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{{Smasher Infobox
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = MattDotZeb
| name          = MattDotZeb
| image        = mattdotimage2.jpg
| image        = mattdotimage2.jpg
| mainssbm      = Falco
| mainssbm      = Falco
| otherssbm    = Marth
| mainpm        = Falco
| mainpm        = Falco
| crew          = [[Melee It On Me]]   
| crew          = [[Melee It On Me]]   
| former crews  = [[The Blade Breakers]]
| former crews  = [[The Blade Breakers]]
| skill        = Professional
| rankingssbm  =  
| name          = MattDotZeb
| realname      = Matthew Zaborowski
| realname      = Matthew Zaborowski
| birthday      = 6
| birthday      = 6
| birthmonth    = 11
| birthmonth    = 11
| birthyear    = 1991
| birthyear    = 1991
| location      = Quincy, Massachusetts
| location      = Culver City, California
| country      = United States
| country      = United States
}}
}}
'''MattDotZeb''' is a [[smasher]] from Massachusetts who plays {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'', and is considered to be one of the two best Falco mains in New England, along with {{Sm|th0rn}}. He is more well-known, however, for his work as a tournament organizer, having hosted series such as "Mass Madness" and "The Melee Games" since he entered the community. MattDotZeb is currently ranked 8th on the [http://smashstats.herokuapp.com/browse_users New England Melee Power Rankings].
'''MattDotZeb''' is a [[smasher]] from Massachusetts who plays {{SSBM|Falco}} in ''Melee'', and was considered to be one of the two best Falco mains in New England, along with {{Sm|th0rn}}, before he moved to California. He is more well-known, however, for his work as a tournament organizer, having hosted series such as "Mass Madness", "The Melee Games", and {{Trn|Shine}} since he entered the community. MattDotZeb was previously ranked 3rd on the [[Colorado Power Rankings]] and 10th on the [[New England Power Rankings]]. He has taken sets over many notable players such {{Sm|Leffen}}, {{Sm|Crush}}, {{Sm|Ryan Ford}}, {{Sm|dizzkidboogie}}, {{Sm|Kels}}, {{Sm|InfiniteNumbers}}, {{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}, and {{Sm|Swiftbass}}.


==Notable tournament placings==
==Tournament placings==
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[MLG New York Playoffs 2006]]||October 13th-14th, 2006||129th||—||—
|-
|[[Cataclysm 3]]||March 3rd-4th, 2007||49th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||25th||—||—
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||25th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||—||13th||{{Sm|DoH}}
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||49th||13th||{{Sm|DoH}}
|-
|-
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||129th||33rd||{{Sm|Tirno}}
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||129th||33rd||{{Sm|Tirno}}
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|-
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||49th||—||—
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||49th||—||—
|-
|[[Northwest Manifest]]||March 24th-25th, 2012||25th||17th||{{Sm|ThePrime}}
|-
|[[Dissention]]||June 23rd, 2012||9th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[MELEE-FC10R Legacy]]||August 12th-14th, 2012||25th||—||—
|[[MELEE-FC10R Legacy]]||August 12th-14th, 2012||25th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[The Big House 2]]||October 6th-7th, 2012||25th||7th||{{Sm|Wenbo}}
|[[The Big House 2]]||October 6th-7th, 2012||25th||7th||{{Sm|Wenbo}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=328743 IMDB 5]||October 13th, 2012||3rd||—||—
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||65th||33rd||{{Sm|Mafia}}
|-
|-
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||17th||—||—
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||17th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||33rd||—||—
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||33rd||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|CFST: WarZone 2|g=SSBM}}||September 1st, 2013||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Leffen}}
|-
|[[The Big House 3]]||October 12th-13th, 2013||65th||25th||{{Sm|Yakal}}
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 6]]||November 16th-17th, 2013||17th||13th||{{Sm|HectoHertz}}
|[[Revival of Melee 6]]||November 16th-17th, 2013||17th||13th||{{Sm|HectoHertz}}
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|-
|[[Super Nebulous 3]]||April 25th-26th, 2015||17th||—||—
|[[Super Nebulous 3]]||April 25th-26th, 2015||17th||—||—
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||97th||—||—
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||65th||—||—
|-
|[[Pound 2016]]||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||65th||—||—
|-
|[[Mass Madness 7]]||April 16th, 2016||5th||2nd||{{Sm|InfiniteNumbers}}
|-
|[[New Game Plus 51]]||May 3rd, 2016||13th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/norcal-loves-teams/event/melee-singles/brackets/67172 NorCal Loves Teams]||September 10th, 2016||41st||29th||{{Sm|Minz}}
|-
|[[The Big House 6]]||October 7th-9th, 2016||65th||33rd||{{Sm|Dr. Z}}
|-
|{{Trn|SSS: Blood For Blood|g=SSBM}}||October 15th, 2016||49th||—||—
|-
|[[UGC Smash Open]]||December 2nd-4th, 2016||33rd||—||—
|-
|[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd 2017||129th||—||—
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 7]]||February 17th-19th, 2017||17th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-123/event/melee-singles/brackets/138155 Get Smashed 123]||June 20th, 2017||33rd||—||—
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2017]]||July 28th-30th, 2017||25th||—||—
|-
|[[Shine 2017]]||August 25th-27th, 2017||97th||193rd||{{Sm|Shk Shk}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/norcal-validated-4-5/event/melee-singles/brackets/123967/356190 Norcal Validated 4]||September 23rd, 2017||—||7th||Dr. Z
|-
|[[GameTyrant Expo 2017]]||September 29th-October 1st, 2017||—||13th||Dr. Z
|-
|[[The Big House 7]]||October 6th-8th, 2017||129th||65th||{{Sm|Captain Quiggles}}
|-
|[[DreamHack Denver 2017]]||October 20th-22nd, 2017||17th||—||—
|-
|[[Too Hot to Handle]]||October 28th-29th, 2017||33rd||—||—
|-
|[[GENESIS 5]]||January 19th-21st, 2018||257th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||181st||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Roast of Hugo Gonzalez|g=SSBM}}||September 22nd, 2018||25th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|CEO 2019|g=SSBM}}||June 28th-30th, 2019||25th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/norcal-validated-4-5/event/melee-singles/brackets/123967/356190 Melee at the Docks 17]||July 14th, 2019||5th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/melee-verdugo-west-95/event/melee-singles/brackets/742929/1193688 Melee @ Verdugo West #95]||January 29th, 2020||7th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Saving Mr. Lombardi 2|g=SSBM}}||February 1st, 2020||65th||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/LLL177singles Long Live London 177]||February 5th, 2020||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://4qs.challonge.com/4qm173 Four Quarters Melee #173]||February 6th, 2020||1st||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Mainstage 2021|g=SSBM}}||November 12th-14th, 2021||129th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Shine 2023|g=SSBM}}||August 25th-27th, 2023||129th / 683||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Riptide 2023|g=SSBM}}||September 8th-10th, 2023||65th / 477||—||—
|}
|}


===''Project M''===
===''[[Project M]]''===
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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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|[[Northeastern Smash Attack 2]]||March 29th, 2014||4th||—||—
|[[Northeastern Smash Attack 2]]||March 29th, 2014||4th||—||—
|}
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Dissention]]||June 23rd, 2012||33rd||—||—
|}
|}


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*His gamer tag originated from an incident in which his friend misspelled his email address as mattdotzeb@comcast.net, when it was originally matt.zab@comcast.net.
*MattDotZeb is notorious for his upsets against top players; he sporadically defeats professionals far above his skill level, including {{Sm|Leffen}}, in tournament. He is equally as notorious for being upset by lower-leveled or unranked players, often [[Pause#Match reset|quitting mid-match]] out of those sets. He has a positive record against {{Sm|Leffen}}, 1-0.
*MattDotZeb is notorious for his upsets against top players; he sporadically defeats professionals far above his skill level, including {{Sm|Leffen}}, in tournament. He is equally as notorious for being upset by lower-leveled or unranked players, often [[Pause#Quitting and restarting|quitting mid-match]] out of those sets. He has a positive record against {{Sm|Leffen}}, 1-0.
*MattDotZeb faced off against {{Sm|Kage}} in an exhibition match in the [[Apex 2014]] Salty Suite, and ended up losing 1-3.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=29851 SWF profile]
*[https://twitter.com/DotZeb Twitter account]
*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=29851 SmashBoards profile]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/mattdotzeb YouTube channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/mattdotzeb YouTube channel]


[[Category:Massachusetts smashers]]
[[Category:Massachusetts smashers]]
[[Category:Tournament directors]]
[[Category:Colorado smashers]]
[[Category:Falco professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Southern California smashers]]
[[Category:Falco professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:VIP tournament organizers]]
[[Category:Falco players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Falco players (PM)]]