Smasher:PC Chris


 * Not to be confused with .

PC Chris is a smasher from New York. He was considered to be among the best and  players in the world during the 2006-2009 era. He was ranked fourth on the Smash Panel Power Rankings when it was active and 3rd on the North Atlantic Regional Power Rankings. The "PC" part of his name comes from his hometown, Port Chester. He made an appearance in an episode of the MTV documentary series, "True Life: I'm A Professional Gamer".

Golden Age of Melee
PC Chris started his MLG career by winning MLG New York Opener 2006, the first tournament in the MLG 2006 Pro Circuit, defeating twice. However, at MLG Dallas 2006, he lost to Ken in winners' finals and then to in losers' finals, placing 3rd. At MLG Anaheim 2006, he lost to ChuDat again in winners' semis, then defeated, , and ChuDat in losers' bracket, and won the first set of grand finals against Ken, but still lost the second set, placing 2nd. He lost to ChuDat and at MLG Chicago 2006, placing 5th. PC Chris also won MELEE-FC6, defeating in two consecutive sets during grand finals.

MLG Orlando 2006 proved to be his worst tournament in the season, as he lost to Azen and then to early in losers' bracket, finishing at a disappointing 13th place. Despite this, his placement of 2nd at MLG New York Playoffs 2006, where he defeated ChuDat twice but lost to Azen twice, allowed him to successfully qualify for the MLG 2006 championship. PC Chris eventually went on to win MLG Las Vegas 2006 and take the MLG 2006 championship, defeating Azen, Isai, and KoreanDJ twice.

In 2007, PC Chris placed 4th at Cataclysm 3, losing to Mew2King and KoreanDJ, 3rd at MLG Long Island 2007, losing to Mew2King twice, 5th at Pound 2, losing to ChuDat and Mew2King, and 2nd at MELEE-FC Diamond, losing to Mew2King in two sets of grand finals. He did, however, win Zero Challenge 3, sweeping through losers' bracket and defeating Mew2King in two sets of grand finals after losing to Mew2King in winners' quarters.

PC Chris qualified for the EVO 2007 championship by placing 2nd at EVO East 2007 and 2nd at EVO West 2007. He eventually placed 4th at EVO World 2007. PC Chris's final three top performances were 5th at Viva La Smashtaclysm, losing to Azen and Mew2King, 3rd at Pound 3, losing to Mew2King and, and 4th at Revival of Melee, losing to Mango and.

Post-2013
PC Chris spent years in a semi-retired state; while he still participated in several national tournaments and usually made it into the bracket, his results were not nearly as notable as they once were. PC Chris returned to the Melee scene in May 2014 at the event Justice 3, with this being confirmed towards the end of said event's trailer. He placed 17th in Melee singles at the event. However, he has not made any notable appearances at tournaments since.

On January 9th 2015, PC Chris posted a tweet reading "This amazing year of Smash has opened my eyes. Needless to say, this old dog is eager to learn some new tricks. I've missed you, Brothers." Shortly after, he announced his interest in returning to Melee in hopes to compete consistently at high level play once again. He also appeared on 's Twitch stream series Nostalgia Nights detailing his return to Smash and his history in Smash over the past decade. PC Chris shortly after attended the tourney Neo Nebulous Beta 2, where he played 13th, though he wouldn't make an impact until Super Nebulous 2 on January 24th, 2015, where he made it into pro bracket in 2nd seed of his pool. He lost to first round, but was able to take Game 1, much to the shock of many. He then defeated in loser's before being defeated by  2-0 to get 17th.

PC Chris attended Apex 2015, where he nearly made bracket, placing 49th of 1,037 competitors. In it, he placed 2nd in his 1st round pool, losing only to, a top level European smasher. In 2nd round pools, he defeated and, and had a close set with , zero to death-ing him in the opening of Game 1 and bringing the set to last stock on Game 3. He was eventually defeated, but received a huge cheer from the crowd on his exit. He later fought Ken in the Salty Suite, where he lost the first game as Fox, but switched to Falco starting with game 2. The match went to Game 5 last stock, but PC Chris won it out 3-2 with a JV2 last game. He then proceeded to surf the crowd as celebration.

After Apex 2015, PC Chris made a few more appearances at tournaments, placing 13th at MVG Sandstorm. Around this time, he expressed interest in streaming on Twitch. He received significant support from the community, particularly from, who led a donation drive that aimed to raise around $1,000 so that PC Chris could obtain a better setup for streaming. However, due to unknown circumstances, PC Chris streamed only on a limited number of occasions and fell out of the community once again.

Trivia

 * PC Chris received what was, at the time, the biggest prize payout in a Melee tournament ever, when he won $10,000 for 1st place at MLG Las Vegas 2006. This record stood for nine years, until Armada earned $11,525.15 for 1st place at Smash Summit in 2015.
 * He was the subject of a parodying website, in which he was declared the greatest person in the world.
 * Coupled with exuberant commentary, the video of PC's round 3 win over Ken at the MLG New York Opener 2006 is widely considered to be one of the best Melee matches to be recorded.
 * The PC Walk was named after PC Chris.