Smasher:PC Chris

Not to be confused with PkChris.

PC Chris
Character info
Melee mains	Fox, Falco
Other Melee character	Marth
Brawl main	Snake
Team info
Former crews	The Blade Breakers, Deadly Alliance, The Turks
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	RetroSSBMRank 2009: 9th
Best historical ranking	RetroSSBMRank 2006: 3rd
Best tournament result	1st / 228 at Zero Challenge 3 6th / 112 at Critical Hit 3
Winnings	~$30,811.65
Personal and other info
Real name	Christopher Szygiel
Birth date	August 23, 1987
Location	Port Chester, New York

PC Chris is a smasher from New York. He was considered to be among the best Fox and Falco players in the world during the 2006-2009 era. He was ranked fourth on the Smash Panel Power Rankings when it was active and 3rd on the North Atlantic Regional Power Rankings. The "PC" part of his name comes from his hometown, Port Chester. He made an appearance in an episode of the MTV documentary series, "True Life: I'm A Professional Gamer".

Tournament history

Golden Age of Melee

PC Chris started his MLG career by winning MLG New York Opener 2006, the first tournament in the MLG 2006 Pro Circuit, defeating Ken twice. However, at MLG Dallas 2006, he lost to Ken in winners' finals and then to ChuDat in losers' finals, placing 3rd. At MLG Anaheim 2006, he lost to ChuDat again in winners' semis, then defeated KoreanDJ, Isai, and ChuDat in losers' bracket, and won the first set of grand finals against Ken, but still lost the second set, placing 2nd. He lost to ChuDat and Azen at MLG Chicago 2006, placing 5th. PC Chris also won MELEE-FC6, defeating Mew2King in two consecutive sets during grand finals.

MLG Orlando 2006 proved to be his worst tournament in the season, as he lost to Azen and then to HugS early in losers' bracket, finishing at a disappointing 13th place. Despite this, his placement of 2nd at MLG New York Playoffs 2006, where he defeated ChuDat twice but lost to Azen twice, allowed him to successfully qualify for the MLG 2006 championship. PC Chris eventually went on to win MLG Las Vegas 2006 and take the MLG 2006 championship, defeating Azen, Isai, and KoreanDJ twice.

In 2007, PC Chris placed 4th at Cataclysm 3, losing to Mew2King and KoreanDJ, 3rd at MLG Long Island 2007, losing to Mew2King twice, 5th at Pound 2, losing to ChuDat and Mew2King, and 2nd at MELEE-FC Diamond, losing to Mew2King in two sets of grand finals. He did, however, win Zero Challenge 3, sweeping through losers' bracket and defeating Mew2King in two sets of grand finals after losing to Mew2King in winners' quarters.

PC Chris qualified for the EVO 2007 championship by placing 2nd at EVO East 2007 and 2nd at EVO West 2007. He eventually placed 4th at EVO World 2007. PC Chris's final three top performances were 5th at Viva La Smashtaclysm, losing to Azen and Mew2King, 3rd at Pound 3, losing to Mew2King and Mango, and 4th at Revival of Melee, losing to Mango and DaShizWiz.

Post-2013

PC Chris spent years in a semi-retired state; while he still participated in several national tournaments and usually made it into the bracket, his results were not nearly as notable as they once were. PC Chris returned to the Melee scene in May 2014 at the event Justice 3, with this being confirmed towards the end of said event's trailer. He placed 17th in Melee singles at the event. However, he has not made any notable appearances at tournaments since.

On January 9th 2015, PC Chris posted a tweet reading "This amazing year of Smash has opened my eyes. Needless to say, this old dog is eager to learn some new tricks. I've missed you, Brothers." Shortly after, he announced his interest in returning to Melee in hopes to compete consistently at high level play once again. He also appeared on Chillin's Twitch stream series Nostalgia Nights detailing his return to Smash and his history in Smash over the past decade. PC Chris shortly after attended the tourney Neo Nebulous Beta 2, where he played 13th, though he wouldn't make an impact until Super Nebulous 2 on January 24th, 2015, where he made it into pro bracket in 2nd seed of his pool. He lost to Ice first round, but was able to take Game 1, much to the shock of many. He then defeated Eikelmann in loser's before being defeated by Lord HDL 2-0 to get 17th.

PC Chris attended Apex 2015, where he nearly made bracket, placing 49th of 1,037 competitors. In it, he placed 2nd in his 1st round pool, losing only to Fuzzyness, a top level European smasher. In 2nd round pools, he defeated Velocity and ROFL, and had a close set with Kalamazhu, zero to death-ing him in the opening of Game 1 and bringing the set to last stock on Game 3. He was eventually defeated, but received a huge cheer from the crowd on his exit. He later fought Ken in the Salty Suite, where he lost the first game as Fox, but switched to Falco starting with game 2. The match went to Game 5 last stock, but PC Chris won it out 3-2 with a JV2 last game. He then proceeded to surf the crowd as celebration.

After Apex 2015, PC Chris made a few more appearances at tournaments, placing 13th at MVG Sandstorm. Around this time, he expressed interest in streaming on Twitch. He received significant support from the community, particularly from Chillin, who led a donation drive that aimed to raise around $1,000 so that PC Chris could obtain a better setup for streaming. However, due to unknown circumstances, PC Chris streamed only on a limited number of occasions and fell out of the community once again.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
MLG DC 2005	January 29th-30th, 2005	17th	5th	Husband
Gettin' Schooled 2	June 25th-26th, 2005	5th	6th	Eve
MELEE-FC3	July 10th-12th, 2005	13th	4th	Chillin
MLG Philadelphia 2005	July 28th-31st, 2005	2nd	3rd	NEO
MLG Los Angeles 2005	October 14th-16th, 2005	7th	—	—
BOMB 4	November 12th, 2005	7th	5th	Unknown
MLG Chicago 2005	December 16th-18th, 2005	3rd	—	—
MLG New York 2005	February 25th-26th, 2006	3rd	—	—
Cataclysm 2	March 4th, 2006	1st	2nd	Wes
MLG New York Opener 2006	April 21st-23rd, 2006	1st	2nd	Wes
MLG Dallas 2006	May 19th-20th, 2006	3rd	13th	Sockninja
MLG Anaheim 2006	June 23rd-24th, 2006	2nd	9th	Kaiser GL
MELEE-FC6	July 13th-15th, 2006	1st	13th	Milktea
MLG Chicago 2006	July 21st-22nd, 2006	5th	5th	The King
Zero Challenge 2	August 15th-17th, 2006	9th	—	—
MLG Orlando 2006	August 26th-27th, 2006	13th	7th	KillaOR
MLG New York Playoffs 2006	October 13th-14th, 2006	2nd	5th	Wes
MLG Las Vegas 2006	November 18th-19th, 2006	1st	7th	Wes
I.V.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.	January 6th, 2007	2nd	5th	OneAndOnly KIP
Tristate Gaming Tournament 2/18	February 18th, 2007	1st	—	—
Zenith February 2007	February 24th, 2007	1st	5th	Wes
Cataclysm 3	March 3rd-4th, 2007	4th	7th	Milktea
Smashing for CHARITY	April 14th, 2007	1st	—	—
V.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.	April 7th, 2007	2nd	1st	Cort
N.Y.S.T 2	April 28th, 2007	1st	1st	Plank
MLG Long Island 2007	May 5th-6th, 2007	3rd	6th	OneAndOnly KIP
EVO East	May 25th-27th, 2007	2nd	—	—
Killa Fleet Biweekly 6/8	June 8th, 2007	1st	1st	OneAndOnly KIP
New Smash City IV	June 9th, 2007	1st	—	—
Pound 2	June 16th-17th, 2007	5th	1st	Mew2King
Zenith July 2007	July 1st, 2007	1st	1st	Wes
Sex Tickle	July 7th, 2007	1st	1st	Cort
MELEE-FC Diamond	July 12th-14th, 2007	2nd	1st	Cort
Zero Challenge 3	July 20th-22nd, 2007	1st	5th	Milktea
EVO West	July 27th-29th, 2007	2nd	—	—
EVO World 2007	August 24th-26th, 2007	4th	—	—
Super Champ Combo	September 29th-30th, 2007	2nd	2nd	Cort
C3 October	October 20th, 2007	3rd	2nd	Mew2King
Viva La Smashtaclysm	November 10th-11th, 2007	5th	4th	Cort
Mass Madness 6	December 8th, 2007	1st	1st	Cort
Rochester--Final Smash!	January 26th, 2008	2nd	2nd	Plank
Pound 3	February 2nd-3rd, 2008	3rd	3rd	Cort
LOBSTER 2	March 1st, 2008	1st	1st	milktea
ChuDatz Final Biweekly	August 3rd, 2008	3rd	3rd	InfernoOmni
Smashageddon	January 31st, 2009	1st	1st	Cactuar
G.I.M.P.E.D. 1	February 21st, 2009	2nd	2nd	Scar
Mass Madness 14	February 28th, 2009	1st	1st	Cort
Revival of Melee	March 7th-8th, 2009	4th	1st	Mango
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	17th	49th	Kiwi
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	33rd	25th	Mofo
No Johns 5/14/11	May 14th, 2011	2nd	2nd	OTG
No Johns 8/6/11	August 6th, 2011	9th	4th	OTG
No Johns 9/3/11	September 3rd, 2011	1st	—	—
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	49th	9th	OTG
Zenith 2012	May 26th-27th, 2012	9th	4th	OTG
Justice 3	May 24th, 2014	17th	—	—
Super Nebulous 2	January 24th, 2015	17th	—	—
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	49th	49th	DoH
Sandstorm	April 18th-19th, 2015	13th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
NYC Smash Weeklies 4-4-08	April 4, 2008	5th	—	—
Critical Hit 3	July 5th, 2008	6th	4th	Cort
ChuDatz Final Biweekly	August 3rd, 2008	13th	2nd	InfernoOmni
G.I.M.P.E.D. 1	February 21st, 2009	25th	13th	Jman
Mass Madness 14	February 28th, 2009	5th	—	—

Trivia

PC Chris after winning the MLG 2006 championship.

• PC Chris received what was, at the time, the biggest prize payout in a Melee tournament ever, when he won $10,000 for 1st place at MLG Las Vegas 2006. This record stood for nine years, until Armada earned $11,525.15 for 1st place at Smash Summit in 2015.
• He was the subject of a parodying website, in which he was declared the greatest person in the world.
• Coupled with exuberant commentary, the video of PC's round 3 win over Ken at the MLG New York Opener 2006 is widely considered to be one of the best Melee matches to be recorded.
• The PC Walk was named after PC Chris.

External links

• PC Chris Interview
• Episode 5 of The Smash Brothers, a competitive Melee documentary, which focuses primarily on PC Chris
• Twitter account