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Wes (gamer)

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Wes
BornAntoine Wes Lewis-Hall
(1984-05-05) May 5, 1984 (age 40)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Current teamDeadly Alliance/Empire Arcadia
GamesSuper Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Project M
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Nickname(s)Wes

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Antoine Wes Lewis-Hall (born 5 May 1984), known by his gamertag Wes, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Manhattan, New York. He competes in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Project M. He is considered one of Melee's first major figures and New York's top players.[1] Wes has always held high positions in tournaments.[2] He has been part of the Deadly Alliance esports team since 2002. He is also one of the founders of the team. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked Wes as the 57th-greatest Melee player of all time.[1] He is also a streamer and has an active Twitch channel that boasts over 2,000 followers.[3]

Career[edit]

Beginning of professional career[edit]

Wes's interest in video game competition began at an early age.[4] Initially, he competed with friends and family members, then he began to be interested in more serious tournaments.[4] Wes has primarily competed in Super Smash Bros. tournaments using the character Samus and was often referred to as the "Father of competitive Samus play".

In 2003, he competed in his first major tournament, part of the Tournament Go (TG) series, one of the first major Melee tournament series. In this, the fifth installment of the tournament series held in San Jose, California, Wes placed 5th in the singles (1 vs 1) tournament and 2nd in the doubles (2 vs 2) tournament with his partner Hein.[5] The next notable tournament in which Wes took part was the DC Super Smash, better known as DCSS, which took place on 20 September 2003 in Clinton, Maryland. He took 2nd place with Samus.[6] According to the top 100 players in Super Smash Bros. Melee for 2001-2003, Wes was the 8th best Melee player of that time.[6]

The following year, he was also included in the 2004 table of the best Melee players, ranking 7th.[2] 2004 saw high placements at several major tournaments which included 1st place in the doubles tournament and 2nd place in the singles tournament at MLG Boston 2004, 1st place in the doubles tournament at Gettin' Schooled and 2nd place with his partner Azen in the doubles tournament at MLG New York 2004. In 2005, Wes, along with Mike G, participated in the largest Melee tournament of that year, MELEE-FC3, and placed 3rd.

Wes with his partner PC Chris placed 2nd at MLG New York Opener 2006. The tournament was also known as MLG Meadowlands 2006 and was the first event hosted by Major League Gaming on their 2006 circuit.[7]

At Zenith 2007, he took 2nd place and managed to win in the doubles tournament.

Project M, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In 2014, Wes competed in his first gaming tournament for Project M, a gameplay modification[8][9][10] of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The tournament took place on March 15 and was attended by 39 players.

He began competing in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in 2015, roughly a year after the game's release. His first appearance in a major tournament was at Collision XI, in January of that year. During 2015, he placed in the top three best doubles players in tournaments Nebulous Prime #10, Nebulous Prime #11, Nebulous Prime #15, Nebulous Prime #16 and won the Nebulous Prime #9. The following year, Wes, along with his partner DireOnFire, managed to win the Nebulous Prime #36 tournament.

On 31 March 2018, he won the Nebulous Melee 119 tournament with a score of 10-1, losing only to 2can.[11]

In December 2018, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released and on 27 March 2019, Wes competed in his first Ultimate game tournament called Xeno 154.

During his gaming career, Wes also took part in various other significant tournaments such as Evolution Championship Series, Apex, Super Smash Con and many others.

Deadly Alliance[edit]

In 2002, Wes formed a Super Smash Bros. group called Deadly Alliance.[12] The number of members of the group gradually increased and over time the group became one of the top teams[lower-alpha 1] ever created in the Smash Brothers community.[12] In 2005, Wes and his team Deadly Alliance began to cooperate with eSports team Empire Arcadia.[12] Together they created a Super Smash Bros. division to compete in all subsequent Smash Bros. tournaments.[12]

The Deadly Alliance team was considered as the first professional team and the best Super Smash Bros. crew in the United States.[4][6] The team's name comes from the 2002 fighting video game Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.[4] Numerous notable players have been members of the DA team at various times, including Mew2King, Armada, PC Chris, Jtails and DKwill.[4] They won MLGs and other large competitions which were eventually documented and certified by Guinness World Record.[13][4][14][15] In addition to being a founder and member of the team, Wes currently holds the position of General Manager of Deadly Alliance.[16]

Style of play[edit]

Wes has primarily competed in Super Smash Bros. tournaments using the character Samus, a fictional character and the playable protagonist from the video game series Metroid,[17][18] and the character Sonic the Hedgehog, the blue anthropomorphic hedgehog from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.[19][20] He also used Charizard as a secondary character.

Personal life[edit]

Wes currently lives in New York. In an interview given to Nintendo Life, he stated that the difference between eSports and traditional sports is "that you can learn and practice at your own place anywhere and anytime in eSports, whereas in sports that is not the case."[16]

Wes was interviewed for the 2013 documentary series The Smash Brothers, appearing in several episodes. He extensively covered the origins of crew rivalries in the first episode and gave his input on certain controversial issues that had come up within the community during his time with the game. Several gameplay clips of him were also shown, primarily in the two West Coast vs. East Coast crew battles that were featured.[21][22][23][24][25]

Wes with several members of Deadly Alliance created S.O.S. Gamers, a not-for-profit organization, dedicated to helping children become better through video games.[4]

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Tournament Go 5 August 2nd-3rd, 2003 5th 2nd Hein
DCSS #2 September 20th, 2003 2nd
Game Over[2] January 10th, 2004 5th 9th HellFox
MELEE-FC1 July 9th-11th, 2004 4th 9th Snap Pop
Tournament Go 6 August 21st-22nd, 2004 7th 2nd Azen
MLG Boston 2004 October 9th-10th, 2004 2nd 1st Azen
Gettin' Schooled October 14th, 2004 7th 1st Azen
MLG New York 2004 October 24th, 2004 5th 2nd Azen
MLG DC 2005 January 29th-30th, 2005 7th 4th Dave
Gettin' Schooled 2 June 25th-26th, 2005 5th 5th Azen
MELEE-FC3 July 10th-12th, 2005 17th 3rd Mike G
BOMB 4 November 12th, 2005 17th 4th Mike G
MLG Atlanta 2005 November 26th-27th, 2005 12th 4th Mow
MLG Chicago 2005 December 16th-18th, 2005 25th
CyberHub Gaming Center Lock-In[26] March 25th, 2006 2nd
MLG New York Opener 2006 April 21st-23rd, 2006 17th 2nd PC Chris
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 October 13th-14th, 2006 5th PC Chris
MLG Las Vegas 2006 November 18th-19th, 2006 7th PC Chris
Cataclysm 3 March 3rd-4th, 2007 49th 7th DireVulcan
EVO East May 25th-27th, 2007 13th
Zenith July 2007[27] July 1st, 2007 2nd 1st PC Chris
Zenith 2007 September 29th, 2007 3rd
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 129th 49th Chain Ace
KTAR 8 December 28th, 2013 5th
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 65th
Collision 9 March 15th, 2014 5th
KTAR 9 March 22nd, 2014 7th
Smash Brothers University 2.5[28] April 12th-13th, 2014 9th
SKTAR 3 May 30th-June 1st, 2014 129th
Apollo X[29] October 14th, 2017 9th
Nebs After Dark 92[30] November 21st, 2017 4th
Apollo XI[31] December 2nd, 2017 17th
Nebulous Melee 118[32] March 24th, 2018 5th
Nebulous Melee 119[33] March 31st, 2018 1st
Maybulous[34] April 10th, 2018 9th
EagleCON 2018[35] April 14th, 2018 9th
Nebulous Melee: the finale[36] April 21st, 2018 5th
Smashed Out Melee V 2.15[37] April 23rd, 2018 4th
Nebs After Dark: the finale[38] April 24th, 2018 17th 4th CaptainJack
Pound Underground May 12th-13th, 2018 65th
Apollo XIV[39] July 29th, 2018 13th
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 193rd
NYXL Pop-Up! December 22nd, 2018 33rd

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Collision 9 March 15th, 2014 5th
Smash Brothers University 2.5[40] April 12th-13th, 2014 4th DireOnFire
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 17th 7th Jtails

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Collision XI January 3rd, 2015 25th 9th Jtails
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 193rd
Smash Attack 5 March 15th, 2015 9th
Smash Attack 8 June 7th, 2015 17th
Smash Attack 9 June 21st, 2015 17th
KTAR XIII July 11th, 2015 13th
POPnOFF 11 August 1st, 2015 5th
SKTAR 4 August 22nd-23rd, 2015 33rd
Nebulous Prime #3[41] August 30th, 2015 17th
Nebulous Prime #4[42] September 6th, 2015 9th
Nebulous Prime #6[43] September 20th, 2015 7th
Nebulous Prime #7[44] September 27th, 2015 17th 5th Jtails
Nebulous Prime #9[45] October 11th, 2015 7th 1st DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #10[46] October 18th, 2015 9th 3rd DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #11[47] October 25th, 2015 5th 2nd DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #15[48] November 22nd, 2015 9th 2nd DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #16[49] November 29th, 2015 7th 3rd DireOnFire
XenoThree[50] March 19th, 2016 17th
Nebulous Prime #36[51] April 17th, 2016 1st DireOnFire
KTAR XVIII June 11th, 2016 25th 17th DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #48[52] July 10th, 2016 13th
XenoEighteen[53] July 13th, 2016 13th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Xeno 154[54] March 27th, 2019 17th
Bum's Birthday Bash 2019[55] March 30th-31st, 2019 25th 9th Uncle Phillybilly

Notes[edit]

  1. by number of wins

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Category:American esports players


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