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Zhu is a retired Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Northern California, considered to be one of the best Falco players in the world in the post-MLG era of Melee. He was initially known most for self-destructing at crucial moments, dubbed "zhuiciding," and being the recipient of the original Wombo Combo. His best tournament performance took place at GENESIS, where he defeated Mew2King in Loser's Quarter-Finals to finish 4th at the largest Melee tournament at that time. He remained an active and strong player throughout the mid-2010s, ranking on the SSBMRank every year between its inaugural ranking to its 2017 iteration; he received renewed attention for his performance at EVO 2016, where he finished 9th upon defeating players such as Lucky, ChuDat, Laudandus, and Darkrain. He retired after EVO 2018.[1]
Outside of competition, Zhu made a series of combo videos named "Happy Feet" that showcased his Falco. In addition, he ran the YouTube channel SmashPractice alongside Cactuar.
Rankings[edit]
| Ranking |
Time period |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| First List |
January 10th, 2004 - January 21st, 2018 |
28th |
  |
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| Second List |
January 10th, 2004 - February 3rd, 2019 |
32nd |
|
|
| Third List |
January 10th, 2004 - February 16th, 2020 |
29th |
|
|
| Fourth List |
January 10th, 2004 - September 12th, 2021 |
28th |
|
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Tournament placings[edit]
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 placement |
2v2 placement |
Partner
|
| Zero Challenge 3 |
July 20th-22nd, 2007 |
49th |
9th |
Falcomist
|
| Super Champ Combo |
September 29th-30th, 2007 |
33rd |
17th |
Falcomist
|
| SoCal Best of 2007 |
December 29th, 2007 |
7th |
2nd |
DieSuperFly
|
| UCSD Winter Smash II |
January 12th-13th, 2008 |
3rd |
3rd |
?
|
| UCLA V: Melee Strikes Back |
March 1st, 2008 |
3rd |
4th |
Falcomist
|
| UCLA VII: Avalanche |
November 9th, 2008 |
2nd |
3rd |
DEHF
|
| SCSA West Coast Circuit |
December 6th, 2008 |
4th |
4th |
Lucky
|
| UCLA Revival |
February 15th, 2009 |
2nd |
1st |
Lucky
|
| Revival of Melee |
March 7th-8th, 2009 |
13th |
7th |
Drephen
|
| Mango Juice |
March 21st, 2009 |
2nd |
3rd |
Forward
|
| SCSA West Coast Circuit #4 |
May 30th, 2009 |
2nd (Split) |
2nd |
Mew2King
|
| GENESIS |
July 10th-12th, 2009 |
4th |
9th |
MacD
|
| Active Gamers |
September 26th-27th, 2009 |
4th |
2nd |
Mew2King
|
| Pat's House |
November 14th-15th, 2009 |
2nd |
2nd |
MacD
|
| R3 |
December 19th-20th, 2009 |
3rd |
— |
—
|
| Pound 4 |
January 16th-18th, 2010 |
7th |
33rd |
MacD
|
| SCSA West Coast Circuit #5 |
January 30th, 2010 |
5th |
3rd |
PsychoMidget
|
| Tourney Play 5 |
May 8th, 2010 |
5th |
4th |
MacD
|
| Good Shit German |
July 24th-25th, 2010 |
9th |
1st |
Mew2King
|
| Apex 2010 |
August 6th-8th, 2010 |
7th |
13th |
VaNz
|
| Don't Go Down There Jeff |
December 18th, 2010 |
3rd |
2nd |
Hungrybox
|
| Winter Game Fest VI |
January 22nd-23rd, 2011 |
4th |
3rd |
MacD
|
| Pound V |
February 19th-21st, 2011 |
13th |
9th |
MacD
|
| No Johns 7/2/11 |
July 2nd, 2011 |
3rd |
2nd |
Hax]]
|
| No Johns 8/6/11 |
August 6th, 2011 |
1st |
1st |
Mew2King
|
| KTAR 6 |
August 14th, 2011 |
2nd |
1st |
Mew2King
|
| Apex 2012 |
January 6th-8th, 2012 |
13th |
33rd |
Hack
|
| Winter Game Fest VII |
January 15th, 2012 |
4th |
2nd |
Fly Amanita
|
| Rule 6: NorCal Regional |
July 29th, 2012 |
9th |
9th |
Fly Amanita
|
| Kings of Cali |
November 10th, 2012 |
17th |
5th |
Shroomed
|
| Apex 2013 |
January 11th-13th, 2013 |
13th |
33rd |
Silent Wolf
|
| NorCal Regionals 2013 |
April 26th-28th, 2013 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| EVO 2013 |
July 12th-14th, 2013 |
17th |
— |
—
|
| LanHammer 2013 |
August 17th-18th, 2013 |
5th |
— |
—
|
| Kings of Cali 3 |
December 14th-15th, 2013 |
17th |
13th |
Toph
|
| Apex 2014 |
January 17th-19th, 2014 |
17th |
13th |
Darc
|
| Revival of Melee 7 |
March 8th-9th, 2014 |
9th |
9th |
Cactuar
|
| SKTAR 3 |
May 31st-June 1st, 2014 |
7th |
13th |
Cactuar
|
| MLG Anaheim 2014 |
June 20th-22nd, 2014 |
21st |
— |
—
|
| EVO 2014 |
July 11th-13th, 2014 |
49th |
17th |
Cactuar
|
| Zenith 2014 |
August 2nd-3rd, 2014 |
3rd |
3rd |
Cactuar
|
| The Big House 4 |
October 4th-5th, 2014 |
25th |
9th |
Cactuar
|
| Justice 4 |
October 11th, 2014 |
3rd |
9th |
Animal
|
| Do You Fox Wit It? |
November 15th-16th, 2014 |
9th |
9th |
Flash
|
| Paragon Orlando 2015 |
January 17th-18th, 2015 |
13th |
9th |
Cactuar
|
| Apex 2015 |
January 30th-February 1st, 2015 |
17th |
|
Cactuar
|
| Shots Fired |
February 28th-March 1st, 2015 |
3rd |
3rd |
Velocity
|
| NeoNebulous 7 |
March 28th, 2015 |
3rd |
3rd |
Cactuar
|
| Super Nebulous 3 |
April 25th-26th, 2015 |
17th |
5th |
Cactuar
|
| HFLAN Melee Edition |
May 9th-10th, 2015 |
5th |
1st |
Armada
|
| CEO 2015 |
June 26th-28th, 2015 |
9th |
5th |
Cactuar
|
| EVO 2015 |
July 17th-19th, 2015 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Con 2015 |
August 6th-9th, 2015 |
9th |
17th |
Cactuar
|
| PAX Prime 2015 |
August 28th-30th, 2015 |
9th |
4th |
Cactuar
|
| HTC Throwdown |
September 19th, 2015 |
17th |
17th |
Cactuar
|
| The Big House 5 |
October 2nd-4th, 2015 |
17th |
9th |
Cactuar
|
| Smash the Record 2015 |
October 23rd-26th, 2015 |
— |
4th |
Cactuar
|
| Smash Summit |
November 7th-8th, 2015 |
13th |
7th |
Westballz
|
| GENESIS 3 |
January 15th-17th, 2016 |
33rd |
17th |
Cactuar
|
| Shots Fired 2 |
March 5th-6th, 2016 |
5th |
2nd |
Mew2King
|
| Pound 2016 |
April 2nd-3rd, 2016 |
25th |
— |
—
|
| Emerald City III |
June 18th, 2016 |
5th |
4th |
Silent Wolf
|
| CEO 2016 |
June 24th-26th, 2016 |
25th |
7th |
MacD
|
| EVO 2016 |
July 15th-17th, 2016 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| Super Smash Con 2016 |
August 11th-14th, 2016 |
17th |
— |
—
|
| DI Another Day 2 |
September 8th-11th, 2016 |
2nd |
1st |
Spud
|
| Matador Monthly - September |
September 23rd, 2016 |
1st |
— |
—
|
| The Big House 6 |
October 7th-9th, 2016 |
33rd |
25th |
Nintendude
|
| Canada Cup 2016 |
October 28th-30th, 2016 |
5th |
4th |
MacD
|
| Smash the Record 2016 |
November 11th-14th, 2016 |
17th |
9th |
MacD
|
| GENESIS 4 |
January 20th-22nd, 2017 |
33rd |
17th |
Cactuar
|
| The NorCal Classic |
February 25th, 2017 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| Royal Flush |
May 12th-14th, 2017 |
25th |
5th |
Hungrybox
|
| Get Smashed 123 |
June 20th, 2017 |
65th |
— |
—
|
| EVO 2017 |
July 14th-15th, 2017 |
65th |
— |
—
|
| Shine 2017 |
August 25th-27th, 2017 |
49th |
25th |
Nintendude
|
| GENESIS 5 |
January 19th-21st, 2018 |
97th |
— |
—
|
| Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition |
April 7th, 2018 |
9th |
— |
—
|
| EVO 2018 |
August 3rd-5th, 2018 |
65th |
— |
—
|
Rona Rumble: LACS Qualifier 1 |
July 11th, 2020 |
25th |
— |
—
|
| Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2 |
July 25th-26th, 2020 |
33rd |
— |
—
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 placement |
2v2 placement |
Partner
|
| Shots Fired |
February 28th-March 1st, 2015 |
49th |
— |
—
|
- Several tournament streams, and even the SSBMRank 2014, jokingly list "Poor" as a sponsor of Zhu as a reference to the Wombo Combo.
- Zhu is also known to have held a 2-year winning streak over Hax, not losing to him in bracket even once until No Johns 7/2/11, and defeating him in every encounter afterward until Revival of Melee 7.
- Zhu used the tag CG for some of his sets at EVO 2016, which is a reference to an edited version of the DK Rap by SiIvaGunner.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
SSBMRank 2017: 66th 
