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{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
|name = Mekk
|name               = Mekk
|image =  
|image             = Mekk Chicago.png
|mainssbm = Captain Falcon
|mainssbm           = Ganondorf
|skillssbm = Professional
|otherssbm          = Captain Falcon
|realname = Yasin Mekki
|mainpm            = Captain Falcon
|location = Chicago, Illinois
|sponsor            = [https://www.estv.co/ ESTV]
|country = USA
|former crews      = {{Team|Gamers HQ}}
|rankingssbm        = [[SSBMRank 2023]]: 44th
|realname           = Yasin Mekki
|location           = Chicago, Illinois
|country           = USA
}}
}}
'''Mekk''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} player from Chicago, Illinois. Mekk's best performance to date was at {{Trn|Low Tide City 2022}}, where he defeated {{Sm|Axe}} and {{Sm|bobby big ballz}} to place 2nd. Outside of these wins, he has also defeated players such as {{Sm|KJH}}, {{Sm|TheSWOOPER}}, {{Sm|Skerzo}}, {{Sm|Zamu}}, and {{Sm|Fizzwiggle}}. Mekk was formerly ranked 6th on the [[Chicago Power Rankings]] during the Winter 2020 season.
'''Mekk''' is a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} / {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} player from Chicago, Illinois. He played exclusively {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} for all of the year of 2023 and is currently considered to be the best active Ganondorf player in the world. Mekk's best performance to date was at {{Trn|Low Tide City 2022}}, where he defeated {{Sm|Axe}} and {{Sm|bobby big ballz}} to place 2nd. Outside of these wins, he has also defeated players such as {{Sm|Spark}}, {{Sm|KJH}}, {{Sm|TheSWOOPER}}, {{Sm|Skerzo}}, {{Sm|Zamu}}, and {{Sm|Fizzwiggle}}. Mekk was formerly ranked 4th on the [[Chicago Power Rankings|Chicago Melee Power Rankings]] in Act 1 of 2023, and 44th on [[SSBMRank 2023]].
 
Despite being banned from the Smash Community in January 2024, Mekk became sponsored by ESTV on March 14th, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/ssbMekk/status/1768379919350845739?s=20|title=Mekk joins ESTV}}</ref>
 
==Ban==
In January 2024 Mekk was globally banned for alleged use of continued hate speech, bigotry, & harassment while smurfing on social media as ''IronSpartan'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SmashEurope/status/1751334259002839186|title=Mekk/IronSpartan's ban}}</ref>. He responded by admitting that he is indeed ''IronSpartan'' (though also claiming that multiple people use the persona and that the profile is "definitely a meme account on Twitter"), not apologizing and leaving "the mainstream community to go work on an alternate space for smash" <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ssbMekk/status/1751347754834579909|title=Mekk's reaction on his ban}}</ref>.
 
==Rankings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
====[[SSBMRank]]/[[MPGR]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[MPGR Summer 2022]]||March 1st - July 11th, 2022||45th||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2022]]||March 1st - December 18th, 2022||36th||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank Summer 2023]]||December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023||42nd||{{Head|Ganondorf|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[SSBMRank 2023]]||December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023||44th||{{Head|Ganondorf|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|}


==Tournament placings==
==Tournament placings==
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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 6}}||October 7th-9th, 2016||513th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|The Big House 6|g=SSBM}}||October 7th-9th, 2016||513th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|UGC Smash Open|g=SSBM}}||December 2nd-4th, 2016||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frosty Faustings IX|g=SSBM}}||January 27th-28th, 2017||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 4|g=SSBM}}||June 1st-3rd, 2018||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5|g=SSBM}}||May 31st-June 2nd, 2019||225th||33rd||{{Sm|Wndy}}
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9|g=SSBM}}||October 4th-6th, 2019||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7|g=SSBM}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Hold That L 5|g=SSBM}}||February 22nd, 2020||17th||17th||Wndy
|-
|{{Trn|Tripoint Smash 100|g=SSBM}}||March 6th, 2020||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|5 Days of Melee|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||December 14th-18th, 2020||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Four Loko Fight Night|g=SSBM}} East Coast{{OnlineIcon}}||March 6th-7th, 2021||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Allston Melee Bender|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||April 3rd-4th, 2021||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Summit 11|g=SSBM}} VIP||July 15th, 2021||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/the-trail-invitational/details The Trail Invitational]||September 25th, 2021||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Trail}}
|-
|{{Trn|Low Tide City 2021|g=SSBM}}||October 1st-3rd, 2021||17th||7th||{{Sm|Knux}}
|-
|{{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier|g=SSBM}}||December 17th, 2021||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||January 29th-30th, 2022||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/minnesota-monthly-melee-1/event/melee-singles/brackets/1075663/1682274 Minnesota Monthly Melee #1]||February 19th, 2022||5th / 119||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 8|g=SSBM}}||April 15th-17th, 2022||129th||25th||{{Sm|Salt}}
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 2022|g=SSBM}}||April 22nd-24th, 2022||25th||7th||{{Sm|NoFluxes}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|UGC Smash Open}}||December 2nd-4th, 2016||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Low Tide City 2022|g=SSBM}}||April 29th-May 1st, 2022||2nd||1st||Salt
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Frosty Faustings IX}}||January 27th-28th, 2017||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Smash Summit 13|g=SSBM}}||May 12th-15th, 2022||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 4}}||June 1st-3rd, 2018||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Tipped Off: Reunion|g=SSBM}}||June 11th-12th, 2022||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}}||May 31st-June 2nd, 2019||225th||33rd||{{Sm|Wndy}}
|{{Trn|Fête 2|g=SSBM}}||July 29th-31st, 2022||3rd||25th||{{Sm|DarkGenex}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9}}||October 4th-6th, 2019||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Shine 2022|g=SSBM}}||August 26th-28th, 2022||9th||7th||{{Sm|Jflex}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Lost Tech City 2022|g=SSBM}}||September 30th-October 2nd, 2022||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Hold That L 5}}||February 22nd, 2020||17th||17th||Wndy
|{{Trn|GENESIS 9|g=SSBM}}||January 20th-22nd, 2023||97th||13th||{{Sm|Eggy}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Tripoint Smash 100}}||March 6th, 2020||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Kill Roy: Volume 6|g=SSBM}}||March 4th, 2023||7th||2nd||Eggy
|-
|-
|{{Trn|5 Days of Melee}}{{OnlineIcon}}||December 14th-18th, 2020||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|CT Gamercon 6|g=SSBM}}||March 18th-19th, 2023||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|22K}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Four Loko Fight Night}} East Coast{{OnlineIcon}}||March 6th-7th, 2021||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Low Tide City 2023|g=SSBM}}||May 13th-14th, 2023||7th||4th||{{Sm|Sozin}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Allston Melee Bender}}{{OnlineIcon}}||April 3rd-4th, 2021||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Out of the Blue|g=SSBM}}||April 22nd, 2023||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Smash Summit 11}} VIP||July 15th, 2021||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Combo Breaker 2023|g=SSBM}}||May 26th-28th, 2023||4th||2nd||Eggy
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/the-trail-invitational/details The Trail Invitational]||September 25th, 2021||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Trail}}
|{{Trn|Tipped Off 14: Resurgence|g=SSBM}}||June 3rd-4th, 2023||13th / 344||9th / 79||{{Sm|Joshman}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Low Tide City 2021}}||October 1st-3rd, 2021||17th||7th||{{Sm|Knux}}
|{{Trn|Patchwork|g=SSBM}}||July 15th-16th, 2023||3rd / 70||4th / 11||{{Sm|kneemaster12}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier}}||December 17th, 2021||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2023|g=SSBM}}||August 10th-13th, 2023||9th / 860||17th / 161||{{Sm|Moe}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4}}{{OnlineIcon}}||January 29th-30th, 2022||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|Shine 2023|g=SSBM}}||August 25th-27th, 2023||25th / 683||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 8}}||April 15th-17th, 2022||129th||25th||{{Sm|Salt}}
|{{Trn|Rise 'N Grind 2023|g=SSBM}}||October 13th-15th, 2023||5th / 80||1st / 9||Sozin
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 2022}}||April 22nd-24th, 2022||25th||7th||{{Sm|NoFluxes}}
|{{Trn|Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023|g=SSBM}}||October 27th-29th, 2023||9th / 85||4th / 12||{{Sm|MOF}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Low Tide City 2022}}||April 29th-May 1st, 2022||2nd||1st||Salt
|{{Trn|Honeypot 6: Winter is Coming|g=SSBM}}||December 2nd-3rd, 2023||3rd / 58||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://challonge.com/manamonthly_7 Mana Monthly 7]{{OnlineIcon}}||March 1st, 2024||3rd / 51||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
 
===''[[Project+]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/minnesota-monthly-melee-1/event/p-singles/brackets/1056061/1655368 Minnesota Monthly Melee #1]||February 19th, 2022||1st / 42||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/not-f-te/details Not Fête]||July 30th, 2022||1st / 4||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Tipped Off 14: Resurgence}}||June 3rd-4th, 2023||4th / 65||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}


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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 6}}||October 7th-9th, 2016||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|{{Trn|The Big House 6|g=SSB4}}||October 7th-9th, 2016||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}
==Trivia==
*Mekk is known for his physical tenacity and satirical inability to stop. He will frequently exclaim "I ain't stoppin" on his stream, owns a real stop sign crossed over with an X, and does push-ups after losing a set in tournament.
*In December 2022, Mekk committed to maining {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} for an entire year to boost the character's tournament representation/results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ssbmekk/status/1603080886173708288|title=Mekk's commitment to maining Ganondorf}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Illinois smashers]]
[[Category:Illinois smashers]]
[[Category:Captain Falcon professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Captain Falcon players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Ganondorf players (SSBM)]]

Latest revision as of 20:34, March 17, 2024

Mekk
Mekk Chicago.png
Character info
Melee main Ganondorf
Other Melee character Captain Falcon
Project M main Captain Falcon
Team info
Sponsor(s) ESTV
Former crews Gamers HQ
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee SSBMRank 2023: 44th
Personal and other info
Real name Yasin Mekki
Location Chicago, Illinois USA

Mekk is a Super Smash Bros. Melee Ganondorf / Captain Falcon player from Chicago, Illinois. He played exclusively Ganondorf for all of the year of 2023 and is currently considered to be the best active Ganondorf player in the world. Mekk's best performance to date was at Low Tide City 2022, where he defeated Axe and bobby big ballz to place 2nd. Outside of these wins, he has also defeated players such as Spark, KJH, TheSWOOPER, Skerzo, Zamu, and Fizzwiggle. Mekk was formerly ranked 4th on the Chicago Melee Power Rankings in Act 1 of 2023, and 44th on SSBMRank 2023.

Despite being banned from the Smash Community in January 2024, Mekk became sponsored by ESTV on March 14th, 2024.[1]

Ban[edit]

In January 2024 Mekk was globally banned for alleged use of continued hate speech, bigotry, & harassment while smurfing on social media as IronSpartan [2]. He responded by admitting that he is indeed IronSpartan (though also claiming that multiple people use the persona and that the profile is "definitely a meme account on Twitter"), not apologizing and leaving "the mainstream community to go work on an alternate space for smash" [3].

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

SSBMRank/MPGR[edit]

Ranking Time period Rank Character(s) Notes
MPGR Summer 2022 March 1st - July 11th, 2022 45th Captain Falcon (SSBM)
SSBMRank 2022 March 1st - December 18th, 2022 36th Captain Falcon (SSBM)
SSBMRank Summer 2023 December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023 42nd Ganondorf (SSBM)
SSBMRank 2023 December 19th, 2022 - December 17th, 2023 44th Ganondorf (SSBM)

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 513th — —
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 49th — —
Frosty Faustings IX January 27th-28th, 2017 7th — —
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 65th — —
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 225th 33rd Wndy
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 97th — —
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 257th — —
Hold That L 5 February 22nd, 2020 17th 17th Wndy
Tripoint Smash 100 March 6th, 2020 4th — —
5 Days of MeleeOnline December 14th-18th, 2020 25th — —
Four Loko Fight Night East CoastOnline March 6th-7th, 2021 97th — —
The Allston Melee BenderOnline April 3rd-4th, 2021 13th — —
Smash Summit 11 VIP July 15th, 2021 4th — —
The Trail Invitational September 25th, 2021 3rd 3rd Trail
Low Tide City 2021 October 1st-3rd, 2021 17th 7th Knux
Smash World Tour 2021 Last Chance Qualifier December 17th, 2021 13th — —
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4Online January 29th-30th, 2022 33rd — —
Minnesota Monthly Melee #1 February 19th, 2022 5th / 119 — —
GENESIS 8 April 15th-17th, 2022 129th 25th Salt
Pound 2022 April 22nd-24th, 2022 25th 7th NoFluxes
Low Tide City 2022 April 29th-May 1st, 2022 2nd 1st Salt
Smash Summit 13 May 12th-15th, 2022 13th — —
Tipped Off: Reunion June 11th-12th, 2022 2nd — —
Fête 2 July 29th-31st, 2022 3rd 25th DarkGenex
Shine 2022 August 26th-28th, 2022 9th 7th Jflex
Lost Tech City 2022 September 30th-October 2nd, 2022 13th — —
GENESIS 9 January 20th-22nd, 2023 97th 13th Eggy
Kill Roy: Volume 6 March 4th, 2023 7th 2nd Eggy
CT Gamercon 6 March 18th-19th, 2023 3rd 2nd 22K
Low Tide City 2023 May 13th-14th, 2023 7th 4th Sozin
Out of the Blue April 22nd, 2023 7th — —
Combo Breaker 2023 May 26th-28th, 2023 4th 2nd Eggy
Tipped Off 14: Resurgence June 3rd-4th, 2023 13th / 344 9th / 79 Joshman
Patchwork July 15th-16th, 2023 3rd / 70 4th / 11 kneemaster12
Super Smash Con 2023 August 10th-13th, 2023 9th / 860 17th / 161 Moe
Shine 2023 August 25th-27th, 2023 25th / 683 — —
Rise 'N Grind 2023 October 13th-15th, 2023 5th / 80 1st / 9 Sozin
Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023 October 27th-29th, 2023 9th / 85 4th / 12 MOF
Honeypot 6: Winter is Coming December 2nd-3rd, 2023 3rd / 58 — —
Mana Monthly 7Online March 1st, 2024 3rd / 51 — —

Project+[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Minnesota Monthly Melee #1 February 19th, 2022 1st / 42 — —
Not Fête July 30th, 2022 1st / 4 — —
Tipped Off 14: Resurgence June 3rd-4th, 2023 4th / 65 — —

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 257th — —

Trivia[edit]

  • Mekk is known for his physical tenacity and satirical inability to stop. He will frequently exclaim "I ain't stoppin" on his stream, owns a real stop sign crossed over with an X, and does push-ups after losing a set in tournament.
  • In December 2022, Mekk committed to maining Ganondorf for an entire year to boost the character's tournament representation/results.[4]

External links[edit]

  1. ^ Mekk joins ESTV.
  2. ^ Mekk/IronSpartan's ban.
  3. ^ Mekk's reaction on his ban.
  4. ^ Mekk's commitment to maining Ganondorf.
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