I suppose that's why you haven't been in the end of the month tourneys at all, eh?
Let's seriously not forget that it does take a looooooot of playing to get that kind of rank at all. If you had that kind of time to begin with there's no way in hell you'd even get into the tourney. That bitch list might be a joke, but it's fairly true.
On an individual basis, i.e. tourneys and whatnot, Toribash is totally competitive. I don't understand how someone can say it isn't. Obviously things like turnframes, gravity, dismemberments etc. etc. etc. have a part to play in all of that, but if you make sure to optimize all those settings for competitive play, it totally works.
So I can contribute a bit to the OP.... I don't really like it at all. There's pretty much a train for good ranks, and if you miss it you're a little fucked. It's not about who is the best, it's about who has the most time on their hands to sit in the ranked rooms and tourneys.