Editing Smasher:ESAM

| name           = ESAM

| image           = ESAM with Pikachu.jpg

| mainssbm       = Samus

| otherssbm       = Fox

| mainssbb       = Pikachu

| 2ndmainssbb     = Ice Climbers

| otherssbb       = Bowser

| 2ndotherssbb   = Samus

| mainpm         = Samus

| 2ndmainpm       = Pikachu

| otherpm        = Donkey Kong

| mainssb4       = Pikachu

| otherssb4       = Samus

| 2ndotherssb4   = Mewtwo

| retiredssb4    = Corrin

| former sponsors = [[CLASH Tournaments]], FBC, vVv Gaming, {{Team|Panda}}, {{Team|26 Rising}},  {{Team|Stride Esports}}

| winningsssbm   = ~$1,975.86

| winningsssbb   = ~$10,403.25

| winningsssb4   = ~$31,261.55

| rankingssbm     = [[SSBMRank 2016]]: 68th

| rankingssbb     = [[SSBBRank 2014]]: 6th

| rankingssb4     = [[PGR 100|Panda Global Rankings 100]]: 17th

| bestrankingssbb = [[RetroSSBBRank|RetroSSBBRank 2014]]: 4th

| bestrankingssb4 = [[PGR v1|Panda Global Rankings v1]]: 14th

| bestrankingssbu = [[Fall 2019 PGRU]]: 14th

| bestresultssbu  = 1st / 421 at {{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code|g=SSBU}}

| realname       = Eric Lew

| birthday       = 17

| birthmonth     = 11

| birthyear       = 1992

| location       = Central Florida

| country         = USA

'''ESAM''' is a ''Smash'' player from Miami, Florida who is considered the greatest Pikachu player of all time across three Smash titles. He is also a notable [[commentator]], a member of the [[Smash Back Room]], a former member of the [[Unity Ruleset Committee]], and a former [[tournament organizer]], having previously hosted the Zero Ping series.

He was considered the best ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Pikachu}} player in the world prior to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and is still currently one of the two best Pikachu players in the world alongside {{Sm|ShinyMark}}. ESAM is currently ranked 18th on the [[Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7]], 45th on the [[OrionRank 2022/North America|OrionRank 2022 North America]], and 82nd on the [[OrionRank 2022]]; he was formerly ranked 1st on the [[Oklahoma Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Oklahoma ''Ultimate'' Power Rankings]] and 35th on the [[PGRU v3 NA]].

In {{forwiiu}}, ESAM was also a {{SSB4|Pikachu}} main, considered the best Pikachu player in the world; he also had a {{SSB4|Samus}} secondary, and was one of the best Samus players in the world alongside {{Sm|IcyMist}}. ESAM was ranked 1st on the final [[Oklahoma Power Rankings|Oklahoma ''Smash 4'' Power Rankings]] and 17th on the [[PGR 100|Panda Global Rankings 100]]; he was also formerly ranked 2nd on the [[South Florida Smash 4 Power Rankings]].

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ESAM was a {{SSBB|Pikachu}} and {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} co-main, and was considered the best Pikachu player in the world and one of the best Ice Climbers players in the world. ESAM was ranked at the 0 position on the final [[Florida Power Rankings|Florida ''Brawl'' Power Rankings]], and was formerly ranked at the 0 position on the Carolina ''Brawl'' Power Rankings and 6th on the [[2014 SSBBRank]].

 

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', he is a {{SSBM|Samus}} player with a {{SSBM|Fox}} secondary and is considered one of the best Samus players in the United States. ESAM was formerly ranked 4th on the [[Florida Power Rankings|South Florida ''Melee'' Power Rankings]] and 68th on the [[2016 SSBMRank]].

 

In ''[[Project M]]'', ESAM is also a {{PM|Samus}} and {{PM|Pikachu}} player, and was considered one of the best Samus players in the world, alongside {{Sm|Plup}}.

 

 

On June 24th, 2015, alongside MVD and {{Sm|SS}}, ESAM was signed by {{Team|Panda}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://panda.gg/articles/news/general/1/learn-about-panda-global-gaming-|title=Learn About Panda Global Gaming!}}</ref> ESAM left the team after over 7 years, on January 15th, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/imESAM/status/1614669278283718658|title=ESAM leaving Panda}}</ref> On March 31st, 2023, ESAM was signed by {{Team|26 Rising}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/imESAM/status/1641901917105446916|title=ESAM joining 26 Rising}}</ref> His contract would end 3 months later on July 1st, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/imESAM/status/1675236792637718529|title=ESAM leaving 26 Rising}}</ref>

ESAM rose to fame when he placed 4th at [[MLG Orlando 2010]]. He lost to {{Sm|ADHD}} early in winners' bracket, but made a long run through losers' bracket, defeating players such as {{Sm|Candy}}, {{Sm|Fatal}}, and {{Sm|DieSuperFly}}, before being eliminated by {{Sm|Tyrant}} in losers' semis. He placed 8th at [[MLG Columbus 2010]], defeating {{Sm|CO18}}, {{Sm|Choice}}, and Tyrant in losers' bracket after losing to {{Sm|Lee Martin}} in winners' bracket, before being eliminated by {{Sm|Dojo}} in losers' top 8, and 9th at [[MLG Raleigh 2010]], defeating {{Sm|MVD}} and CO18 in winners' bracket before losing to {{Sm|Felix}} and {{Sm|NickRiddle}}. Lastly, he placed 4th at [[MLG DC 2010]], losing to {{Sm|Havok}} in winners' bracket, but defeating NickRiddle, Lee Martin, Tyrant, {{Sm|Ally}}, and {{Sm|mikeHAZE}} to make it to losers' semis, where he lost to {{Sm|Mew2King}}.

===2014 to 2015===

At [[CEO 2014]], ESAM placed 9th in ''Project M'' singles, losing to {{Sm|Wizzrobe}} 0-2 in winners' bracket and NickRiddle 0-2 in losers' bracket.

At [[Super Smash Con]], ESAM finished 2nd in ''Brawl'' singles. He beat MVD 3-0 in winners semis before losing to Mew2King 3-0 in winners finals. In losers' bracket, he defeated Nairo for the first time ever, 3-1 in losers finals. He lost 3-0 in a rematch with Mew2King in grand finals, where he went Samus in Game 2 and Bowser in Game 3.

===''Smash 4''===

At the beginning of ''[[Smash 4]]'', ESAM was invited to [[Sky's Smash 4 Invitational]] where he lost to {{Sm|FOW}} 0-2 in winners. In losers he defeated {{Sm|Trela}} 2-1, {{Sm|Zinoto}} 2-0, FOW 3-0, and {{Sm|ZeRo}} 3-1 before losing to {{Sm|Mr. R}} 1-3 and placing second.

To start out 2015, ESAM entered [[Tournament:Final Battle|Final Battle]] where he defeated {{Sm|Rich Brown}} in winners before losing to {{Sm|Larry Lurr}}. In losers, he defeated {{Sm|Bloodcross}} and {{Sm|SlayerZ}} before being eliminated by {{Sm|Zex}} and placing 5th. His next major event was [[CEO 2015]], where he defeated Trela 2-0 and {{Sm|Dabuz}} 2-1 before being sent to losers 1-3 by ZeRo and eliminated by Larry Lurr 1-3 and netting another 5th place finish. He later attended [[EVO 2015]], the largest smash tournament at the time where he defeated {{Sm|8BitMan}} 2-0 and {{Sm|Regi}} 2-1 before being sent to losers by {{Sm|Abadango}} 1-2. In losers, he defeated {{Sm|SS}} 2-0 before being eliminated by {{Sm|Ally}} 1-2 and finishing at 7th place.

At [[Super Smash Con 2015]], ESAM defeated {{Sm|DKwill}} 2-0, and {{Sm|Nairo}} 3-2 before losing to ZeRo in a very close set in winners finals, 2-3. He would then defeat Nairo 3-1 in losers finals before losing his rematch with ZeRo 0-3 in grand finals, where he used Yoshi in Game 2. ESAM later traveled to California for [[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]], where he defeated {{Sm|Angbad}} 2-0 and Zex 2-0 before losing to {{Sm|6WX}} 0-2. In losers he defeated {{Sm|AC}} 2-0 before losing to {{Sm|SlayerZ}} 1-2 and finishing at 13th place. In October, ESAM traveled to Michigan for [[The Big House 5]]; he also entered Smashfield Weeklies 9 which was happening before the event. At the weekly, he defeated {{Sm|Megafox}} 2-1, Abadango 2-0, and {{Sm|Ally}} 3-2 before Ally defeated him 3-1 in both sets of grand finals. At The Big House 5 itself ESAM defeated {{Sm|smasher1001}} 2-0, and {{Sm|Shel}} 2-0 to make it into top 32. In Top 32, ESAM defeated Trela 2-0 before losing to Dabuz 0-3 and being eliminated by ZeRo 1-3 and ultimately finishing at 9th place.

He finished 3rd in ''Smash 4'' singles at [[MLG World Finals 2015]]. In winners' bracket, he beat {{Sm|NickRiddle}} 3-2, {{Sm|GrimTurtle}} 3-0, and Nairo's Dr. Mario 3-1 in winners semis before falling to ZeRo 3-1 in winners finals. He then lost a rematch with Nairo's Dr. Mario 3-0 in losers finals, where he switched to Samus in Game 3 after losing twice in a row with his Pikachu.

 

To finish off the year, ESAM entered [[Frame Perfect Series]] where he defeated {{Sm|Day}} 2-0 to make it out of pools. In bracket ESAM lost to {{Sm|DJ Jack}} 1-2. In losers ESAM defeated Day 2-0 again, {{Sm|Ryo}} 2-1, {{Sm|Manny}} 3-2, and {{Sm|Fatality}} 3-1 before being eliminated by DJ Jack 3-1 finishing in 4th place.

 

 

 

 

At [[Shots Fired 2]], ESAM defeated {{Sm|Venom}} 2-1 to make top 32. In top 32 he lost to {{Sm|ANTi}} 2-0 and in losers he defeated {{Sm|C3PO}} 2-0 before being eliminated by {{Sm|Ranai}} 1-3. At [[Pound 2016]] ESAM defeated {{Sm|Camalange}} 2-1 to make it to round 2 pools. In round 2 he defeated {{Sm|Wizzrobe}} 2-1 before losing to {{Sm|Marss}} 1-2. In losers bracket he defeated {{Sm|Raptor}} 2-0 to make top 16 where he defeated {{Sm|NAKAT}} 3-0 and was eliminated by {{Sm|Ally}} 2-3 and placing 9th. At [[TGC 7]], ESAM was upset by {{Sm|CaptainZack}} 0-2 in pools. In top 32 he defeated {{Sm|RunC.T.}} 2-0, {{Sm|GrimTurtle}} 2-0, {{Sm|L.U.C.Y}} 2-0, {{Sm|Pugwest}} 2-0, and {{Sm|Karna}} 2-0 before being eliminated by his teammate MVD 0-2 and finishing in 5th place.

 

ESAM was able to end his losing streak by taking first at [[Paradigm Shift]], defeating Fatality 3-0 in winners finals and grand finals. He also won [[Combo Breaker 2016]] defeating {{Sm|smasher1001}} 2-0, {{Sm|Skorpio}} 2-0, {{Sm|Dekillsage}} 3-0, {{Sm|JJROCKETS}} 3-2, and {{Sm|Tyroy}} 3-2.

 

His short win streak was ended at [[Midwest Mayhem 3]], where he lost to Tyroy 0-2 in winners quarters. In losers bracket he defeated MVD 2-1, {{Sm|BoScotty}} 3-0, and {{Sm|Ksev}} 3-1 before being eliminated by {{Sm|False}} 2-3 and ultimately finishing in 4th place. At [[Low Tier City 4]] ESAM lost to {{Sm|Hyuga}} 1-2 in bracket. In losers he defeated {{Sm|Aerolink}} and {{Sm|MJG}} to make top 8 losers side. In top 8 he defeated {{Sm|P2P with Gibus}} 3-0 before being eliminated by Hyuga 1-3. At [[CEO 2016]] ESAM defeated {{Sm|Mister Eric}} 2-0 to make it out of pools. In top 64 he defeated {{Sm|Wrath}} 2-1 before losing to Dabuz 0-2 and being eliminated by {{Sm|Saj}} 1-2 and placing 17th. At [[EVO 2016]] ESAM was upset by {{Sm|NickC}} 1-2 in pools. In losers he eliminated {{Sm|Sinji}} 2-0, Falln 2-0, {{Sm|DJ Jack}} 2-0, and {{Sm|HIKARU}} 2-0 before being eliminated by Trela 1-2 and finishing at a disappointing 25th place. At Trail Gaming League 8, ESAM took the tournament defeating {{Sm|Seibrik}}, NickRiddle, and MVD, but not before MVD reset the bracket. At [[Super Smash Con 2016]], ESAM defeated {{Sm|Rayquaza07}} 2-1 in round 2 pools before losing 0-2 to {{Sm|Ryo}} and {{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}, finishing at an all time low of 33rd place. However, he performed well in Melee, getting 13th and defeating {{Sm|lloD}}, {{Sm|Zhu}}, and {{Sm|Westballz}}.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At [[2GGC: Civil War]], ESAM placed 17th, outplacing many upset top players. His run started with a very close 2-1 victory over {{Sm|Raffi-X}} to make it out of pools. In top 96 ESAM lost to Kirihara 0-3 sending him to the losers bracket where he defeated {{Sm|ImHip}} 3-0 to make it into top 32. His true accomplishment at the tournament was that he finally took a set from {{Sm|Ally}}. After losing game 1 with Mewtwo, he then opted with the low-tier character Samus, and took 3 straight games from Ally in dominant fashion. His run was then ended by HIKARU's Donkey Kong in a 1-3 set loss.

 

 

At the Florida national [[CEO Dreamland]], ESAM defeated {{Sm|Bloodcross}} and {{Sm|NAKAT}} 2-1 as well as Larry Lurr 3-1 and VoiD 3-2 to make top 8 winners side. Once in top 8 ESAM fell to {{Sm|ZeRo}} and Dabuz both 1-3 and ultimately finished in 5th place.

 

ESAM notably won [[Smashadelphia 2017]], defeating Dabuz 3-1 in winners finals. In grand finals, he lost the first set to Dabuz 1-3, but ultimately won the second set 3-2.

 

 

Sticking with Pikachu, ESAM began the first ''Ultimate'' season with a strong 7th place finish at {{Trn|GENESIS 6}}, defeating {{Sm|Ally}} and {{Sm|Tweek}} along the way. This, however, initially seemed as an outlier: despite consistently placing top 8 at a regional level during that season, including winning {{Trn|Battle of BC 3}} over Ally, ESAM saw mediocre results on a national level, placing 65th at {{Trn|Frostbite 2019}}, 33rd at {{Trn|2GG: Prime Saga}}, and 25th at {{Trn|Pound 2019}}. He also struggled against the {{SSBU|Peach}} matchup and notably lost two sets against the up-and-coming Peach player {{Sm|MuteAce}}. Both his results and his struggle against Peach, however, did not deter ESAM, and he continued to lab Pikachu to try and bring out its true potential. This potential was shown at {{Trn|Get On My Level 2019}}, where ESAM ran through Ally, {{Sm|Cosmos}}, {{Sm|Nairo}}, and even {{Sm|MkLeo}} to ultimately place 3rd, his best tournament run of the season. ESAM capped off the first season with a 9th place at {{Trn|CEO 2019}}, where he finally overcame the Peach matchup by defeating MuteAce. Due to these performances and wins, ESAM was ranked 16th on the [[Spring 2019 PGRU]].

 

ESAM's second season was somewhat similar to his first. ESAM's result once again saw several dips as he underperformed at both {{Trn|Low Tier City 7}} and {{Trn|EVO 2019}}, losing to players who weren't ranked on the PGR at that time. His performances at other supermajors such as {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}} and {{Trn|Shine 2019}} were solid; however, it was because of relatively easy brackets, and he failed to make any notable upsets.

 

 

 

Although ESAM was rather inactive at WWR-ranked tournaments in the following season, he returned during the seventh season, mostly to participate in online tournament circuits. He qualified for {{Trn|The Pandemic Anniversary Series}} by winning the second qualifier, {{Trn|Return to Subspace: ONLINE}}, over {{Sm|Capitancito}}, and saw another top 8 placement at the fourth qualifier, {{Trn|Collision Online 2021}}. He then qualified for the {{Trn|SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals}} by placing 2nd at {{Trn|SWT: NA Southeast Ultimate Online Qualifier}}, losing to {{Sm|Vendetta}} twice. His final notable tournament of the online era was at {{Trn|Pandemic Anniversary Series: Finale}}, where he once again placed top 8. Although he did not attend that many tournaments, ESAM's results at the notable tournaments he did attend helped him be ranked 18th on the [[Wi-Fi Warrior Rank v7]].

 

 

Ultimately, however, ESAM fell short of these expectations, as he failed to come close to the run he had at Glitch 8.5. Despite being seeded first at {{Trn|Super Smash Con: Fall Fest}}, he fell short significantly by losing to {{Sm|ApolloKage}} and {{Sm|IcyMist}} to place 17th. Although he came out of Round Robin on the winner's side at {{Trn|SWT: NA East Ultimate Regional Finals}}, he fell to {{Sm|Kola}} and {{Sm|Wrath}} to place 7th, failing to qualify for the [[Tournament:Smash World Tour 2021 Championships|championship tournament]]. His final two tournaments - {{Trn|Mainstage 2021}} and {{Trn|CEO 2021}} - also ended in disappointment: despite placing top 16 at both tournaments, he failed to make any notable upsets. These placements dashed away any hopes for ESAM to be the best player in the post-pandemic metagame, and by the end of the year, he was ranked in the A-tier (or top 13) on the [[PGRUContenders North America]] - below other players who had won major tournaments that season such as {{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut}} and Kola - and 18th in the world on the [[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse]].

 

===Decline===

The first half of ESAM's 2022 was rather uneventful, as he only attended 3 notable tournaments: {{Trn|GENESIS 8}}, {{Trn|Combo Breaker 2022}}, and {{Trn|Battle of BC 4}}. He only had a single top 50 win -- {{Sm|Tweek}} at GENESIS -- and failed to place top 8 at any of the three tournaments. Due to his low activity, he was relegated to an Honorable Mention on the [[OrionRank Mid-Year 2022]], with his Combo Breaker 2022 result being ignored due to his perceived "sandbagging" with his new secondary {{SSBU|Mii Brawler}} throughout most of the tournament,<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/vm4hqg/orionrank_ultimate_2022_midyear_update_honorable/ie2egv5/?context=3|title=ESAM's exclusion from OrionRank 2022 Mid-Year}}</ref> and was ranked 35th on the [[PGRU v3 NA]], a significant drop from his top 13 placement on the PGRContenders list. Likewise, his second half was also barren as he attended a total of four notable events with mixed results: although he placed well at {{Trn|Shine 2022}} and {{Trn|Lost Tech City 2022}}, defeating {{Sm|MuteAce}} in the latter event, he placed lukewarmly at {{Trn|The Big House 10}} and {{Trn|DreamHack Atlanta 2022}}. In spite of the low activity, ESAM had enough events to be ranked on the [[OrionRank 2022]]; however, due to an overall mediocre season, he was only ranked 82nd.

 

 

 

 

 

|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mscruff-presents-may-19th-smashathon-results.104005/ Smashathon]||May 19th, 2007||7th / 22||2nd / 8||{{Sm|Rexx}}

|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=133718 Doodah 3]||December 29th, 2007||4th / 41||7th / 16||{{Sm|Phanna}}

|[https://smashboards.com/threads/fl-gigabits-1-12-full-results.137097/ Gigabits 1/12]||January 12th, 2008||9th / 24||7th / 29||Phanna

|{{Trn|FAST 1|g=SSBM}}||July 17th-20th, 2008||13th / 78||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Apex 2013|g=SSBM}}||January 11th-13th, 2013||33rd / 336||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Paragon Los Angeles 2015|g=SSBM}}||September 5th-6th, 2015||17th / 547||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Tipped Off 11|g=SSBM}}||November 7th-8th, 2015||5th / 336||17th / 70||{{Sm|Junebug}}

|{{Trn|GENESIS 3|g=SSBM}}||January 15th-17th, 2016||65th / 1,828||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Tiger Smash 4|g=SSBM}}||March 26th-27th, 2016||2nd / 75||3rd / 23||{{Sm|Starlord}}

|{{Trn|TGC 7|g=SSBM}}||April 9th, 2016||1st||&mdash;|||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Smash Summit 2|g=SSBM}}||April 21st-24th, 2016||13th / 16||7th / 8||{{Sm|Ice}}

|{{Trn|DreamHack Austin 2016|g=SSBM}}||May 6th-8th, 2016||17th / 398||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Combo Breaker 2016|g=SSBM}}||May 27th-29th, 2016||4th / 118||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Low Tier City 4|g=SSBM}}||June 18th-19th, 2016||4th / 294||2nd / 51||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}

|{{Trn|CEO 2016|g=SSBM}}||June 24th-26th, 2016||65th / 678||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX07062016SSBM Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 7/6]||July 6th, 2016||1st / 66||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|EVO 2016|g=SSBM}}||July 15th-17th, 2016||513th / 2,372||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2016|g=SSBM}}||August 11th-14th, 2016||13th / 940||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|The Smash House|g=SSBM}}||September 23rd-25th, 2016||5th / 16||4th / 7||{{Sm|FlaminRoy}}

|{{Trn|The Big House 6|g=SSBM}}||October 7th-9th, 2016||&mdash;||17th / 323||{{Sm|Kage}}

|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/gamers-fight-cancer-ft-c9-ally-pg-esam-pg-mvd/event/melee-singles/brackets/71555/228093 Gamers Fight Cancer]||October 22nd-23rd, 2016||2nd / 34||1st / 13||{{Sm|Mojo}}

|{{Trn|Smash the Record 2016|g=SSBM}}||November 11th-14th, 2016||65th / 390||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://challonge.com/ashwit85melee ASH@WIT #85]||November 18th, 2016||3rd / 62||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Smash Conference LXIX|g=SSBM}}||January 7th, 2017||&mdash;||5th / 18||Hungrybox

|{{Trn|DreamHack Austin 2017|g=SSBM}}||April 28th-30th, 2017||&mdash;||5th / 66||Hungrybox

|{{Trn|DreamHack Montreal 2017|g=SSBM}}||September 8th-10th, 2017||9th / 212||4th / 65||{{Sm|Dizzkidboogie}}

|{{Trn|DreamHack Denver 2017|g=SSBM}}||October 20th-22nd, 2017||&mdash;||13th / 64||{{Sm|Joey|p=Melee}}

|{{Trn|Flatiron 3|g=SSBM}}||April 21st, 2018||33rd / 316||17th / 86||Joey

|{{Trn|Combo Breaker 2018|g=SSBM}}||May 25th-27th, 2018||&mdash;||4th / 16||Joey

|{{Trn|DreamHack Austin 2018|g=SSBM}}||June 1st-3rd, 2018||13th / 393||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Low Tier City 7|g=SSBM}}||July 12th-14th, 2019||&mdash;||13th / 48||Joey

|{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||January 29th-30th, 2022||129th / 2,422||&mdash;||&mdash;

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

|{{Trn|FAST 1|g=SSBB}}||July 17th-20th, 2008||33rd / 122||17th / 46||{{Sm|NickRiddle}}

|{{Trn|Zero Ping Monthlies|g=SSBB}}||August 15th, 2009||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/threads/winterfest-results-kissimmee-florida.259361/ Winterfest]||December 18th-20th, 2009||17th / 89||7th / 31||{{Sm|MVD}}

|{{Trn|MLG Orlando 2010|g=SSBB}}||April 16th-18th, 2010||4th / 184||13th / 45||MVD

|{{Trn|MLG Columbus 2010|g=SSBB}}||June 4th-6th, 2010||8th / 250||9th / 64||MVD

|{{Trn|MLG Raleigh 2010|g=SSBB}}||August 27th-29th, 2010||9th / 148||4th / 42||MVD

|{{Trn|MLG DC 2010|g=SSBB}}||October 15th-17th, 2010||4th / 174||5th / 42||MVD

|{{Trn|MLG Dallas 2010|g=SSBB}}||November 5th-7th, 2010||3rd / 182||4th / 48||MVD

|{{Trn|Pound V|g=SSBB}}||February 19th-21st, 2011||4th / 151||3rd / 48||MVD

|{{Trn|WHOBO 3|g=SSBB}}||March 18th-20th, 2011||17th / 139||9th / 50||MVD

|WHOBO 3 LT||March 18th-20th, 2011||7th / 47||1st / 21||{{Sm|Poltergust}}

|{{Trn|GENESIS 2|g=SSBB}}||July 15th-17th, 2011||9th / 197||4th / 64||MVD

|{{Trn|Apex 2012|g=SSBB}}||January 6th-8th, 2012||4th / 400||13th / 128||MVD

|{{Trn|SKTAR|g=SSBB}}||July 14th-15th, 2012||2nd / 140||5th / 52||{{Sm|Mekos}}

|{{Trn|Smashed Together|g=SSBB}}||July 28th, 2012||1st / 37||2nd / 11||MVD

|{{Trn|WHOBO 4|g=SSBB}}||August 4th-5th, 2012||1st / 96||2nd / 39||MVD

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=329664 WABA]||November 10th, 2012||1st / 103||5th / 32||{{Sm|Mink}}

|{{Trn|Apex 2013|g=SSBB}}||January 11th-13th, 2013||13th / 338||17th / 110||MVD

|[https://smashboards.com/threads/xanadu-games-harlem-shake-edition-ft-dr-peepee-mew2king-esam-bloodcross-ct-zero-chillindude.334453/ Xanadu Games Harlem Shake Edition]||February 23rd, 2013||2nd / 16||1st / 8||{{Sm|ZeRo}}

|{{Trn|SKTAR 2|g=SSBB}}||August 3rd-4th, 2013||7th / 141||17th / 45||MVD

|{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=SSBB}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||3rd / 370||3rd / 114||MVD

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=354646/ Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/6]||May 6th, 2014||2nd / 14||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=355730/ NickRiddle & 8Bitman's May Brawl/PM Monthly]||May 17th, 2014||3rd / 10||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|SKTAR 3|g=SSBB}}||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||3rd / 97||3rd / 30||MVD

|{{Trn|Tournament:Final Battle|Final Battle|g=SSBB}}||January 17th, 2015||2nd (Split)||2nd (Split)||MVD

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2016|g=SSBB}}||August 11th-14th, 2016||65th / 151||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=334453 Smash @ Xanadu Monthly - 2/23]||February 23rd, 2013||&mdash;||1st / 9||{{Sm|PPMD}}

|{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=PM}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||9th / 382||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=349367/ Smash Carolina 3]||March 1st, 2014||1st / 43||1st / 15||{{Sm|Atlas}}

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=354646/ Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/6]||May 6th, 2014||2nd / 46||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=355005/ Shell Shocked XV]||May 10th, 2014||1st / 43||1st / 9||{{Sm|Seagull Joe}}

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=355730/ NickRiddle & 8Bitman's May Brawl/PM Monthly]||May 17th, 2014||1st / 13||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|SKTAR 3|g=PM}}||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||4th / 256||4th / 64||{{Sm|MVD}}

|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=357523/ 'No JEANS']||June 7th, 2014||1st / 19||3rd / 5||{{Sm|Teachable}}

|{{Trn|Infinity and Beyond! 58|g=PM}}||June 11th, 2015||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|CEO 2014|g=PM}}||June 27th-29th, 2014||9th / 255||5th / 34||MVD

|{{Trn|Tipped Off 10|g=PM}}||September 20th-21st, 2014||5th / 100||2nd / 18||MVD

|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series|g=PM}}||November 21st, 2015||4th / 29||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Shots Fired 2|g=PM}}||March 5th-6th, 2016||9th / 109||5th / 28||{{Sm|Strong Bad}}

|[http://challonge.com/SatX07062016PM Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 7/6]||July 6th, 2016||1st / 29||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://smashcarolina.challonge.com/sc5smash43ds Smash Carolina V]||October 4th, 2014||1st / 51||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Xanadu Smash 4 Invitational|g=SSB4}}||November 6th, 2014||9th / 16||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Sky's Smash 4 Invitational|g=SSB4}}||November 20th-22nd, 2014||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Nairo}}

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/sm4sh-arcade-oddyssey-11-28-14.3893/?id=8 Sm4sh @ Arcade Oddyssey 11-28-14]||November 28th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/smash-4-arcade-oddyssey-12-26.3900/?id=8 Sm4sh @ Arcade Oddyssey 12-26-14]||December 26th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Final Battle|g=SSB4}}||January 17th, 2015||5th||9th||{{Sm|MVD}}

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/smash-4-our-sins-2-singles.6654/?id=8 Smash 4 Our Sins 2]||March 21st, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/versus-smash-4-weekly-5-7-15.6678/?id=8 Versus Smash 4 Weekly 5/7/15]||May 7th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/2015-versus-evo-qualifier-smash-4-singles.6683/ 2015 Versus EVO Qualifier]||May 16th, 2015||1st||13th||{{Sm|PRETTYWING}}

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/versus-smash-4-weekly-5-21-15.6685/?id=8 Versus Smash 4 Weekly 5/21/15]||May 21st, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/versus-smash-4-weekly-5-28-15.6687/?id=8 Versus Smash 4 Weekly 5/28/15]||May 28th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/tampa-never-sleeps-super-smash-bros-4-singles.6804/?id=8 Tampa Never Sleeps]||May 31st, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/versus-smash-4-weekly-6-4-15.6723/?id=8 Versus Smash 4 Weekly 6/4/15]||June 4th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://tloc.challonge.com/sw33 Shockwave 33]||June 10th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/versus-smash-4-weekly-6-18-15.6979/?id=8 Versus Smash 4 Weekly 6/18/15]||June 18th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|CEO 2015|g=SSB4}}||June 26th-28th, 2015||5th||5th||MVD

|{{Trn|EVO 2015|g=SSB4}}||July 17th-19th, 2015||7th||17th||MVD

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015|g=SSB4}}||August 6th-9th, 2015||2nd||3rd||MVD

|{{Trn|Paragon Los Angeles 2015|g=SSB4}}||September 5th-6th, 2015||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|The Big House 5|g=SSB4}}||October 2nd-4th, 2015||9th||4th||MVD

|{{Trn|MLG World Finals 2015|g=SSB4}}||October 16th-18th, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Tipped Off 11|g=SSB4}}||November 7th-8th, 2015||2nd||2nd||MVD

|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series|g=SSB4}}||November 21st, 2015||4th||2nd||MVD

|{{Trn|2GGT: ESAM Saga|g=SSB4}}||January 9th, 2016||5th||2nd||{{Sm|ZeRo}}

|{{Trn|GENESIS 3|g=SSB4}}||January 15th-17th, 2016||13th||17th||MVD

|{{Trn|PAX Arena|g=SSB4}}||January 29th-31st, 2016||7th||5th||MVD

|{{Trn|TGC 6|g=SSB4}}||February 6th, 2016||Top 8||3rd||MVD

|{{Trn|B.E.A.S.T 6|g=SSB4}}||February 19th-21st, 2016||3rd||1st||MVD

|{{Trn|Shots Fired 2|g=SSB4}}||March 5th-6th, 2016||13th||4th||MVD

|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/salt-in-the-city-3-smash-4-singles.12394/ Salt in the City 3]||March 12th, 2016||1st||4th||Starlord

|{{Trn|Tiger Smash 4|g=SSB4}}||March 26th-27th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Romano_Loxley}}

|{{Trn|Pound 2016|g=SSB4}}||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||9th||4th||MVD

|{{Trn|TGC 7|g=SSB4}}||April 9th, 2016||5th||2nd||MVD

|{{Trn|Paradigm Shift|g=SSB4}}||May 21st-22nd, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|NickRiddle}}

|{{Trn|Combo Breaker 2016|g=SSB4}}||May 27th-29th, 2016||1st||1st||MVD

|{{Trn|Midwest Mayhem 3|g=SSB4}}||June 4th, 2016||4th||1st||MVD

|{{Trn|Low Tier City 4|g=SSB4}}||June 18th-19th, 2016||5th||3rd||MVD

|{{Trn|CEO 2016|g=SSB4}}||June 24th-26th, 2016||17th||13th||MVD

|{{Trn|EVO 2016|g=SSB4}}||July 15th-17th, 2016||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;

|[http://challonge.com/tgl8smash4pro Trail Gaming League 8]||August 6th, 2016||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2016|g=SSB4}}||August 11th-14th, 2016||33rd||17th||MVD

|[http://versus.challonge.com/s4_081816 VSGC Weekly 8/18]||August 18th, 2016||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;

|{{Trn|Smash the Record 2016|g=SSB4}}||November 11th-14th, 2016||1st||2nd||MVD

 

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2023|g=SSBU}}||August 10th-13th, 2023||33rd / 2,607||9th / 567||MVD

|{{Trn|Supernova 2024|g=SSBU}}||August 8th-11th, 2024||65th / 2,281||17th / 497||MVD

*ESAM is {{Sm|NickRiddle}}'s younger brother.

*In ESAM's [[YouTube]] video "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Why Samus?", he explains that his tag comes from a combination of his name "Eric" and "[[Samus]]" since {{SSBM|Samus}} was the first character he mained in ''[[Melee]]'' and is one of his favorite video game characters. When ESAM was around the age of 5, he used to bond with his father by watching him play Super Metroid, which birthed his love for both the Metroid series and Samus.

*ESAM is also a top {{s|wikipedia|Divekick}} player, and he won the ''Divekick'' event at {{Trn|CEO 2014}}.

*ESAM is the subject of a number of memes within the ''Smash'' community in reference to his bald head; he has sometimes gone by the alias "Mr. Clean", and it is common for spectators in tournament streams to point out his presence by merely mentioning that "ESAM is bald".

*Due to his attitude and tendency to immerse himself in drama, ESAM is seen as a controversial figure in the Smash community. He is well noted for starting confrontations with other players in social media, and for having questionable or unpopular opinions, particularly his insistence on {{SSB4|Pikachu}} being one of the best characters in ''[[Smash 4]]''. The latter point has also started a meme in the ''Smash'' community as "#ESAMOpinions", being used to refer to any stance that is not widely shared.

**He also has a noted tendency to have his opinions be reversed on him, especially in regards to his opinions on characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://youtu.be/YqvuRRu3Pxg|title=#ESAMOpinions}}</ref>

*On April 19th, 2019, ESAM infamously lost a $500 money match against {{Sm|Samsora}} at {{Trn|Pound 2019}}, with Samsora winning 10-1 and both competitors subsequently joking about the match together on [[Twitter]].

 

*[https://twitter.com/imESAM Twitter account]

*[http://www.twitch.tv/pgESAM Twitch channel]

*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=92614 SmashBoards public profile]

*[https://ssbworld.com/players/84/esam SSBWorld profile]

*[https://www.speedrun.com/user/imESAM Speedrun.com profile]

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