Smasher:Ally

Ally is a Canadian Ultimate player with a  secondary from Montreal, Quebec. He was considered the best Snake player in the world and the best Mario player in Canada up until his banning from major tournaments in mid 2019. Ally was formerly ranked 1st on the Montreal Ultimate Power Rankings and unofficially ranked 6th on the Spring 2019 PGRU.

In Brawl, he was a main, and was considered the best Snake player in the world throughout Brawl's active competitive life, alongside being one of best  players and being considered one of the best players in the world outright for nearly the entire game's lifespan. He was ranked at the 0 position on the final Quebec Brawl Power Rankings, and 1st on the final Michigan Brawl Power Rankings; he was also ranked 8th on the 2014 SSBBRank, the final global ranking for Brawl before the release of Smash 4, and was formerly ranked 14th on the 2016-2017 SSBBRank.

In Project M, Ally was an player, and considered one of the best Ike players in the world when he was still active up until early 2016. Ally was formerly ranked 37th on the PMRank 2016.

In Smash 4, Ally was a main, and was considered the best Smash 4 Mario player of all-time, as well as one of the overall best Smash 4 players in the world, being ranked 5th on the Panda Global Rankings 100. His crowning achievement was winning EVO 2016, the largest Smash 4 tournament of all time. Among his many Smash 4 rankings include being ranked 3rd on the final Canada Smash Ranking while being ranked 1st prior, formerly ranking at the 0 position on the Montreal Smash 4 Power Rankings, ranking 1st on the discontinued Midwest Smash 4 Power Rankings, and was formerly ranked 2nd on the Michigan Smash 4 Power Rankings.

Ally is the sixth player to take a set off of ZeRo in Smash 4, and the second to eliminate him, doing so at Get On My Level 2016. In addition, he is the first player to eliminate him at multiple tournaments, achieving this again at Smash 'N' Splash 2, Super Smash Con 2016, and GENESIS 4. Ally is also the player with the most amount of set wins against ZeRo, with an astounding eight victories against him in bracket.

On August 18th, 2016, Ally was signed by Cloud9. Over a year later, on April 3rd, 2018, Ally and Cloud9 parted ways.

Playstyle
Ally's playstyle is characterized through decisive smart decision-making and a tendency to take risks, which allow him to clutch out a game or make a comeback.

In Smash 4
He played and was well known for his consistent punish and defensive/aggressive options that allowed him to take control of a match. He was adept for catching onto an opponent's habits, allowing him to read air dodges and dominate his opponent through hard reads. This is mostly exemplified through his match against, the undisputed best player in the world where he dissected the neutral game and downloaded his opponent. Besides his prowess in the neutral, Ally also was well known for his repeated usage of Mario's up smash multiple times in a row due to it being extremely safe. This characteristic of the move allowed Ally to play very risky for a kill, yet still remained unscathed while getting into his opponent's head.

In Ultimate
Ally reprises his old main and uses  as a secondary. With Snake, Ally plays aggressively and places grenades in positions that would allow him a combo opportunity or a situation where Ally could take control. His clutch factor still remains with Snake's forward aerial to annihilate his opponents' stock with a single read. Along with this, he also utilizes Snake's powerful up tilt to secure kills, in semblance to his Mario up smash habit in Smash 4. With Mario, he more so plays the same as in Smash 4, however, he does not repeatedly use Mario's up smash constantly due to the move being not as safe.

Rise to Fame
Ally first gained prominence at his first United States tournament nearly a year after the release of Brawl at Cataclysm 4, placing 3rd after losing to and. He later placed 2nd at Clash of the Titans IV after being double eliminated by Mew2King. Ally would go on to win Apex 2009 and GENESIS defeating Mew2King at both tournaments. Ally then placed 2nd at EVO 2009 and S.N.E.S.,falling to Mew2King and  respectively. At Pound 4, Ally placed 3rd. Defeated by, he proceeded to make a lengthy Losers' run, defeating , , , and Ksizzle, before losing to Mew2King. In contrast, Ally defeated Mew2King at WHOBO 2, and placed 1st.

At the Height of Brawl
Despite his prior win on Mew2King, Ally placed 2nd at both MLG Orlando 2010 and MLG Columbus 2010, losing to Mew2King both times. Ally then notably attended European tournament Bushido Brawl Impact, placing 2nd. He defeated and, but would ultimately be double eliminated by Glutonny. Returning to North America, at Apex 2010, Ally would place 5th, losing to, then defeating and  before being eliminated by Mew2King. He was eliminated early at MLG Raleigh 2010, by Havok, placing 17th. Ally placed 8th at MLG DC 2010, falling to. In November of 2010, at MLG Dallas 2010, the final tournament of the MLG 2010 circuit, Ally placed 4th, being eliminated by.

At Pound V, Ally took 1st. Following a loss to ESAM, Mew2King would forfeit to him in Losers', and he proceeded to defeat, ADHD, ESAM, Seibrik, and double eliminate ANTi. He then proceeded to win WHOBO 3, defeating and. At GENESIS 2, Ally placed 2nd, initially losing to ADHD, before beating, Gnes, and ADHD, before falling to Mew2King.

At the first tournament of the new year, Apex 2012, currently the largest SSBB tournament of all time, Ally placed 5th. He defeated Brood and UltimateRazer, before losing to and. Ally repeated his 5th place placement at, defeating , , and , before losing to ESAM and. He would be unable win his third WHOBO tournament, placing 2nd at WHOBO 4. After barely losing to early in winners' bracket, he then eliminated Seibrik,, DKwill, Atomsk, Gnes before falling to ESAM.

Following that, Ally attended Apex 2013, placing 13th. He fell to early, defeated, then lost to Dabuz. He would later win IMPULSE 2013, defeating Dabuz. Then, he'd place 9th at SKTAR 2, upset by, and defeated by ESAM. His later placements at consecutive Brawl tournaments after the release of Smash 4 would be 1st place finishes at Apex 2015, Dismantle 2, Oh, Did I Win? 2, [https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/odiw3-ssbb-singles.12582/ Oh, Did I Win? #3], Get On My Level 2016, Midwest Mayhem 4, and placing 7th at Super Smash Con 2016.

Project M
In 2013, Ally began playing Project M entering Singles at KTAR 8, placing 2nd, defeating before falling to Mew2King. In Brawl Singles, he placed 4th, defeating, before losing to Mew2King. He then eliminated Mr.R before losing to.

At Apex 2014, Ally placed 5th in Brawl Singles. He lost to, and then eliminated and Tyrant, before being eliminated himself by Mew2King. In PM Singles, he placed 7th, losing to. In Brawl Singles at SKTAR 3, Ally placed 5th, defeating Nairo, before once again losing to ESAM. He was then eliminated by ZeRo 0-2 in losers' quarters. Ally traveled to Mexico to attend Smash Factor 3. Not much is known aside that he placed 3rd in Project M singles, losing to in losers finals.

The Switch to Smash 4
Ally's first recorded SSB4 tournament was Smash Intensifies, to which he won, defeating in grand finals. In December of 2014, Ally won The Come Up, the Canadian qualifier for Apex 2015, without dropping a single set, defeating, , and DKwill. He was later invited to the CLASH Online Invitational Finals, where he placed 7th, losing to and ANTi. He would then win both The Flex Zone and Neo Canadia 5 defeating and  for both respective tournaments.

At Apex 2015 he lost to Vinnie in pools. In losers he defeated, , and Vinnie in a rematch before falling to and. In March 2015, Ally won Shots Fired, a national tournament held in Easton, Pennsylvania. Ally lost to 6WX in winners semis, but made it to grand finals and bested to win the torunament. At LAN WAR X Ally was upset by in winners, but went on to defeat  twice to win the tournament. At Enthusiast Gaming Live he took 2nd place after defeating and Meekspeedy, he lost to Holy twice in grand finals. Ally would then win both Shuffle VII and Smash 'N' Splash against and. At EXP 2015 Ally defeated, and to make it to winners finals, but placed 3rd after being defeated by V115 and Poke. At EVO 2015, Ally placed 5th, after beating to advance to Top 8 on the losers side, then defeating  but lost to. At Low Tier City 3 Ally defeated, and  before being sent to losers by  in winners finals. In losers he defeated before being eliminated by ZeRo again. Summit 2015 would be Ally's next 1st place finish after he defeating, , , and. At Paragon Los Angeles 2015 Ally defeated before being sent to losers by. In losers he defeated, , Dakpo, , , and Mr. R  before losing to Dabuz and finishing in 4th place. Ally then traveled to Japan for Umebura F.A.T. where he placed 7th after beating, , and before being eliminated by. In October, he attended Smashfield weeklies #9, at the weekly he defeated, , and before losing to  in winners finals. In losers he defeated and ESAM in both sets of grand finals to win the tournament. At The Big House 5 he defeated to make it into Top 32. In Top 32 he lost to in winners eights and dropped to losers where he defeated  before losing to  through the losers bracket to finish at 13th. 2 weeks later, at MLG World Finals 2015, he defeated to advance into the championship bracket winners side. In bracket he defeated and  before lost to ZeRo again in winners semis. In losers he defeated before being eliminated by Nairo, placing 4th. To finish out the month, he won Canada Cup 2015. Ally's last win for the year would be at Smash INTENSIFIES 2 after defeating Holy.

Continued Dominance
Ally attended Dismantle 2 where he defeated before upsetted by. In losers bracket he defeated,  and DKwil before being eliminated by  and finished 3rd. At GENESIS 3, Ally made it to winners quarters after beating, and , but lost to  and Nairo to finish at 9th place. At Frosty Faustings VIII Ally defeated Ned and to make another 1st place finish. In February, Ally won Oh, Did I Win? 2 by defeating, Zinoto and. Ally then went to Frostbite taking out JJROCKETS,, Ned and Zinoto. At Landlocked he was upsetted by. In losers he lost to ending at 4th place. To end the month, Ally went to Breakout 2 where he defeated and LOE1 before barely losing to Zinoto. In losers he eliminated and reset the bracket against Zinoto but lost the second set. In March 2016, he attended the national tournament Shots Fired 2 where he lost to and placed 9th. He then attended Midwest Mayhem, a bracket reset by Mr. R in grands but Ally won the tournament in the second set. He would then enter OUTFOXX'D where he beat JJROCKETS and Zinoto before falling to Mr. R twice, granting him a 2nd place finish. Ally would later travel to Virginia for Pound 2016 where in winners quarters he was sent to losers by. He was eliminated by in grand finals. At EGLX, he fell to Mew2King in winners semis. In losers quarters, he defeated Mew2king in the runback. He placed 2nd at that tournament by losing to Nairo. At NEW FISH he defeated and Marss before falling to Larry Lurr. He was later eliminated by Larry Lurr.

At Get On My Level 2016, Ally placed 1st, becoming the second person in Smash 4 history to eliminate ZeRo, defeating him 3-2 in grand finals. About a month later, he won Smash 'N' Splash 2, double-eliminating ZeRo in grand finals, making him the first player ever to eliminate ZeRo twice. These two wins began an extended period in which he was the only player who could consistently defeat the world's #1 player, and he became one of the closest challengers yet for the title of best in the world. His most illustrious tournament win came at EVO 2016, he defeated in grand finals and received the title EVO champion. At Clutch City Clash, he was double eliminated by and placing 3rd. Super Smash Con 2016 was the summer's last major event. He would lose to in pools but made it to top 8 through the losers bracket by beating ZeRo again for the 4th time that year. He then beat but eventually lost to VoiD to finish at 5th. He later travelled to Rio de Janeiro to compete in the eGames Showcase 2016, going through the winners bracket uncontested, beating, Larry Lurr and MkLeo without dropping a game. In grand finals, he faced off again against Larry Lurr to win the tournament. On August 18th, 2016, Ally was signed on by Cloud 9 as their second Smash player after. At The Big House 6, he was upsetted in pools by. He beat but then felt ill and decided to drop out from the tournament, ending his run at 25th place. At, Ally's third encounter with MkLeo in tournament. They met in winners finals, where Ally had the upper hand, but in grand finals, Leo reset the bracket and won the event. At LAN WAR X 2016, Ally took the tournament beating, , and Venom in grand finals. At UGC Smash Open Ally lost to  in pools, he later falling to  and ending his run at 9th place. One week later at Showdown: Battle Royale Ally fell to en route to top 8. He was later eliminated by Mr. R again and finishing in 3rd. He ended 2016 with 2GGT: ZeRo Saga, he was falling to and he was eliminated by MkLeo finishing at 5th place. At Midwest Mayhem 6: SoCal Invasion, Ally was defeated by Tyroy in winners bracket. Later, he was defeated by and finished at 7th place. Due to Ally's constant success and dominance, he was ranked 2nd on the PGR V2.

At GENESIS 4, he narrowly defeated with ZeRo using Cloud, but then lost to MkLeo twice, placing 2nd. In February 2017, Ally attended Midwest Mayhem 7: Mexico Invasion where he lost to Tyroy in winners quarters. In losers, he was eliminated by and finished in 5th place. Ally was then invited to Niconico Tokaigi 2017, where he defeated before falling to  and, ultimately finished 9th at the event. At Frostbite 2017, Ally was upset by Komota's Kirby in his pool, but still managed to qualify for top 48 losers. After beating, , , and , he lost to  at the beginning of losers top 8, placing 7th. In March of 2017, Ally would attend Super Smash Geek 6, the Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour qualifier. He placed 1st, defeating and double eliminating. Travelling to Arizona, Ally attended Rise 2017, placing 1st, defeating, , , and. It would serve as a precursor for the following weekend, when he attended 2GGC: Civil War. After defeating to make it out of pools in top 96 winners, Ally lost to. He then defeated before losing to 's Samus at the beginning of top 32 losers, placing 25th. In April, Ally first win was at Welcome to the Oven, defeating Blacktwins in both winners and grand finals. At Midwest Mayhem 8, Ally made top 8 winners after defeating, , and. In top 8, he beat but lost to  in winners finals. He was then eliminated by in losers finals, placing 3rd. At DreamHack Austin 2017, Ally defeated everyone he faced in pools and defeated and  each to make top 8 winners side. In top 8, he defeated ZeRo in winners semis but lost to MkLeo in winners finals. He then lost to ZeRo in a rematch in losers finals, placing 3rd. Ally went on to win 2GGC: Greninja Saga. defeating, , , , and twice, qualifying for the 2GG Championship in December. At MomoCon 2017, Ally made it out of pools in top 48 winners side. After barely defeating though, he lost to  in winners quarters. After qualifying for losers top 8 by defeating Komorikiri, he then lost to, placing 7th. At Smash 'N' Splash 3, Ally easily made top 8 winners, defeating and. He then barely defeated in winners semis and  in winners finals. However, in grand finals, Ally lost to ZeRo twice, placing 2nd, which ended his streak of winning Smash 'N' Splash tournaments. At 2GGC: Nairo Saga, Ally made top 8 winners, defeating, , and  barely. He lost to MkLeo in winners semis and Salem in losers quarters, placing 5th. Ally ended up getting ranked 5th on the PGR v3.

Decline
At EVO 2017, Ally was upset by and, placing at a disappointing 49th, his worst placing since CEO 2016 over a year prior and a far cry from his win last year. At DreamHack Atlanta 2017, Ally won in his pool and entered top 64 winners side. He immediately lost to VoiD. After defeating, he lost to ZeRo again, placing 13th. Two weeks later, at Super Smash Con 2017, Ally was upset again, this time by and  in pools, placing 33rd. Ally would again place outside top 8 at 2GGC: SCR Saga, losing to MkLeo and CaptainZack, placing 9th. At Shine 2017, he lost to MkLeo in winners quarters (notably counterpicking Diddy Kong game 2), he entered top 8 losers side after defeating. He defeated, but lost to in losers quarters, placing 5th. Ally was invited to PAX Arena at PAX West 2017, where he defeated everyone in his round robin pool except whom he lost to, to be seeded in winners quarters of the final bracket. After defeating, he lost to and Salem, placing 4th. At GameTyrant Expo 2017, Ally was upset by in pools. He then lost to Larry Lurr in losers, placing 25th. Ally would later go on to The Big House 7, where he defeated in pools and lost to, facing against , , and. In top 8, he would face again but eventually lost, ending his run at 7th place. A month later, Ally attended, Ally cruised through pools and top 32 in a dominant fashion where he didn't drop a single game. He would however lose to and  in top 8, ending his run at 5th place. Ally's last tournament of the season was 2GG Championship where he defeated and, but lost to  allowing him to Qualify for the Playoff group. Although he managed to defeat, he lost to , , and placing 9th. Due to his declining results, Ally was ranked 14th on the PGR V4, much lower than his former seasons.

The following year, Ally went to where he defeated  and Darkshad and respectivly. In top 32, he beat but narroly lost to  and  placing 9th. Ally then traveled to Japan to attend Niconico Tokagi 2018 where he defeated but lost to Larry Lurr and MkLeo finishing at 9th place. At EGLX 2018, Ally cruised through pools without dropping a game, and in top 32, he defeated and upsetted  allowing him to qualify for top 8 winners. However, he was defeated by and Mistake placing 5th. Ally later attended Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas where he lost to in pools. He defeated and  before falling to  ending his run at 13th place. Ally underperformed at his next tournament Get On My Level 2018 as he failed to make it out of pools. He lost to and   placing at 25th place. His next national was Smash 'N' Splash 4 where he lost to BONK! early in pools. However, he made an impressive losers run defeating, , CaptainZack, and Mistake before narroly falling to ending his run at 13th place. At Hyrule Saga, Ally defeated CaptainZack in pools before losing to and  finishing at 17th place. Ally failed to achieve a single top 8 at a major event for the 5th season, resulting in him getting 33rd on the PGR V5. Ally also stated that he didn't care that much about trying to get a high placing on the PGR due to the release of Smash Ultimate. Ally's first tournament for the final season was Showdown: Battle Royale 3, defeating Darkshad after cruising through pools without dropping a single game, however he lost to CaptainZack. He managed to defeat in a close set, allowing him to qualify to top 8 losers. However he lost to placing 7th. Ally would later go on to attend EVO 2018. In pools, he defeated and defeated. In top 32 winners, he lost to Mistake. He then defeated in a close set but lost to, ending his run at 13th place. Ally got his lowest placement yet at Super Smash Con 2018 where he lost to in pools. Due to a lack of motivation, he DQ'd after the loss placing 65th. Ally then competed at DreamHack Montreal 2018, and defeated in winners semis. In winners finals, Ally lost to in a close set, and play against  again in losers finals, but eventually lost to  in grand finals, with a 2nd place finish. Ally's final Smash 4 tournament was Canada Cup 2018, where he competed against and. Although hemanaged to defeat the latter, he lost to. He defeated allowing him to qualify to top 8 losers, but lost to 's Lucina, ending his run at 7th place.

Smash Ultimate
Ally came into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by returning to being a Snake main from Brawl. His early results in Ultimate were somewhat mediocre, placing 25th at and 49th at, the first two S-tiers of Ultimate. However, he would later see a return to form and saw much more success at tournaments such as 5th place at, 3rd at and , and won his first major at. These results were enough to get Ally ranked 6th, albeit unofficially, on the Spring 2019 PGRU.

Retirement and ban
On July 3rd, 2019, Ally retired from Smash Bros. tournament play following increased scrutiny towards his former relationship with.

This relationship first became a subject of discussion on March 22, 2019, due to allegations made by on Twitter. However, at the time, CaptainZack apparently had access to tamim's account, and deleted these tweets. On March 23, 2019, CaptainZack replied to a tweet asking him to clarify whether he and Ally had engaged in a sexual relationship, stating, "nothing ever happened even close to that". On June 29, 2019, however, CaptainZack tweeted and later deleted a photo of himself holding a postcard up to his face with "Tamim was telling the truth." written on it. At the time of their relationship, CaptainZack, born 2001, was 16 years old; Ally, born 1991, was 27. A month later, a Twitter account going by "The Truth" with the username "@SmashBrosTruth" tweeted that CaptainZack had forced Ally into the relationship and had blackmailed Ally to drop sets against and  at  and, respectively. CaptainZack confirmed the latter half hours later.

Following Ally's retirement, Panda Global's PG Stats team announced an internal evaluation, with the possibility of removing him from the upcoming PGRU. While it was eventually decided that he would be given a place on the PGRU, they opted to omit him from the X-Factor survey, list only his ranking and placement without a player card or blurb, and skip over him on the PGRU SmashCenter podcast on Twitch. At the same time, the Harassment Task Force announced that a statement had been delivered to tournament organizers advising a lifetime ban from competition for Ally. The degree to which this ban applies, however, is controversial. At least one prominent tournament organizer,, claimed to have not been notified of any lifetime ban.

In addition to the CaptainZack case, Ally has also been accused of assault by his ex-girlfriend. This accusation was factored in when issuing his ban.

On January 23, 2020, Montreal Gaming Center announced that Ally would be returning to competitive play at Friday Night Smash #57. The announcement was met with much controversy, with most upset at his return. After winning the local, he was interviewed by, where he revealed that he stopped playing Ultimate for 3 to 4 months following his retirement and sought out therapy. He plans to continue competing locally, but is unsure of how or if he will ever return to competing at the national level. As a result of mistakes made by the Harassment Task Force during their initial evaluation of Ally's situation, the case was reviewed with newer evidence. On May 14th, 2020, the Task Force decided to leave the recommendation standing.

In February 2021, Ally would post a YouTube video discussing several topics, where he would state that his ex-girlfriend abused him throughout the relationship and would maintain the notion that he never abused her. He would also reaffirm the claim that Zack manipulated him while he was in a low mental health situation and used this as an opportunity to blackmail him, and that he never abused him as well.

Trivia

 * Ally is 's younger brother, who he used to almost always team up with for doubles events.
 * Ally, along with, are the only competitive players to have won a major in three different Smash Bros games before their retirements, with wins in Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate.
 * Ally and fellow main  are known for exaggerating Mario's weaknesses, which later became a meme on Twitter and in commentary.
 * Due to his humorously inflammatory comments on social media, Ally is often considered one of the premier trolls of the Smash community, as evidenced by dubbing him the "Twitter terror" at.
 * At Smashachusetts II, Ally entered with the tag "Chileandude829" in homage of smasher, who was then known as "Chillindude829".
 * In 2012, Ally temporarily went under the alias Axis, where he then announced his "retirement" from Smash and had "Axis" emerge shortly after, in a similar fashion to 's "Scorpion Master" alias when he mained in Melee.
 * Ally held the record for most Smashfield Weeklies tournaments won before Ultimate, having earned 1st place in 33 Smashfield Weeklies tournaments.
 * was Ally's worst placing at a Smash 4 tournament in his career, placing 65th, defeated by before forfeiting in Losers. This is tied with his worst Project M placing, 65th at.


 * GOML 2016 - TSM ZeRo vs. Ally - Grand Finals SSB4
 * Smash'N'Splash 2 GRAND FINALS - TSM | Zero vs. Ally (Mario)
 * EVO 2016 - Ally vs. Dabuz - Top 16 Winners SSB4
 * EVO 2016 - Ally vs. Kamemushi - Grand Finals SSB4
 * Chronicles of Olympus II sGF: Nom (Sheik) vs C9|Ally (Diddy/Cloud)
 * No Man's LAN 13 - Ally (Mario) vs. EMG.Mistake (ZSS, Bayonetta) - Grand Finals
 * Hyrule Saga - Captain Zack (Bayonetta) Vs. Ally (Mario) Top 128 Winners - Smash 4