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Dabuz
Samuel Robert Buzby (born August 7, 1993), also known as Dabuz, is an American professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', he won several major tournaments and was ranked between 3rd and 6th best player in the world throughout the game's competitive history. In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', he was ranked 7th and 9th best for the first and second halves of 2019, respectively. Dabuz primarily used Olimar in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', he switched to Rosalina and Luma as his primary character, with Olimar as his secondary. In ''Ultimate'', he used both Olimar and Rosalina as primaries, and Min Min as a secondary. Career ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' Dabuz began competing in ''Smash'' with ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. His parents were initially reluctant to let him leave Long Island to compete, and Dabuz would occasionally lie to them about where he would be in order to attend tournaments. However, after wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dabuz Kongo Saga
Samuel Robert Buzby (born August 7, 1993), also known as Dabuz, is an American Professional Smash, professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', he won several major tournaments and was ranked between 3rd and 6th best player in the world throughout the game's competitive history. In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', he was ranked 7th and 9th best for the first and second halves of 2019, respectively. Dabuz primarily used Captain Olimar, Olimar in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', he switched to Rosalina (Mario), Rosalina and Luma as his primary character, with Olimar as his secondary. In ''Ultimate'', he used both Olimar and Rosalina as primaries, and Min Min (character), Min Min as a secondary. Career ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' Dabuz began competing in ''Smash'' with ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. His parents were initially reluctant to let him leave Long Island to compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis (tournament)
Genesis, stylized as GENESIS, is a series of annual '' Super Smash Bros.'' tournaments occurring in the San Francisco Bay Area of the US state of California. The first Genesis tournament took place in 2009 in Antioch at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds. Alongside EVO and The Big House, the GENESIS series is considered to be one of the largest and most prestigious ''Super Smash Bros.'' tournament series. History 2009–2011 The first iteration, GENESIS, took place in Antioch, California, beginning on July 10, 2009. The tournament was organized by Boback Vakili and the Concord-based DBR crew. At the time, it was the largest Melee tournament in history and the fifth largest Brawl tournament. The tournament featured players from around the world, including the US, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. ''Melee'' singles was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez. This would mark Adam "Armada" Lindgren's first time playing in the United States and is considered the beginning of his riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Dempsey
Gavin Dempsey (born April 11, 1998), also known as Tweek, is an American professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player. Tweek won three major ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' tournaments, 2GGC: MkLeo Saga, MomoCon 2018, and 2GG: Hyrule Saga. He was considered one of the game's top players by the end of the game's competitive run, and was 7th in the Panda Global Rankings 100, which ranked the top ''Wii U'' players of all time. He represented multi-esport organization Phoneix1 in several ''Smash for Wii U'' events, including his MkLeo Saga victory. Tweek has won eight major ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' tournaments: Let’s Make Moves, Glitch 6, Frostbite 2019, Get On My Level 2019, Low Tier City 7, Glitch 8, Smash Ultimate Summit 3, Port Priority 7 and as of January 2023, Let's Make Big Moves 2023. Tweek has represented Team SoloMid since shortly after ''Ultimate'''s release. ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' Tweek began competing in ''Super Smash Bros.'' events in 2014. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apex (tournament)
Apex was an annual esports tournament held in New Jersey that was focused on '' Super Smash Bros.'' The event's first incarnation was in 2009 with Jesus "Jman" Fernandez as the champion of '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce as champion of ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. Each year the event grew with more competitors entering. Apex 2014 garnered 629 entrants and was the 2nd largest tournament for ''Melee'' at the time after EVO 2013. Though the tournament initially focused on ''Brawl'', the feature game has since switched to ''Melee'' due to its popularity. In 2010, an event for '' Super Smash Bros.'' for the Nintendo 64 was added. In 2014, the fan modification of ''Brawl'', ''Project M'' was added for singles only. ''Project M'' has recently been removed as an official event out copyright concerns under Nintendo of America sponsorship and Third Party relations. Apex 2015 was officially sponsored by Nintendo of America and was the largest tournament for '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Barrios (gamer)
Gonzalo Raúl Barrios Castro (born April 17, 1995), known by his gamertag ZeRo, is a Chilean professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player and streamer. He was considered the best ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' player in the world throughout his career, with a record-breaking 56 consecutive tournament wins in the game from November 2014 to October 2015, including high-profile tournaments such as EVO 2015 and The Big House 5. Prior to the release of ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', he was a top ranked ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and ''Project M'' player. His best known characters are Diddy Kong in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', Pit in ''Project M'', Meta Knight in ''Brawl'', and Fox in ''Melee''. He is the only player to have earned more than US$100,000 playing ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' competitively. ZeRo retired from professional competition in January 2018 to focus on streaming and "close the chapter" with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Following allegations of sexti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evo 2016
The 2016 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2016 or EVO 2016) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas on July 15–17. Being hosted on the twentieth anniversary of the Evolution Championship Series, the event offered tournaments for various video games, including ''Street Fighter V'', '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', and ''Pokkén Tournament''. Participation reached record-breaking numbers, with over 5,000 people registering for the ''Street Fighter'' competition alone. 2016 was the first time the Evo Grand Finals were held in an arena and were broadcast by ESPN2 in addition to Twitch. The ''Street Fighter V'' competition was won by Infiltration, winning over $50,000 USD, with second place going to Fuudo. Hungrybox won the ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' competition for the first time, defeating previous champion Armada with a one-stock difference. ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' was won by Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce for the first time. Venue The eliminatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Smash Con
The Super Smash Con is an annual '' Super Smash Bros.'' convention held at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The event is held in early August that praises the video game series published by Nintendo along with other video games, and features competitions for every entry in the series. Side events feature other platform fighters, including ''Rivals of Aether'', ''Slap City'', and ''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl''. History Super Smash Con was established in 2015 by Justin Wykowski. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Smash Con 2020 was cancelled. Super Smash Con added ''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl ''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl'' is a crossover fighting game developed by Swedish developer Ludosity and Costa Rican developer Fair Play Labs, and published by GameMill Entertainment. It is the first console game in the '' Nickelodeon Super Braw ...'' as one of its tournaments in 2021. Tournament winners Notes References {{Fighting game community Super Smash B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diddy Kong
is a fictional character who appears in games belonging to the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Mario'' video game franchises, debuting in the 1994 ''Donkey Kong'' series game, ''Donkey Kong Country''. Nintendo designer Kevin Bayliss commented Diddy Kong was "penciled in" as a spider monkey, although he is not specifically referenced as belonging to a particular species. He lives with Donkey Kong on Donkey Kong Island in the Kongo Jungle, and is identified by his red hat with the Nintendo logo, and his red shirt with stars. Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's sidekick and best friend. Rare first referred to Diddy as DK's nephew in September 1999 on their website. This was followed in November 1999 where the manual for ''Donkey Kong 64'' called him "Donkey's little nephew wannabe". The official cast for the game in 2002 listed him as "DK's nephew" as well. He was originally created by ''Donkey Kong Country'' developer Rare as an updated version of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', but he was renamed, due to Nint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Smash Bros
''Super Smash Bros.'' is a crossover fighting game series published by Nintendo. The series was created by Masahiro Sakurai, who has directed every game in the series. The series is known for its unique gameplay objective which differs from that of traditional fighters, in that the aim is to increase damage counters and knock opponents off the stage instead of depleting life bars. The original '' Super Smash Bros.'' was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64. The series achieved even greater success with the release of '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', which was released in 2001 for the GameCube and became the best selling game on that system. A third installment, ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', was released in 2008 for the Wii. Although HAL Laboratory had been the developer for the first two games, the third game was developed through the collaboration of several companies. The fourth installment, ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and ''Wii U'', was released in 2014 for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PAX (event)
PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming culture festivals involving tabletop, arcade, and video gaming. PAX is held annually in Seattle, Boston and Philadelphia in the United States; and Melbourne in Australia. PAX was previously held annually in San Antonio in the United States. PAX was originally created in 2004 by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the ''Penny Arcade (webcomic), Penny Arcade'' webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show exclusively for gaming. Defining characteristics of the shows include an opening keynote speech from an industry insider, game-culture inspired concerts, panels on game topics, exhibitor booths from both independent and major game developers and publishers, a LAN party Multiplayer video game, multiplayer, tabletop gaming tournaments, and video game freeplay areas. History The first PAX, known at the time as the ''Penny Arcade'' Expo, was held on August 28–29, 2004, in Bellevue, Washington, at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Liquid
Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. With the release of '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'', Team Liquid signed their first professional players. In 2012, Team Liquid acquired a North American ''Dota 2'' team, marking their first venture into multi-genre management. In January 2015, Team Liquid officially merged with Team Curse under the Liquid banner, bringing on Steve Arhancet, his supporting staff, and former Curse ''League of Legends,'' ''Street Fighter'', and '' Super Smash Bros.'' teams. Their European ''Dota 2'' squad won The International 2017, which had one of the largest prize pools for any esports tournament in history. Team Liquid's ''League of Legends'' team has won four LCS titles, and their '' Counter-Strike Global Offensive'' team was awarded the Intel Grand Slam prize in 2019 after winning four tournaments in just 63 days. Team Liquid also has Rainbow Six Siege, Free Fire and Valoran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
