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'''Zamu''' is a [[smasher]] from Champaign, Illinois. | '''Zamu''' is a [[smasher]] from Champaign, Illinois. She is a top {{SSBM|Fox}} player in the Midwest, and cousin to the best active Donkey Kong main in the world, {{Sm|Ringler}}. She has taken sets off of players such as {{Sm|Cody Schwab}}, {{Sm|Ginger}}, {{Sm|Trif}}, {{Sm|Professor Pro}}, {{Sm|Magi}}, and {{Sm|Gahtzu}}; in addition, she has wins in online tournaments over players such as {{Sm|SFAT}} and {{Sm|Polish}}. Zamu is currently ranked 25th on the [[SSBMRank Summer 2023]] and 1st on the Champaign Melee Power Rankings. She occasionally plays [[Netplay]], and has reached Master status.<ref>[https://www.smashladder.com/player/40865/zamu/achievements Netplay profile]</ref> | ||
She was signed by {{Team|Team Spire}} on May 7th, 2018.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TeamSpireGG/status/993587131149946882 Zamu sponsored by Team Spire]</ref> Along with {{Sm|Spark}}, she was later signed to {{Team|Eggdog Esports}} on July 24th, 2023.<ref>https://twitter.com/EggdogEsports/status/1683501013448409088</ref> | |||
==Tournament history== | ==Tournament history== | ||
===Beginnings=== | ===Beginnings=== | ||
Zamu first began playing competitively in early 2015, attending the weeklies in Champaign. Near the end of 2016, | Zamu first began playing competitively in early 2015, attending the weeklies in Champaign. Near the end of 2016, she entered her first major at {{Trn|The Big House 6}}, notably losing in Round 1 Pools against {{Sm|Ginger}}, followed by a solid 33rd finish at {{Trn|Eden}}, losing to {{Sm|Druggedfox}} in Winners side of Top 64. | ||
2017 marked significant progression, gradually placing higher, teaming with various players in the scene (notably Thor and {{Sm|Captain Faceroll}}) and travelling to more regional events. | 2017 marked significant progression, gradually placing higher, teaming with various players in the scene (notably Thor and {{Sm|Captain Faceroll}}) and travelling to more regional events. She made her first appearance on the [https://start.gg/rankings/melee/series/champaign-illinois/spring-2017 Champaign Power Rankings in the Spring 2017 iteration], at 9th. Zamu traveled to {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 3}}, losing in pools to {{Sm|Cal}}. A string of more solid placements eventually led to her first tournament win in September of 2017, and being ranked 6th in the [https://start.gg/rankings/melee/series/champaign-illinois/fall-2017 Fall 2017 Power Rankings]. She fell to {{Sm|Crush}} (3-0) and JustJoe at Super Rubicon 2 - finishing at 7th. She took a set over {{Sm|Reeve}} (3-2), earning a 5th place finish at Kill Roy: Vol. 3. At House of Paign 15, after being sent to losers side of Top 48 by {{Sm|Prince Abu}} (3-1), she 3-0'd JustJoe and bested {{Sm|Michael}} (3-1), but was eliminated by SK92 (3-0) to finish 7th. She rounded out the year with a 2nd place finish at The Winter Theater, beating {{Sm|AbsentPage}} in a game-5 Losers Finals set (only losing to eventual winner, Captain Faceroll). | ||
===2018=== | ===2018=== | ||
Zamu kicked off 2018 with a 7th place finish at Cincinnati Smash Classic VII, losing to {{Sm|Drephen}} and Fizzle_Boy. | Zamu kicked off 2018 with a 7th place finish at Cincinnati Smash Classic VII, losing to {{Sm|Drephen}} and Fizzle_Boy. She then attended the Chicago Melee Arcadian, winning the event with nearly all 3-0 sweeps through Winners side of Top 32 (only dropping 1 game). This was followed by House of Paign 16, where Zamu lost to Cob and Reeve enroute to a lack luster 17th place finish. Next, at Chicago Gaming Coalition No.1, Zamu lost to {{Sm|Bananas}} in Winners Semis of pools, and was upset in the Top 32 Losers qualifier by dudutsai, finishing 33rd. At Stiff Knees, Zamu was sent to Losers by Vista (3-1), and then eliminated by Travioli (3-2) to get 5th place, just ahead of {{Trn|Full Bloom 4}}. At her first Major of the year, she lost in pools to Free Palestine (formerly Milhous), and then was eliminated in pools by {{Sm|homemadewaffles}}, getting 65th. She quickly turned things around, and at House of Paign 17, she beat {{Sm|Kels}} (3-1), and ended with a solid 4th place finish, only losing to AbsentPage and Michael. This was followed by a 1st place finish at a regional in Missouri - Wunderland 7 - taking out Travioli (who sent him to Losers), {{Sm|Shinobi}} and {{Sm|Iori}}. The week after that, Zamu competed at {{Trn|Aegis}}, and enroute to a 9th place finish, took out {{Sm|Rik}} while losing to {{Sm|Plup}} and {{Sm|Moky}}. At the last of House of Paign iteration until the fall (HoP 18), Zamu coasted into Winners side of Top 48, beating Drephen and {{Sm|Syrox}}, but was sent to Losers by eventual runner-up, {{Sm|KJH}}, and eliminated by {{Sm|Ginger}}. A pair of back-to-back regionals made for a good showing ahead of the summer of smash, as Zamu double-eliminated Rik at Rest in Peach (getting 2nd to AbsentPage), and double eliminated Rik at Master Hand Monthly in Indiana the following weekend to take 1st place. | ||
At {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 4}}, Zamu met Ginger in Top 64 Winner's Qualifier - beating him 2-0. | At {{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 4}}, Zamu met Ginger in Top 64 Winner's Qualifier - beating him 2-0. She then faced {{Sm|S2J}} in first round of Top 64, losing 3-0, and was eliminated by Travioli in a game 5 set, taking 33rd. Her strongest run of the year came at {{Trn|Smashville 7}}, where she ran through {{Sm|Redd}}, Drephen, and Michael, before losing both sets of Grand Finals to {{Sm|n0ne}}, but managed to take the first set to game 5. At {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018}}, she was upset in Winners Semi's of pools by Cascade (2-1), and then lost in Round 2 pools to DrLobster (2-1), ending her run at 97th. Capping off the summer of smash was {{Trn|Shine 2018}}, where Zamu again lost in Round 1 pools to Riko, but pulled together a solid Losers run, beating players such as TheRealThing and G$, before falling to {{Sm|Darktooth}}, earning 33rd. | ||
==Rankings== | ==Rankings== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *She was once a top Pokemon TCG player, ranked #1 in Illinois, and placed 9th at a national tournament. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
