Wait is Crono>Megaman the expected result in losers? What has Crono done really since 05 that makes people confident at all in him?
Chrono Trigger performing very well in 2015 has people thinking Crono isn't the weakest (or near weakest, at least) anymore
Exactly. Crono the character has had one decent contest since '05 and it's clearly LFF-assisted, but because his game looked stronger in 2015 than it did in 2009, everyone's convinced he's strong again. Even though we have no shortage of characters that are insanely stronger or weaker than their games.
For example, as much as we laugh at Master Chief, and as much as we remember Halo losing in Round 1 as a 1-seed in 2004, Halo hasn't done that poorly in games contests and besides Starcraft was wildly underseeded in '04. On the other hand, Kirby has only even gotten one game into a games contest, and that game only once (where it got SFF-hammered by Super Mario 64), even though he's easily a top-20 character, maybe top-15.
The difference is that, due to his status as a silent protagonist inexorably tied to his game, and CT's 2009 results being about on par with Crono's strength back then, there is actually reason to believe that Crono could be as strong (or almost at least) as his game.