Editing Smasher:Thor

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Thor
| image         = Thor.png
| caption       = Thor (left)
| mainssbm      = Link
| mainpm        = Link
| mainssbu      = Cloud
| mainssb4      = Cloud
| 2ndmainssb4   = Pikachu
| otherssb4     = Link
| alias         = Hideki Esposito
| rankingssbu   = [[Minnesota Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Minnesota Ultimate Power Rankings]]: 7th
| realname      = Thornton Bates
| birthday      = 1
| birthmonth    = 5
| birthyear     = 1996
| location      = Minnetonka, Minnesota
| country       = United States
}}
'''Thor''' is a [[smasher]] from Minnesota who currently resides in Arizona. He [[main|mains]] [[Link]] in ''[[Melee]]'' and ''[[Project M]]'', {{SSB4|Cloud}} and {{SSB4|Pikachu}} in ''[[Smash 4]]'', and {{SSBU|Cloud}} in ''[[Ultimate]]''. Having begun playing smash competitively in 2013, he first appeared on the ''Melee'' [[Minnesota_Power_Rankings#September_3rd.2C_2017|Minnesota Power Rankings]] in September 2017 as an honorable mention. He occasionally goes by the tag "'''Hideki Esposito'''".

In ''Ultimate'', he is currently ranked 7th on the [[Minnesota Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Minnesota Ultimate Power Rankings]] and formerly ranked 9th on the [[Arizona Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Arizona Ultimate Power Rankings]]. He notably placed 4th at {{Trn|Ascension IX}} and defeated {{Sm|BassMage}}, {{Sm|Junior Z}}, {{Sm|Silver|p=Arizona}}, and {{Sm|JumboJack}} in the process. In ''Melee'', he was formerly ranked 8th on the [[Arizona Melee Power Rankings]].

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Midwest Mayhem 5]]||November 5th, 2016||2nd||2nd||{{sm|D-Money}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/house-of-paign-11/details House of Paign 11]||December 3rd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/house-of-paign-12/details House of Paign 12]||January 14th, 2017||9th||9th||{{Sm|ZamU}}
|- 
|[http://downb.challonge.com/LUGM81 Level Up Games Weekly]||August 1st, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Ascension}}||December 14th-15th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/settle-it-pizza-bites-vs-chicken-nuggets/event/melee-singles/overview Settle It! - Pizza Bites vs. Chicken Nuggets]||January 18th-19th, 2020||9th||7th||{{sm|Im Zlow}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/RAGZ1 REVIVAL 2/9]||February 9th, 2020||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/FMTW54 Funday Monday 2/10]||February 10th, 2020||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ascension 2020: Back to Basics}}||February 15th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/ragz2 REVIVAL 2/16]||February 16th, 2020||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Push More Buttons}}||June 25th, 2016||9th||7th||{{Sm|Chexr}}
|-
|{{Trn|Endgame}}||August 20th-21st, 2016||9th||7th||{{Sm|Bayless}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/the-bird-house-x/details The Bird House X]||October 1st, 2016||5th||4th||{{Sm|Dia|p=Illinois}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/tussle-town/details Tussle Town]||November 12th, 2016||7th||9th||{{Sm|ColumW}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/bopme-16/details BOPME 16]||February 18th, 2017||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://downb.challonge.com/LUGPM81 Level Up Games Weekly]||August 1st, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/neo-tussle-city/event/pm-singles/brackets/171528 Neo Tussle City]||November 11th, 2017||13th||7th||{{Sm|LSDX}}
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Push More Buttons}}||June 25th, 2016||33rd||17th||{{Sm|Requiem}}
|-
|{{Trn|Endgame}}||August 20th-21st, 2016||65th||25th||{{Sm|Bayless}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/show-me-your-moves-17/details Show Me Your Moves 17]||September 3rd, 2016||13th||13th||{{Sm|Anonymous Moniker}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/the-bird-house-x/details The Bird House X]||October 1st, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Midwest Mayhem 5]]||November 5th, 2016||49th||33rd||{{sm|Giant}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/house-of-paign-11/details House of Paign 11]||December 3rd, 2016||3rd||1st||{{Sm|waasabi}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/house-of-paign-12/details House of Paign 12]||January 14th, 2017||9th||1st||{{Sm|ZamU}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/hidden-bosses-5-0/details Hidden Bosses 5.0]||January 21st, 2017||25th||2nd||Anonymous Moniker
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/bopme-16/details BOPME 16]||February 18th, 2017||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour}}||April 8th, 2017||49th||33rd||{{Sm|SNooFL}}
|- 
|[http://downb.challonge.com/LUGS483 Level Up Games Weekly]||August 3rd, 2017||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/neo-tussle-city Neo Tussle City]||November 11th, 2017||2nd||1st||Anonymous Moniker
|-
|{{Trn|Shine 2018}}||August 24th-26th, 2018||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Be Mine?}}||February 16th, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}}||May 31st-June 2nd, 2019||161st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Overextend}}||July 27th, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ascension IX}}||September 28th, 2019||4th||7th||{{Sm|Coeur}}
|-
|[https://challonge.com/SOS158 Spook or Swim]||November 1st, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/TSL200 The Smash Lab 200]||December 13th, 2019||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Ascension}}||December 14th-15th, 2019||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ascension 2020: Back to Basics}}||February 15th, 2020||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Almost Ascension}}||June 14th-20th, 2021||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Riptide}}||September 10th-12th, 2021||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Bamboo Battles: Smash Ultimate 67}}{{OnlineIcon}}||May 9th, 2022||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/thor_ssb Twitter account]

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