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{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = RaynEX
| name          = Raynex
| image        = 51_Raynex-300x298.png
| image        = LP-Raynex.jpg
| mainssbm      = Fox
| mainssbm      = Fox
| 2ndmainssbm  =
| otherssbm    = Marth
| otherssbm    = Captain Falcon
| 2ndotherssbm    = Mewtwo
| 2ndotherssbm = Marth
| alias        = Rayn
| moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Mario}}
| mainpm        = Pit
| 2ndmainpm     = Ike
| crew          = Let's Play
| former crews  = NNR, Teen Titans
| skill        = Top professional
| alias        = Failnex
| realname      = Bernard Mafei
| realname      = Bernard Mafei
| birthday      = 17
| birthday      = 17
| birthmonth    = 12
| birthmonth    = 12
| birthyear    = 1989
| birthyear    = 1989
| location      = Scarborough, ON
| location      = Toronto
| country      = Canada
| country      = Canada
}}
}}
 
'''Raynex''' is a ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player from Toronto, Canada, and one of the founding members of the East Coast Canadian community. He is known as one of the country's premiere {{SSBM|Fox}} players, and was a fixture in the North American competitive scene between 2007-2018.
'''RaynEX''' (born December 17, 1989) is a [[Fox]] player from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. He [[main]]s Fox, but also plays [[Falco]], [[Marth]], [[Captain Falcon]], and [[Mario]]. He has proven himself in the North American Smash scene, having some very notable placings such as 3rd at Mass Madness 14. More recently, he's been performing strongly in teams at major tournaments, placing 4th at [[Get On My Level]] with {{Sm|Riddlebox}} and 3rd at [[Super SWEET]] with [[KirbyKaze]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Raynex has been involved in grassroots communities since his youth. He entered his first tournament at 16 years old, after finding an ad through the international community forum, [[Smashboards]]. For the next 2 years, he would attend local tournaments at community centers and schools in Toronto, with highschool friend {{Sm|Ryan Ford}} not far behind. After 2 years honing his skills, he set his sights on what lay beyond Canada, competing in New York, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Michigan, Pittsburg, Baltimore, and Kansas - all before turning 22. Raynex's experiences travelling abroad not only lead him to numerous tournament wins at home, but brought experience and perspective that invigorated the Toronto community. Now a top player, with world-class [[doubles]] teammate Ryan Ford and {{SSBM|Sheik}} pioneer {{Sm|KirbyKaze}} as training partners, the rest of North America began to wake up to the talent coming out of the frigid North.


'''RaynEX''' has been playing Super Smash Bros. Melee since its release; having first used his main, Fox, playing Super Smash Bros. 64, for the Nintendo 64 console.
Raynex was the first-ever dual-sponsored fighting game player in Canada, competing in ''SSBM'' and ''[[Street Fighter]]'' simultaneously at events. He has accumulated some notable tournament wins in his career, including sets over {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|N0ne}}, {{Sm|Moky}}, {{Sm|Kage}}, {{Sm|KoreanDJ}}, KirbyKaze, and {{Sm|Colbol}}. In ''SSBM'', Raynex peaked at #1 in Canada and 51st on the SSBM World Rankings (2014). Ryan Ford (aka Unknown522) and Raynex are also considered one of the best Canadian 2v2 pairings of all time, being one of the first teams from the country to place top 8 at an international major.
 
The first incarnation of the TransCanada Tournament (2005) was where '''RaynEX''' was initially introduced to the competitive scene. Amazed at the amount of players that attended, and the skill level so apparent among them; '''RaynEX''' quickly decided to pursue a competitive career in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
 
Soonafter, at a tournament held in 2005, '''RaynEX''' befriended the 5 members of NNR (The Neon Night Riders). The members of NNR had held the tournament to informally announce their competitive participation to the community, attracting players from far and wide to gather and cooperatively improve at the provided venue. Eventually '''RaynEX''', and his doubles partner [[Unknown522]], joined the 5 smashers under that same crew apellation, solidifying what would turn out to be one of the most skilled and successful Smash crews ever conceived within Toronto.


== Present ==
== Present ==
Raynex no longer competes professionally, but is still a fixture in the smash and fighting game communities.


'''RaynEX''' continues to smash competitively, attending tournaments held in both the U.S. and East Coast Canada. He is considered by many as one of the best Fox players in the country. RaynEX is currently ranked 3rd on the Ontario Melee Power Rankings.
==Tournament placings==
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
He started the "Canadian Arcadian" tournament series with [[KirbyKaze]] in April 2014, a tournament series for unranked players only. He continues to organize and aid new smashers in the Greater Toronto Area.
 
== Tournaments Attended ==
* Trans-Canada Tournament, August 2005
* NNR Tournament February 2006
* NNR Tournament April 2006
* NNR Tournament November 2006
* The Battle of Caketown, June 2007
* NNR Tournament (The Season of Smash), June 2007
* Trans-Canada Tournament, June/July 2007
* StarFurry, 2007
* Smashturbation (GTA Bi-weeklies), 2007-Present
* Combo Breaker, 2008
* Event-52, 2008 (4th)
* Starfurry 3, 2009
* Mass Madness 14, 2009 (3rd)
* Starfurry 5 (1st)
*[[Revival of Melee]] (17th)
*[[Revival of Melee 2]] (9th)
*[[Revival of Melee 7]] (17th)
*[[Get On My Level]] (9th)
*[[Super SWEET]] (7th), (3rd) with KirbyKaze
 
==Notable tournament placings==
 
===''[[Melee]]''===
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|Event-52||2008||4th||—||—
|[[TransCanada Tournament]]||June 30th-July 1st, 2007||9th||—||—
|-
|[[Pound 3]]||February 2nd-3rd, 2008||81st||9th||{{sm|Ryan Ford}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=168405 Combo Breaker]||May 11th, 2008||1st||—||—
|-
|[[TGMTSBCO]]||June 7th-8th, 2008||17th||9th||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Event 52: Kansas]]||October 18th-19th 2008||4th||5th||{{sm|Europhoria}}
|-
|Mass Madness 14||January 2009||3rd||—||—
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=222653 Starfurry 3]||February 21st, 2009||4th||2nd||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||17th||13th||Ryan Ford
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232618 Starfurry 5]||May 2nd, 2009||1st||3rd||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||9th||9th||Ryan Ford
|-
|-
|Mass Madness 14||2009||3rd||—||—
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/new-bark-town-an-oakville-tournament-results-thread.258352/ New Bark Town]||December 12th, 2009||1st||1st||Ryan Ford
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232618 Starfurry 5]||May 4th, 2014||1st||—||—
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||33rd||13th||Ryan Ford
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||May 5th, 2014||9th||—||—
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=264324 PWG - LBT2 Unity]||February 6th, 2010||2nd||1st||Ryan Ford
|-
|-
|[[McSmashter 3]]||January 22nd-27th, 2014||5th||1st (Split)||{{Sm|KirbyKaze}}
|[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||17th||5th||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||25th||9th||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[The Big House]]||October 22nd, 2011||7th||2nd||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[IMPULSE]]||June 30th-July 1st, 2012||9th||4th||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[McSmashter 3]]||January 22nd-27th, 2014||5th||1st||Europhoria
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||17th||—||—
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||17th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Get On My Level]]||May 10th-11th, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|Riddlebox}}
|[[Get On My Level 2014]]||May 10th-11th, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|Riddlebox}}
|-
|-
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||7th||3rd||{{Sm|KirbyKaze}}
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||7th||3rd||{{Sm|KirbyKaze}}
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|-
|-
|[[The Come Up]]||December 6th-7th, 2014||5th||2nd||KirbyKaze
|[[The Come Up]]||December 6th-7th, 2014||5th||2nd||KirbyKaze
|-
|[https://challonge.com/SudburyMelee8 Nickel City Smash 8]||February 8th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|Menard}}
|-
|[[McSmashter 4]]||February 21st-22nd, 2015||5th||5th||{{Sm|n0ne}}
|-
|[[Super Nebulous 3]]||April 25th-26th, 2015||17th||9th||{{Sm|Coffeeblack}}
|-
|[[Enthusiast Gaming Live]]||May 16th-17th, 2015||3rd||1st||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2015]]||May 30th-31st, 2015||9th||3rd||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[EXP 2015]]||July 4th-5th, 2015||13th||2nd||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Summit 2015]]||August 15th-16th, 2015||5th||1st||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2015]]||October 30th-31st, 2015||7th||2nd||Ryan Ford
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2016]]||May 20th-22nd, 2016||—||7th||Ryan Ford
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/well-played-toronto-monthly Well Played Toronto Monthly]||June 18th, 2016||4th||1st||Ryan Ford
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/sweet-27-a-super-smash-bros-melee-event SWEET 27: A Super Smash Bros. Melee Event]||March 11th, 2017||9th||25th||KirbyKaze
|-
|[https://challonge.com/NCS17MD Nickel City Smash 17]||May 6th, 2017||1st||1st||{{Sm|JOATguy}}
|-
|[[Saints Gaming Live]]||June 10th-11th, 2017||17th||5th||Ryan Ford
|}
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://challonge.com/SudburyPM8 Nickel City Smash 8]||February 8th, 2015||1st||—||—
|-
|[https://challonge.com/NCS17PM Nickel City Smash 17]||May 6th, 2017||1st||—||—
|}
|}


[[Category:Ontario smashers]]
[[Category:Ontario smashers]]
[[Category:Fox professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Fox players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]

Latest revision as of 20:29, February 13, 2024

Raynex "Rayn"
LP-Raynex.jpg
Character info
Melee main Fox
Other Melee characters Marth, Mewtwo
Personal and other info
Real name Bernard Mafei
Birth date (age 35)
Location Toronto Canada

Raynex is a Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Toronto, Canada, and one of the founding members of the East Coast Canadian community. He is known as one of the country's premiere Fox players, and was a fixture in the North American competitive scene between 2007-2018.

Biography[edit]

Raynex has been involved in grassroots communities since his youth. He entered his first tournament at 16 years old, after finding an ad through the international community forum, Smashboards. For the next 2 years, he would attend local tournaments at community centers and schools in Toronto, with highschool friend Ryan Ford not far behind. After 2 years honing his skills, he set his sights on what lay beyond Canada, competing in New York, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Michigan, Pittsburg, Baltimore, and Kansas - all before turning 22. Raynex's experiences travelling abroad not only lead him to numerous tournament wins at home, but brought experience and perspective that invigorated the Toronto community. Now a top player, with world-class doubles teammate Ryan Ford and Sheik pioneer KirbyKaze as training partners, the rest of North America began to wake up to the talent coming out of the frigid North.

Raynex was the first-ever dual-sponsored fighting game player in Canada, competing in SSBM and Street Fighter simultaneously at events. He has accumulated some notable tournament wins in his career, including sets over Hungrybox, N0ne, Moky, Kage, KoreanDJ, KirbyKaze, and Colbol. In SSBM, Raynex peaked at #1 in Canada and 51st on the SSBM World Rankings (2014). Ryan Ford (aka Unknown522) and Raynex are also considered one of the best Canadian 2v2 pairings of all time, being one of the first teams from the country to place top 8 at an international major.

Present[edit]

Raynex no longer competes professionally, but is still a fixture in the smash and fighting game communities.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
TransCanada Tournament June 30th-July 1st, 2007 9th — —
Pound 3 February 2nd-3rd, 2008 81st 9th Ryan Ford
Combo Breaker May 11th, 2008 1st — —
TGMTSBCO June 7th-8th, 2008 17th 9th Ryan Ford
Event 52: Kansas October 18th-19th 2008 4th 5th Europhoria
Mass Madness 14 January 2009 3rd — —
Starfurry 3 February 21st, 2009 4th 2nd Ryan Ford
Revival of Melee March 7th-8th, 2009 17th 13th Ryan Ford
Starfurry 5 May 2nd, 2009 1st 3rd Ryan Ford
Revival of Melee 2 November 21st-22nd, 2009 9th 9th Ryan Ford
New Bark Town December 12th, 2009 1st 1st Ryan Ford
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 33rd 13th Ryan Ford
PWG - LBT2 Unity February 6th, 2010 2nd 1st Ryan Ford
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 17th 5th Ryan Ford
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 25th 9th Ryan Ford
The Big House October 22nd, 2011 7th 2nd Ryan Ford
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 9th 4th Ryan Ford
McSmashter 3 January 22nd-27th, 2014 5th 1st Europhoria
Revival of Melee 7 March 8th-9th, 2014 17th — —
Get On My Level 2014 May 10th-11th, 2014 9th 4th Riddlebox
Super SWEET June 7th-8th, 2014 7th 3rd KirbyKaze
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 25th — —
The Come Up December 6th-7th, 2014 5th 2nd KirbyKaze
Nickel City Smash 8 February 8th, 2015 1st 1st Menard
McSmashter 4 February 21st-22nd, 2015 5th 5th n0ne
Super Nebulous 3 April 25th-26th, 2015 17th 9th Coffeeblack
Enthusiast Gaming Live May 16th-17th, 2015 3rd 1st Ryan Ford
Get On My Level 2015 May 30th-31st, 2015 9th 3rd Ryan Ford
EXP 2015 July 4th-5th, 2015 13th 2nd Ryan Ford
Summit 2015 August 15th-16th, 2015 5th 1st Ryan Ford
Canada Cup 2015 October 30th-31st, 2015 7th 2nd Ryan Ford
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 — 7th Ryan Ford
Well Played Toronto Monthly June 18th, 2016 4th 1st Ryan Ford
SWEET 27: A Super Smash Bros. Melee Event March 11th, 2017 9th 25th KirbyKaze
Nickel City Smash 17 May 6th, 2017 1st 1st JOATguy
Saints Gaming Live June 10th-11th, 2017 17th 5th Ryan Ford

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Nickel City Smash 8 February 8th, 2015 1st — —
Nickel City Smash 17 May 6th, 2017 1st — —
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