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56-459: Tweek may refer to: Tweek (gamer) , the handle of esports player Gavin Dempsey Tweek Tweak , a fictional student at South Park Elementary Tweek , weekly planner app See also [ edit ] Tweak (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

112-697: A $ 10,000 pot bonus each for Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and BlazBlue: Central Fiction . Bandai Namco Entertainment also provided a $ 15,000 pot bonus towards the Tekken 7 finals as part of the 2017 Tekken World Tour Season . Due to being the most donated fighting game for the Make-A-Wish Foundation crowdfunding, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 received a $ 10,000 pot bonus. In a Super Smash Bros. Melee match between Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma and Zac "SFAT" Cordoni in Winner's Quarter-Finals, both players were issued

168-489: A beta build being playable during the event at the SNK booth. On the first day of the event, Capcom revealed three nostalgic costumes (one for Alex , Ibuki , and Juri ) and Ryu 's classic Street Fighter II stage, Suzaku Castle , for Street Fighter V . They also announced a new stage called Ring of Pride as well as a new costume for Guile designed by Capcom Cup 2016 champion, Du "NuckleDu" Dang . Shortly after

224-643: A combination of fan vote and tournament placings. Tweek's last chance to secure an invitation was by winning Ultimate Nimbus in March, but Tweek was unable to make even semifinals of that event. MkLeo would go on to win Smash Ultimate Summit. Tweek's next tournament wins came in May, where he won both Saints Gaming Live and Get On My Level 2019. Both Tweek and MkLeo had failed to win a tournament in several months (Tweek since Frostbite, Leo since Summit), and Get On My Level

280-478: A crossover fighter featuring characters from BlazBlue , Persona 4 Arena , Under Night In-Birth , and RWBY . Another trailer prior to the Tekken 7 finals showcased Arika 's upcoming fighting game, also revealing Street Fighter EX characters Skullomania and Darun Mister would be joining the roster. Between the Tekken 7 finals and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals, Bandai Namco Entertainment showed

336-429: A fifth-place finish. The grand finals would see HoneyBee face off against Ryan "Dragon" Walker in a runback from Winner's Finals. Dragon would come out on top with his Aquaman secondary 3–2 against HoneyBee's Flash. The event saw plenty of character diversity with characters such as Atrocitus , Catwoman, Poison Ivy , Batman , Black Adam , Brainiac and the aforementioned Flash and Aquaman receiving exposure. Many of

392-531: A rematch with Larry Lurr 3–1 in losers' finals. Salem would then go on to win the tournament, resetting the bracket against ZeRo 3-2 and then winning 3–2 in the second set of grand finals. The third year at the Evolution Championship Series and its first since its console release, Tekken 7 had over 1,200 entrants competing for a qualification to the Tekken World Tour finals. South Korea

448-694: A small number of Super Smash Bros. Melee events, including at Evo 2015 , his first high-placed finishes were in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U . He was considered the best Bowser Jr. player in Smash for Wii U in 2015, though he would eventually retire the character in favor of Cloud Strife , the character whom he would use two years later in his first tournament win. In 2016 he had a number of strong showings at major tournaments, including taking third place at Glitch 2 and ninth at Genesis 4 , and in February 2017 he

504-610: A stream with additional coverage of Tekken 7 on Friday, while NetherRealm Studios provided a stream with additional coverage of Injustice 2 . During the Street Fighter V finals, ESPN2 pulled the match between Ryota "Kazunoko" Inoue and Du "NuckleDu" Dang and forced the former to change his costume for Cammy as the company felt that the character's default costume was "too sexy" for broadcasting. A day before Evo 2017 began, SNK announced PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita ports of Samurai Shodown V Special , with

560-532: A yellow card after Debiedma called his coach, Luis “Captain Crunch” Rosias over for advice; Gordon "G$ " Connell mocked Debiedma by miming a coaching session with Cordoni. As both players violated the "No Coaching After Pools" rule, lead EVO tournament organizer Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar let the match stand. Had Connell not teased Debiedma with the coaching session, Debiedma would have most likely been disqualified. This upset many fans, as they believed that Cordoni

616-962: Is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player. Tweek won three major Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournaments , 2GGC: MkLeo Saga, MomoCon 2018, and 2GG: Hyrule Saga. He was considered one of the game's top players by the end of the game's competitive run, and was 7th in the Panda Global Rankings 100, which ranked the top Wii U players of all time. He represented multi- esport organization Phoenix1 in several Smash for Wii U events, including his MkLeo Saga victory. Tweek has won eight major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments : Let's Make Moves, Glitch 6, Frostbite 2019, Get On My Level 2019, Low Tier City 7, Glitch 8, Smash Ultimate Summit 3, Port Priority 7 and as of January 2023, Let's Make Big Moves 2023. Tweek began competing in Super Smash Bros. events in 2014. Although he competed in

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672-505: Is notable for the large amount of support it received from Bandai Namco, Sega, and other developers. Voice actress Kana Ueda was also in attendance and placed 5th in the Gundam Versus tournament. Other side events for games like Super Street Fighter II Turbo , Project M , Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ also occurred during the event. The Evolution Championship Series has historically been

728-652: The Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 finals, Capcom 's Peter "Combofiend" Rosas revealed Jedah for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite during a match against Street Fighter V finalist, Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez. Following the BlazBlue: Central Fiction finals, Toshimichi Mori of Arc System Works went on the Mandalay Bay stage to reveal Jubei as a DLC character for BlazBlue: Central Fiction . Additionally, Mori announced BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle ,

784-467: The Evo 2013 champion and KOF XIV World Champion , Reynald Tacsuan and Murakami "M'" Masanobu respectively, were notably eliminated by Chia-Chen "ZJZ" Tseng and Ruber "Pako" Partida respectively. Ultimately, Taiwanese player and Evo 2014 3rd placer Chia-Hung Lin "E.T." Lin would become the champion after defeating the Evo 2014 champion, Zhuojun "Xiao Hai" Zeng of China with a 3-2 finish, having earned 60% of

840-540: The Hungrybox -organized The Box tournament. In August 2021, Tweek won in Smash Ultimate Summit 3 after beating MkLeo 3-0 twice using Diddy Kong , preventing MkLeo from winning his third Summit title in a row. They met again in the Grand Finals of Riptide 2021, where MkLeo came out on top. Tweek wouldn't make it to Grand Finals at a major tournament for the rest of 2021. He fell at 9th place at Low Tide City 2021, where he

896-557: The Street Fighter V finals his second Top 8 finish during the event. Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada would place 4th in the event; both Kazunoko and Itabashi Zangief were sent to the Loser's Bracket by the event's eventual runner-up Victor "Punk" Woodley. The finals had a diverse number of characters including Karin , Nash , Cammy , Zangief , and Akuma . The Grand Finals was a showdown between Japan 's Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi and

952-483: The Twitch commentators at the end of the finals, James Chen, notably bursted in tears and gave a message saying "Evo is love. L-O-V-E. When you hold that L and run it back: EVO.”; the message is a response to all of the passion and support that the fighting game community has done towards the events and fighting games. Taking the spot of Melee on Sunday, Wii U nevertheless saw a drop in attendance from 2016, but still had

1008-718: The previous year's event which took place in two venues, Evo 2017 took place in the Mandalay Bay resort for all three days of the event. The first two days of the event were held in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center , while the final day was held in the Mandalay Bay Events Center like it had in 2016. The nine games played at Evo 2017 were announced in January 2017 during a special announcement stream on Twitch , with event co-founder Joey Cuellar discussing

1064-514: The $ 14,000 pot bonus. His victory was attributed to a surprise character pick in which Goro Daimon was used. The Street Fighter V event has received a $ 50,000 pot bonus as part of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour Season . The King of Fighters XIV received a $ 14,000 bonus pot courtesy of SNK and Atlus . Injustice 2 received a pot bonus of $ 50,000 as part of the Injustice 2 Pro Series by ESL Gaming . Arc System Works and Aksys Games provided

1120-520: The Sky Ultimate Invitational in the game's first month. He followed those wins with a win at Glitch 6 in January. Shortly after Glitch, he was signed by esports organization TSM , the same organization that elite Melee player William "Leffen" Hjelte represented and that Wii U player ZeRo had represented prior to his retirement. Genesis 6, which was held at the end of January, was Tweek's first major event after being signed by TSM, and

1176-575: The Smash Ultimate Summit 4 invitational. He was defeated by Japanese player Naoto "ProtoBanham" Tsuji, who subsequently knocked MkLeo out of the tournament as well. At Collision 2022 in March, Tweek defeated MkLeo in Losers' Finals for the first time since Ultimate Summit 3, though he fell to Sparg0 in Grand Finals. This reaffirmed the perception of Tweek as one of the best in the world, alongside MkLeo and Sparg0. A month later, though, he placed 33rd at premiere tournament Genesis 8. Evo 2017 Contrast to

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1232-479: The United States's Victor "Punk" Woodley. Tokido took the first two games with the first match notably having Tokido using Akuma 's taunt to defeat Punk's Karin . Tokido's relentless pressure, okizeme, and fireball game would lead to him resetting the bracket 3-1 and then follow it up with a clean 3–0 upset over Punk in order to become the Evo 2017 Street Fighter V champion. Tokido received $ 35,000 for winning

1288-565: The aforementioned Street Fighter V finals were also broadcast on Disney XD , as part of the launch of the network's new video game-focused D|XP block. As every year, the entire tournament was streamed through the Twitch streaming service. The tournament was broadcast across nine different streams: six Evo-run streams provided coverage of all games throughout the weekend, while Capcom ran its own stream that features additional coverage of Street Fighter V on Friday and Saturday, Namco provided

1344-534: The defending champion, Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma over the course of five close games. In Grand Finals, Armada won the first set 3-1 and took the title of EVO champion for the second time. In its debut year at the Evolution Championship Series , Injustice 2 had one of the most unexpected victories at the event. While Echo Fox 's Dominique " SonicFox " McLean was the favorite to win the event, he fell victim to Tim "HoneyBee" Commandeur's Flash in Winner's and Andrew "Semiij" Fontanez' Catwoman and netted himself

1400-519: The end of the year, Tweek fell one spot in the Panda Global Rankings to third, behind MkLeo and Ezra "Samsora" Morris . In the first major tournament of 2020, Let's Make Big Moves, Tweek exited tied for 25th. However, later that month, he would win Glitch 8, his first win at a PGRU major tournament since July 2019. At the end of the month, Tweek tied for 9th place at Genesis 7; the following month, Tweek would take third at Frostbite 2020, falling to MkLeo in

1456-449: The few people that could beat him. The finals of Frostbite 2019 became the first time that the two had played against one another in Ultimate , and Tweek's victory gave him a strong claim at being Ultimate 's top player. It was also Tweek's first win at a PGRU major event. However, Tweek failed to qualify for the next major tournament, Smash Ultimate Summit, whose attendees were selected by

1512-499: The finals and at the time moved up to second place in the Capcom Pro Tour 2017 standings. This victory would also give Tokido his third EVO trophy, with his first two being for Capcom vs. SNK 2 (2002) and Super Street Fighter II Turbo (2007). PC Gamer described the grand finals between Tokido and Punk as a match between a veteran and a newcomer as the players at the time of the event were 32 and 18 respectively. One of

1568-505: The finals took place on Saturday, the Super Smash Bros. Melee event had as much excitement as the previous years. One notable upset was where fan favorite, William "Leffen" Hjelte was notably eliminated by Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch in a match to advance in Top 8 in Loser's Bracket. Adam "Armada" Lindgren would face off against Joseph "Mango" Marquez in the Winner's Finals with Armada sending Mango to Loser's Finals, 3–0. Mango then eliminated

1624-404: The finals, and each of the top eight players mained a different character. Evo 2015 champion Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios of Chile defeated veteran player Larry "Larry Lurr" Holland in winners' finals 3-2 after being down 2–0. Saleem "Salem" Young, after being sent to the losers' bracket by Larry Lurr, defeated Kengo "KEN" Suzuki in losers' quarters, Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey in losers' semifinals, and won

1680-558: The first and second half of 2017, Tweek climbed to 12th and then 5th, respectively. The following year, Tweek put on a series of strong performances, including several tournament wins. He started the year with a second-place finish in Frostbite 2018, followed by wins at King of the Springs 3 and Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo 2018. By this time, he had transitioned to using Bayonetta increasingly in tournaments. Tweek announced in mid-May that he

1736-402: The first gameplay footage of Trunks in the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ , as well as announcing a nine character beta for later in the year; this was instantly followed by Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray revealing Geese Howard as a DLC guest character for Tekken 7 . Before the Street Fighter V finals began, Yoshinori Ono went on-stage to announce Abigail from Final Fight as

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1792-532: The grand finals with his unique synergy of Chun-Li , Morrigan, and Phoenix ; a style which emphasized very heavily on offensive play, in contrast to NYChrisG's defensive play. The third-place finisher, Canada 's Jose "Quackbot" Aldape (who entered as PC Marvel God), was a surprise by many as he upset many fan favorites along the way including Ichihara Takumi, Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley, Vineeth "ApologyMan" Meka, Justin Wong , Raynel "RayRay" Hidalgo among others. Although

1848-418: The inclusion of each game. The games set to be contested consisted of new releases, FGC contemporaries , and updated releases. New additions included BlazBlue: Central Fiction , The King of Fighters XIV , and Injustice 2 while Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 would replace Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- . A major change among the Smash community was that Super Smash Bros. Melee ' s finals would be moved to

1904-563: The largest fighting game tournament in the world, allowing free registration for anyone who wants to compete. Registration for the event closed on July 1, which Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar had announced the final registration numbers. The three largest games from last year: Street Fighter V , Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , and Super Smash Bros. Melee have all seen decreases in numbers with the games going from 5107 to 2622, 2662 to 1515, and 2372 to 1435 respectively. In contrast, Tekken 7 doubled in entrant numbers receiving over 1,200 entrants which

1960-509: The lineup praising Guilty Gear and BlazBlue' s simultaneous inclusion while criticizing the Player's Choice game. Although Pokkén Tournament lost the Make-A-Wish Foundation poll, in recognition of the Pokkén scenes passion for their game as shown by being the second most funded fighting game; Joey Cuellar offered $ 10,000 for pot bonuses towards various tournaments surrounding the game. As with

2016-550: The mistakes in the finals made were attributed to the title's status as a recently released title as Injustice 2 was released two months prior to the event itself. As with the previous years that the King of Fighters franchise was represented, which was with the thirteenth installment ; the Evo 2017 King of Fighters XIV tournament had global talent represented in its Top 8 with six countries represented. The finals saw some upsets as

2072-528: The next DLC character in Street Fighter V ' s second season. Prior to the Street Fighter V finals, the EVO tournament organizers announced the EVO Japan 2018 dates as January 26–28. Evo 2017 was the second year that Street Fighter V was featured on the big stage with the event once again being the closing game. Ryota "Kazunoko" Inoue would notably place 3rd in the tournament, making his appearance in

2128-489: The previous two years, the AnimEVO series of side tournaments, which is dedicated to airdasher fighting games was at the event with more than sixteen fighting games that were competed in including Catherine , Gundam Versus , Puyo Puyo Tetris , Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R and Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late as well as former EVO titles Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Pokkén Tournament . The side tournament

2184-524: The prime time spot on Saturday, contrast to its Sunday spot in the previous years. A ninth game, a Player's Choice title, was later won by Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 , after having donated the most money for Make-A-Wish International via Generosity.com . The other three games were Street Fighter V , Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , and Tekken 7 . In an interview with PVP Live 's Amanda Stevens, veteran Super Street Fighter II Turbo player and commentator, James Chen had mixed opinions regarding

2240-467: The release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Panda Global released a list of the 100 best players of all time for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , which ranked Tweek 7th. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released on December 7, 2018. The game was seen as sharing the "framework and DNA of Super Smash Bros for the Wii U ", and Tweek transitioned from Wii U to Ultimate seamlessly, winning both Let's Make Moves and

2296-676: The rest of the year, he took second and third at two other premier tournaments, 2GG: Kongo Saga and Super Smash Con 2019, respectively, and won a minor tournament, Return to Yoshi's Island. However, his other results over this period were less strong, falling inside the top 8 but outside the top 4 in Shine 2019, Glitch 7, and Big House 9, and being eliminated in the first round of the 16-person invitational tournament Smash Ultimate Summit 2. At that event, he fell to fellow TSM player Leffen, with both players using Pokémon Trainer as their combatant. In November, Tweek exited DreamHack Atlanta in 13th place. At

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2352-532: The second half of 2019, Tweek put on strong performances at several major tournaments, but won few of them. In July he won Low Tier City 7, a PGRU major, debuting Pokémon Trainer as his combatant. He made Pokémon Trainer his main character for the remainder of the year, with Wario and Joker as his secondaries. In August he took second at Evo 2019 , falling to MkLeo. Evo 2019 was the largest tournament by number of participants in Smash Bros. franchise history. Over

2408-403: The second highest attendance of any game at Evo 2017 with the exception of Street Fighter V . Wii U featured many notable upsets; the game's 2016 winner Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce and runner-up Takuto "Kameme" Ono were both eliminated before the semi-final round. Ultimately, despite seven of the final thirty-two players using the controversial top tier Bayonetta, only one secured a place in

2464-509: The semifinals. Frostbite was Tweek's last event before Panda Global Rankings suspended the 2020 competitive season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the tournaments scheduled for the first half of 2020 were cancelled or moved online. At the end of April, Tweek failed to make the top 50 at Pound Online. Weeks later, however, he took 2nd out of 8,192 participants at

2520-526: The then-best Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player in the world, to win Low Tier City 5. Tweek was on a strong run of form going into the tournament, having taken fourth place a month earlier at Evo 2017 . His only other win at a major tournament in 2017 would come in November, where he won 2GGC: MkLeo Saga, which was considered a major Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament . In the Panda Global Rankings for

2576-555: The title Tweek . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tweek&oldid=1186798885 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tweek (gamer) Gavin Dempsey (born April 11, 1998), also known as Tweek ,

2632-416: Was able to reset the bracket, sending Ryusei Ito to the loser's bracket; however in the final game of the event, Ryusei came out as the victor 3–2. The finals of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 at Evo 2017 was considered by many as the game's swan song . The defending champion, Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez would fall second place to fellow Morrigan player, Rene "RyanLV" Romero. RyanLV benefited in

2688-504: Was commonly associated with the release of the title's console version. Evo 2017 has received over 10,000 attendees in competition. It was announced that ESPN2 would once again broadcast the finals of the Street Fighter V tournament on July 16 with Kevin Lopes stating "This final will provide no shortage of compelling competition, and we look forward to delivering this event to fans.". The Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals in addition to

2744-450: Was considered a major tournament in the Panda Global Rankings, making Tweek's win especially important in the race to secure the top spot in the forthcoming inaugural Panda Global Rankings for Ultimate . These would be the last wins for Tweek during the first half of 2019; MkLeo beat Tweek in the finals of MomoCon 2019 at the end of May, and then win CEO 2019, which Tweek did not compete in. Tweek

2800-572: Was in 2014 for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 . Although BlazBlue: Central Fiction didn't have more entrants than its sibling, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 , the finals did not disappoint. The title is considered to be among the most popular fighting games in Japan , in which all of the Top 8 finalists hailed from. In the grand finals, it came down to Shoji “Fenrich” Sho and Ryusei Ito using Jin and Carl respectively. Both have played each other frequently in tournaments and are well acquainted friends. Fenrich

2856-573: Was knocked out of Losers' Bracket by Alexis "Goblin" Stennett, one of the few players to have a perfect winning record against Tweek. He placed 3rd at Port Priority 6, losing to Edgar "Sparg0" Valdez in Losers' Finals, and 5th at Mainstage 2021. He placed 17th at the Smash World Tour Championships in December, the last major tournament of the year, where he was defeated by Dominican player Carlos "Sonix" Pérez. In 2022, Tweek placed 5th at

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2912-588: Was no longer representing Phoenix1. As a free agent, he won MomoCon 2018 in May and 2GG: Hyrule Saga in June, both also considered major tournaments, then placed second at CEO 2018 in July. As a result of his strong performances, Tweek was ranked the second best Smash player for 2018 in the Panda Global Rankings, behind only Leonardo "MkLeo" López Pérez . By this time, Panda Global listed his main character as Bayonetta, with Cloud Strife and Donkey Kong as secondaries. Following

2968-591: Was ranked as the 2nd best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in the world in the inaugural Panda Global Rankings for Ultimate, which covered the first half of 2019, behind only MkLeo. In their analysis, Panda Global noted that while Tweek was one of only a small number of people to win major tournaments in Ultimate, there were portions of the year where he seemed to struggle around which character to play. They listed his main character as Wario , with Young Link , Wolf O'Donnell , and Roy as secondary characters. Throughout

3024-522: Was signed by esports organization Phoenix1 . The organization, which had previously only fielded competitors in League of Legends , called him "one of the best up and coming talents in Smash". At the time, Tweek was ranked 17th in the Panda Global Rankings, considered the game's authoritative ranking of players. Tweek's first tournament win would happen six months later when he defeated Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios ,

3080-434: Was the first S-tier (supermajor) major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments in the new Panda Global Rankings Ultimate (PGRU). He finished in ninth place at the event, which was won by MkLeo. In February, Tweek defeated MkLeo to win Frostbite 2019. MkLeo was the top seed at Frostbite and was at the time considered the best Ultimate player in the world. Tweek was seen as MkLeo's main competitor for that title and one of

3136-461: Was the most dominant region represented in the finals with half of the Top 8 being Korean players. Sang-hyeon "JEOnnding" Jeon was the lowest finishing of the four in 5th place, with the top three being established EVO champions; Jae-min "Knee" Bae, Jin-woo "Saint" Choi, and Hyun-jin "JDCR" Kim placing 3rd, 2nd, and 1st respectively. JDCR's victory in an Echo Fox team kill Grand Finals lead to him receiving his second EVO championship, his previous title

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