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{ | {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:264px; font-size:90%; text-align:left;" | ||
| | !colspan=2|Panda Global | ||
| | |- | ||
| | |colspan=2|[[File:Panda Global.png]] | ||
| | |- | ||
| | ! Location | ||
| | | United States | ||
| | |- | ||
! Owners | |||
| Alan Bunney (SamuraiPanda)<br>David Wu (Mashumaro) | |||
|- | |||
! Player manager | |||
| Bassem Dahdouh ({{Sm|Bear}}) | |||
|- | |||
! Sponsors/Partners | |||
| | |||
*[https://www.intotheam.com/collections/panda-global INTO THE AM] | |||
*[https://www.geico.com/ GEICO] | |||
*[http://vertagear.com Vertagear] | |||
*[https://www.twitch.tv/ Twitch] | |||
|- | |||
! Other games | |||
| | |||
* ''Guilty Gear Xrd'' | |||
* ''Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft'' | |||
* ''Heroes of the Storm'' | |||
* ''Mortal Kombat'' | |||
* ''Splatoon'' | |||
* ''Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3'' | |||
* ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' | |||
|} | |||
Panda | '''Panda Global''' ('''PG''') is a professional eSports organization based in the United States. It was co-founded by Alan Bunney ({{Sm|SamuraiPanda}}) and David Wu ({{Sm|Mashumaro}}) in June 2015 as a player centric organization looking to help their players' careers, facilitate their goals, and promote the growth of the eSports scenes they participate in. | ||
Panda Global entered the world of ''Smash'' on June 24th, 2015 with the sponsorship of Florida ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Smash 4]]'' top players {{Sm|ESAM}} and {{Sm|MVD}} as well as {{SSB4|Villager}} main {{Sm|SS|p=Arizona}}<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/3b7nhd/esam_and_mvd_have_officially_signed_with_new/</ref>. On June 30th, Panda Global took their first step in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' by signing the Florida-based {{SSBM|Sheik}} player {{Sm|Plup}}<ref>https://twitter.com/pg_plup/status/615981769058316288</ref>. On November 2nd, Panda Global signed the [[EVO 2013]] ''Melee'' runner-up {{Sm|Wobbles}}. <ref>https://twitter.com/pandaglobalpg/status/661343133712674816</ref>. On June 22nd, 2016, they picked up {{SSB4|Ryu}} main {{Sm|Trela}}<ref>https://twitter.com/ESPN_Esports/status/745655232202309632</ref>. On June 30th, {{Sm|Alpharad}} joined the team as their content director<ref>https://twitter.com/pandaglobalpg/status/748646569436602368</ref>. | |||
On | On May 7th, 2016, Panda Global picked up {{Sm|Dom}}, {{Sm|Zan}}, and {{Sm|suar}} as a newly-formed subteam called '''PG Stats''' which specialises in ''Smash 4'' statistics<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/4ibrb5/panda_global_announces_new_smash_4_stats_team/</ref>. They are responsible for the [[Panda Global Rankings]], a biannual list that ranks the Top 50 ''Smash 4'' players in the world. {{Sm|Tetra}}, {{Sm|juddy}}<ref>https://twitter.com/PandaGlobalPG/status/738452493936558081</ref>, {{Sm|Giant}}<ref>https://twitter.com/ThePGstats/status/799378123833929728</ref>, and {{Sm|Spike}} were later added to the PG Stats team, although Tetra later left. | ||
In January 2017, following SS and Trela's departure from the organization, Panda Global added SoCal's best {{SSB4|Mewtwo}} main {{Sm|Rich Brown}} to their ''Smash 4'' team and expanded into ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' by picking up {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}}, the best player in North America and the second best player in the world according to the [[64 League Rankings]]. | |||
==Current smashers== | ==Current smashers== | ||
===Pro smashers=== | ===Pro smashers=== | ||
{|class="wikitable sortable" | {|class="wikitable sortable" | ||
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!Main(s) | !Main(s) | ||
!Join Date | !Join Date | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
|{{Sm| | |{{Sm|ESAM}} | ||
| | |Eric Lew | ||
|''Super Smash Bros. | |''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''<br>{{forwiiu}} | ||
|{{head| | |{{head|Samus|g=SSBM|s=24px}}<br>{{head|Pikachu|g=SSBB|s=24px}}{{head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBB|s=24px}}<br>{{head|Pikachu|g=SSB4|s=24px}}{{head|Samus|g=SSB4|s=24px}} | ||
|2015-06-24 | |2015-06-24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
|{{Sm| | |{{Sm|MVD}} | ||
| | |Jestise Negron | ||
|''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''<br>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' | |''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''<br>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' | ||
|{{head| | |{{head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=24px}}<br>{{head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=24px}} | ||
| | |2015-06-24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
|{{Sm| | |{{Sm|Plup}} | ||
| | |Justin McGrath | ||
|''Super Smash Bros. | |''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' | ||
|{{head| | |{{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=24px}} | ||
|2015-06-30 | |||
|2015-06- | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
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|{{head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=24px}} | |{{head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=24px}} | ||
|2015-11-02 | |2015-11-02 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
|{{Sm| | |{{Sm|Rich Brown}} | ||
| | |Rich Brown | ||
|''Super Smash Bros. | |''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' <br> ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' | ||
|{{head|Olimar|g=SSBB|s=24px}} <br> {{head|Mewtwo|g=SSB4|s=24px}} | |||
|2017-01-17 | |||
|{{head| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|Canada}} | |{{flag|Canada}} | ||
|{{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}} | |{{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}} | ||
|Daniel Hoyt | |Daniel Hoyt | ||
|''Super Smash Bros.'' | |''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' | ||
|{{head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=20px}} {{head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=20px}} {{head|Kirby|g=SSB|s=20px}} | |{{head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=20px}} {{head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=20px}} {{head|Kirby|g=SSB|s=20px}} | ||
|2017-01-17 | |2017-01-17 | ||
| | |} | ||
| | |||
|{{ | ===Other smashers=== | ||
|{{Sm| | *{{Sm|suar|USA|c1=Sheik|g=SSB4}} (PG Stats director, joined May 7th, 2016) | ||
| | *{{Sm|Alpharad|USA|c1=Villager|c2=Bayonetta|g=SSB4}} (content director, joined June 30th, 2016) | ||
| | *{{Sm|Bear|USA|c1=Bowser|g=SSB4}} (team manager, tournament director, FGC manager) | ||
*{{Sm|Zan|USA|c1=Toon Link|g=SSB4}} (PG Stats analyst, joined May 7th, 2016) | |||
| | *{{Sm|juddy|Canada}} (PG Stats statistician, joined June 2nd, 2016) | ||
| | *{{Sm|Spike|USA}} (PG Stats designer) | ||
*{{Sm|Dom|USA|c1=Villager|c2=Sheik|g=SSB4}} (PG Stats writer, joined May 7th, 2016) | |||
*{{Sm|fyazko|USA}} (content creator, joined June 2nd, 2016) | |||
*{{Sm|Keith|USA}} (lead graphics artist, project manager) | |||
==Former smashers== | |||
===Pro smashers=== | |||
{|class="wikitable sortable" | |||
! | |||
!ID | |||
!Name | |||
!Game | |||
!Main(s) | |||
!Join Date | |||
!Leave Date | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
|{{Sm| | |{{Sm|SS}} | ||
| | |Shane Bruce | ||
| | |''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' | ||
|{{head| | |{{head|Villager|g=SSB4|s=24px}}{{head|Ness|g=SSB4|s=24px}} | ||
|2015-06-24 | |2015-06-24 | ||
| | |2017-01-02 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{flag|United States}} | |{{flag|United States}} | ||
|{{Sm| | |{{Sm|Trela}} | ||
| | |Alberto Miliziano | ||
|''Super Smash Bros. | |''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''<br>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' | ||
|{{head| | |{{head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=24px}}<br>{{head|Ryu|g=SSB4|s=24px}} | ||
| | |2016-06-22 | ||
| | |2017-01-02 | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Other smashers=== | ===Other smashers=== | ||
*{{Sm|Tetra|France|c1=Captain Falcon|c2=Cloud|g=SSB4}} (PG Stats, joined June 2nd, 2016) | |||
*{{Sm|Tetra|France|c1=Captain Falcon|c2= | |||
==Other famous players== | ==Other famous players== | ||
* | *Steven Delgado (Coach Steve) <small>''Injustice 2'', ''UMvC3'', ''PT''</small> | ||
*Raynel Hidalgo (RayRay) <small>''UMvC3''</small> | |||
*Kyohei Lehr (MarlinPie) <small>''GGXrd''</small> | *Kyohei Lehr (MarlinPie) <small>''GGXrd''</small> | ||
*Alexandre Dub-Bilodeau (Hayatei) <small>'' | *Alexandre Dub-Bilodeau (Hayatei) <small>''MKXL'', ''Injustice 2''</small> | ||
*Bryant Benzing (Kitana Prime) <small>'' | *Bryant Benzing (Kitana Prime) <small>''MKXL'', ''Injustice 2''</small> | ||
*Jachin Harte (SKD) <small>''BBCF | *Victor Woodley (Punk) <small>''SFV''</small> | ||
*Jachin Harte (SKD) <small>''BBCF''</small> | |||
*Stephen Stafford (Speedkicks) <small>''Tekken 7''</small> | *Stephen Stafford (Speedkicks) <small>''Tekken 7''</small> | ||
*Evan Towne (Rocketek) <small>''Splatoon''</small> | *Evan Towne (Rocketek) <small>''Splatoon''</small> | ||
==PG Key== | ==PG Key== | ||
'''PG Key''' | '''PG Key''' is an online tournament series organized by PG and directed by {{Sm|Bear}}. Each entry is a qualifier dedicated to a major offline tournament, with the winner being flown out as an honorary player temporarily sponsored by the organization. | ||
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|[[PG Key to Midwest Mayhem 8]]||March 18th-30th, 2017||450||{{Sm|Sonix|Dominican Republic}}*||{{Sm|lapis lazuli|USA}}* | |[[PG Key to Midwest Mayhem 8]]||March 18th-30th, 2017||450||{{Sm|Sonix|Dominican Republic}}*||{{Sm|lapis lazuli|USA}}* | ||
|} | |} | ||
*Cosmos and Wrath were both unable to attend, so the key was passed down to the 3rd place finisher, {{sm|Koolaid}}. | |||
*Cosmos was unable to attend, so the key was passed down to the runner-up, Zage. | |||
*Sonix and lapis lazuli both declined their keys, so it was passed down to the 3rd place finisher, {{sm|Locus}}. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://panda.gg/ Official website] | *[http://panda.gg/ Official website] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/PandaGlobalPG Twitter account] | |||
*[https://twitter.com/ | *[https://twitter.com/ThePGstats PG Stats Twitter account] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/ | *[http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/Panda_Global_Gaming Panda Global entry at the ''Smash'' Liquipedia section] | ||
*[http://wiki.teamliquid.net/smash/Panda_Global_Gaming Panda entry at the ''Smash'' Liquipedia section] | |||
==References== | ==References== |