Editing Smasher:Space

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{{Infobox Smasher
|name = Space
|image = Space.jpg
|mainssbu = Pyra
|2ndmainssbu = Mythra
||moremainssbu = {{SSBU|Inkling}}
|retiredssbu = Joker
|mainssb4 = Corrin
|otherssb4 = Bayonetta
|2ndotherssb4 = Rosalina & Luma
|moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Captain Falcon}}
|sponsor = mCon
|former sponsors = GRIP
|skillssbu = Upper high level
|skillssb4 = High level
|rankingssb4 = [[European Smash 4 Power Rankings]]: 14th
|rankingssbu = [[LumiRank 2023]]: 110th
|bestrankingssbu = [[OrionRank 2019]]: 40th
|realname = Alain Balemba
| birthday        = 21
| birthmonth      = 11
| birthyear       = 1999
|location = Hulst, Zeeland
|country = Netherlands
}}
'''Space''' is  a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' {{SSBU|Pyra}}, {{SSBU|Mythra}}, and {{SSBU|Inkling}} player from the Netherlands. He is considered one of the best active Inkling players in the world alongside {{Sm|Shirayuki}} and is also the best Pyra and Mythra player in Europe. He rose to prominence with his notable performance at {{Trn|Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019}}, where he sent both {{Sm|Glutonny}} and {{Sm|kameme}} to the Losers Bracket before losing to {{Sm|MkLeo}} in Winners Finals and Glutonny in Losers Finals, finishing at 3rd place. He also took additional sets of players such as {{Sm|Jake}}, {{Sm|Mr.R}}, {{Sm|quiK}}, {{Sm|Fatality}}, {{Sm|Supahsemmie}}, and {{Sm|Oryon}}. He is currently ranked 2nd on the [[Dutch Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate rankings|Dutch Ultimate Power Rankings]], 7th on the [[OrionRank 2022/Europe|OrionRank 2022 Europe]], 11th on the [[European Ultimate Power Rankings]], and 110th on the [[LumiRank 2023]]. 

In {{forwiiu}}, Space was a {{SSB4|Corrin}} main, considered one of the best Corrin mains in Europe alongside {{Sm|Ramses}}, a player who he frequently teams with. Space is ranked 7th on the [[Dutch Power Rankings]] and 14th on the [[European Smash 4 Power Rankings]]. He has taken sets off of players such as Glutonny, Meru, {{Sm|S1}}, {{Sm|wusi}}, {{Sm|Tatuman}}, and Supahsemmie.

==Rankings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
====[[European Smash 4 Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|||June 3rd, 2017 - June 3rd, 2018||14th||{{head|Corrin|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[Dutch_Power_Rankings#Super_Smash_Bros._4_rankings|Dutch Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)
|-
|January-July 2017||January 2017 - July 2017||7th||{{head|Corrin|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|-
|September 2017-February 2018||September 2017 - February 2018||4th||{{head|Corrin|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
====[[Panda Global Rankings Ultimate]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[PGRUContenders#Europe_2|PGRUContenders EU]]||2021||A (Top 15)||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[PGRU v3 EU]]||March 1st - June 13th, 2022||11th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[LumiRank]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[UltRank 2022]]||June 18th - December 18th, 2022||81st||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[LumiRank Mid-Year 2023]]||December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023||111th-120th||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[LumiRank 2023]]||December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023||110th||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[OrionRank|OrionRank Ultimate]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank 2019]]||January 5th - December 15th, 2019||40th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse]]||April 2020 - December 19th, 2021||80th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Mid-Year 2022]]||December 22nd, 2021 - June 26th, 2022||87th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2022]]||December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022||70th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====OrionRank Europe====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[OrionRank Europe Top 75]]||January 2019 - March 2020||7th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse/Europe|OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse Europe]]||June 2020 - December 19th, 2021||11th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[OrionRank 2022/Europe|OrionRank 2022 Europe]]||December 22nd, 2021 - December 18th, 2022||7th||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====LumiRank Europe====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[LumiRank 2023/Europe Top 100|LumiRank 2023 Europe]]||December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023||12th||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[European Ultimate Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|European Smash Rankings||January 3rd, 2019 - January 13th, 2020||3rd||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|2023.01||January 1st - June 25th, 2023||6th||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|2023||January 1st - December 17th, 2023||11th||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|-
|2024.1||January 6th - June 29th, 2024||25th||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||
|}

====[[Dutch Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate rankings|Dutch Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)
|-
|Season 1||December 2018 - April 2019||1st||{{head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Pichu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|Season 2||May 2019 - October 2019||1st||{{head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Pichu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|Season 3||October 25th, 2019 - February 29th, 2020||1st||{{head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Hero|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Joker|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|Season 4||October 31st, 2021 - May 28th, 2022||3rd||{{head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|Season 5||June 18th, 2022 - November 13th, 2022||2nd||{{head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|Season 6||January 7th, 2023 - March 9th, 2024||1st||{{head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|}

==Tournament placings==
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Key to The PG House|g=SSB4}}{{OnlineIcon}}||September 8th-18th, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Naifu Wars: World War 2|g=SSB4}}{{OnlineIcon}}||June 23rd, 2017||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Elysium|g=SSB4}}||July 15th, 2017||7th||7th|||{{Sm|Ramses}}
|-
|{{Trn|Final Stage 2017|g=SSB4}}{{OnlineIcon}}||August 15th-17th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Naifu Wars: Civil War 1|g=SSB4}}{{OnlineIcon}}||September 15th, 2017||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Syndicate 2017|g=SSB4}}||September 23rd-24th, 2017||17th||2nd||Ramses
|-
|{{Trn|Fortuna|g=SSB4}}||November 25th, 2017||2nd||1st||Ramses
|-
|{{Trn|Ys|g=SSB4}}||April 28th, 2018||5th||1st||Ramses
|-
|{{Trn|Elysium II|g=SSB4}}||June 28th, 2018||3rd||4th||Ramses
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/ega-x-byoc-fight-night-elysium-edition/details Fight Night Elysium Edition]||July 27th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Session: Final Encore|g=SSB4}}||November 17th, 2018||3rd||2nd||Ramses
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|GGWP: Ultimate|g=SSBU}}||January 12th, 2019||1st||1st||{{Sm|Ramses}} 
|-
|{{Trn|Tech Republic IV|g=SSBU}}||March 1st-3rd, 2019||3rd||9th||{{Sm|Azrael}}
|-
|{{Trn|Elysium: Yggdrasil|g=SSBU}}||March 9th, 2019||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Heroes of Dutch Comic Con Spring 2019|g=SSBU}}||March 23rd-24th, 2019||1st||5th||Jesse
|-
|{{Trn|Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2019|g=SSBU}}||April 5th-7th, 2019||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Patrino}}
|-
|{{Trn|DoKomi 2019|g=SSBU}}||June 8th-9th, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Performance|g=SSBU}}||June 29th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Albion 4|g=SSBU}}||July 6th-7th, 2019||13th||13th||Jesse
|-
|{{Trn|Pixelpokal Summer 2019|g=SSBU}}||August 10th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Lightning: Strikes Twice|g=SSBU}}||September 7th, 2019||9th||2nd||Jesse
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019|g=SSBU}}||October 4th-6th, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smashwick 4|g=SSBU}}||October 19th-20th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Syndicate 2019|g=SSBU}}||October 25th-27th, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Performance 2|g=SSBU}}||November 16th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Heroes of Dutch Comic Con Winter Edition|g=SSBU}}||November 23rd-24th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Winter 2019|g=SSBU}}||November 29th-December 2nd, 2019||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Lightning: Volume 3|g=SSBU}}||December 7th, 2019||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Valhalla III|g=SSBU}}||January 9th-13th, 2020||4th||4th||Jesse
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Performance 3|g=SSBU}}||February 22nd, 2020||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|FCW : Special Edition - European Scale|g=SSBU}}{{OnlineIcon}}||July 18th-19th, 2020||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Bearded Beatdown|g=SSBU}}||September 6th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Contest: DoKomi 2020|g=SSBU}}||September 26th-27th, 2020||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EnvySnakes Crew Collab Edition|g=SSBU}}{{OnlineIcon}}||March 14th, 2021||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|FCW x GlobalClan: Special Edition 2|g=SSBU}}{{OnlineIcon}}||March 20th, 2021||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Temple: Hermès Edition|g=SSBU}}||September 1st-5th, 2021||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|AOMA Esports Unleashed|g=SSBU}}||October 31st, 2021||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;  
|-
|{{Trn|VCA 2021|g=SSBU}}||November 20th-21st, 2021||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Glory 2.0|g=SSBU}}||March 12th-13th, 2022||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Esports Game Arena: Fight Night-XL|g=SSBU}}||April 2nd, 2022||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|BOSS BATTLES: For Glory|g=SSBU}}||April 30th, 2022||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Performance 3.5|g=SSBU}}||May 8th, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Esports Game Arena: Fight Night-XL 2|g=SSBU}}||June 18th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|E-Caribana|g=SSBU}}||June 19th, 2022||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|COLOSSEL 2022|g=SSBU}}||July 2nd-3rd, 2022||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2022|g=SSBU}}||July 23rd-24th, 2022||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Performance 5|g=SSBU}}||July 31st, 2022||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate WANTED 4|g=SSBU}}||August 25th-28th, 2022||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Only The Best IV|g=SSBU}}||September 10th-11th, 2022||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Weijie01}}
|-
|{{Trn|Luxembourg Gaming Xperience 2022|g=SSBU}}||September 24th-25th, 2022||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|VCA 2022|g=SSBU}}||October 1st-2nd, 2022||7th||4th||{{Sm|Shaneak}}
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Rotterdam 2022|g=SSBU}}||October 14th-16th, 2022||9th||9th||Ramses
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate Fighting Arena 2022|g=SSBU}}||November 11th-13th, 2022||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Smashing Future|g=SSBU}}||January 7th, 2023||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Shonen WAR 2|g=SSBU}}||April 8th, 2023||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|ICARUS 2023|g=SSBU}}||June 3rd-4th, 2023||7th / 390||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|King Of Fields 95 3|g=SSBU}}||June 24th-25th, 2023||5th / 512||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Contest: DoKomi 2023|g=SSBU}}||June 30th-July 2nd, 2023||1st / 333||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Brussels Challenge Major Edition 2023|g=SSBU}}||July 14th-16th, 2023||4th / 60||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Regen 2023|g=SSBU}}||August 18th-20th, 2023||5th / 453||2nd / 84||{{Sm|Longo}}
|-
|{{Trn|Tera|g=SSBU}}||September 1st-3rd, 2023||17th / 1,348||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Smashing Future 2|g=SSBU}}||October 14th, 2023||3rd / 136||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Tech Republic VII|g=SSBU}}||November 3rd-5th, 2023||7th / 266||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Samsung Super Smash}}||November 18th, 2023||4th / 96||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate Fighting Arena 2023|g=SSBU}}||November 24th-26th, 2023||17th / 1,013||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|King Con|g=SSBU}}||February 24th-25th, 2024||25th / 840||4th / 128||Longo
|-
|{{Trn|Grand Conquest 2024|g=SSBU}}||March 2nd-3rd, 2024||5th / 178||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Olympus|Netherlands|g=SSBU}}||March 9th, 2024||4th / 174||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|NRW Cup - Rise of Germany|g=SSBU}}||April 20th-21st, 2024||7th / 396||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Regen 2024|g=SSBU}}||August 23rd-25th, 2024||5th / 571||5th / 99||Longo
|-
|{{Trn|Ultimate Fighting Arena 2024|g=SSBU}}||September 13th-15th, 2024||13th / 567||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Trivia==
*Space was notorious for retweeting a lot of anime girl drawings on his [[Twitter]], including in between top eights sets of major tournaments.
*Space was one of the few pros playing ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' with a [[Wii Remote]] and [[Nunchuk]]. He has since switched for a [[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller|Pro Controller]].
*Space is also considered as a top European ''GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-'' player. He constantly places in top 8 of major online tournaments, and he notably got a reverse 3-0 over {{IW|wikipedia|SonicFox}} in an Europe VS East Coast crew battle.

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/SpaceSama Twitter page]
*[https://ssbworld.com/players/2750/space SSBWorld page]

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[[Category:Inkling players (SSBU)]]
[[Category:Joker players (SSBU)]]
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[[Category:Corrin players (SSB4)]]
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