Editing Smasher:TR3GTheZ

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'''TR3GTheZ''' (colloquially referred to as '''The Z''') is a top professional ''[[Super Smash Bros. 64]]'' player currently ranked first on the [[Montreal Power Rankings#Smash_64|Montreal Smash 64 Power Rankings]] and formerly ranked 16th on the [[2017 64 League Power Rankings]], who is known as one of the best players in the world and the second best in Canada behind {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}}. He placed in the top 10 of national tournaments such as [[Apex 2015]] and [[Genesis 3]], and placed 2nd at [[Get On My Level 2016]]. His teammate of choice is {{sm|tacos}}, and the duo known as Team Luv has gone to Grand Finals of both Apex 2015 and Genesis 3. He is the head of [[TR3G]], a crew of {{SSB|Fox}} mains dedicated to advancing the character's [[metagame]].  

The Z is known to be able to play virtually all characters at a top level, and as of mid-2017 has retired {{SSB|Pikachu}} and {{SSB|Kirby}} from his tournament play.  

The Z currently plays for [[SSBMontreal]].  

The Z made his international debut in January 2014 at [[Apex 2014|Apex]]. He was placed in Pool 1, where he defeated {{sm|YBOMBB}} (then considered Canada's second best player) 2-1 before being sent to loser's bracket by the Japanese player {{sm|Merihim}} 1-2 and was later eliminated by {{sm|tacos}} 0-2 to ultimately land at 25th.  

In March, he participated at [[Polybash XIII]] in Montreal where he beat notable American and Canadian players such as {{sm|Sex}} 2-0 and {{sm|Fireblaster}} 2-0, and notably defeated {{sm|Mew2King}} 3-1 using Donkey Kong. He placed 2nd, only losing to {{sm|KeroKeroppi}}.  

In August, The Z traveled to New York and entered singles and doubles at [[Zenith 2014]]. There, he defeated Fireblaster 2-0 and {{sm|LD}} 2-0 before being sent to losers' bracket by {{sm|Wizzrobe}} 2-3. He then defeated {{Sm|Nintendude}} 2-0 and landed at 4th place after losing to KeroKeroppi 1-3. He won the doubles bracket, teaming with {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}}, defeating Nintendude and {{Sm|Firo}} 3-1 and 3-0 in Winners Finals and Grand Finals respectively.  

On January 31st, 2015, The Z entered singles at [[Apex 2015]] in Secaucus, New Jersey. After defeating {{sm|Aisengobay}} 2-0 and {{Sm|Cobr}} 2-0, he entered Top 16 through losers after a 1-2 set against KeroKeroppi, defeated {{sm|Killer}} 2-1 and landed at 9th place after losing to {{sm|Dext3r}} 1-2. He also entered doubles, teaming with tacos, where they took convincing victories over formidable teams, such as a 3-1 victory against {{sm|Banze}} and {{sm|Cabelo}}, 3-0 against Dext3r and Wizzrobe, and 3-0 against {{sm|Star King}} and Killer (after losing to them 2-3 in winners' side). They then played SuPeRbOoMfAn and {{sm|JaimeHR}} in Grand Finals, where they lost 0-3, taking second place.  

At [[GENESIS 3]], The Z placed 9th in singles. He had a very strong performance in doubles teaming with tacos, defeating Fireblaster & Nintendude 2-0, {{sm|Pete}} and Dext3r 2-0, {{sm|wario}} and {{sm|wangera}} 3-2 and {{sm|Isai}} and {{sm|Rith}} 3-1. They placed second behind SuPeRbOoMfAn and JaimeHR in Grand Finals, losing 2-6.  

At [[Get On My Level 2016]], The Z faced Nintendude in finals of his pools, where he won 2-0. He then played Revan and won 2-1 and was sent to losers bracket in Winners' semis by SuPeRbOoMfAn 3-0. He then played an extremely close set against {{Sm|Derek}}, against whom he performed a 3-0 comeback including a 4 stock comeback during the fourth game. In loser's semis, The Z faced Revan again, this time taking a 3-0 victory, and defeated KeroKeroppi 3-0 in Losers' Finals to face SuPeRbOoMfAn again in Grand Finals, where the latter won 3-0.  

|{{Trn|Low Tier Showdown}}{{OnlineIcon}}||June 23rd-30th, 2014||1st||—||—

|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Fireblaster}}