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Rivers , formerly known as Shoyo James , is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Diddy Kong player with a Chrom secondary from Howell, New Jersey. He is considered one of the best Diddy Kong players in the United States and the best Chrom player in the world during the early metagame. He has wins against top players such as Tweek , Dabuz , Cosmos , VoiD , Myran , ESAM , Mr. E , and Dark Wizzy . Rivers is currently an honorable mention in the 101st-150th section on the LumiRank 2023 . He was also formerly ranked 5th on the New Jersey Ultimate Power Rankings , 49th on the Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v6 , and 18th on the Spring 2019 PGRU . He was also one of the main tournament directors for the New Jersey scene.
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , he was a Diddy Kong main with a Luigi secondary. He has taken sets off of top players such as Tweek, Elegant , Ally , CaptainZack , komorikiri , MVD , Darkshad , Mr. E, and Zinoto , and is ranked 54th on the PGR 100 . Near the end of Smash 4 's lifespan, Rivers entered semi-retirement due to medical conditions. In an interview with ZeRo at Smash 'N' Splash 4 , Rivers revealed that he suffers from tendonitis and thus doesn't enter many tournaments. More recently, Rivers has switched to the Switch Pro Controller for a more ergonomic control scheme and has begun to compete again in Ultimate .
He is currently affiliated with the American crew DMG Alliance, and was formerly part of Ocean County Smash. On November 29th, 2018, Mentality Esports signed Rivers to prepare for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [1] . However, Mentality Esports shut down on March 17th, 2019, thus ending their sponsorship. Rivers joined team ZENMA on August 15th, 2019, along with many other smashers. He later left team ZENMA at an unknown date due to controversies with its CEO, false . Rivers joined Nevermore International on July 25th, 2020, later on May 28th, 2021, Nevermore International announced Rivers's departure[2] .
Rankings
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
PGR v3
January 7th-June 18th, 2017
Area 51
PGR v4
June 24th-December 3rd, 2017
42nd
PGR v5
December 23rd, 2017-July 1st, 2018
35th
PGR 100
January 20th, 2015-November 18th, 2018
54th
Ranking
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
Summer 2015
4th
Fall 2015
5th
January-June 2016
7th
July-December 2016
6th
January-April 2017
2nd
May-August 2017
2nd
September-December 2017
1st
January-March 2018
2nd
April-July 2018
2nd
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
Spring 2019 PGRU
February 1st-July 7th, 2019
18th
Ranking
Time period
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
LumiRank 2023
December 19th, 2022-December 17th, 2023
HM (101-150)
OrionRank North America
LumiRank North America
Ranking
Rank
Character(s)
Notes
January-March 2019
2nd
April-June 2019
2nd
July-September 2019
6th
October-December 2019
3rd
January-March 2020
5th
April-June 2022
6th
July-September 2022
4th
October-December 2022
5th
April-June 2023
B (Top 5)
July-September 2023
6th
October-December 2023
5th
Tournament placings
Tournament
Date
1v1 Placement
2v2 Placement
Partner
Xanadu Arcadian
May 16th, 2015
4th
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KTAR XIII
July 12th, 2015
7th
4th
Biddy
S@X 107
July 21st, 2015
3rd
—
—
SKTAR 4
August 22nd-23rd, 2015
13th
9th
Biddy
KTAR XIV
November 7th, 2015
25th
4th
The Great Gonzales
Smash @ GAMEACON
November 20th-22nd, 2015
1st
1st
The Great Gonzales
Wii Bear B-Airs #12
January 1st, 2016
1st
1st
The Great Gonzales
KTAR XVII
February 13th, 2016
4th
5th
The Great Gonzales
Pound 2016
April 2nd-3rd, 2016
25th
17th
Apple
Smashadelphia
May 15th, 2016
1st
3rd
Apple
S@X 150
May 17th, 2016
7th
2nd
Apple
Apex 2016
June 17th-19th, 2016
7th
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Bros Gone Wild #4
July 6th, 2016
1st
1st
Apple
Bros Gone Wild #6
August 3rd, 2016
2nd
1st
Apple
Super Smash Con 2016
August 11th-14th, 2016
49th
25th
Apple
Collision XIV
September 3rd, 2016
7th
3rd
Tweek
Glitch 2
September 24th-25th, 2016
65th
4th
Apple
The Big House 6
October 7th-9th, 2016
17th
33rd
The Great Gonzales
Olympus
October 28th-30th, 2016
17th
2nd
The Great Gonzales
KTAR XIX
November 19th, 2016
129th
17th
The Great Gonzales
UGC Smash Open
December 2nd-4th, 2016
33rd
49th
Hertz
Poplar Creek Bowl Weekly #81
January 5th, 2017
2nd
4th
Biddy
Midwest Mayhem 6: SoCal Invasion
January 7th, 2017
2nd
3rd
Biddy
GENESIS 4
January 20th-22nd, 2017
33rd
33rd
SchwApple
No Man's Land
March 18th, 2017
1st
1st
Hertz
2GGC: Civil War
March 24th-26th, 2017
65th
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—
KTAR XX
April 1st-2nd, 2017
17th
4th
Mr. E
Royal Flush
May 12th-14th, 2017
17th
—
—
Ignition #85
May 31st, 2017
1st
—
—
Smash 'N' Splash 3
June 2nd-4th, 2017
9th
—
—
Super Smash Frenzzy #11
June 22nd, 2017
1st
1st
SchwApple
Suburban Showdown
July 8th, 2017
2nd
2nd
The Great Gonzales
Super Smash Con 2017
August 10th-13th, 2017
7th
17th
CORONA17
Shine 2017
August 25th-27th, 2017
25th
—
—
Wii Bear B-Airs 100
September 8th, 2017
1st
—
—
Showdown: Battle Royale 2
September 23rd-24th, 2017
7th
—
—
TCNJapes 3
October 28th, 2017
1st
2nd
SchwApple
SmashQuest III
November 11th, 2017
1st
—
—
Fireside Open 2017
December 1st, 2017
1st
5th
SchwApple
The Legend of Glentendo
December 30th, 2017
2nd
—
—
Frostbite 2018
February 9th-11th, 2018
13th
—
—
Overclocked II
March 17th, 2018
9th
—
—
Collision XV
March 31st, 2018
9th
—
—
Slow Roll #1
April 7th, 2018
1st
—
—
Courtyard Clash #2
April 9th, 2018
2nd
—
—
The Scarlet Classic IV
April 15th-16th, 2018
—
2nd
The Great Gonzales
Smash 'N' Splash 4
June 1st-3rd, 2018
7th
—
—
Smashadelphia 2018
June 22nd-24th, 2018
2nd
1st
The Great Gonzales
Radiance
July 14th, 2018
4th
1st
CORONA17
Tournament
Date
1v1 placement
2v2 placement
Partner
NYXL Pop-Up!
December 22nd, 2018
7th
—
—
Let's Make Moves
December 29th, 2018
25th
5th
Dabuz
Glitch 6
January 20th, 2019
13th
—
—
Frostbite 2019
February 24th, 2019
9th
—
—
Collision 2019
March 16th-17th, 2019
33rd
—
—
Suplex City Smash
April 6th, 2019
2nd
—
—
The Scarlet Classic V
April 14th, 2019
33rd
5th
Gen
CSL Grand Finals 2019
April 27th, 2019
1st
—
—
Midwest Arena
May 4th, 2019
1st
—
—
Get On My Level 2019
May 17th-19th, 2019
7th
—
—
MomoCon 2019
May 23rd-26th, 2019
9th
—
—
Smash 'N' Splash 5
May 31st-June 2nd, 2019
9th
—
—
2GG: SwitchFest 2019
August 31st-September 1st, 2019
13th
—
—
Glitch 7 - Minus World
September 14th-15th, 2019
33rd
—
—
Battle For The East
October 4th-6th, 2019
1st
—
—
2GG: Nightmare on Smashville
October 20th, 2019
9th
—
—
Tri-state Showdown: Fall 2019
November 9th, 2019
9th
—
—
Player's Ball Ultimate
November 23rd, 2019
17th
—
—
Play With Heart
November 30th-December 1st, 2019
2nd
—
—
2GG: Kongo Saga
December 7th-8th, 2019
17th
—
—
Glitch 8 - Missingno
January 18th-19th, 2020
25th
—
—
Frostbite 2020
February 21st-23rd, 2020
97th
—
—
The Quarantine Series Opening Invitational
March 29th, 2020
25th
—
—
The Box: L4st's Box
October 28th, 2020
25th
—
—
Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE
November 8th, 2020
7th
—
—
Ultimate 32
November 14th-15th, 2020
25th
—
—
Jingle Jairs
December 5th, 2020
17th / 82
—
—
The Host Up Invitational
January 30th, 2021
13th
—
—
The Airlock
February 13th, 2021
65th
—
—
Beyond the Spectrum
April 17th, 2021
7th
—
—
King 2021
May 2nd, 2021
3rd
—
—
SWT: NA Southeast Ultimate Online Qualifier
May 15th-16th, 2021
9th
—
—
SWT: NA Southeast Ultimate Online Qualifier Last Chance Qualifier
May 16th, 2021
2nd
—
—
Pandemic Anniversary Series: Finale
May 29th, 2021
9th
—
—
Platinum Star Weekly - Season 11: Week 5
August 11th, 2021
3rd
—
—
Platinum Star Weekly - Season 11: Week 6
August 18th, 2021
3rd
—
—
Riptide
September 10th-12th, 2021
65th
—
—
SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals
November 6th-7th, 2021
13th
—
—
Platinum Star Smash S14:E1
April 30th, 2022
9th
—
—
Warped!
June 4th, 2022
3rd
—
—
Super Smash Con 2022
August 11th-14th, 2022
65th
—
—
Let's Make Moves Miami
October 28th-30th, 2022
33rd
—
—
Apex 2022
November 18th-20th, 2022
17th
—
—
Scarlet Classic VIII
April 22nd, 2023
1st
—
—
Super Smash Con 2023
August 10th-13th, 2023
33rd / 2,607
—
—
Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023
October 27th-29th, 2023
17th / 387
—
—
Failsafe Winter 2024
January 27th, 2024
5th / 102
—
—
Collision 2024
March 15th-17th, 2024
33rd / 714
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