Think of it like this. You are in a three-player fight. You KO each of your opponents once, but then you get KO'd. Obviously, you're doing better than your opponents.
·In time, you have one point, one of your foes has zero points, and the last has negative one. You're winning.
·Stock only knows one thing: Death. One death for each player--it's a tie.
·Now, if this were a timed stock match and the fight ended right there, you go into sudden death. And you might lose.
Stock is the best way to do a one-on-one tournament-style fight: There's no advantage to running after KOing the enemy one time, and stock cuts out the possibility of sudden death. And that answers your question, Rao, 'cause that's all anyone ever thinks about. NOITEMSFINALDESTINATION. When more than two players are in the fight, it turns around, and stock is what you want if you're going to be a pansy and run the whole time. So you can wait it out until one man is left to fight.