Smasher:Mr. Wizard
| Mr. Wizard | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Smash 4 main | Duck Hunt |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Shoryuken, EVO (President) |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Joey Cuellar |
| Location | Southern California 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Amateur |
Mr. Wizard is a tournament director from Southern California who is mostly known as one of the co-founders of the Evolution Championship Series or simply EVO. He is the main TO for the EVO national tournaments which are the largest yearly FGC-run and smash events ever. In terms of playing, he has a Duck Hunt[1], and has also played other various fighting games.
Controversies surrounding Smash at EVO
EVO 2013 issues surrounding Melee + Future Approvals
Super Smash Bros. Melee was the fighting game that donated the most money for Breast Cancer Research due to the massive push from the Melee It On Me podcast staff. In July of 2013, Nintendo attempted to block streaming for Melee at EVO 2013 a few days before the tournament was set to begin, as well as shutting down the Melee portion of the event altogether. However, because of extreme community backlash, Nintendo retracted the ban hours later. This retraction allowed Mr. Wizard and EVO to run Melee as planned. However for EVO 2014, Mr. Wizard revealed the initial six games at the tournament while reserving a seventh spot for Melee, while waiting for Nintendo's approval. Nintendo approved of Melee being at EVO 2014 and officially sponsored the event. Without taking any risks for the following years, Mr. Wizard asked Nintendo and was approved of Melee and Smash 4 being at EVO 2015 and EVO 2016, while being sponsored by the Big N.
Rule decisions
Within the Smash tournaments he has organized, he has made a few controversial decisions:
- Allowing items on at EVO 2008's Brawl tournament
- Allowing Customs at EVO 2015's Smash 4 tournament. (due to community feedback, customs are off at EVO 2016)
- Making Lylat Cruise a starter stage at EVO 2016, while having Dream Land 64 a counterpick; surprising since most Smash 4 tournaments have it vice-versa.
Tournaments hosted
- EVO 2002
- EVO 2003
- EVO 2004
- EVO 2005
- EVO 2006
- EVO 2007
- EVO 2008
- EVO 2009
- EVO 2010
- EVO 2011
- EVO 2012
- EVO 2013
- EVO 2014
- EVO 2015
- EVO 2016
