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Zain Naghmi
Zain Naghmi ( or , born June 11, 1996), more commonly known by his tag Zain, is an American ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player from Reston, Virginia. Beginning his career in 2014, he rapidly climbed the ranks, becoming a ranked top 100 player in the world within only two years and a top 10 player since 2018. He is currently ranked first in the world, considered the best Marth player in the world, and one of the best Marth players in the game's history. He has been sponsored by Golden Guardians since 2020. His most notable tournament placings include first at GENESIS 7 and GENESIS 8, second at The Big House 9 and Smash Summit 11 and third at Smash Summit 12 and Super Smash Con 2019. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked Naghmi as the ninth-greatest ''Melee'' player of all time. Career 2014–2017: Non-ranked beginnings Zain first began competing in ''Melee'' tournaments in May 2014, with his first tournament being at "Smash @ Clarendon", a popular weekly event in Arlington, Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegiate Starleague
College esports in the United States began around 2009. Various schools began forming esports clubs to play any number of video games in collegiate tournaments. While there are thousands of schools that participate in collegiate esports competitions, in 2018, there were at least 73 college varsity esports programs, and by 2019 over 130 college varsity programs. College esports is often viewed as a starting path for gamers that aspire to go professional. Although popular, companies are finding it hard to monetize collegiate esports, especially with the recent COVID-19 situation. On December 9, 2020, North American collegiate partner of Activision-Blizzard's esports system, Tespa announced that it is closing down. Riot Games Collegiate League of Legends In 2016, the NACC became the University League of Legends (uLoL) Campus Series, run by CSL, after IvyLoL and NACL stopped functioning and many of their staff were hired as Riot Games employees to orchestrate their collegiate activitie ... [...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 (tournament), 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, Michigan, Romulus. It was won by Joseph "Mango" ... [...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] |
Armada (gamer)
Adam Lindgren (born 28 March 1993), known by his handle Armada, is a Swedish professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player from Gothenburg. He is widely considered one of the greatest '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' players of all time and the greatest ''Melee'' Peach player of all time. Lindgren has won several major tournaments: he is a three-time champion of GENESIS, two-time champion of EVO, two-time champion of Apex and one-time champion of The Big House. Considered one of the "Five Gods" of ''Melee'', alongside Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, Lindgren was ranked one of the top two ''Melee'' players in the world every year from the beginning of formal rankings in 2013 until his retirement from singles tournaments in 2018, with Lindgren ranked as the number one ''Melee'' player in the world in 2015 and 2016. A 2021 list by PGstats ranked Lindgren as the second-greatest ''Melee'' player of all time. Lindgren re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On The Video Game Industry
The video game industry has been substantially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways, most often due to concerns over travel to and from China or elsewhere, and delays in the manufacturing processes within China. Overview In contrast to many other economic sectors that are drastically affected by the pandemic, the video game industry has been more resilient. Most video game developers, publishers, and operators have been able to maintain operations with employees remote working to sustain game development and digital releases, though some productivity issues arose. With many people globally at home and unable to work, online gaming has observed record numbers of players during the pandemic as a popular activity to counter physical distancing for society, a practice recommended by the World Health Organization that helped boost revenues for many companies in the gaming industry. There have still been negative impacts on the industry, notably with major trade events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city's name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. The club plays its home games at the Chase Center. The Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) championship in 1947, and won again in 1956, led by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, and Neil Johnston. After the trade of star Wilt Chamberlain in January 1965, the team finished the 1964–65 season with the NBA's worst record (17–63). Their rebuilding period was brief due in large part to the Warriors' drafting of Rick Barry four months after the trade. In 1975, star players Barry and Jamaal Wilkes powered the Warriors to their third cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungrybox
Juan Manuel DeBiedma (; born June 21, 1993), better known by his alias Hungrybox, is an Argentine-American professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player and streamer. Recognized as one of the best and most successful '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' players of all time, he is one of the "Five Gods" of ''Melee'' along with Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mang0" Marquez, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and is regarded as the best Jigglypuff player in ''Melee'' history. He is also an active competitor in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', and he has been a member of Team Liquid since 2015. In December 2021 Hungrybox became co-owner of Team Liquid. Hungrybox has won several major ''Melee'' Singles tournaments, including Apex 2010, MLG World Finals 2015, EVO 2016, The Big House 7 (2017), The Big House 8 (2018), GENESIS 6 (2019), and 2017, 2018, and 2020 editions of Smash Summit. He has been ranked one of the top five ''Melee'' players in the world every year since formal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Ahgren
Ludwig Anders Ahgren (born July 6, 1995), known mononymously as Ludwig, is an American live streamer, YouTuber, podcaster, esports commentator and competitor. Ahgren is best known for his live streams on Twitch from 2018 through late 2021, and on YouTube beginning in late 2021, where he broadcasts video-game-related content as well as non-video-game-related content such as game shows, and contests. He is also known for his work as an esports commentator at various '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' tournaments. He began streaming full-time on February 16, 2019. While holding a widely publicized " subathon" event, Ahgren became the most subscribed Twitch streamer of all time in 2021, eventually reaching around 282,000 subscribers at its peak, beating the previous record set by fellow streamer Ninja. On November 29, 2021, Ahgren announced that he had signed an exclusive deal with YouTube Gaming. At the 2022 Streamer Awards, Ahgren won the award for "Streamer of the Year". Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Live Streaming
The live streaming of video games is an activity where people broadcast themselves playing games to a live audience online. The practice became popular in the mid-2010s on the US-based site Twitch, before growing to YouTube, Facebook, China-based sites Huya Live, DouYu, and Bilibili, and other services. By 2014, Twitch streams had more traffic than HBO's online streaming service, HBO Go. Professional streamers often combine high-level play and entertaining commentary, and earn income from sponsors, subscriptions, ad revenue, and donations. Both AAA and indie developers have circumvented rising development costs by utilizing the free advertising live streaming provides. Independent titles such as ''Fall Guys'', ''Rocket League'', and ''Among Us'' are examples of games that have experienced a huge increase in player base as a result of streaming. Esports have also gained significant traction and attention from the accessibility of live streaming, and streaming has even been used a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitch (service)
Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and " in real life" streams. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. The games shown on Twitch's homepage are listed according to audience preference and include genres such as real-time strategy games (RTS), fighting games, racing games, and first-person shooters. The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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