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Toward the end of 2012, ZeRo traveled to the United States and remained in the country for several months to compete in national and international Brawl tournaments. His first international tournament was [[Apex 2012]], where he placed 17th in singles and 9th in doubles, teaming with {{Sm|Kadaj}}. | Toward the end of 2012, ZeRo traveled to the United States and remained in the country for several months to compete in national and international Brawl tournaments. His first international tournament was [[Apex 2012]], where he placed 17th in singles and 9th in doubles, teaming with {{Sm|Kadaj}}. | ||
His breakout tournament was [[XSmash]] in December 2012, where he would shock the world by defeating top professionals such as {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|Nairo}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}} to claim 1st place in Brawl Singles. He would continue | His breakout tournament was [[XSmash]] in December 2012, where he would shock the world by defeating top professionals such as {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|Nairo}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}} to claim 1st place in Brawl Singles. He would continue to have strong performances in the following months, placing 9th at [[Apex 2013]], 1st at [[Rescue 2]] after defeating {{Sm|Nairo}} in grands with a bracket reset, and 1st at [https://smashboards.com/threads/fish-flop-presents-outrage-i-results-thread.334841/ Outrage] after defeating {{Sm|Ally}} and {{Sm|Zinoto}}. His results led to a rank of 2nd on the [[Tri-state_Power_Rankings#March_14th.2C_2013|March 2013 Tristate Brawl Power Rankings]] before returning to Chile. | ||
He would continue to travel to the US throughout 2013 and 2014 to participate in national tournaments, consistently placing within top 5 in nationals, and placing 1st or 2nd in smaller tournaments. These strong results qualified him for [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], where he placed 17th. [[SSBBRank 2014]] would rank ZeRo as the 3rd best Brawl player known to the scene in the United States. | He would continue to travel to the US throughout 2013 and 2014 to participate in national tournaments, consistently placing within top 5 in nationals, and placing 1st or 2nd in smaller tournaments. These strong results qualified him for [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], where he placed 17th. [[SSBBRank 2014]] would rank ZeRo as the 3rd best Brawl player known to the scene in the United States. | ||