Editing Smasher:NEO (Maryland)

:''For the Swiss smasher that used to go by the tag Neo, see [[Smasher:Kimbo]].'' ''For the Japanese smasher, see [[Smasher:Neo (Japan)]].''

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = NEO
| mainssbb      = Marth
| otherssbb     = Meta Knight
| 2ndotherssbb  = Sheik
| moreotherssbb = {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}}
| mainssbm      = Roy
| otherssbm     = Marth
| 2ndotherssbm  = Sheik
| mainpm        = Marth
| otherpm       = Roy
| mainssb4      = Sheik
| otherssb4     = Roy
| 2ndotherssb4  = Marth
| moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Lucina}}, {{SSB4|Corrin}}
| mainssbu      = Sheik
| otherssbu     = Lucina
| former crews  = [[Ha Ha You Lose]]<br>[[Team Ben]]<br>USB
| rankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank#2006|RetroSSBMRank 2006]]: HM
| bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank#2005|RetroSSBMRank 2005]]: 6th
| rankingssbb = [[SSBBRank 2014]]: 93rd
|bestresultssbm = 2nd / ~120 at {{Trn|MLG Chicago 2005|g=SSBM}}
|bestresultssbb = 4th / 112 at {{Trn|Critical Hit 3|g=SSBB}}
| realname      = Nathaniel Eugene Owen
| location      = [[MD/VA]]
| country       = United States
}}
'''NEO''' is an American [[smasher]] from the [[MD/VA]] area who has spent time in numerous [[crews]] including USB, [[H2YL]], and [[Team Ben]]. His tag is comprised of his initials.

Most notably, NEO was very well known in the [[Super_Smash_Bros._Melee_in_competitive_play#The_.22Golden_Age.22_.282004-2008.29|golden age]] for maining {{SSBM|Roy}} in ''[[Melee]]'' (with secondaries in {{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Sheik}}), and was considered to be the best Roy player prior to his retirement, with results that current Roy players have yet to match, having multiple Top 8 finishes at [[Tournament#Locations_and_sizes|super-regional/national]] tournaments. He managed to beat {{Sm|Ken}} in Roy dittos, claiming the red costume in the process. He was also ranked 15th on the final revision of the [[Smash Panel Power Rankings]] in 2006. 

In ''[[Brawl]]'', NEO mained {{SSBB|Marth}}, with {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} as a secondary, and was usually considered the best Marth in the USA outside of {{Sm|mikeHAZE}}, known for his calculated and patient style. He had been playing since its release in 2008, and continued to play at a high level as of 2013.

In ''[[Smash 4]]'', NEO mained {{SSB4|Sheik}}, keeping his patient style from ''Brawl'', and also played three of the ''Fire Emblem'' characters in {{SSB4|Roy}}, {{SSB4|Marth}} and {{SSB4|Lucina}} before retiring later on in ''Smash 4'''s life. 

NEO ranked 3rd on the final [[MD/VA_Power_Rankings#December_2013|Brawl MD/VA Power Rankings]], 93rd on the [[2014 SSBBRank]] and 5th on the [[MD/VA_Power_Rankings#February_2016|Smash 4 MD/VA Power Rankings]].

==Rankings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
====[[Top 100 Melee Players of All Time|The Melee Stats Top 100 Melee Players of All Time]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[Top 100 Melee Players of All Time#Top 100 Melee Players of All Time|First List]]||January 10th, 2004 - January 21st, 2018||43rd||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Top 100 Melee Players of All Time#All-Time Melee Top 100: One Year Later|Second List]]||January 10th, 2004 - February 3rd, 2019||43rd||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Top 100 Melee Players of All Time#All-Time Melee Top 100: Another Year|Third List]]||January 10th, 2004 - February 16th, 2020||44th||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[Top 100 Melee Players of All Time#The Melee Stats All-Time Top 100|Fourth List]]||January 10th, 2004 - September 12th, 2021||79th||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|}
====[[RetroSSBMRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[RetroSSBMRank 2005]]||2005||6th||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[RetroSSBMRank 2006]]||2006||HM||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|}
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
====[[SSBBRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[SSBBRank 2014]]||January 11th, 2013-June 1st, 2014||93rd||{{head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[MD/VA Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|November 2012||3rd||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|-
|December 2013||3rd||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''===
====[[MD/VA Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|February 2015||8th||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|August 2015||7th||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|November 2015||8th||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|-
|February 2016||5th||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Game Over|g=SSBM}}||January 10th, 2004||33rd / 85||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smash 4 Cash]]||June 2004||5th / <40||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[DCSS#3]]||September 25th, 2004||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Chillin}}
|-
|[[Gettin' Schooled]]||October 14th, 2004||4th / 63||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MLG DC 2005|g=SSBM}}||January 29th-30th, 2005||4th / 97||2nd||Chillin
|-
|[[Gettin' Schooled 2]]||June 25th-26th, 2005||44th / 99<!--unsure about this-->||9th||Chillin
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Philadelphia 2005|g=SSBM}}||July 28th-31st, 2005||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|PC Chris}}
|-
|[http://archive.is/4lVzX SMYM 4]||September 24th, 2005||5th / 73||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Los Angeles 2005|g=SSBM}}||October 14th-16th, 2005||9th / 32+||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[BOMB 4]]||November 12th, 2005||3rd / 105||2nd||{{Sm|Oro}}
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Chicago 2005|g=SSBM}}||December 16th-18th, 2005||2nd / ~120||1st / ~20||{{Sm|Vidjogamer}}
|-
|{{b|Pound|tournament|g=SSBM}}||January 28th, 2006||2nd / 55||5th||{{Sm|Aho}}
|-
|{{Trn|MLG New York 2005|g=SSBM}}||February 25th-26th, 2006||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MLG New York Opener 2006|g=SSBM}}||April 21st-23rd, 2006||5th / 143||5th||Chillin
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Dallas 2006|g=SSBM}}||May 19th-20th, 2006||9th / 144||7th||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|{{Trn|MELEE-FC6|g=SSBM}}||July 13th-15th, 2006||25th / 205||17th||{{Sm|Helios}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/7-7-c3-july-jackpot-results.108723/#post-2557097 C3 July Jackpot]||July 7th, 2007||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/attention-catonsville-smashfest-coming-your-way-8-25.113893/page-2#post-2796925 Catonsville Smashfest August]||August 25th, 2007||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Vist}}
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 3|g=SSBM}}||February 2nd-3rd, 2008||65th / 224||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Critical Hit 3|g=SSBB}}||July 5th, 2008||4th / 112||9th||{{Sm|Oro}}
|-
|{{Trn|ChuDatz Final Biweekly|g=SSBB}}||August 3rd, 2008||9th||5th||{{Sm|Chillindude}}
|-
|{{Trn|C3 ECRC|g=SSBB}}||November 22nd, 2008||9th / 97||9th / 37||{{Sm|Plank}}
|-
|{{Trn|Clash of the Titans IV|g=SSBB}}||February 7th-8th, 2009||13th / 249||13th||{{Sm|HAT}}
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2009|g=SSBB}}||May 9th-10th, 2009||17th / 210||13th||HAT
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 4|g=SSBB}}||January 16th-18th, 2010||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Viridian City 7|g=SSBB}}||February 27th, 2010||13th / 121||13th / 43||{{Sm|Meep}}
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Orlando 2010|g=SSBB}}||April 16th-18th, 2010||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/omni-presents-xanadu-games.281168/ Omni Presents: Xanadu Games]||July 17th, 2010||4th||5th||{{Sm|Logic}}
|-
|{{Trn|Pound V|g=SSBB}}||February 19th-21st, 2011||&mdash;||13th||{{Sm|Slikvik}}
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR 6|g=SSBB}}||August 14th, 2011||17th / 128||13th||{{Sm|GimR}}
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2012|g=SSBB}}||January 6th-8th, 2012||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/carroll-fest-3-results-green-rangers-so-huge.329639/ Carrol Fest 3]||November 10, 2012||5th||3rd||{{Sm|Seagull}}
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2013|g=SSBB}}||January 11th-13th, 2013||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=SSBB}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX12162014SSB4 S@X 75]||December 16th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Collision XI|g=SSB4}}||January 3rd, 2015||17th||4th||{{Sm|Seagull Joe}}
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX06022015SSB41v1 S@X 100]||June 2nd, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX06092015ssb4 S@X 101]||June 9th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX06232015SSB4 S@X 103]||June 23rd, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015|g=SSB4}}||August 6th-9th, 2015||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX08182015SSB4 S@X 111]||August 18th, 2015||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX09082015SSB4 S@X 114]||September 8th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/SatX11032015SSB4 S@X 122]||November 3rd, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX11242015SSB4 S@X 125]||November 24th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX12012015SSB4 S@X 126]||December 1st, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX12082015SSB4 S@X 127]||December 8th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX01122016SSB4 S@X 132]||January 12th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX02022016SSB4 S@X 135]||February 2nd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX04052016SSB4 S@X 144]||April 5th, 2016||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX04122016SSB4 S@X 145]||April 12th, 2016||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX06212016SSB4 S@X 155]||June 21st, 2016||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-grind-fridays-90/event/smash-ultimate-singles/brackets/649585/1065761 The Grind Fridays 90]||August 30th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/the-grind-fridays-100/details The Grind Fridays 100]||November 8th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Gameplay videos==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8B5a60VT60 S@x Weekly - Chudat (Kirby) Vs. Neo (Marth) SSBB Loser's Final - Smash Brawl]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ljYjnT8ah0 S@X Weekly - Neo (Marth) Vs. VGBC | Logic (Olimar) SSBB Grand Finals - Smash Brawl]

==Trivia==
*NEO is the creator of the novelty rap song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVFpRQdOuQ0&ab_channel=aBREACTmusic "Meta Knight Da Bess"], a parody of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(musician) Drake] song called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_I_Ever_Had_(Drake_song) "Best I Ever Had"].
*NEO is the only Roy main to have ever been ranked in a top ten in ''Melee'', being ranked at 6th on the 2005 [[RetroSSBMRank]].

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[[Category:Sheik players (SSB4)]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:SSBBRank ranked players]]
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