These days I've been trying to play SSF4:AE and SFxT a bit more seriously (I'm a pure beginner in versus fighting games). There are a bunch of things I don't understand at all, but while watching a few replays, I heard commentators talking about the "tier list" and sometimes "god tiers" a lot. I've also found a few web comics where these two terms regularly appear.
What is it exactly, and how is it established/built up ? Does it exist for other versus fighting games than Street Fighters ?
What’s a tier list
street-fighter-series
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