Weston Dennis

Westballz
Weston Dennis
Born (1991-12-08) December 8, 1991
Hometown Burbank, California
Nationality American
Current team G2 Esports
Professional career
2015–2016 Tempo Storm
2016–present G2 Esports

Weston Dennis (born December 8, 1991), better known as Westballz, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Burbank, California who mains Falco Lombardi with Fox McCloud and Captain Falcon secondaries.[1] He is currently ranked 2nd and 7th on the SoCal Melee and Project M Power Rankings, respectively, and 8th on the 2015 SSBMRank. [2] Westballz notably caused an upset at MLG Anaheim 2014, where he defeated Mango 3-0 in pool play, and defeated him again 3-1 in losers' quarters at MVG Sandstorm, where he also defeated Hungrybox in losers' semis 3-2. Additionally, he beat Leffen 3-1 at Dreamhack Winter 2015. He is widely renowned as the most technical Melee Falco player in the world. Westballz is considered to be among the best Falco mains in the world along with PPMD and Mango.[3][4] On July 2, 2015, Westballz was picked up by Tempo Storm alongside Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson.[5][6] On July 11, 2016 Westballz joined G2 Esports.[7]

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Nice Shot HugoMarch 27, 2010—25thDunk
Don't Go Down There JeffDecember 18, 201017th——
GENESIS 2July 15-17, 201149th7thBaka4moe
Apex 2012January 6-8, 201225th17thStriCNYN3
Northwest ManifestMarch 24-25, 20124th9thTafokints
The Big House 2October 6-7, 20129th13thScar
Kings of CaliNovember 10, 20127th9thScar
Apex 2013January 11-13, 201333rd9thHax
Kings of Cali 2April 13-14, 20137th3rdMacD
NorCal Regionals 2013April 26-28, 20134th——
EVO 2013July 12-14, 201317th——
Kings of Cali 3December 14-15, 20135th9thHomeMadeWaffles
Apex 2014January 17-19, 201433rd17thAisengobay
SoCal Regionals 2014February 28-March 2, 20141st5thDEHF
Pat's House 2May 24-25, 20144th7thZeRo
SKTAR 3May 31-June 1, 20145th5thHax
SSS Lock-InJune 14-15, 201413th——
MLG Anaheim 2014June 20-22, 20149th——
Kings of Cali 4July 5-6, 20147th5thZeRo
EVO 2014July 11-13, 201413th17thDoH
MayhemAugust 9, 20143rd2ndHungrybox
Low Tier City 2August 16-17, 20142nd1stWobbles
MayhemSeptember 6, 20142nd4thJace
The Big House 4October 4-5, 20147th9thDarkrain
Do You Fox Wit It?November 15-16, 201417th7thConnor
Super Smash Sundays 29December 7, 20141st2ndReno
Super Smash Sundays 30December 21, 20142nd3rdDEHF
Smash the TargetJanuary 3, 20152nd——
Paragon Orlando 2015January 17-18, 20154th7thAxe
Apex 2015January 30-February 1, 201533rd17thDEHF
AftershockMarch 28-29, 20154th2ndGahtzu
SWEET XXApril 4, 20152nd4thDeep C Squid
I'm Not Yelling!April 11-12, 20155th7thSung
MVG SandstormApril 18-19, 20152nd7thGahtzu
Mayhem May 2015May 2, 20152nd2ndSung
Press StartMay 9-10, 201517th9thSung
Mayhem June 2015June 6, 20151st1stMacD
CEO 2015June 26-28, 20154th4thMacD
FC Smash 15XR: ReturnJuly 4-5, 20155th2ndMacD
WTFoxJuly 10-11, 20155th3rdWizzrobe
EVO 2015July 17-19, 201513th49thMacD
Super Smash ConAugust 6-9, 20154th——
PAX Prime 2015August 28-30, 20153rd3rdNintendude
Paragon Los Angeles 2015September 5-6, 20154th——
Rubicon 2September 12, 20151st2ndVro
DreamHack London 2015September 19-20, 20152nd——
HelixSeptember 26-27, 20152nd2ndOvertriforce
The Big House 5October 2-4, 20155th9thAxe
Smash SummitNovember 7-8, 20159th7thZhu
EclipseNovember 14-15, 201549th7thNamiNami
Kickstart 4November 22, 20154th1stPlup
DreamHack Winter 2015November 26-29, 20154th17thBaxon
Forte 3December 19-20, 20152nd——
GENESIS 3January 15-17, 201617th17thGahtzu
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20January 20, 20162nd——
Frosty Faustings VIIIJanuary 22-231st——
PAX ArenaJanuary 29-31, 20163rd5thWizzrobe
B.E.A.S.T 6February 19-21, 20163rd——
Battle of the Five GodsMarch 17-19, 20165th——
Super Nebulous 4March 27, 20164th——
Pound 2016April 2-3, 201633rd3rdMacD
Smash Summit 2April 21-24, 20169th5thShroomed
Enthusiast Gaming Live ExpoApril 29-May 1, 20169th——
Get On My Level 2016May 20-22, 20165th5thMacD
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11-12, 20165th2ndWizzrobe
WTFox 2July 1-3, 20169thDQMango
EVO 2016July 15-17, 20167th——
Clutch City ClashAugust 6-7, 20164th33rdIce
Super Smash Con 2016August 11-14, 20167th9thShroomed
Shine 2016August 26-28, 201613th4thPrince Abu
The Big House 6October 7-9, 201613th5thPlup
Smash Summit 3November 3-6, 20169th7thn0ne

Project M

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014February 16th, 20144th——
Low Tier City 2August 16-17, 201417th9thiPunchKidsz
The Big House 4October 4-5, 201417th——
Paragon Orlando 2015January 17-18, 20154th——
MVG SandstormApril 18-19, 2015Top 33rdiPunchKidsz
Paragon Los Angeles 2015September 5-6, 201525th17thiPunchKidsz
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20January 20, 20163rd——
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11-12, 2016—5thHungrybox

Personal life

Dennis was born on December 8, 1991. He grew up in Burbank, California and attended John Burroughs High School but dropped out later.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331732594067/friendlies-westballz-the-challenger
  2. ↑ Lee, Daniel. "SSBMRank 2015 #8". Melee It On Me. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. ↑ http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/mar/18/westballz-defeats-ppmd-axes-epic-chain-grab-wobbles-amazing-wobble-and-more-battle-five-gods-day-2-highlights/
  4. ↑ http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/7984
  5. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/tempo-storm-westballz-axe/
  6. ↑ http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/2758
  7. ↑ "G2 expands into Super Smash Bros Melee". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/16371193/westballz

Weston Dennis on Twitter

Edit this at Wikidata

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.