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In 2005, Wes met with Triforce (CEO and founder of Empire Arcadia) at Neutral Grounds in Manhattan. Wes agreed to have Deadly Alliance represent Empire Arcadia as the official ''Smash Bros.'' competitive gaming division. Now representing Empire Arcadia, Deadly Alliance has won a number of competitions which were eventually documented and certified by Guinness World Record via Twitter<ref>[https://twitter.com/GWRnews/status/231307419660193792 Twitter announcement of a world record gained by Empire Arcadia]</ref> and Facebook<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151009483754032&set=pb.6732359031.-2207520000.1375438425.&type=3&theater Facebook post of a world record gained by Empire Arcadia]</ref>, naming Empire Arcadia as the most documented tournament winning team in competitive gaming. Several members of DA created a non-profit community service organization called [http://sosgamers.org/ SOS Gamers].
In 2005, Wes met with Triforce (CEO and founder of Empire Arcadia) at Neutral Grounds in Manhattan. Wes agreed to have Deadly Alliance represent Empire Arcadia as the official ''Smash Bros.'' competitive gaming division. Now representing Empire Arcadia, Deadly Alliance has won a number of competitions which were eventually documented and certified by Guinness World Record via Twitter<ref>[https://twitter.com/GWRnews/status/231307419660193792 Twitter announcement of a world record gained by Empire Arcadia]</ref> and Facebook<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151009483754032&set=pb.6732359031.-2207520000.1375438425.&type=3&theater Facebook post of a world record gained by Empire Arcadia]</ref>, naming Empire Arcadia as the most documented tournament winning team in competitive gaming. Several members of DA created a non-profit community service organization called [http://sosgamers.org/ SOS Gamers].


As Empire Arcadia, Deadly Alliance featured numerous famous players over the years, including {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|PC Chris}}, {{Sm|Jtails}} and {{Sm|DKwill}} as well as several FGC players such as Jwong. Deadly Alliance is still competing as of today, but as a crew rather than as a sponsor. Deadly Alliance is one of the oldest crews involved in Smash, running for 18 years without interruption.  
As Empire Arcadia, Deadly Alliance sponsored numerous famous players over the years, including {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|PC Chris}}, {{Sm|Jtails}} and {{Sm|DKwill}} as well as several FGC players such as Jwong. Deadly Alliance is still competing as of today, but as a crew rather than as a sponsor. Deadly Alliance is one of the oldest crews involved in Smash, running for 18 years without interruption.  


==Current smashers==
==Current smashers==
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|Jenson Santiago
|Jenson Santiago
|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''<br>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''<br>''Project M''
|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''<br>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''<br>''Project M''
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|{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBM|s=24px|l=Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM)}}{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=24px|l=Yoshi (SSBM)}}<br>{{Head|Bowser|g=SSB4|s=24px|l=Bowser (SSB4)}}<br>{{Head|Squirtle|g=SSBB|s=24px|l=Squirtle (PM)}}
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===Professional smashers===
===Professional smashers===
*{{Sm|Armada|Sweden|c1=Peach|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|Armada|Sweden|c1=Peach|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|DKwill|USA|c1=Donkey Kong|g=SSBB}}{{head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB4|s=24px}}
*{{Sm|DKwill|USA|c1=Donkey Kong|g=SSBB}}{{head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB4|s=20px}}
*{{Sm|Jtails|USA}} {{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=24px}}{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBB|l=Zero Suit Samus (PM)|s=24px}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=24px}}
*{{Sm|Jtails|USA}} {{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBB|l=Zero Suit Samus (PM)|s=24px}}{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=24px}}
*{{Sm|Mew2King|USA|c1=Sheik|c2=Marth|c3=Fox|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|Mew2King|USA|c1=Sheik|c2=Marth|c3=Fox|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|PC Chris|USA|c1=Fox|c2=Falco|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|PC Chris|USA|c1=Fox|c2=Falco|g=SSBM}}
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*{{Sm|KillaOR|USA|c1=Jigglypuff|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|KillaOR|USA|c1=Jigglypuff|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|Mike G|USA|c1=Peach|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|Mike G|USA|c1=Peach|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|NinjaLink|USA}} {{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=24px}}{{Head|Greninja|g=SSB4|s=24px}}{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=24px}}{{Head|Link|g=SSBB|l=Link (PM)|s=24px}}
*{{Sm|NinjaLink|USA}} {{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Greninja|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Link|g=SSBB|l=Link (PM)|s=20px}}
*{{Sm|Philly Billy|USA|c1=Pikachu|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|Philly Billy|USA|c1=Pikachu|g=SSBM}}
*{{Sm|Stretch|USA}} {{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=24px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=24px}}
*{{Sm|Stretch|USA}} {{Head|Marth|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}


==Controversy==
==Controversy==
Despite being among the most successful teams in the FGC, the founder and self-proclaimed CEO of Empire Arcadia, Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson, is known for dealing with contracts with successful Empire Arcadia-sponsored players in questionable ways. For example, he claims that players in Empire Arcadia receive a regular salary, but several of them report that the managers of Empire Arcadia do not pay them anything.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/250pt8/my_side_of_the_story_cause_no_one_else_will/ Tampa Bison's statement]</ref><ref name="free agent">{{citeweb|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2ttrnq/free_agent/|title=Mew2King's "free agent" statement}}</ref> Due to this, Sanford Kelly, one of Empire Arcadia's top players, was initially unable to afford attending [[EVO 2014]], and the managers could not afford to cover his payment.<ref name="Sanford">{{citeweb|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5h8m15s&v=4eRMs_6IGJ4&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=theonblastshow2012|title=The On Blast Show Ep101: Super Hyper Ravioli Alpha Ex Sanford Leaves EMP Edition - YouTube}}</ref> TriForce is also known for his tendency to manipulate other representatives of companies, or even other professional players, in order to raise money.<ref name="Sanford" /> When he had to find a way to raise money for Sanford's trip to EVO, he attempted to "bait" a third party into giving him money for free, an action that was accidentally streamed and revealed on Empire Arcadia's Twitch channel.
In early 2015, Mew2King left Empire Arcadia, citing that EMP owed him back his income for several months. In total, Mew2King esteemed that the organization owes him more or less 5,000$ since 2009. He also loaned 1,000$ to one of the owners, Triforce, with his own money and never got it back. Armada also had problems with Empire Arcadia regarding his salary, as well as FGC players NuckleDu and Tampa Bison.<ref>[https://smashboards.com/threads/mew2king-leaves-emp-alleges-failure-to-pay.388500/ Mew2King Leaves EMP, Alleges Failure to Pay]</ref>


Mew2King, one of Empire Arcadia's top professional ''Smash'' players, claims that the managers of Empire Arcadia take a 20% cut out of all of his earnings and repeatedly delay debt repayments to him, or refuses to acknowledge them altogether.<ref name="free agent" /><ref name="Chibo">{{citeweb|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2699ss/i_leave_you_with_one_more_comment_on_todays/|title=Chibo's statement}}</ref> Even though Mew2King himself has loaned his own money to managers TriForce and Gregory in order to cover travel fees for other top EMP-sponsored players, he reports that they seldom repay him and still owe him more than $6,000 combined.<ref name="Facebook">{{citeweb|url=https://www.facebook.com/juanthefatty/posts/10152216800672135|title=Facebook thread}}</ref> He also claims that Empire Arcadia offered to fly {{Sm|Armada}} to [[Apex 2014]] for free, but forced Armada to pay some of the cost and join the team in return, which many view as an unfavorable compromise.<ref name="Facebook" /> In addition, TriForce is known to turn away and even harass alternate sponsors for EMP-sponsored players in an unconventional way. When {{Team|Evil Geniuses}} recruited several former Empire Arcadia members, for example, he threatened to sue them and the former players for violating Empire Arcadia contracts. Mew2King was once offered with a sponsorship from {{Team|Team Razer}}, the professional eSports group that sponsored {{Sm|Axe}}, but TriForce used Mew2King's Twitter account to remove mentions of the Razer promotion on his wall, causing people to believe that it was Mew2King himself who was turning away the Razer offer, which is untrue.<ref name="Facebook" />
Over the years, Empire Arcadian's reputation crumbled over, notably due to the mismanagement and reputation of the owner Triforce. People were celebrating Armada’s and Mew2King’s departure from the team and most of the FGC community talks about Empire Arcadia as a very badly managed organization since years.
 
Both the owner of Deadly Alliance, Antoine "Wes" Lewis-Hall and TriForce refute the allegations of back paid still owed to Mew2King. There was no legal contractual agreement that the organization would pay Mew2King anything, rather he and TriForce had a verbal agreement on finding a sponsor to pay Mew2King for him to continue playing for the eSports brand team. In 2015, Empire Arcadia found a sponsor in Cyberbox<ref>[https://twitter.com/cyberboxja/status/559868559703437312?s=20 Cyberbox's sponsor announcement]</ref> who agreed to cover the requested funds for Mew2King, who then agreed to stay with Empire Arcadia. During deliberation, Mew2King decided to no longer represent the team and left to join [[MVG]], which concluded both parties communication, effectively walking away from the agreement.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:American crews]]
[[Category:American crews]]
[[Category:American sponsors]]
[[Category:American sponsors]]

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