}||January 13th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#FC9|#BF5104}}|A
|-
|{{Trn|Frosty Faustings XII 2020}}||January 17th-18th 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Tampa Never Sleeps 8}}||January 18th-19th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}}||January 18th-19th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#FC9|#BF5104}}|A
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Fest to the Sky}}||January 18th-19th, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Massilia Winter Smash 2020}}||January 18th-19th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Smash at The Comic Strip: Punching Up}}||January 19th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|First Hit!}}||January 19th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|4 Seasons Tournament: Winter 2020}}||January 25th, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F99|#600}}|S
|-
|{{Trn|EVO Japan 2020}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#F99|#600}}|S
|-
|{{Trn|Slopes Arcade}}||January 30th-31st, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|BIT MASTER MTY 9}}||January 31st-February 1st, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Smash4Glory - Ultimate Edition}}||February 1st, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Manchester Conquest 6: In Honour of SSM JD}}||February 1st, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|BOILINGPOINT BRAWL}}||February 1st, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|LAN King Smash Royale XI}}||February 1st, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Spotlight}}||February 1st, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Get in the Game! 2020}}||February 1st, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Frostfire 2020}}||February 1st-2nd, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Iwanna Torneo Nacional!}}||February 1st-2nd, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Sumabato SP 12}}||February 8th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Karisuma SP 8}}||February 8th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Smash That Ash}}||February 8th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Safe On Shield II}}||February 8th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Float}}||February 8th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Fight Club 2|Ultimate}}||February 8th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|SKL: Prairie Pummel}}||February 8th-9th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|TSC 12}}||February 9th, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Sweet Spot 6}}||February 15th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Ascension 2020: Back to Basics}}||February 15th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Winter Clash 2020}}||February 15th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Guerras Regias!}}||February 15th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|LAN ETS 2020}}||February 14th-16th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Salt Flats 2020}}||February 15th-16th, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|ChillHouse}}||February 16th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Performance 3}}||February 22nd, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Salty Arena Cup Ultimate 5}}||February 22nd, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Frostbite 2020}}||February 21st-23rd, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F99|#600}}|S
|-
|{{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2020}}||February 21st-23rd, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Anaheim 2020}}||February 21st-23rd, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Fight Together}}||February 23rd, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Calyptus Cup X: Powwer Up}}||February 29th, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Super SmashPoint 3}}||February 29th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Clash Of The Carolinas III}}||February 29th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Maesuma TOP 2}}||March 1st, 2020||Japan||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|-
|{{Trn|Codec Call 5}}||March 7th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Le Colossel de M3R}}||March 7th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|SKL: Open Primavera 2020}}||March 7th, 2020||International||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Save Point: The PA State Championship}}||March 7th, 2020||Continental||{{bg|#9F9|#060}}|C
|-
|{{Trn|Phantom 2020}}||March 7th-8th, 2020||International||{{bg|#F6FF99|#5D4812}}|B
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://panda.gg/blogs/pgstats/big-changes-coming-to-pgru-in-2020 Changes to the PGRU]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-T-xVDq3cQGb8ewhwgNlj2L9rjQ8ZZCuPADiDA6fUEY/edit#gid=0 Spring 2020 PGRU TTS]

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