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{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = AlphaZealot
| name          = AlphaZealot
| image        =AlphaZealot.jpg
| image        = AlphaZealot2020.png
| mainssbb         = Diddy Kong
| mainssbb     = Diddy Kong
| 2ndmainssbb       = Donkey Kong
| 2ndmainssbb   = Donkey Kong
| mainssbm         = Peach
| mainssbm     = Peach
| 2ndssbm     = Doctor Mario
| 2ndssbm       = Doctor Mario
| crew          = [[Power Underwhelming]]
| crew          = [[Power Underwhelming]]
| skillssbm    = Semi-professional {{retired}}
| skillssbb    = Professional {{retired}}
| realname      = Chris Brown
| realname      = Chris Brown
| location      = Ohio
| location      = Ohio
| country      = United States
| country      = United States
}}
}}
'''AlphaZealot''' is a professional smasher from Ohio who joined Smashboards in 2003. He began playing in, and helping run, Smash tournaments in 2004 and has since staffed over 60 different competitive gaming events. In 2010, he became the Tournament Director for Brawl on the MLG Pro Circuit and would later serve in the same role for Halo Reach, King of Fighters XII, Soul Calibur V, and Mortal Kombat 9. AlphaZealot's last event with Major League Gaming was in Raleigh in August, 2012.
'''AlphaZealot''' is a professional smasher from Ohio who joined [[SmashBoards]] in 2003. He began playing in, and helping run, Smash tournaments in 2004 and has since staffed over 100 different competitive gaming events.


On July 27, 2012, AlphaZealot was inducted into the inaugural SmashBoards Hall of Fame for his work as a Tournament Organizer.
In 2009, AlphaZealot was the tournament director for [[AllisBrawl]] helping design and operate one of the first online {{b|ladder|matchmaking}} platforms in esports. He oversaw operations of the quarterly AiB playoffs played online using a beta online version of the tournament software Tio. AlphaZealot then directed the operation of the first bracketed online tournaments ever held for Smash Brothers (64 players in the Playoffs).


On November 27, 2012 AlphaZealot, through his company Xyelot LLC, purchased Smashboards.com and its related assets from Major League Gaming Inc.
In 2010, he became the [[tournament director]] for ''[[Brawl]]'' on the MLG Pro Circuit and would later serve in the same role for Halo Reach, King of Fighters XII, Soul Calibur V, and Mortal Kombat 9. AlphaZealot's last event with [[Major League Gaming]] was in Raleigh in August, 2012.


==Competitive Smash==
On July 27th, 2012, AlphaZealot was inducted into the inaugural SmashBoards Hall of Fame for his work as a tournament organizer.
AlphaZealot's competitive debut was at Bomb 1 in Potomac, Maryland. He had begun his competitive career months earlier when close friend and Smash mentor The Muffin King began teaching him the game. Much of his early competitive history is marred by early tournament exits, usually foregoing doubles and occasionally leaving singles in the middle of a tournament.
 
On November 27th, 2012, AlphaZealot, through his company Xyelot LLC, purchased Smashboards.com and its related assets from Major League Gaming Inc. That same year he began working for The Pokémon Company International operating the video game championships and designing monthly online tournaments. As of 2020 he was TPCi’s senior manager for premier events, esports, and broadcasting and his team operates the annual Pokémon world championships for several titles including the TCG, video game, and ''{{iw|wikipedia|Pokken Tournament}}''.
 
In 2020, Allston Melee ranked AlphaZealot as 5th on the top 10 list of Melee Tournament Organizers of all time.


==MLG Feature Writer==
In 2021, AlphaZealot, as executive producer and managing partner for Metagame Documentary, was a finalist for esports video production team, esports video content piece, and winner of esports video content series.


AlphaZealot began his writing career with Major League Gaming in 2005. Since then he has released dozens of articles covering the competitive community through interviews, post event wrap ups, and informative pieces.  
On June 1st, 2023, AlphaZealot stepped down as the owner of SmashBoards. His company Xyelot, LLC sold SmashBoards to Equistellar Media, Inc, a company owned by {{Sm|Warchamp7}} which will serve as the business entity for SmashBoards and [https://squidboards.com/ SquidBoards] going forward.


==One Handed Smash==
==History==
===Competitive Smash===
AlphaZealot's competitive debut was at Bomb 1 in Potomac, Maryland. He had begun his competitive career months earlier when close friend and Smash mentor The Muffin King began teaching him the game. Much of his early competitive history is marred by early tournament exits, usually foregoing doubles and occasionally leaving singles in the middle of a tournament.


In 2005 AlphaZealot learned to play Smash one handed while training with ChuDat. After weeks of practice he eventually created the only existing guide [http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=46845&highlight=hand|guide to one handed Smash].  He plays money matches with ChuDat a few times a year, with each match being a battle for 'best in the world' status at one handed Smash. Each match is Peach (AlphaZealot) versus Marth (Chudat) in a best of 3 on Final Destination.
===MLG Feature Writer===
AlphaZealot began his writing career with Major League Gaming in 2005. Since then he has released dozens of articles covering the competitive community through interviews, post event wrap ups, and informative pieces.
 
===One Handed Smash===
In 2005, AlphaZealot learned to play Smash one handed while training with {{Sm|ChuDat}}. After weeks of practice he eventually created the only existing guide [http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=46845&highlight=hand|guide to one handed Smash].  He plays money matches with ChuDat a few times a year, with each match being a battle for 'best in the world' status at one handed Smash. Each match is {{SSBM|Peach}} (AlphaZealot) versus {{SSBM|Marth}} (Chudat) in a best of 3 on [[Final Destination]].


*Bomb 4: AlphaZealot lost 1-2
*Bomb 4: AlphaZealot lost 1-2
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*C3 (February): AlphaZealot lost 2-1
*C3 (February): AlphaZealot lost 2-1


==Melee Tournament History ==
==Tournament placings==
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"  
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"  
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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|BurningFirst's 1st Tournament||September 2004||5th||—||—
|BurningFirst's 1st Tournament||September 2004||5th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[MLG DC 2005]]||January 29th-30th, 2005||49th||—||—
|{{Trn|MLG DC 2005|g=SSBM}}||January 29th-30th, 2005||49th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Best of Maryland's Best|BOMB 3]]||March 9th, 2005||13th||5th||{{sm|KM}}
|{{Trn|BOMB 3|g=SSBM}}||March 9th, 2005||13th||5th||{{sm|KM}}
|-
|-
|[[Gettin' Schooled 2]]||June 25th-26th, 2005||23rd||—||—
|{{Trn|Gettin' Schooled 2|g=SSBM}}||June 25th-26th, 2005||23rd||—||—
|-
|-
|[[BOMB 4]]||November 12th, 2005||69th||17th||Kiraki
|{{Trn|BOMB 4|g=SSBM}}||November 12th, 2005||69th||17th||Kiraki
|-
|-
|CCX||August 2006||17th||5th||{{Sm|Vist}}
|CCX||August 2006||17th||5th||{{Sm|Vist}}
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|CoK 2||October 2006||17th||17th||{{sm|Overswarm}}
|CoK 2||October 2006||17th||17th||{{sm|Overswarm}}
|-
|-
|[[Show Me Your Moves#SMYM 6|Show Me Your Moves 6]]||November 4th, 2006|| 33rd || 17th || Overswarm
|[[Show Me Your Moves#List of tournaments|Show Me Your Moves 6]]||November 4th, 2006||33rd||17th||Overswarm
|-
|-
|FoB2||December 2006||25th||13th||—
|FoB2||December 2006||25th||13th||—
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|Farmingdale||May 2007||65th||—||—
|Farmingdale||May 2007||65th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[MELEE-FC Diamond]]||July 10th, 2007||169th||33rd||Overswarm
|{{Trn|MELEE-FC Diamond|g=SSBM}}||July 10th, 2007||169th||33rd||Overswarm
|-
|-
|[[Super Champ Combo]]||September 29th-30th, 2007||—||112th||{{sm|Scamp}}
|{{Trn|Super Champ Combo|g=SSBM}}||September 29th-30th, 2007||—||112th||{{sm|Scamp}}
|}
|}


== Brawl Tournament History ==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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|ChuDat's Xmas Biweekly||December 20th, 2008||—||5th||{{Sm|Forte|p=Brawl}}
|ChuDat's Xmas Biweekly||December 20th, 2008||—||5th||{{Sm|Forte|p=Brawl}}
|-
|-
|Clowsui's New Years Bash||January 3rd, 2009||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Quivo}}
|Clowsui's New Years Bash||January 3rd, 2009||3rd||2nd||Quivo
|-
|-
|Midwest Circuit Championship||January 17th, 2009||4th||5th||{{sm|Kel}}
|Midwest Circuit Championship||January 17th, 2009||4th||5th||{{sm|Kel}}
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|C4 Galore||April 11th, 2009||5th||9th||{{Sm|Bowyer}}
|C4 Galore||April 11th, 2009||5th||9th||{{Sm|Bowyer}}
|-
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||65th||—||—
|{{Trn|GENESIS|g=SSBB}}||July 10th-12th, 2009||65th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[EVO 2009]]||July 17th-19th, 2009||13th||—||—
|{{Trn|EVO 2009|g=SSBB}}||July 17th-19th, 2009||13th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||17th||9th||{{sm|Y.b.M.}}
|{{Trn|Pound 4|g=SSBB}}||January 16th-18th, 2010||17th||9th||{{sm|Y.b.M.}}
|-
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/school-is-in-session-3-results-full-results-updated.286292/ School is in Session 3]||September 11th, 2010||9th||9th||{{Sm|Hylian}}
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/school-is-in-session-3-results-full-results-updated.286292/ School is in Session 3]||September 11th, 2010||9th||9th||{{Sm|Hylian}}
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|[https://smashboards.com/threads/school-is-in-session-6-road-to-apex-results-thread-brackets-up-d.311446/ School is in Session 6]||September 3rd-4th, 2011||9th||—||—
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/school-is-in-session-6-road-to-apex-results-thread-brackets-up-d.311446/ School is in Session 6]||September 3rd-4th, 2011||9th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[VENGEANCE]]||April 7th, 2012||13th||13th||{{Sm|Legan}}
|{{Trn|VENGEANCE|g=SSBB}}||April 7th, 2012||13th||13th||{{Sm|Legan}}
|}
|}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/AlphaZealot Twitter account]
*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=10820 SmashBoards public profile]
*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=10820 SmashBoards public profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130425052830/http://allisbrawl.com/profile/AlphaZealot.ai AiB profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130425052830/http://allisbrawl.com/profile/AlphaZealot.ai AiB profile]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/AlphaZealot/featured YouTube channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/AlphaZealot/featured YouTube channel]


[[Category:Tournament directors]]
[[Category:Retired players]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:Maryland smashers]]
[[Category:Maryland smashers]]
[[Category:Smashboards moderators]]
[[Category:Smashboards moderators]]
[[Category:VIP tournament directors]]
[[Category:VIP tournament organizers]]
[[Category:VIP contributors]]
[[Category:VIP contributors]]
[[Category:Ohio smashers]]
[[Category:Ohio smashers]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong professionals (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong players (SSBB)]]

Latest revision as of 21:19, February 13, 2024

AlphaZealot
AlphaZealot2020.png
Character info
Melee main Peach
Brawl mains Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong
Team info
Crew(s) Power Underwhelming
Personal and other info
Real name Chris Brown
Location Ohio United States

AlphaZealot is a professional smasher from Ohio who joined SmashBoards in 2003. He began playing in, and helping run, Smash tournaments in 2004 and has since staffed over 100 different competitive gaming events.

In 2009, AlphaZealot was the tournament director for AllisBrawl helping design and operate one of the first online ladder platforms in esports. He oversaw operations of the quarterly AiB playoffs played online using a beta online version of the tournament software Tio. AlphaZealot then directed the operation of the first bracketed online tournaments ever held for Smash Brothers (64 players in the Playoffs).

In 2010, he became the tournament director for Brawl on the MLG Pro Circuit and would later serve in the same role for Halo Reach, King of Fighters XII, Soul Calibur V, and Mortal Kombat 9. AlphaZealot's last event with Major League Gaming was in Raleigh in August, 2012.

On July 27th, 2012, AlphaZealot was inducted into the inaugural SmashBoards Hall of Fame for his work as a tournament organizer.

On November 27th, 2012, AlphaZealot, through his company Xyelot LLC, purchased Smashboards.com and its related assets from Major League Gaming Inc. That same year he began working for The Pokémon Company International operating the video game championships and designing monthly online tournaments. As of 2020 he was TPCi’s senior manager for premier events, esports, and broadcasting and his team operates the annual Pokémon world championships for several titles including the TCG, video game, and Pokken Tournament.

In 2020, Allston Melee ranked AlphaZealot as 5th on the top 10 list of Melee Tournament Organizers of all time.

In 2021, AlphaZealot, as executive producer and managing partner for Metagame Documentary, was a finalist for esports video production team, esports video content piece, and winner of esports video content series.

On June 1st, 2023, AlphaZealot stepped down as the owner of SmashBoards. His company Xyelot, LLC sold SmashBoards to Equistellar Media, Inc, a company owned by Warchamp7 which will serve as the business entity for SmashBoards and SquidBoards going forward.

History[edit]

Competitive Smash[edit]

AlphaZealot's competitive debut was at Bomb 1 in Potomac, Maryland. He had begun his competitive career months earlier when close friend and Smash mentor The Muffin King began teaching him the game. Much of his early competitive history is marred by early tournament exits, usually foregoing doubles and occasionally leaving singles in the middle of a tournament.

MLG Feature Writer[edit]

AlphaZealot began his writing career with Major League Gaming in 2005. Since then he has released dozens of articles covering the competitive community through interviews, post event wrap ups, and informative pieces.

One Handed Smash[edit]

In 2005, AlphaZealot learned to play Smash one handed while training with ChuDat. After weeks of practice he eventually created the only existing guide to one handed Smash. He plays money matches with ChuDat a few times a year, with each match being a battle for 'best in the world' status at one handed Smash. Each match is Peach (AlphaZealot) versus Marth (Chudat) in a best of 3 on Final Destination.

  • Bomb 4: AlphaZealot lost 1-2
  • MLG Chicago: AlphaZealot won 2-1
  • CCX (September): AlphaZealot lost 2-0
  • C3 (February): AlphaZealot lost 2-1

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
BOMB 2 April 17th, 2004 13th 7th Kiraki
CP tourney 2 August 2004 6th — —
CP tourney 1 November 2004 5th — —
BurningFirst's 1st Tournament September 2004 5th — —
MLG DC 2005 January 29th-30th, 2005 49th — —
BOMB 3 March 9th, 2005 13th 5th KM
Gettin' Schooled 2 June 25th-26th, 2005 23rd — —
BOMB 4 November 12th, 2005 69th 17th Kiraki
CCX August 2006 17th 5th Vist
CCX September 2006 9th 5th Vist
NOD3 September 2006 — 5th Vist
BurningFirst's 2nd Tournament September 2006 9th — —
CoK 2 October 2006 17th 17th Overswarm
Show Me Your Moves 6 November 4th, 2006 33rd 17th Overswarm
FoB2 December 2006 25th 13th —
C3 December 2006 9th 5th Vist
C3 February 2007 25th 17th Hova
Farmingdale May 2007 65th — —
MELEE-FC Diamond July 10th, 2007 169th 33rd Overswarm
Super Champ Combo September 29th-30th, 2007 — 112th Scamp

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
C3 March 22nd, 2008 33rd 7th G-regulate
Season Beatings III October 18th, 2008 3rd — —
Hyper Viper Beam November 8th, 2008 9th 5th JV3x3
Lancaster Landmaster December 5th, 2008 2nd 1st Quivo
Critical Hit 4.5 December 13th, 2008 13th 7th DMBrandon
ChuDat's Xmas Biweekly December 20th, 2008 — 5th Forte
Clowsui's New Years Bash January 3rd, 2009 3rd 2nd Quivo
Midwest Circuit Championship January 17th, 2009 4th 5th Kel
Smashing the Cove January 23rd, 2009 1st 1st Quivo
Clash of the Titans 4 February 7th, 2009 49th 49th Quivo
Love's Last Stand February 21st, 2009 1st 2nd Kel
Wings & Brew I: Smokin BBQ February 28th, 2009 2nd 3rd Quivo
Lucario is Pawsome! March 6th, 2009 3rd 5th Kel
C3: Virginia March 21st, 2009 4th 3rd Forte
C4 Galore April 11th, 2009 5th 9th Bowyer
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 65th — —
EVO 2009 July 17th-19th, 2009 13th — —
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 17th 9th Y.b.M.
School is in Session 3 September 11th, 2010 9th 9th Hylian
School is in Session 6 September 3rd-4th, 2011 9th — —
VENGEANCE April 7th, 2012 13th 13th Legan

External links[edit]

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