Smasher:KirbyKaze

KirbyKaze
Character info
Melee main	Sheik
Team info
Former crews	Even Matchup Gaming
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2015 SSBMRank: 27th
Personal and other info
Real name	David MacDonald
Location	Markham, Ontario
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional (retired)

KirbyKaze was a professional Canadian Melee player from Markham, Ontario (born in Thornhill), regarded as the best Sheik player from Canada and one of the best Sheik players in North America, along with Mew2King, Plup, and Shroomed. From 2010-2012, he was a top 8 player and recorded the best results of his smash career to date, going head-to-head with USA's best, defeating Mango and PPMD at Revival of Melee 3 and Hungrybox at Apex 2012. KirbyKaze placed 9th on the Melee It On Me 2013 SSBM Rankings, giving him recognition as being the best Canadian smasher. After taking a small break, KirbyKaze marked his return to Smash in 2014 by placing 4th at Get On My Level 2014. He has since seen strong results, notably SWEET Prologue which he won, and Apex 2015 where he took 7th. He had an unexpectedly low 97th placing at EVO 2015. KirbyKaze is currently ranked 1st on the Southern Ontario Melee Power Rankings and 27th on the 2015 SSBMRank. On December 2015, KirbyKaze announced that he was retiring.

Notable tournament placings

Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
TGMTSBCO	June 7th-8th, 2008	—	4th	Kage
Only in Niagara 4	December 20th, 2008	3rd	2nd	I.B
Starfurry 3	February 21st, 2009	3rd	4th	I.B
Revival of Melee	March 7th-8th, 2009	17th	13th	I.B
Starfurry 5	May 2nd, 2009	3rd	2nd	PKMVodka
Revival of Melee 2	November 21st-22nd, 2009	13th	13th	Europhoria
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	33rd	49th	I.B
PWG - LBT2 Unity	February 6th, 2010	1st	3rd	Blunted_Object10
Revival of Melee 3	November 20th-21st, 2010	3rd	9th	MacD
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	17th	17th	Silent Wolf
Smash t'ill U Crash 2	August 20th, 2011	3rd	3rd	Ryan Ford
The Big House	October 22nd, 2011	4th	3rd	SFAT
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	5th	25th	VaNz
IMPULSE	June 30th-July 1st, 2012	5th	7th	Nintendude
Rule 6: NorCal Regional	July 29th, 2012	2nd	5th	Alan
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	5th	4th	Lovage
Revival of Melee 5	November 17th-18th, 2012	3rd	3rd	Cactuar
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	7th	17th	Alan
Smash Till You Crash 4	August 24th-25th, 2013	2nd	4th	Chesterr01
McSmashter 3	January 11th-12th, 2014	2nd	3rd	Jethrotex
Polybash XIII	March 1st-2nd, 2014	2nd	2nd	Jethrotex
Revival of Melee 7	March 8th-9th, 2014	5th	17th	Jethrotex
The Next Episode	March 22nd-23rd, 2014	9th	4th	PewPewU
Get On My Level 2014	May 10th-11th, 2014	4th	9th	Jethrotex
Super SWEET	June 7th-8th, 2014	9th	3rd	RaynEX
MLG Anaheim 2014	June 20th-22nd, 2014	25th	13th	Duck
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	17th	17th	Abate
The Come Up	December 6th-7th, 2014	2nd	2nd	RaynEX
SWEET Prologue	January 3rd-4th, 2015	1st	1st	Chillin
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	7th	33rd	Shippu
Lan ETS 2015	March 7th-8th, 2015	1st	2nd	Chesterr01
No Man's LAN 10	March 15th, 2015	1st	5th	Trulliam
I'm Not Yelling!	April 11th-12th, 2015	7th	9th	Frootloop
Super Nebulous 3	April 25th-26th, 2015	5th	5th	dizzkidboogie
Enthusiast Gaming Live	May 16th-17th, 2015	7th	5th	Riddlebox
Get On My Level 2015	May 30th-31st, 2015	3rd	9th	Riddlebox
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	97th	—	—
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	33rd	17th	Kage

Trivia

• Contrary to his gamer tag, KirbyKaze did not use Kirby in serious matches, and only rarely used him in friendlies.