Smasher:Bear

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Bear
Bear.jpg
Character info
Smash 64 main Kirby
Melee main Ganondorf
Brawl main Snake
Smash 4 main Bowser
Other Smash 4 character Mega Man
Ultimate main Bowser
Other Ultimate character Mii Swordfighter
Team info
Former sponsor(s) Panda Global
Personal info
Real name Bassem Dahdouh
Location Las Vegas, Nevada United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. 4 Semi-professional

Bear is a tournament organizer & esports event manager 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 Panda Global Gaming, as well as the manager of their west coast operations. Bear was the Partnerships Manager for smash.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 GENESIS 3 and EVO 2016.

He is responsible for creating the DVDA 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[1].

Tournaments organized

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
DVDA 10 May 30th-31st, 2015 17th 5th Sonicmega
Smash the Record 2016 November 11th-13th, 2016 97th 33rd Alex Jebailey
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 193rd
Final Round 20 March 10th-12th, 2017 65th 17th FullMetal

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Smash It Up December 14th, 2018 65th
Smash It Up 2 December 21st, 2018 65th
Alulu Weekly #4 May 28, 2019 5th
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 257th
6th Annual PSG Classic July 31st, 2019 33rd

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.

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