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William Hjelte
William Peter Hjelte (born 16 October 1994), better known by his gamertag Leffen, is a Swedish professional fighting game player and streamer. Although mostly known as a '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player, he has also competed in '' Dragon Ball FighterZ'', ''Guilty Gear Strive'', and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. In ''Melee'', Hjelte plays the character Fox, and is considered one of the best players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top seven ''Melee'' players in the world every year since 2014. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked Hjelte as the sixth greatest ''Melee'' player of all time. A ''Super Smash Bros.'' competitive player since 2009, he rose to international success in 2014, becoming the first player to beat each of the "Five Gods of ''Melee''" — Armada, Mew2King, Hungrybox, Mang0, and PPMD— in tournaments over the course of his career (a feat only accomplished since by Plup), earning him the nickname of "God Slayer". He has won many tournaments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oadby
Oadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England. Oadby is a district centre south-east of Leicester on the A6 road (England), A6 road. Leicester Racecourse is situated on the border between Oadby and Stoneygate. The University of Leicester Botanical Garden is in Oadby. Oadby had a population of 23,849 in 2011, and like its neighbour Wigston is made up of five wards. The Borough of Oadby and Wigston is twinned with Maromme in France, and Norderstedt in Germany. History Angles, Danes and Normans There has been a habitation in Oadby since an Angles (tribe), Anglian settlement in the early Anglo-Saxon period. Though the name Oadby is Danish (meaning "Outi's dwelling") it must have existed long before the Danish invasions as is shown by the existence of a pagan Anglian cemetery. The original Anglian name has been lost. In 1760, on Brocks Hill, evidence of an Anglian burial ground was discovered. The Middle Angles came under the rule of the kings of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mew2King
Jason Sheldon Zimmerman (born February 5, 1989), known by his gamertag Mew2King, commonly shortened to M2K, is an American former professional '' Super Smash Bros.'' player from Cinnaminson, New Jersey. Zimmerman is one of the "Five Gods" of ''Melee'', along with Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and Joseph "Mang0" Marquez and is also widely considered one of the greatest '' Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' players of all time. He has also competed at a top-level in '' Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', '' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' and '' Project M''. In ''Melee'', Zimmerman primarily plays Marth, Sheik, and Fox, while he plays Meta Knight in ''Brawl''. He uses his namesake character Mewtwo, as well as Fox and Mario, in ''Project M'' and specializes as Kirby in the original '' Super Smash Bros.'' game. In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', Zimmerman's primary character is Cloud. Zimmerman is known for his extremely methodical and logical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida, Tampa and the state's most populous inland city. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami metropolitan area, Miami and Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay. Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles, with over 3.5 million visitors as of 2023. Orlando International Airport is the List of the busiest airports in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apex 2015
Apex is an annual esports tournament held in New Jersey that is 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] |
EVO 2014
The 2014 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2014 or EVO 2014) was a fighting game event held in at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Westgate Las Vegas on July 11–13. The event featured a major tournament for eight fighting games, including ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' and ''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma''. The event was part of the first Capcom Pro Tour. Background Evo 2014 was announced in September 2013 and was slated to feature primarily Xbox 360 versions of fighting games. As the first Capcom Pro Tour was announced in March 2014, Evo was scheduled to be one of its ten first "Premier Events". Capcom announced a month later that the company would provide a bonus $10,000 USD to the prize pool of Evo's ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' tournament. Nintendo also sponsored the event, which was noted as a surprising shift in policy after the company tried to shut down the ''Super Smash Bros.'' portion of the event in 2013. All of the tournaments held at Evo 2014 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SmashBoards
Smashboards (originally known as Smash World Forums) is an online forum centered on games from the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, founded in 2002. The community hosts discussions of techniques, news, and professional competition of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games and is used to announce ''Smash'' tournaments. Users on the website also discuss tournament rules and create tier lists that rank playable characters in all five games of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. History Smashboards was founded in 2002 as Smash World by Ricky "Gideon" Tilton. It went on to become one of the largest independent competitive gaming communities in the world. In September 2008, Major League Gaming acquired Smashboards.com, and in November 2012, Chris "AlphaZealot" Brown, one of the site's moderators, purchased the site from Major League Gaming. Projects In 2011, the site's forums were used to collaborate on a user-made PC version of ''Super Smash Bros.'' (1999), titled '' Super Smash Land''. Additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bull
Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With a market share of 43%, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2020, and the third most valuable soft drink brand, behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwide, including over 12.6 billion in 2024. Originally available only in a single nondescript flavour sold in a tall and slim silver and blue can, called Red Bull Energy Drink, the drink added #Variants, numerous variants over time. Its slogan, "Red Bull Gives You Wings", is considered one of the most popular and memorable advertising slogans in the world. Rather than following a traditional marketing approach, Red Bull has generated awareness and created a "brand myth" through proprietary extreme sport event series such as Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Red Bull Air Race, Crashed Ice, Red Bull Crashed Ice and standout stunts such as the Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco Lombardi
''Star Fox'' is a series of spaceship shooter games published by Nintendo. The main protagonist and player character of the series is Fox McCloud, the leader of Star Fox, a team of anthropomorphic animals in video games, animals in the Lylat planetary system. Gameplay involves control of futuristic aircraft called Arwings, as well as other vehicles and combat on foot. According to programmer Dylan Cuthbert, several names of animals were used in the names of the characters whenever the development team believed they, for those characters, "[sounded] good". Overview Star Fox or Team Star Fox, is a band of adventurers-for-hire often employed by #General Pepper, General Pepper. The team is headed by Fox McCloud. ''Star Fox 64'' fills in the background of the team where at its founding, it was composed of #James McCloud, James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and #Pigma Dengar, Pigma Dengar (who later betrays the team and sides with Andross). Peppy later retires from active flight duty short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshi
Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in '' Super Mario World'' (1990) on the SNES as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Throughout the mainline '' Super Mario'' series, Yoshi typically serves as Mario's trusted steed. With a gluttonous appetite, Yoshi can gobble enemies with his long tongue, and lay eggs that doubly function as projectiles. Yoshi is the title character of the ''Yoshi'' series and a supporting character in the ''Mario'' franchise. He has appeared in ''Mario Party'' and '' Mario Kart'', as well as many ''Mario'' sports games. He also appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game series '' Super Smash Bros.'' Yoshi is a member of the same-named species, which is distinguished for its wide range of colors. Yoshi has been well-received, with some critics noting that he is one of the most recognizable characters and one of the best sidekicks in video games. Yoshi's image has also appeared on a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Super Smash Bros
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plup
Justin McGrath, better known as Plup, is an American professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player from Orlando, Florida. McGrath is considered to be one of the best '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top 10 ''Melee'' players every year since 2015. McGrath initially rose to prominence in 2015 after placing highly in several major tournaments. Among his best placings are first at GENESIS 5, second at The Big House 7 and Smash Summit 9, and third at EVO 2016 and EVO 2018. McGrath was initially the best Samus player in the world but later switched to primarily playing Sheik. In addition to playing Samus and Sheik, McGrath uses Fox as a secondary. McGrath has also competed professionally in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', playing primarily with Mega Man and Ridley, and ''Project M'' playing primarily with Samus. McGrath was formerly sponsored by Panda Global. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked McGrath as the tenth-greatest ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
