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:''This article refers to Wes of the [[Deadly Alliance]]. For the Texas smasher Wes, see [[FASTLIKETREE]].''
:''This article refers to Wes of the [[Deadly Alliance]]. For the Texas smasher Wes, see {{sm|FASTLIKETREE}}. For the Indiana smasher Wes, see {{Sm|Wes (Indiana)}} For the Falco player from Southern California often referred to as "Wes," see {{sm|Westballz}}.''
{{smasherbeta
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Wes
| name          = Wes
| main          = Samus
| image        = Wes Samus.png
| other        =  
| mainssbb      = Sonic
|2ndother=
| mainssbm      = Samus
| crew          = Deadly Alliance
| mainpm        = Samus
| skill        = Professional
| otherpm      = Charizard
| alias        =  
| mainssb4      = Samus
| realname      = Antoine Hall
| mainssbu      = Dark Samus
| crew          = [[Deadly Alliance|Empire Arcadia]]
| realname      = Antoine Lewis-Hall
| birthdate    =  
| birthdate    =  
| location      = New York, NY
| location      = Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY
| country      = united states
| country      = United States
}}
}}
'''Wes''', sometimes known as "DA Wes", is a New York-based [[Samus]] player, widely considered one of the best Samus players in the country, inspiring future greats such as [[HugS]] and [[Oro]]. He has sometimes even been referred to as the "Father of Samus," inventing many of her tactics which are still used as of late.
'''Wes''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Samus}} player from the Tristate region. In the "[[golden age]]" of ''Melee'', he was widely considered to be one of the best Samus players in the country. He was often referred to as the "Father of Samus," inventing many of tactics which are still used today.


Wes has been a top [[smasher]] since Melee's tournament birth. Making his presence known in his hometown.
Wes and his crew, [[Deadly Alliance]], proved to be nearly untouchable in New York until the members of [[H2YL]] began hosting and attending tournaments. He was a top competitor during the 2003-2006 era, placing high in tournaments with a character that was considered to be mid-tier character at the time. In the modern ''Melee'' metagame, Wes has been less prolific in attending tournaments, but still has relatively strong showings in attended tournaments.


==Notable Victories==
Wes was interviewed for the competitive ''Smash'' documentary, ''[[The Smash Brothers]]'', appearing in several episodes. He extensively covered the origins of crew rivalries in the first episode and gave his input on certain controversial issues that had come up within the community during his time with the game. Several gameplay clips of him were also shown, primarily in the two West Coast vs. East Coast crew battles that were featured.


Smashers who have been "9 stocked", or beaten badly by Wes have been almost obsessed with getting better. So that hopefully one day they could do the same thing back to him.
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Tournament Go 5]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2003||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Hein}}
|-
|[[DCSS #2]]||September 20th, 2003||2nd||—||—
|-
|[[Game Over]]||January 10th, 2004||5th||9th||{{Sm|HellFox}}
|-
|[[MELEE-FC1]]||July 9th-11th, 2004||4th||9th||{{Sm|Snap Pop}}
|-
|[[Tournament Go 6]]||August 21st-22nd, 2004||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Azen}}
|-
|[[MLG Boston 2004]]||October 9th-10th, 2004||2nd||1st||Azen
|-
|[[Gettin' Schooled]]||October 14th, 2004||7th||1st||Azen
|-
|[[MLG New York 2004]]||October 24th, 2004||5th||2nd||Azen
|-
|[[MLG DC 2005]]||January 29th-30th, 2005||7th||4th||{{Sm|Dave}}
|-
|[[Gettin' Schooled 2]]||June 25th-26th, 2005||5th||5th||Azen
|-
|[[MELEE-FC3]]||July 10th-12th, 2005||17th||3rd||{{Sm|Mike G}}
|-
|[[BOMB 4]]||November 12th, 2005||17th||4th||Mike G
|-
|[[MLG Atlanta 2005]]||November 26th-27th, 2005||12th||4th||{{sm|Mow}}
|-
|[[MLG Chicago 2005]]||December 16th-18th, 2005||25th||—||—
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/500-cash-prize-tournament-and-lockin-philadelphia.64393/page-3#post-1288556 CyberHub Gaming Center Lock-In]||March 25th, 2006||2nd||—||—
|-
|[[MLG New York Opener 2006]]||April 21st-23rd, 2006||17th||2nd||{{Sm|PC Chris}}
|-
|[[MLG New York Playoffs 2006]]||October 13th-14th, 2006||—||5th||PC Chris
|-
|[[MLG Las Vegas 2006]]||November 18th-19th, 2006||—||7th||PC Chris
|-
|[[Cataclysm 3]]||March 3rd-4th, 2007||49th||7th||{{Sm|DireVulcan}}
|-
|[[EVO East]]||May 25th-27th, 2007||13th||—||—
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/da-ea-smash-bi-weekly-6-1-2007-results.105619/ DA/EA Bi-Weekly 6/1]||June 1st, 2007||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Bum}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/killa-fleet-nyc-bi-weeklys-results.105963/ Killa Fleet Biweekly 6/8]||June 8th, 2007||4th||5th||Bum
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/killa-fleet-zenith-results.108052/ Zenith July 2007]||July 1st, 2007||2nd||1st||PC Chris
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=263 Zenith 2007]||September 29th, 2007||3rd||—||—
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||129th||49th||{{Sm|Chain Ace}}
|-
|[[KTAR 8]]||December 28th, 2013||5th||—||—
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||65th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 9|g=SSBM}}||March 15th, 2014||5th||—||—
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||7th||—||—
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-brothers-university-2-5-results-stony-brook-ny.352645/ Smash Brothers University 2.5]||April 12th-13th, 2014||9th||—||—
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 30th-June 1st, 2014||129th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/apollo-x/event/melee-singles/brackets/163066 Apollo X]||October 14th, 2017||9th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebs-after-dark-92/event/melee-singles/brackets/177991 Nebs After Dark 92]||November 21st, 2017||4th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/apollo-xi/event/melee-singles/brackets/163203/466584 Apollo XI]||December 2nd, 2017||17th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebulous-melee-118/event/melee-singles/brackets/229576 Nebulous Melee 118]||March 24th, 2018||5th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebulous-melee-119/event/melee-singles/brackets/235630 Nebulous Melee 119]||March 31st, 2018||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/maybulous/event/melee-singles/brackets/237764 Maybulous!]||April 10th, 2018||9th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/eaglecon-2018/event/melee-singles/brackets/244207/554560 EagleCON 2018]||April 14th, 2018||9th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebulous-melee-the-finale/event/melee-singles/brackets/251449/564080 Nebulous Melee: the finale]||April 21st, 2018||5th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/smashed-out-melee-v-2-15-singles/event/melee-singles/brackets/251740 Smashed Out Melee V 2.15]||April 23rd, 2018||4th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebs-after-dark-the-finale/event/melee-singles/brackets/250552 Nebs After Dark: the finale]||April 24th, 2018||17th||4th||{{Sm|CaptainJack}}
|-
|{{Trn|Pound Underground|g=SSBM}}||May 12th-13th, 2018||65th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/apollo-xiv-in-collaboration-with-team-1-up-em/event/melee-singles/brackets/265581/583988 Apollo XIV]||July 29th, 2018||13th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 9th-12th, 2018||193rd||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|NYXL Pop-Up!|g=SSBM}}||December 22nd, 2018||33rd||—||—
|}


The list of vengeance seekers include
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Collision 9|g=PM}}||March 15th, 2014||5th||—||—
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/smash-brothers-university-2-5-results-stony-brook-ny.352645/ Smash Brothers University 2.5]||April 12th-13th, 2014||—||4th||{{Sm|DireOnFire}}
|-
|[[Zenith 2014]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2014||17th||7th||{{Sm|Jtails}}
|}


- [[Azen]] (yes!! hard to believe but he wasn't always on top)
==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Collision XI|g=SSB4}}||January 3rd, 2015||25th||9th||{{Sm|Jtails}}
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||193rd||—||—
|-
|[[Smash Attack 5]]||March 15th, 2015||9th||—||—
|-
|[[Smash Attack 8]]||June 7th, 2015||17th||—||—
|-
|[[Smash Attack 9]]||June 21st, 2015||17th||—||—
|-
|[[KTAR XIII]]||July 11th, 2015||13th||—||—
|-
|[[POPnOFF 11]]||August 1st, 2015||5th||—||—
|-
|[[SKTAR 4]]||August 22nd-23rd, 2015||33rd||—||—
|-
|[http://challonge.com/NebulousPrime_smash4_singles3/ Nebulous Prime #3]||August 30th, 2015||17th||—||—
|-
|[http://challonge.com/nebulouss_prime_sm4sh_singles/ Nebulous Prime #4]||September 6th, 2015||9th||—||—
|-
|[http://challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_6_pro_bracket/ Nebulous Prime #6]||September 20th, 2015||7th||—||—
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_7/ Nebulous Prime #7]||September 27th, 2015||17th||5th||Jtails
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_9_singles/ Nebulous Prime #9]||October 11th, 2015||7th||1st||{{Sm|DireOnFire}}
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_10_singles/ Nebulous Prime #10]||October 18th, 2015||9th||3rd||DireOnFire
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_11_singles/ Nebulous Prime #11]||October 25th, 2015||5th||2nd||DireOnFire
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_15_singles/ Nebulous Prime #15]||November 22nd, 2015||9th||2nd||DireOnFire
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_16_singles/ Nebulous Prime #16]||November 29th, 2015||7th||3rd||DireOnFire
|-
|[http://xenozero.challonge.com/x3s/ XenoThree]||March 19th, 2016||17th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebulous-prime-sm4sh-36/event/wii-u-doubles/brackets/25926 Nebulous Prime #36]||April 17th, 2016||—||1st||DireOnFire
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR XVIII|g=SSB4}}||June 11th, 2016||25th||17th||DireOnFire
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nebulous-prime-sm4sh-48/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/51302 Nebulous Prime #48]||July 10th, 2016||13th||—||—
|-
|[http://xenozero.challonge.com/x18/ XenoEighteen]||July 13th, 2016||13th||—||—
|}


- IK GOST (a.k.a. DA Dave)
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/xeno154/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/563856/947062 Xeno 154]||March 27th, 2019||17th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/bum-s-birthday-bash-2019-for-super-smash-bros-ultimate/event/bum-s-birthday-bash-2019-ssbu-singles/brackets/502597/867733/ Bum's Birthday Bash 2019]||March 30th-31st, 2019||25th||9th||{{Sm|Uncle Phillybilly}}
|}


- P.C. Chris
==Trivia==
*Wes and {{Sm|Husband}} hold the record for the longest known gap between ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' tournament sets for two players (5869 days):
**The two first fought at [[MELEE-FC3]] on July 12th, 2005, where Husband won the set 2-1.
**The two finally met again at [https://start.gg/tournament/east-coast-fridays-172/events East Coast Fridays #172] on August 6th, 2021, where Husband won the set 2-0.


- Zanguzen
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Legendarywes7 Twitter account]


The Players noted above got their revenge sooner than others...
==Play Style and Tournament Activity==
Over the years, with an ever-changing metagame, Wes has managed to keep his skill levels up to compete with the best smashers around the U.S. What makes his accomplishment even more impressive is the fact that he has done so with a character, [[Samus]], who is a mid tier. With higher tier characters becoming more and more popular in today's competitive scene, his loyalty has always been to the armored star of the '''Metroid''' series.
Aside from being a talented smasher, Wes' sense of humor has made many people wait to hear what he'll say next at tournaments. Also saying he is a "trash talker" is an understatement. He's been known to use various taunts in and outside of the game to get in the psyche of his opponents.
Nowadays Antoine doesn't travel to Out-of-State (OoS) tournaments as frequently as in his past. Sometimes he randomly shows up to an OoS tourney here and there...
[[Category:Pros]]
[[Category:Smashers]]
[[Category:Samus Professionals]]
[[Category:American smashers]]
[[Category:New York smashers]]
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[[Category:Samus players (PM)]]
[[Category:Charizard players (PM)]]

Latest revision as of 21:37, February 13, 2024

This article refers to Wes of the Deadly Alliance. For the Texas smasher Wes, see FASTLIKETREE. For the Indiana smasher Wes, see Wes (Indiana) For the Falco player from Southern California often referred to as "Wes," see Westballz.
Wes
Wes Samus.png
Character info
Melee main Samus
Brawl main Sonic
Smash 4 main Samus
Ultimate main Dark Samus
Project M main Samus
Other Project M character Charizard
Team info
Crew(s) Empire Arcadia
Personal and other info
Real name Antoine Lewis-Hall
Location Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, NY United States

Wes is a Super Smash Bros. Melee Samus player from the Tristate region. In the "golden age" of Melee, he was widely considered to be one of the best Samus players in the country. He was often referred to as the "Father of Samus," inventing many of tactics which are still used today.

Wes and his crew, Deadly Alliance, proved to be nearly untouchable in New York until the members of H2YL began hosting and attending tournaments. He was a top competitor during the 2003-2006 era, placing high in tournaments with a character that was considered to be mid-tier character at the time. In the modern Melee metagame, Wes has been less prolific in attending tournaments, but still has relatively strong showings in attended tournaments.

Wes was interviewed for the competitive Smash documentary, The Smash Brothers, appearing in several episodes. He extensively covered the origins of crew rivalries in the first episode and gave his input on certain controversial issues that had come up within the community during his time with the game. Several gameplay clips of him were also shown, primarily in the two West Coast vs. East Coast crew battles that were featured.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Tournament Go 5 August 2nd-3rd, 2003 5th 2nd Hein
DCSS #2 September 20th, 2003 2nd — —
Game Over January 10th, 2004 5th 9th HellFox
MELEE-FC1 July 9th-11th, 2004 4th 9th Snap Pop
Tournament Go 6 August 21st-22nd, 2004 7th 2nd Azen
MLG Boston 2004 October 9th-10th, 2004 2nd 1st Azen
Gettin' Schooled October 14th, 2004 7th 1st Azen
MLG New York 2004 October 24th, 2004 5th 2nd Azen
MLG DC 2005 January 29th-30th, 2005 7th 4th Dave
Gettin' Schooled 2 June 25th-26th, 2005 5th 5th Azen
MELEE-FC3 July 10th-12th, 2005 17th 3rd Mike G
BOMB 4 November 12th, 2005 17th 4th Mike G
MLG Atlanta 2005 November 26th-27th, 2005 12th 4th Mow
MLG Chicago 2005 December 16th-18th, 2005 25th — —
CyberHub Gaming Center Lock-In March 25th, 2006 2nd — —
MLG New York Opener 2006 April 21st-23rd, 2006 17th 2nd PC Chris
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 October 13th-14th, 2006 — 5th PC Chris
MLG Las Vegas 2006 November 18th-19th, 2006 — 7th PC Chris
Cataclysm 3 March 3rd-4th, 2007 49th 7th DireVulcan
EVO East May 25th-27th, 2007 13th — —
DA/EA Bi-Weekly 6/1 June 1st, 2007 3rd 2nd Bum
Killa Fleet Biweekly 6/8 June 8th, 2007 4th 5th Bum
Zenith July 2007 July 1st, 2007 2nd 1st PC Chris
Zenith 2007 September 29th, 2007 3rd — —
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 129th 49th Chain Ace
KTAR 8 December 28th, 2013 5th — —
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 65th — —
Collision 9 March 15th, 2014 5th — —
KTAR 9 March 22nd, 2014 7th — —
Smash Brothers University 2.5 April 12th-13th, 2014 9th — —
SKTAR 3 May 30th-June 1st, 2014 129th — —
Apollo X October 14th, 2017 9th — —
Nebs After Dark 92 November 21st, 2017 4th — —
Apollo XI December 2nd, 2017 17th — —
Nebulous Melee 118 March 24th, 2018 5th — —
Nebulous Melee 119 March 31st, 2018 1st — —
Maybulous! April 10th, 2018 9th — —
EagleCON 2018 April 14th, 2018 9th — —
Nebulous Melee: the finale April 21st, 2018 5th — —
Smashed Out Melee V 2.15 April 23rd, 2018 4th — —
Nebs After Dark: the finale April 24th, 2018 17th 4th CaptainJack
Pound Underground May 12th-13th, 2018 65th — —
Apollo XIV July 29th, 2018 13th — —
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 193rd — —
NYXL Pop-Up! December 22nd, 2018 33rd — —

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Collision 9 March 15th, 2014 5th — —
Smash Brothers University 2.5 April 12th-13th, 2014 — 4th DireOnFire
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 17th 7th Jtails

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Collision XI January 3rd, 2015 25th 9th Jtails
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 193rd — —
Smash Attack 5 March 15th, 2015 9th — —
Smash Attack 8 June 7th, 2015 17th — —
Smash Attack 9 June 21st, 2015 17th — —
KTAR XIII July 11th, 2015 13th — —
POPnOFF 11 August 1st, 2015 5th — —
SKTAR 4 August 22nd-23rd, 2015 33rd — —
Nebulous Prime #3 August 30th, 2015 17th — —
Nebulous Prime #4 September 6th, 2015 9th — —
Nebulous Prime #6 September 20th, 2015 7th — —
Nebulous Prime #7 September 27th, 2015 17th 5th Jtails
Nebulous Prime #9 October 11th, 2015 7th 1st DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #10 October 18th, 2015 9th 3rd DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #11 October 25th, 2015 5th 2nd DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #15 November 22nd, 2015 9th 2nd DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #16 November 29th, 2015 7th 3rd DireOnFire
XenoThree March 19th, 2016 17th — —
Nebulous Prime #36 April 17th, 2016 — 1st DireOnFire
KTAR XVIII June 11th, 2016 25th 17th DireOnFire
Nebulous Prime #48 July 10th, 2016 13th — —
XenoEighteen July 13th, 2016 13th — —

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Xeno 154 March 27th, 2019 17th — —
Bum's Birthday Bash 2019 March 30th-31st, 2019 25th 9th Uncle Phillybilly

Trivia[edit]

  • Wes and Husband hold the record for the longest known gap between Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament sets for two players (5869 days):
    • The two first fought at MELEE-FC3 on July 12th, 2005, where Husband won the set 2-1.
    • The two finally met again at East Coast Fridays #172 on August 6th, 2021, where Husband won the set 2-0.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Smasher:Wes&oldid=1870742"