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Marss
Tyler Martins, also known as Marss, is an American Super Smash Bros. in esports, professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' he won several minor tournaments but failed to take any of the premier-events, and was ranked as the 16th best player of all time in the game. In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' he has fared considerably better, winning several premier tournaments and claiming 3rd and 5th in the rankings for the first and second half of 2019, respectively. Marss has primarily used Samus Aran, Zero Suit Samus in all three games in the Super Smash Bros., ''Super Smash Bros'' franchise that he has competed in. As of ''Smash Ultimate'', he is considered the best Zero Suit Samus player in the world, and has been noted for his aggressive style that capitalizes on the character's superior mobility. Career Early career and ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' Marss began competing in ''Smash'' with ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. In 2013, he took 9th plac ... [...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, California, Antioch at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds. Alongside Evolution Championship Series, EVO and The Big House (tournament), 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, CA, 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" Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big House (tournament)
The Big House is an annual '' Super Smash Bros.'' tournament series held in Michigan since 2011. It is considered one of the largest and most prestigious ''Smash Bros.'' tournament series alongside GENESIS, Evolution Championship Series (EVO) and Super Smash Con. History 2011–2014 The first Big House tournament was held on October 22, 2011, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 115 entrants participated in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' singles and the event was won by Oscar "Lovage" Nilsson. It was an Apex 2012 qualifier. The second tournament was held on October 6–7, 2012 on the campus of the University of Michigan. The ''Melee'' event was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez. ''Project M'' was won by Brian "metroid1117" Lin. The Big House 3 was held from October 12–13, 2013 in Ann Arbor. It was won by Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman. The Big House 4 was held from October 4–5, 2014 in Romulus. It was won by Joseph "Mango" Marquez. 2015–2019 The fifth edition ... [...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 elimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, American culture and law do not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but with citizenship and an oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were brought as slaves within the past five centuries, with the exception of the Native American population and people from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands, who became American through expansion of the country in the 19th century, additionally America expanded into American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands in the 20th century. ... [...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. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Esports Players
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The '' Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Rhode Island
This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state. Academia * James Burrill Angell (1829–1916) – educator, academic administrator, and diplomat * Glen Bowersock (born 1936) – scholar of the ancient world and the history of ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East * David Carlin (born 1938) – professor of sociology and philosophy at Community College of Rhode Island * Robert Carothers (born 1942) – president of the University of Rhode Island * Ronald Champagne – president of Elmira College, Merrimack College, and Shimer College * Sarah Doyle (1830–1922) – educator and reformer * Paula Fredriksen (born 1951) – historian and scholar of religious studies * Henry Giroux (born 1943) – radical educator and cultural critic * Neil Lanctot (born 1966) – historian * Francis Leo Lawrence (1937–2013) – educator, scholar of French literature, and university administrator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pajama
Pajamas ( US) or pyjamas (Commonwealth) (), sometimes colloquially shortened to PJs, jammies, jam-jams, or in South Asia night suits, are several related types of clothing worn as nightwear or while lounging or performing remote work from home. Pajamas are soft and loose garments derived from the Indian and Persian bottom-wear, the ''pyjamas''. They originated in the Indian subcontinent and were adopted in the Western world as nightwear. Etymology According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', the word pajama is a borrowing via Hindi from Persian. Its etymology is: Hindi pāy-jāma, pā-jāma and its etymon Persian pāy-jāma, pā-jāma, singular noun < Persian pāy, pā foot, leg + jāma clothing, garment (see jama n.1) + English -s , plural ending, after drawers. History The worldwide use of pajamas (the word and the clothing) outside the subcontinent is the result of adoption by British colonists |
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it is the second-most densely populated after New Jersey. It takes its name from the eponymous island, though most of its land area is on the mainland. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west; Massachusetts to the north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. It also shares a small maritime border with New York. Providence is its capital and most populous city. Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settlers began arriving in the early 17th century. Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies for being founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man
''Mega Man'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker "Mega Man (character), Mega Man". Mega Man (video game), The original game was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, and spawned a franchise that expanded to over 50 games on multiple systems. As of July 26, 2022, the series has sold 38 million units worldwide. The classic series consists of eleven games, the standalone ''Mega Man & Bass'', the spin-off Game Boy series (released in Japan as ''Rockman World''), and various ports, remakes, and compilations. The core games in the franchise have all been set in a single continuity; the storyline of the "classic" series is succeeded by the ''Mega Man X'', ''Mega Man Zero'', ''Mega Man ZX'', and the ''Mega Man Legends'' series. This timeline excludes the spin-off ''Mega Man Battle Network (series), Mega Man Battle Network'' and ''Mega Man Star Force' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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