Editing Smasher:VZ

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = VZ
| image         = VZ.jpg
| mainssb       = Samus
| mainssbm      = Fox
| mainssbb      = Zero Suit Samus
| mainssb4      = Zero Suit Samus
| otherssb4     = Yoshi
| 2ndotherssb4  = Robin
| mainssbu      = Lucina
| retiredssbu = Marth
| skillssb      = Semi-professional
| skillssbm     = Semi-professional
| skillssbb     = Top professional
| skillssb4     = Top professional
| skillssbu     = Professional
| rankingssbb   = [[2018-2019 SSBBRank]]: 5th
| rankingssb4   = [[Canada Smash Ranking]]: 22nd
| rankingssbu   = 
| realname      = Vishal Balaram
| alias         = V115
| birthday      = 23
| birthmonth    = 09
| birthyear     = 1993
| location      = Toronto
| country       = Canada
}}
'''VZ''', formerly known as '''V115''', is a competitive player from Ontario, Canada who is considered the best active ''[[Brawl]]'' {{SSBB|Zero Suit Samus}} player in the world. He is currently ranked 5th on the [[2018-2019 SSBBRank]] and 23rd on the [[Smash Canada Rankings]]<ref>http://smashbroscanada.ca/scrv1.html</ref>. He was ranked 1st on the final [[Southern_Ontario_Power_Rankings#Brawl_Rankings|Southern Ontario Brawl Power Rankings]] (right below {{Sm|Leon}}, who holds the 0 spot), and formerly ranked 9th on the [[Southern Ontario Power Rankings#Super_Smash_Bros._Ultimate_Rankings|Southern Ontario Smash Ultimate Power Rankings]]. He is also currently ranked 5th on the [[Southern Ontario Power Rankings#Super_Smash_Bros._for_Wii_U_Rankings|Southern Ontario Smash 4 Power Rankings]], and is an Honorable Mention on the Southern Ontario Smash 64 Power Rankings.

VZ used to host free-entry ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' balanced doubles tournaments, and is enthusiastic about recruiting new players to the Southern Ontario Smash community. He is also one of the co-founders of the Scarborough Campus Smash Club (SCSC), a club dedicated to the Super Smash Bros. series at the University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus).

For his efforts and achievements, VZ was recognized by Nintendo of Canada and received early copies of {{for3ds}} and {{forwiiu}}. He has defeated top players in ''Smash 4'' such as {{Sm|Ally}}, {{Sm|Zinoto}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}}.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://challonge.com/HR164 Honourable Roll #1]||April 30th, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/hr64 Honourable Roll #2]||May 4th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/bottom-tier-battle-results-toronto-on.361773/ Bottom Tier Battle!]||July 19th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/flaoc-11-collision-course-results.406145/ Flaoc 11]||June 13th, 2015||13th||5th||{{Sm|Blacktwins}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/flaoc-12-results.412732/ Flaoc 12]||July 25th, 2015||9th||7th||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/flaoc-13-rip-summer-results.417093/ Flaoc 13]||August 29th, 2015||7th||3rd||{{Sm|AK}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/bottom-tier-battle-results-toronto-on.361773/ Bottom Tier Battle!]||July 19th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/say7m Smash@York 7]||April 11th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2015]]||May 30th-31st, 2015||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Let's Go Kyle]]||August 2, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2016]]||May 20th-22nd, 2016||&mdash;||49th||[[Smasher: AK (Canada)|AK]]
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2016]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||&mdash;||9th||{{Sm|Blacktwins}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-episode-iii-ssbm-smash4/events/melee-singles/brackets/214566 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode III]||February 24th-25th, 2018||25th||9th||{{Sm|KillerAP}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/no-man-s-lan-xiii/events/melee-singles/brackets/243298 No Man's Lan XIII]||April 7th-8th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=309318 SiD 3]||August 20th, 2011||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=310976 SiD 4]||September 18th, 2011||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Iliad}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=311885 No Bull****! Part II]||October 1st, 2011||9th||3rd||{{Sm|DDM}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=313063 Warlock's Domain]||October 22nd, 2011||1st||2nd||DDM
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=314794 SiD 5]||November 26th, 2011||7th||3rd||{{Sm|Ambrose}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=317931 Revival of Salt]||February 4th, 2012||17th||9th||{{Sm|Red X}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=319714 SiD 6]||March 10th, 2012||3rd||3rd||Iliad
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323578 SiD 7]||June 9th, 2012||3rd||3rd||Red X
|-
|[[IMPULSE]]||June 30th-July 1st, 2012||4th||7th||Red X
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325636 RoS Kent Edition]||July 21st, 2012||5th||4th||{{Sm|Patches}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=327888 SiD 8]||September 19th, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|Will}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=328518 SiD 9]||October 6th, 2012||2nd||2nd||Red X
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=329657 SiD 10]||October 6th, 2012||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Sauc3}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=331362 SiD 11]||December 22nd, 2012||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Tin Man}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=333342 SiD 12]||January 5th, 2013||1st||1st||Tin Man
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||97th||25th||Tin Man
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=333670 SiD 13]||February 2nd, 2013||4th||2nd||{{Sm|Blacktwins}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=334668 SiD 14]||March 2nd, 2013||2nd||5th||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=335900 SiD 15]||April 13th, 2013||2nd||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=336372 SiD 16]||May 11th, 2013||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=336992 SiD 17]||June 1st, 2013||4th||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[[IMPULSE 2013]]||June 15th-16th, 2013||9th||9th||Blacktwins
|-
|[[SKTAR 2]]||August 3rd-4th, 2013||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Player-1}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=340373 Dynasty Battles]||August 31st, 2013||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=340537 Dynasty Battles 2]||September 21st, 2013||2nd||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=343047 Dynasty Battles 3]||November 23rd, 2013||2nd||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=344719 Dynasty Battles Winter Special]||December 21st, 2013||2nd||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Toronto Joe}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=348432 Dynasty Battles Special 2]||February 15th, 2014||2nd||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=351054 Dynasty Battles 4]||March 22nd, 2014||1st||4th||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://challonge.com/hrssbb2 Honourable Roll #2]||May 4th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2014]]||May 10th-11th, 2014||5th||5th||{{Sm|Xzax}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/may-22-23rd-major-5ashoom-kuwait.354672/ Major 5ashoom]||May 22nd-23rd, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Denma}}
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||7th||7th||{{Sm|Leon}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=358566 Dynasty Battles 5]||June 14th, 2014||2nd||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=361234 Dynasty Battles 6]||July 12th, 2014||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/bottom-tier-battle-results-toronto-on.361773/ Bottom Tier Battle!]||July 19th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=365592 Dynasty Battles 7]||August 9th, 2014||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=369888 Neo Canadia]||September 20th, 2014||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=383939 Neo Canadia 2]||October 19th, 2014||1st||2nd||Red X
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=387878 Neo Canadia 3]||November 30th, 2014||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[http://challonge.com/NC4S Neo Canadia 4]||December 27th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||5th||5th||{{Sm|Shaky}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/say7brawl Smash@York 7]||April 11th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/flaoc-11-collision-course-results.406145/ Flaoc 11]||June 13th, 2015||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/flaoc-12-results.412732/ Flaoc 12]||July 25th, 2015||1st||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2015]]||August 6th-9th, 2015||4th||1st||{{Sm|Nairo}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/flaoc-13-rip-summer-results.417093/ Flaoc 13]||August 29th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Oh, Did I Win? 2]]||February 6th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2016]]||May 20th-22nd, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||2nd||3rd||Blacktwins
|-
|[[Revival of Brawl]]||November 26th, 2016||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|pidgezero_one}}
|-
|[[CEO Dreamland]]||April 14th-16th, 2017||2nd||5th||{{Sm|JAKAT}}
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2019}}||May 17th-19th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/may-22-23rd-major-5ashoom-kuwait.354672/ Major 5ashoom]||May 22nd-23rd, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Denma}}
|}
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Neo Canadia 5]]||January 24th, 2015||9th||9th||{{Sm|Chris Fisch}}
|-
|[[EXP 2015]]||July 4th-5th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2015]]||August 6th-9th, 2015||&mdash;||7th||{{Sm|Poke}}
|-
|{{Trn|Canadian Video Game Awards - Fanfest}}||December 6th, 2015||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Blacktwins}}
|-
|[[Oh, Did I Win? 2]]||February 6th, 2016||2nd||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2016]]||May 20th-22nd, 2016||33rd||25th||Blacktwins
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||33rd||9th||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-york-11-the-return/events/melee-singles/brackets/73380 Smash @ York #11: The Return]||September 24th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ontario Esports Series Championship 2016}}||October 2nd-3rd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2016]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||&mdash;||3rd||Blacktwins
|-
|[[Codename: Salty Bets - Vanilla Weekly #62]]||March 17th, 2017||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/lan-war-x-smash-4-1000-pot-bonus-ssbm/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/127589 LAN WAR X]||March 25th, 2017||2nd||1st||Blacktwins
|-
|[[CEO Dreamland]]||April 14th-16th, 2017||49th||25th||{{Sm|Seibrik}}
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2017]]||October 28th-30th, 2017||13th||7th||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-episode-iii-ssbm-smash4/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/213596 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode III]||February 24th-25th, 2018||5th||2nd||Blacktwins
|-
|{{Trn|EGLX 2018}}||March 9th-11th, 2018||17th||9th||Blacktwins
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/ncg-presents-the-lab/events/ncg-presents-the-lab/brackets/228887 The Lab]||March 18th, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/lanwarx/events/smash4-wiiu-singles/brackets/224156 LanwarX]||March 31st-April 1st, 2018||2nd||4th||{{Sm|JIBE}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/no-man-s-lan-xiii/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/243269 No Man's Lan XIII]||April 7th-8th, 2018||5th||2nd||{{Sm|THUNDER}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-episode-iv-ssbm-smash4/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/231317 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode IV]||April 28th-29th, 2018||5th||5th||Poke
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||33rd||17th||Poke
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-smash-4-episode-v-1/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/281590 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode V]||June 30th, 2018||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|DKbill}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-humber-seasonal/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/286730 Smash @ Humber Seasonal]||July 7th, 2018||17th||5th||{{Sm|Astro}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-smash-4-ssbm-episode-vi/events/smash-4-singles/brackets/266993 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode VI]||July 21st-22nd, 2018||9th||4th||{{Sm|Spencer|p=Canada}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Frozen Phoenix 2019}}||March 23rd-24th, 2019||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Jams}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-may-edition-last-chance-goml-prep/details Revenge of the 6ix: May Edition]||May 11th, 2019||13th||1st||Ares
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2019}}||May 17th-19th, 2019||49th||9th||Astro
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-june-edition/events/ultimate-singles/brackets/597010/992049 Revenge of the 6ix: July Edition]||June 15th, 2019||4th||1st||{{Sm|Spencer}}
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9}}||October 4th-6th, 2019||97th||9th||{{Sm|Blacktwins}}
|-
|{{Trn|Rising Stars at EGLX 2019}}||October 18th-20th, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Grind 110}}||January 17th, 2020||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}}||January 18th-19th, 2020||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/vzssb Twitter account]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/vzssb Twitch channel]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/infinitev115.180512/ Smashboards public profile]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Ontario smashers]]
[[Category:Zero Suit Samus professionals (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Zero Suit Samus professionals (SSB4)]]
[[Category:Lucina professionals (SSBU)]]
[[Category:Marth professionals (SSBU)]]
[[Category:2014 SSBBRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2016-2017 SSBBRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2018-2019 SSBBRank ranked players]]
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