Editing Smasher:Alex Strife

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Alex Strife
| image         = 
| mainssbm      = Marth
| mainssbb      = Marth
| 2ndmainssbb   = Fox
| former crews  = Smash Suits, Team Apex, Killa Fleet
| skillssbm     = Low level {{retired}}
| skillssbb     = Low level {{retired}}
| realname      = Johnathan Lugo
| birthday      = 23
| birthmonth    = 10
| birthyear     = 1984
| location      = Bronx, New York
| country       = United States
}}

'''Alex Strife''' was a [[tournament organizer]] from The Bronx, [[Tristate Area|New York]]. He is responsible for creating the New York City Weeklies in 2007. These helped gather the NYC locals for training, and help to create a consistent social atmosphere. He has also created his own series of tournaments called '''Zenith''', which not only ranged from being locals to being nationals, but attracted big names from the Tristate, and were all successful ''Melee'' tournaments.

Alex Strife is most known for being the former owner and head director of the [[Apex (tournament series)|Apex tournament series]], the most prominent and influential recurring Smash tournament series during the ''Brawl'' era, that attracted the best competition from all over the world and even drew a [[Nintendo]] sponsorship for the [[Apex 2015|2015 iteration]].

== Tournaments hosted ==
*New York City Weeklies
*Saffron City Monthlies
*[[Apex 2009]]
*[[Apex 2010]]
*[[Zenith]]
*[[Apex 2012]]
*[[Zenith 2012]]
*[[Apex 2013]]
*[[Zenith 2013]]
*[[Apex 2014]]
*[[Zenith 2014]]

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://challonge.com/c9m1 Collision 9]||March 15th, 2014||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://challonge.com/C9p1 Collision 9]||March 15th, 2014||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[KTAR 5]]||May 21st, 2011||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/uprise-of-long-island-5.305520/ Uprise of Long Island #5]||June 18th, 2011||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Petopia]]||April 27th, 2013||17th||?||?
|-
|[http://challonge.com/C9b1 Collision 9]||March 15th, 2014||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Crew==
He was a part of the now disbanded crew '''Killa Fleet''' who were one of the first to attend his first Zenith. They in turn supported and helped out with his future tournaments, including helping to run the NYC Weeklies.

==Controversy and disappearance==
In January, 2015, following numerous allegations of abuse and harassment<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2t1b0e/the_truth_about_apex_tournament_host_alex_strife/]</ref><ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2t1r1w/its_time_for_me_to_share_my_side_of_the_alex/]</ref><ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2t1cq1/the_truth_about_alex_strife_part_2_nyani_edition/]</ref><ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2t1oj0/well_today_is_differentlets_talk_apex/]</ref>, and evidence of extremely unprofessional behavior in business with [[CLASH Tournaments]] and other members of Team Apex, Alex Strife stepped down as the TO of [[Apex 2015]], which proceeded without him.<ref>[http://www.meleeitonme.com/alex-strife-steps-down-from-apex/]</ref> After this he relinquished ownership of the Apex brand as well as all involvement with the Apex series. The incidents stained Alex Strife's reputation within the community, and he hasn't been involved with competitive Smash in any sort of capacity since. The Alex Strife controversy, alongside all the venue and procedure problems with Apex 2015 that happened on top of years of criticism at how Apex was run, also heavily damaged the reputation of the Apex series; this resulted in [[Apex 2016]] seeing a massive drop in attendance, both quantity and player quality wise, for all games and most particularly ''Melee'', bringing Apex down to being a stacked regional at best and losing its status as the most prestigious Smash tournament series.

==Related Links==
*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=96076 New York City Weeklies Thread]
*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=173532 Smash Suits Crew Thread]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Retired players]]
[[Category:New York smashers]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:VIP tournament organizers]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]
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