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{{Infobox Smasher | {{Infobox Smasher | ||
| name | | name = KirbyKaze | ||
| image | | image = KirbyKaze.jpg | ||
| mainssbm | | mainssbm = Sheik | ||
| | | otherssbm = Peach | ||
| | | 2ndotherssbm = Fox | ||
| crew | | moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Kirby}}, {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} | ||
| former crews | | crew = [[Melee It On Me]] | ||
| | | former crews = [[Even Matchup Gaming]] | ||
| skillssbm = Top professional | |||
| rankingssbm | | rankingssbm = [[Summer 2017 SSBMRank]]: 31st | ||
| winningsssbm = ~$5,595.33 | |||
| winningsssbm | | realname = David MacDonald | ||
| realname | | location = Markham, Ontario | ||
| location | | country = Canada | ||
| country | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''KirbyKaze''' is a professional Canadian ''[[Melee]]'' player from Markham, Ontario (born in Thornhill), regarded as the best {{SSBM|Sheik}} player from Canada and one of the best Sheik players in North America, along with {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Plup}}, {{Sm|Shroomed}}, and {{Sm|Swedish Delight}}. From 2010-2012, he was a top 8 player in the world and recorded the best results of his smash career to date, going head-to-head with USA's best, defeating {{Sm|Mango}} and {{Sm|PPMD}} at [[Revival of Melee 3]] and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} at [[Apex 2012]]. KirbyKaze was formerly ranked | '''KirbyKaze''' is a professional Canadian ''[[Melee]]'' player from Markham, Ontario (born in Thornhill), regarded as the best {{SSBM|Sheik}} player from Canada and one of the best Sheik players in North America, along with {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Plup}}, {{Sm|Shroomed}}, and {{Sm|Swedish Delight}}. From 2010-2012, he was a top 8 player in the world and recorded the best results of his smash career to date, going head-to-head with USA's best, defeating {{Sm|Mango}} and {{Sm|PPMD}} at [[Revival of Melee 3]] and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} at [[Apex 2012]]. KirbyKaze is currently ranked 31st on the [[Summer 2017 SSBMRank]] and was formerly ranked 1st on the [[Ontario Power Rankings|Ontario Melee Power Rankings]]. | ||
After taking a small break, KirbyKaze marked his return to ''Smash'' in 2014 by placing 4th at [[Get On My Level 2014]]. He has since seen strong results, notably [[SWEET Prologue]] which he won, and [[Apex 2015]] where he took 7th. He had an unexpectedly low 97th placing at [[EVO 2015]]. | After taking a small break, KirbyKaze marked his return to ''Smash'' in 2014 by placing 4th at [[Get On My Level 2014]]. He has since seen strong results, notably [[SWEET Prologue]] which he won, and [[Apex 2015]] where he took 7th. He had an unexpectedly low 97th placing at [[EVO 2015]]. In December 2015, KirbyKaze announced that he was retiring; however, he has since come out of retirement, attending more tournaments and netting impressive placements such as 9th at [[The Big House 6]] and 4th at [[Canada Cup 2016]]. | ||
==Tournament placings== | ==Tournament placings== | ||
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|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=135096 Clash of the Sauga 2]||January 5th, 2008||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Chesterr01}} | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=135096 Clash of the Sauga 2]||January 5th, 2008||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Chesterr01}} | ||
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| | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=174894 TGMTSBCO]||June 7th-8th, 2008||—||4th||{{Sm|Kage}} | ||
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|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=211954 Only in Niagara 4]||December 20th, 2008||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|I.B}} | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=211954 Only in Niagara 4]||December 20th, 2008||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|I.B}} | ||
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|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=222653 Starfurry 3]||February 21st, 2009||3rd||4th||I.B | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=222653 Starfurry 3]||February 21st, 2009||3rd||4th||I.B | ||
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| | |[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||17th||13th||I.B | ||
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|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232618 Starfurry 5]||May 2nd, 2009||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|PKMVodka}} | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232618 Starfurry 5]||May 2nd, 2009||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|PKMVodka}} | ||
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| | |[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||13th||13th||{{Sm|Europhoria}} | ||
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|[https://smashboards.com/threads/new-bark-town-an-oakville-tournament-results-thread.258352/ New Bark Town]||December 12th, 2009||2nd||2nd||I.B | |[https://smashboards.com/threads/new-bark-town-an-oakville-tournament-results-thread.258352/ New Bark Town]||December 12th, 2009||2nd||2nd||I.B | ||
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| | |[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||33rd||49th||I.B | ||
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|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=264324 PWG - LBT2 Unity]||February 6th, 2010||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Blunted_Object10}} | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=264324 PWG - LBT2 Unity]||February 6th, 2010||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Blunted_Object10}} | ||
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| | |[[Revival of Melee 3]]||November 20th-21st, 2010||3rd||9th||{{Sm|MacD}} | ||
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| | |[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||17th||17th||{{Sm|Silent Wolf}} | ||
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|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=309364 Smash t'ill U Crash 2]||August 20th, 2011||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Ryan Ford}} | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=309364 Smash t'ill U Crash 2]||August 20th, 2011||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Ryan Ford}} | ||
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| | |[[The Big House]]||October 22nd, 2011||4th||3rd||{{Sm|SFAT}} | ||
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| | |[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||5th||25th||{{Sm|VaNz}} | ||
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| | |[[IMPULSE]]||June 30th-July 1st, 2012||5th||7th||{{Sm|Nintendude}} | ||
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| | |[[Rule 6: NorCal Regional]]||July 29th, 2012||2nd||5th||{{Sm|Alan}} | ||
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| | |[[The Big House 2]]||October 6th-7th, 2012||5th||4th||{{Sm|Lovage}} | ||
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| | |[[Revival of Melee 5]]||November 17th-18th, 2012||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Cactuar}} | ||
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| | |[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||7th||17th||Alan | ||
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| | |[[Smash Till You Crash 4]]||August 24th-25th, 2013||2nd||4th||Chesterr01 | ||
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| | |[[McSmashter 3]]||January 11th-12th, 2014||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Jethrotex}} | ||
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| | |[[Polybash XIII]]||March 1st-2nd, 2014||2nd||2nd||Jethrotex | ||
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| | |[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||5th||17th||Jethrotex | ||
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| | |[[The Next Episode]]||March 22nd-23rd, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|PewPewU}} | ||
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| | |[[Get On My Level 2014]]||May 10th-11th, 2014||4th||9th||Jethrotex | ||
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| | |[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||9th||3rd||{{Sm|RaynEX}} | ||
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| | |[[MLG Anaheim 2014]]||June 20th-22nd, 2014||25th||13th||{{Sm|Duck}} | ||
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| | |[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||17th||17th||{{Sm|Abate}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[The Come Up]]||December 6th-7th, 2014||2nd||2nd||RaynEX | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[SWEET Prologue]]||January 3rd-4th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|Chillin}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||7th||33rd||{{Sm|Shippu}} | ||
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| | |[[Lan ETS 2015]]||March 7th-8th, 2015||1st||2nd||Chesterr01 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[No Man's LAN 10]]||March 15th, 2015||1st||5th||{{Sm|Trulliam}} | ||
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| | |[[I'm Not Yelling!]]||April 11th-12th, 2015||7th||9th||{{Sm|Frootloop}} | ||
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| | |[[Super Nebulous 3]]||April 25th-26th, 2015||5th||5th||{{Sm|dizzkidboogie}} | ||
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| | |[[Enthusiast Gaming Live]]||May 16th-17th, 2015||7th||5th||{{Sm|Riddlebox}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Get On My Level 2015]]||May 30th-31st, 2015||3rd||9th||Riddlebox | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://ege.challonge.com/OESmelee2015 OES Melee 2015]||June 27th, 2015||1st||—||— | |[http://ege.challonge.com/OESmelee2015 OES Melee 2015]||June 27th, 2015||1st||—||— | ||
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| | |[[EXP 2015]]||July 4th-5th, 2015||3rd||—||— | ||
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| | |[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||97th||—||— | ||
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| | |[[Summit 2015]]||August 15th-16th, 2015||1st||5th||Riddlebox | ||
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| | |[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||33rd||17th||Kage | ||
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| | |[[Canada Cup 2015]]||October 30th-November 1st, 2015||5th||—||— | ||
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| | |[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||65th||25th||Ryan Ford | ||
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| | |[[Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo]]||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||13th||—||— | ||
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|[http://challonge.com/moesingles Melee on Elm Street]||September 11th, 2016||2nd||—||— | |[http://challonge.com/moesingles Melee on Elm Street]||September 11th, 2016||2nd||—||— | ||
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|[https:// | |[https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-york-11-the-return/events/melee-singles/brackets/73380 Smash @ York #11: The Return]||September 24th, 2016||1st||—||— | ||
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|[http://ege.challonge.com/OESMelee16 OES Melee 2016]||October 2nd, 2016||3rd||—||— | |[http://ege.challonge.com/OESMelee16 OES Melee 2016]||October 2nd, 2016||3rd||—||— | ||
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| | |[[The Big House 6]]||October 7th-9th, 2016||9th||—||— | ||
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|[ | |[[Canada Cup 2016]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||4th||5th||{{Sm|Toph}} | ||
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| | |[https://smash.gg/tournament/lan-war-x-1000-pot-bonus-for-melee-smash-4/events/melee-singles/brackets/89518 LAN WAR X]||November 26th-27th, 2016||1st||?||{{Sm|Coffeeblack}} | ||
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| | |[[Eden]]||December 10th-11th, 2016||5th||7th||{{Sm|Kira}} | ||
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|[https:// | |[https://smash.gg/tournament/apollo/events/melee-singles/brackets/100515 Apollo]||January 7th-8th, 2017||4th||2nd||{{Sm|Adam}} | ||
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| | |[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||33rd||33rd||{{Sm|Darkrain}} | ||
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| | |[https://smash.gg/tournament/lanets-2017-feat-rb-tsm-leffen/events/melee-singles/brackets/117335 LanETS 2017]||February 11th-12th, 2017||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Leffen}} | ||
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|[https:// | |[https://smash.gg/tournament/sweet-27-a-super-smash-bros-melee-event/events/melee-singles/brackets/113876 SWEET XVII]||March 11th, 2017||4th||—||— | ||
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|[https:// | |[https://smash.gg/tournament/ct-gamercon-game-underground-tournaments/events/melee-singles/brackets/127099 CT Gamercon]||April 1st-2nd, 2017||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Mafia}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Ghost Pepper Smash]]||April 22nd, 2017||2nd||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[[SWEET XXVIII]]||May 6th, 2017||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|KJH}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Battle of BC 2]]||June 4th-5th, 2017||3rd||5th||{{Sm|Nintendude}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Saints Gaming Live]]||June 10th-11th, 2017||7th||5th||KJH | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[[Super Smash Con 2017]]||August 10th-13th, 2017||9th||9th||MacD | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Shine 2017]]||August 25th-27th, 2017||33rd||9th||Ryan Ford | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Canada Cup 2017]]||October 28th-30th, 2017||9th||—||— | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*KirbyKaze is the first non-American smasher to have been signed by Melee It On Me, as he is Canadian. | *KirbyKaze is the first non-American smasher to have been signed by Melee It On Me, as he is Canadian. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Ontario smashers]] | [[Category:Ontario smashers]] | ||
[[Category:Sheik | [[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBM)]] | ||
[[Category:VIP players]] | [[Category:VIP players]] | ||
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank ranked players]] | |||
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank ranked players]] | |||
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank ranked players]] | |||
[[Category:2016 SSBMRank ranked players]] | |||
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank top 25]] | |||
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank top 25]] | |||
[[Category:Project M developers]] | [[Category:Project M developers]] | ||
[[Category:Back Room members]] | [[Category:Back Room members]] |