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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[edit]
| Ranking |
Time period |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| PGR v3 |
January 7th-June 18th, 2017 |
Area 51 |
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| PGR v4 |
June 24th-December 3rd, 2017 |
42nd |
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| PGR v5 |
December 23rd, 2017-July 1st, 2018 |
35th |
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| PGR 100 |
January 20th, 2015-November 18th, 2018 |
54th |
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| Ranking |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| Summer 2015 |
4th |
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| Fall 2015 |
5th |
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| January-June 2016 |
7th |
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| July-December 2016 |
6th |
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| January-April 2017 |
2nd |
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| May-August 2017 |
2nd |
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| September-December 2017 |
1st |
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| January-March 2018 |
2nd |
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| April-July 2018 |
2nd |
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| Ranking |
Time period |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| Spring 2019 PGRU |
February 1st-July 7th, 2019 |
18th |
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| Ranking |
Time period |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| LumiRank 2023 |
December 19th, 2022-December 17th, 2023 |
HM (101-150) |
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OrionRank North America[edit]
LumiRank North America[edit]
| Ranking |
Rank |
Character(s) |
Notes
|
| January-March 2019 |
2nd |
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| April-June 2019 |
2nd |
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| July-September 2019 |
6th |
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| October-December 2019 |
3rd |
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| January-March 2020 |
5th |
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| April-June 2022 |
6th |
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| July-September 2022 |
4th |
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| October-December 2022 |
5th |
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| April-June 2023 |
B (Top 5) |
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| July-September 2023 |
6th |
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| October-December 2023 |
5th |
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Tournament placings[edit]
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Xanadu Arcadian |
May 16th, 2015 |
4th |
— |
—
|
| 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
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| Smashadelphia |
May 15th, 2016 |
1st |
3rd |
Apple
|
| S@X 150 |
May 17th, 2016 |
7th |
2nd |
Apple
|
| Apex 2016 |
June 17th-19th, 2016 |
7th |
— |
—
|
| 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 |
— |
—
|
| 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 |
— |
—
|
| Tri-state Showdown: The Invitational |
July 27th, 2024 |
4th / 48 |
— |
—
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External links[edit]
References[edit]
PGR 100: 54th 
LumiRank 2023: HM (101-150) 
