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'''Even Matchup Gaming''' ('''EMG''') is a Toronto based production company & tournament organizing team that specializes in fighting games. Creators of Canada's largest fighting game tournament Get On My Level which attracts thousands of top competitors & fans from across the world, EMG is recognized as a leader in Canadian esports and has played a major role in the growth of the community by creating some of the most successful tournaments in the scene. They also sponsor professional players, as an esport team would do. Since February 2020, EMG is the full property of New Wave Esports, who held previously 18% of the company.<ref>[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/02/10/1982311/0/en/New-Wave-Esports-Completes-Acquisition-of-Even-Matchup-Gaming-Inc.html New Wave Esports Completes Acquisition of Even Matchup Gaming Inc.]</ref>
'''Even Matchup Gaming''' ('''EMG''') is a Toronto based production company & tournament organizing team that specializes in fighting games. Creators of Canada's largest fighting game tournament Get On My Level which attracts thousands of top competitors & fans from across the world, EMG is recognized as a leader in Canadian esports and has played a major role in the growth of the community by creating some of the most successful tournaments in the scene and sponsoring many professional Canadian players. Since February 2020, EMG is the full property of New Wave Esports, who held previously 18% of the company.<ref>[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/02/10/1982311/0/en/New-Wave-Esports-Completes-Acquisition-of-Even-Matchup-Gaming-Inc.html New Wave Esports Completes Acquisition of Even Matchup Gaming Inc.]</ref>


==Current smashers==
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Canadian crews]]
[[Category:Canadian crews]]
[[Category:Canadian sponsors]]
[[Category:Canadian sponsors]]

Latest revision as of 16:30, October 9, 2023

Even Matchup Gaming
EMGlogo.png
Location Toronto, Canada Canada
Owners New Wave Esports
Player manager Joe Cribari (Toronto Joe)
Sponsors/Partners DX Racer
NXNE
ZOWIE by BenQ
Canadian National Exhibition
CSL Esports
Red Bull

Even Matchup Gaming (EMG) is a Toronto based production company & tournament organizing team that specializes in fighting games. Creators of Canada's largest fighting game tournament Get On My Level which attracts thousands of top competitors & fans from across the world, EMG is recognized as a leader in Canadian esports and has played a major role in the growth of the community by creating some of the most successful tournaments in the scene and sponsoring many professional Canadian players. Since February 2020, EMG is the full property of New Wave Esports, who held previously 18% of the company.[1]

Current smashers[edit]

Pro Smashers[edit]

ID Name Game Main(s) Join Date
Canada Blacktwins Aaron Grandison-Vargas Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Meta Knight (SSBB)
Cloud (SSB4)Mario (SSB4)
PyraMythra (SSBU)
2013-11-10

Other Smashers[edit]

Former Smashers[edit]

Pro Smashers[edit]

ID Name Game Main(s) Join Date Leave Date
France Leon Nassim Laïb Super Smash Bros. Brawl Marth (SSBB) 2014-??-?? 2014-??-??
Canada KirbyKaze David MacDonald Super Smash Bros. Melee Sheik (SSBM) 2014-??-?? 2015-03-01
Canada n0ne Edgard L. Sheleby Super Smash Bros. Melee Captain Falcon (SSBM) 2015-05-07 2017-??-??
Canada Weon-X Camilo Morales Super Smash Bros. Melee Fox (SSBM) 2014-??-?? 2017-??-??
Canada Nightmare Vikram Bassi Super Smash Bros. Melee Marth (SSBM) 2016-10-05 2018-09-25
USA false Corey Shin Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sheik (SSB4)Marth (SSB4) 2018-01-01 2018-05-21
Canada Mistake Tamim Omary Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Bayonetta (SSB4)
Bayonetta (SSBU)
2017-08-11 2019-??-??
Canada SuperGirlKels Kelsy Medeiros Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Sonic (SSB4)
Sonic (SSBU)
2018-02-10 2019-06-22
USA bobby big ballz Unknown name Super Smash Bros. Melee Falco (SSBM) 2020-02-06 2020-07-04
USA Hax$ Aziz Al-Yami Super Smash Bros. Melee Fox (SSBM) 2019-01-29 2021-01-07
Canada moky Kurtis Pratt Super Smash Bros. Melee Fox (SSBM) 2018-08-02 2021-07-30
Canada Riddles Michael Kim Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Terry (SSBU) 2020-02-22 2022-04-19

Tournaments Hosted[edit]

  • Get On My Level series: the current largest/strongest yearly Canadian event since 2014.
  • Let's Make Moves : The first SSBU national, hosted in Somerset, NJ.
  • Let's Make Big Moves : The successor to LMM, hosted in New York City, NY.
  • The Come Up: Apex 2015 Canadian qualifier.
  • The Ontario division of The Melee Games, a collegiate series, won by York University.
  • Toryuken/Canada Cup/others, the smash events of various Canadian FGC events.
  • EGLX, Canada's largest video game expo.
  • Smash @ Anime North.
  • Revenge of the 6ix, Toronto Monthly Regional.

External links[edit]

References[edit]