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==Controversies==
==Controversies==

Revision as of 20:01, September 11, 2013

Mew2King "M2K"
M2K.png
Character info
Melee main Sheik
Other Melee characters Marth, Fox
Brawl main Meta Knight
Team info
Crew(s) CLASH Tournaments, Empire Arcadia
Personal and other info
Real name Jason Zimmerman
Birth date (age 35)
Location New Jersey United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Other Top professional
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Mew2King is an American smasher hailing from the North Atlantic region. He is considered one of the best Melee and Brawl players in the world, due to his great chain throwing skills and his extreme technical style of play. He was ranked 3rd on both the discontinued Smash Panel Power Rankings and SSBPD, was ranked 1st on the discontinued North Atlantic Regional Power Rankings, and is currently ranked 1st and 5th on the NJ/NY Melee and Tristate Brawl Power Rankings, respectively.

Mew2King is a very knowledgeable Melee player; he has tested several aspects of the game. This includes character weight, falling speed, attack knock back, and priority. He stores this information here as a repository for Melee statistics, including characters' comparative weight, falling speed, jumping height and size.

Notable tournament placings

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Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
MLG Chicago July 21-22, 2006 3rd 3rd KoreanDJ
OC2 Zero Challenge August 15-17, 2006 4th 3rd KoreanDJ
MLG Orlando August 25-26, 2006 5th 3rd Vidjo
MLG New York October 13-14, 2006 5th 2nd The King
MLG Vegas November 18, 2006 4th 3rd The King
Cataclysm 3 March 3-4, 2007 1st 1st Isai
*Pound* 2 June 16-17, 2007 2nd 1st PC Chris
MELEE-FC Diamond July 12-14, 2007 1st 5th Isai
OC3 Zero Challenge July 20-22, 2007 2nd 4th Chu Dat
EVO World August 24-26, 2007 9th
Super Champ Combo September 29, 2007 1st 4th HugS
*Pound* 3 February 2-3, 2008 2nd 1st Azen
FAST 1 July 17–20, 2008 1st 1st Cort
Revival Of Melee March 7–8, 2009 2nd 2nd Jman
Apex 2009 May 9-10, 2009 2nd 1st Jman
GENESIS July 10-12, 2009 5th 1st Jman
*Pound* 4 January 16–18, 2010 5th 49th Jman
Apex 2010 August 6-8, 2010 3rd 2nd Jman
Revival of Melee 3 November 20-21, 2010 2nd 5th Darc
Winter Game Fest VI January 22-24, 2011 5th 1st Dr. PeePee
*Pound* V February 19-21, 2011 5th 1st Armada
Zenith May 28-29, 2011 2nd 3rd Hax
GENESIS 2 July 15-17, 2011 5th 2nd Dr. PeePee
Sudden Death IV November 5, 2011 1st 1st Cactuar
Revival of Melee 4 November 19-20, 2011 3rd 1st Kage
Apex 2012 January 6-8, 2012 17th 1st Armada
Zenith 2012 May 26-27, 2012 2nd 1st Jman
Revival of Melee 5 November 17-18, 2012 1st 1st Chillindude829
United 1 January 6, 2013 1st 1st Level 9 Luigi
Apex 2013 January 11-13, 2013 3rd 1st Armada
Zenith 2013 June 1–2, 2013 3rd 1st Hax
Evo 2013 July 12-14, 2013 5th 1st Hungrybox

Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
X.E.S.T.I.C.L.E. April 19, 2008 2nd 2nd Velocity
Critical Hit 3 July 5, 2008 1st 1st Velocity
Florida's Awesome Summer Tournament July 17-20, 2008 1st 1st Cort
Viridian City January 31st, 2009 1st 5th Bum
Clash of the Titans 4 February 7-8, 2009 1st 1st Lee Martin
G.I.M.P.E.D. 1 February 21, 2009 1st 1st NinjaLink
WHOBO 1 April 10-12, 2009 1st 1st Inui
Apex 2009 May 9-10, 2009 2nd 1st Ally
SCSA West Coast Circuit #4 May 30, 2009 1st 1st Fiction
TourneyPlay #2 June 6-7, 2009 3rd 1st Fiction
Smash In Nevada June 13-14, 2009 1st 1st DieSuperFly
GENESIS July 10-12, 2009 2nd 1st Fiction
EVO 2009 July 17-19, 2009 1st 1st Ally
No Maps! August 8, 2009 1st 1st Inui
S.N.E.S. August 21-23, 2009 3rd 1st Ally
Active Gamers September 26-27, 2009 1st 1st Tyrant
TourneyPlay #3 October 16-18, 2009 1st 3rd Havok
Viridian City #6 October 24, 2009 2nd 2nd Tyrant
Pound 4 January 16-18, 2010 2nd 1st Ally
TourneyPlay #4 February 12-14, 2010 1st 1st DEHF
Viridian City #7 February 27th, 2010 3rd 1st Ally
WHOBO 2 April 2-4, 2010 2nd 1st Ally
MLG Orlando 2010 April 16-18, 2010 1st 1st Ally
TourneyPlay #5 May 8-9, 2010 1st 1st Fiction
MLG Columbus 2010 June 4-6, 2010 1st 1st Ally
Apex 2010 August 6-8, 2010 3rd 1st Lee Martin
MLG Raleigh 2010 August 27-29, 2010 1st 1st Ally
MLG DC 2010 October 15-17, 2010 3rd 2nd Ally
Adventures of the Prima Vista December 10-11, 2010 1st 1st Inui
KTAR 4 January 15, 2011 1st 2nd Inui
Winter Game Fest VI January 22-23, 2011 1st 1st Lee Martin
Pound V February 19-21, 2011 9th 1st Anti
KTAR 5 May 21, 2011 4th 2nd Lie
Clash of the Titans 5 June 25-26, 2011 2nd 2nd ADHD
GENESIS 2 July 15-17th, 2011 1st 1st Ally
KTAR 6 August 14, 2011 5th 1st Anti
Apex 2012 January 6-8, 2012 13th 2nd Anti
SKTAR July 14-15, 2012 9th 1st Trela
Sun Rise Tournament August 10-12, 2012 7th 17th Vinnie
XSmash December 22, 2012 2nd 2nd Fatal
Apex 2013 January 11-13, 2013 2nd 2nd Ally
Smash Factor 2013 (Mexico) July 19-21, 2013 1st 1st Wonf

Controversies

Intentional forfeiting/match-throwing

Mew2King has forfeited tournament matches on several occasions, often claiming fatigue or lack of interest in response to his detractors who cite financial gain as his motivation. At MLG D.C. 2010, he lost against Diddy Kong main ADHD in Losers' Finals. After, he and ADHD discussed splitting, but ADHD offered him $300 of the prize money, which Mew2King accepted[1]. MLG found them in violation of the rule against "forfeiting or conspiring to manipulate Rankings or Brackets" and banned them both from the 2010 MLG finals; this event is frequently cited by observers to be one of the probable reasons that Brawl was dropped from the MLG bracket in the next season.

In May 2011, Mew2King, ADHD, and Anti all received yellow cards under the Unity infraction system for bracket manipulation. This was in response to a situation at KTAR 5, where Mew2King had forfeited to Meta Knight professional Anti in Winners' Semis, defeated Olimar player Dabuz in Losers' Quarters, and then forfeited to ADHD in Losers' Semis.

Two months later, Mew2King received a red card under the Unity infraction system for choosing Ganondorf and losing against female smasher Sade in pools at Genesis 2. In their decision, the Unity Ruleset Committee cited "intentional under-performance" as their reason for assigning the red card.

After a decent length of time without major controversy, Mew2King caused a significant stir-up at Revival of Melee 5. Assuming a certain ruleset, he counterpicked Final Destination for his game 5 against Unknown522 in Winners' Semis, which Unknown agreed to with skepticism. Once M2K won the match, Unknown went to the TO with what happened, and the TO ruled that game 5 was to be replayed - Unknown proceeded to win the replay. (The main point of controversy is whether M2K was trying to cheat or whether he was legitimately mistaken over the rule, in which case it was mostly the TO's fault for most communicating it clearly enough and partly Unknown's fault for not checking the rule until after the game.) During the next match, it was reported on the tournament stream that Mew2King had forfeited from the tournament. After convincing from Hax, Mew2King did show up after a slight delay and played, though with an unusual amount of "button checks" that delayed the tournament and alienated most of the audience. During the following match in which KirbyKaze threw Winners' Finals halfway through the first game, it was reported that M2K and Unknown had publicly agreed to split.

Perceived public image

Despite being considered one of the best players at Brawl, as well as having considerable knowledge about its inner workings, criticism has been leveled against Mew2King's supposed character and personality. In addition to claims that he had "tarnished" the competitive community of Brawl with his infamous bracket splitting controversy, players have also said that Mew2King acts too immature both inside and outside the Brawl community, and that he does not seriously consider his actions, only further harming the public image of Brawl players. In addition to unverified claims about his conduct at the residences of various Smashers, Mew2King's publicised trip to Japan proved to be controversial; Mew2King was criticised for poorly preparing for the trip by only bringing with him 200 dollars in the hopes that he would win considerable money from money matches (which are illegal in Japan), as well as failing to bring any sort of plan to the country or learning about the culture or language.[2] Shortly after spending all his money less than a day in Japan and supposedly losing his cell phone, he later vomited on the futon of professional Japanese smasher Nietono, who had previously arrived at the United States in order to play at Apex 2012.[3] Some claimed that Mew2King's conduct would give Nietono and other Japanese players a negative opinion of American players.

Despite these allegations, some have come to Mew2King's defence. It is widely claimed (to the point of being common knowledge) that Mew2King suffers from an autism-spectrum disorder such as Asperger's Syndrome, which causes the sufferer to have stunted social growth and adaptation (in addition to the technical obsessiveness that is confirmed by his Melee knowledge and testing). As a result of potentially having the disorder, some claim that the actions Mew2King does should not be harshly criticised, as he may not know any better; that said however the disorder has enough variance that such blanket statements cannot necessarily be assumed. Others also claim that constantly criticising Mew2King is itself causing the tarnishing of the Brawl community, with the claim that ganging up on Mew2King is itself not acceptable[citation needed].

In spite of these prior controversies he has shown some uncharacteristically positive behavior recently. After being sponsored by CLASH Tournaments, his attitude towards tournaments, with his play and performance has increased dramatically. Most recently observed were his top 3 placements in all four non-SSB64 Smash events at Apex 2013, despite his 2nd place finish in Brawl under an opponent he would have usually beaten, his response was very positive and optimistic. Many players cite to have a new found faith or respect for him after air time on CLASH Tournament's stream of Collision VI on January 5th, where he commentated two exhibition sets at the end of the tournament with fellow caster Keitaro.

Trivia

  • Despite being among the highest ranked players in the Brawl community, Mew2King was initially an outspoken critic of the game, claiming that it lacked many of the elements present in Melee.[4].

External Links

References

  1. ^ http://allisbrawl.com/blogpost.aspx?id=90642
  2. ^ http://allisbrawl.com/blogpost.aspx?id=141602
  3. ^ http://allisbrawl.com/blogpost.aspx?id=141587
  4. ^ M2K has played Brawl - Super Smash Bros. Melee Message Board for GameCube - GameFAQs
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