Smasher:Bear

Bear is a tournament organizer & esports event manager from Beirut, Lebanon who is currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bear is currently the Esports Manager of Esports Arena Las Vegas inside the Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip. He was the player manager for, as well as the manager of their west coast operations. Bear was the Partnerships Manager for start.gg.

Bear has been involved with the competitive Smash 4 scene since the game was first released as a demo for 3DS in September 2014. His tournament organization work ranges from small locals in Las Vegas to very large international events such as and.

He is responsible for creating the tournament series in 2014. DVDA removed the stigma that events in Las Vegas were only hosted by non-local tournament organizers, and helped gather and train Las Vegas smashers with the best on the west coast. Bear's grassroots efforts transformed the DVDA series from a small local tournament into a large regional (sometimes national) level tournament. Bear continues to support his local scene recently working with Esports Arena Las Vegas to bring numerous Super Smash Bros. events along with other esports games.

Bear graduated from UNLV with a Master of Public Administration, hence why his twitter handle is @BearUNLV.

Tournaments organized

 * The tournament series
 * GENESIS 3
 * LVL UP EXPO 2016
 * Combo Breaker 2016
 * CEO 2016
 * EVO 2016
 * Road to Shine
 * Shine 2016
 * Key to The PG House
 * The Big House 6
 * UGC Online Open
 * Hero to ZeRo
 * Smash the Record 2016
 * Battle on the Strip
 * UGC Smash Open
 * 2GGT: ZeRo Saga
 * PG Key to GENESIS 4
 * GENESIS 4
 * PG Key to Frostbite 2017
 * PG Key to 2GGC: Civil War
 * Frame Perfect Series 2
 * PG Key to Midwest Mayhem 8
 * CEO Dreamland
 * DreamHack Austin 2017
 * Combo Breaker 2017
 * CEO 2017
 * EVO 2017
 * Shine 2017
 * GameTyrant Expo 2017
 * The Big House 7
 * DreamHack Denver 2017
 * Too Hot to Handle
 * GENESIS 5
 * Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas
 * CEO 2018
 * EVO 2018
 * Combo Breaker 2019
 * CEO 2019
 * EVO 2019
 * GENESIS 7
 * GENESIS 7

Trivia

 * In response to the GENESIS 6 seeding controversy, where European smashers were infamously compared to penguins, Bear wore a penguin onesie on the first day of GENESIS 6.
 * Bear is a ranked Mario Kart 8 Deluxe player and content creator. He is current ranked 3rd in Las Vegas for LAN tournaments.