MVD
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Character info
Brawl main Snake
Other Brawl characters Meta Knight, Sheik
Smash 4 main Diddy Kong
Smash 4 doubles mains Cloud
Other Smash 4 characters Bayonetta, Mario, Cloud, Duck Hunt, Captain Falcon, Little Mac
Project M mains Snake, Mario
Team info
Sponsor(s) Panda Global Gaming
Former sponsor(s) Arcade Odyssey, CLASH Tournaments
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2016-2017 SSBBRank: 6th
Super Smash Bros. 4 Panda Global Rankings v5: 31st (X-Factor: +2)
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Brawl ~$1,075.30
Super Smash Bros. 4 ~$5,727.83
Personal and other info
Real name Jestise Negron
Birth date (age 32)
Location Norman, Oklahoma USA
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Brawl Top professional
Super Smash Bros. 4 Top professional
Project M Top professional

MVD is an SSB4 Diddy Kong player from Manhattan, New York, who is currently residing in Norman, Oklahoma, and is considered the best active Diddy Kong player in the world. MVD is currently ranked 2nd on the South Florida Smash 4 Power Rankings and 31st on the Panda Global Rankings v5. He has taken sets off of top players such as Salem, Tweek, Mr.R, WaDi, Ally, Abadango, CaptainZack, Marss, ANTi, and ESAM.

In SSBB, MVD is a Snake player, and is considered the best Snake player in the United States. MVD is currently ranked 6th on the 2016-2017 SSBBRank and was ranked 1st on the final Florida Brawl Power Rankings (right below ESAM, who held the 0 spot).

MVD regularly teams with ESAM in Doubles, and the pair are considered one of the best Doubles teams in the world.

On June 24th, 2015, alongside ESAM and SS, MVD was signed by Panda Global.[1]

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
MLG Orlando 2010 April 16th-18th, 2010 65th 13th ESAM
MLG Columbus 2010 June 4th-6th, 2010 33rd 9th ESAM
MLG Raleigh 2010 August 27th-29th, 2010 25th 4th ESAM
MLG DC 2010 October 15th-17th, 2010 33rd 5th ESAM
MLG Dallas 2010 November 5th-7th, 2010 17th 4th ESAM
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 13th 3rd ESAM
WHOBO 3 March 18th-20th, 2011 13th 9th ESAM
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 25th 4th ESAM
KTAR 6 August 14th, 2011 9th
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 13th ESAM
SKTAR July 14th-15th, 2012 33rd 13th Seibrik
Smashed Together July 28th, 2012 5th 2nd ESAM
WHOBO 4 August 4th-5th, 2012 13th 2nd ESAM
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2014 33rd 17th ESAM
SKTAR 2 August 3rd-4th, 2014 2nd 17th ESAM
WHOBO 5 October 19th-20th, 2013 13th 25th PaNiC
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 33rd 3rd ESAM
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 13th 3rd ESAM
Final Battle January 17th, 2015 4th 2nd (Split) ESAM
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 3rd 3rd Seibrik
Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 5th 13th ESAM
Dismantle 2 January 2nd-3rd, 2016 5th 1st Nairo
Come to Papa March 19th-20th, 2016 1st
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 17th
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 5th 7th Kino
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 4th
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 3rd

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 33rd 4th ESAM
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 25th 5th ESAM
Simply Smashing August 30th, 2014 7th
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 5th 2nd ESAM
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 97th (DQ) 17th ESAM

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 1st
Xanadu Smash 4 Invitational November 6th, 2014 7th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Final Battle January 17th, 2015 17th 9th ESAM
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 7th 25th Chibo
Tampa Never Sleeps 5 February 22nd, 2015 2nd
MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 5th 2nd Z
Revelation 2 May 16th-17th, 2015 3rd 2nd Mew2King
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 5th 5th ESAM
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 17th 17th ESAM
Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 9th 3rd ESAM
PAX Prime 2015 August 28th-30th, 2015 4th 1st ZeRo
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 3rd
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 33rd 4th ESAM
MLG World Finals 2015 October 16th-18th, 2015 33rd 7th Fatality
Tipped Off 11 November 7th-8th, 2015 5th 2nd ESAM
Frame Perfect Series November 21st, 2015 13th 2nd ESAM
Dismantle 2 January 2nd-3rd, 2016 9th 2nd Nairo
Casino Royale 2 January 9th, 2016 1st 3rd Seibrik
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 33rd 17th ESAM
PAX Arena January 29th-31st, 2016 17th 5th ESAM
Smash @ Xanadu Tuesdays 2/2 February 2nd, 2016 1st
TGC 6 February 6th, 2016 Top 8 3rd ESAM
B.E.A.S.T 6 February 19th-21st, 2016 4th 1st ESAM
Tampa Never Sleeps 6 February 27th-28th, 2016 3rd
Shots Fired 2 March 5th-6th, 2016 13th 4th ESAM
Glitch March 12th, 2016 9th 1st Seibrik
Come to Papa March 19th-20th, 2016 1st 1st All Might
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 17th 4th ESAM
TGC 7 April 9th, 2016 2nd 2nd ESAM
TGL Monthly 4 April 16th, 2016 1st 7th VikkiKitty
NEW FISH May 7th, 2016 3rd 1st Ally
Deluge May 14th, 2016 7th 1st Ksev
CEO Prologue May 21st-22nd, 2016 3rd
Combo Breaker 2016 May 27th-29th, 2016 4th 1st ESAM
Midwest Mayhem 3 June 4th, 2016 9th 1st ESAM
Low Tier City 4 June 18th-19th, 2016 9th 3rd ESAM
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 65th 13th ESAM
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 65th
2GGT: KTAR Saga July 23rd, 2016 9th
Vitality July 30th, 2016 3rd 2nd 8BitMan
Trail Gaming League 8 August 6th, 2016 2nd 1st Dath
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 9th 17th ESAM
VSGC Weekly 8/18 August 18th, 2016 1st
Arcade Odyssey 9/2 September 2nd, 2016 1st
Arcade Odyssey 9/9 September 9th, 2016 1st
Trail Gaming League 9 September 10th, 2016 7th 1st ESAM
Arcade Odyssey 9/16 September 16th, 2016 1st
Jupiter League IX September 25th, 2016 1st
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 25th 7th ESAM
Arcade Odyssey 10/14 October 14th, 2016 1st
Trail Gaming League 10 October 15th, 2016 2nd 1st ESAM
Gamers Fight Cancer October 22nd-23rd, 2016 4th 2nd ESAM
Arcade Odyssey 10/28 October 28th, 2016 1st
Ignition #55 November 2nd, 2016 2nd
Poplar Creek Bowl Weekly #72 November 3rd, 2016 4th 1st ESAM
Midwest Mayhem 5 November 5th, 2016 4th 1st ESAM
Smash the Record 2016 November 11th-14th, 2016 49th 2nd ESAM
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 33rd 7th ESAM
Don't Park on the Grass December 17th-18th, 2016 4th 1st ESAM
VSGC Weekly 12/29 December 29th, 2016 2nd
Smash Conference LXIX January 7th, 2017 13th 3rd ESAM
2GGC: GENESIS Saga January 14th, 2017 17th 2nd ESAM
Mega Smash Mondays 81 January 16th, 2017 9th
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 17th 7th ESAM
Frostbite 2017 February 25th-26th, 2017 25th 7th Mr.E
TGL Monthly 14 March 11th, 2017 2nd 2nd MuteAce
Frame Perfect Series 2 March 18th-19th, 2017 17th 3rd ESAM
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 33rd 7th ESAM
Dubai X VG Bootcamp March 31st-April 1st, 2017 2nd 1st ESAM
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 33rd 7th ESAM
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 9th 3rd ESAM
TGL Monthly 15 May 6th-7th, 2017 9th 1st ESAM
Riot May 20th, 2017 2nd 1st ESAM
Backthrow Thursdays #12 May 25th, 2017 1st 1st ESAM
Combo Breaker 2017 May 26th-28th, 2017 5th 1st ESAM
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 7th 3rd ESAM
VSGC Weekly 6/8 June 8th, 2017 1st
Saints Gaming Live June 10th-11th, 2017 2nd 2nd Dath
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 9th
Divided July 8th, 2017 3rd
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 33rd
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 July 21st-23rd, 2017 17th 5th ESAM
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 17th 7th ESAM
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 17th 5th ESAM
DreamHack Montreal 2017 September 8th-10th, 2017 9th 4th ESAM
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 17th 7th ESAM
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 5th 5th ESAM
DreamHack Denver 2017 October 20th-22nd, 2017 9th 1st ESAM
Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th, 2017 13th 2nd ESAM
Smash 4 Boot Camp December 7th-10th, 2017 13th 5rd Salem
PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 January 12th-14th, 2018 5th
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 5th 2nd ESAM
Toryumon Weekday Tournament x STUDIO SKY #18 January 24th, 2018 13th
EVO Japan 2018 January 26th-28th, 2018 49th
Frostbite 2018 February 9th-11th, 2018 25th 9th ESAM
EGLX 2018 March 9th-11th, 2018 9th 2nd ESAM
Courtyard Clash #1 March 26th, 2018 1st
Slow Roll #1 April 7th, 2018 2nd
Courtyard Clash #2 April 9th, 2018 3rd
Flatiron 3 April 21st, 2018 2nd 1st ESAM
No Moore Johns 43 May 11th, 2018 1st
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 17th 4th ESAM
Combo Breaker 2018 May 25th-27th, 2018 4th 1st ESAM
DreamHack Austin 2018 June 1st-3rd, 2018 4th 2nd ESAM
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 25th 5th ESAM

Trivia

  • MVD is known for his presence on social media:
    • He is known for defending Lylat Cruise as a stage, popularizing the phrase "Lylat is beautiful and perfect" in Twitter, which he posts almost in a daily basis as a response to the stage's mixed reception.
    • During Brawl's lifetime, he was also known for popularizing the hashtag "#SnakeSucks", which he used on several Facebook statuses, even those unrelated to Smash.
  • His heavy and creative usage of Rocketbarrel Boost at CEO 2015 earned him the title of "The Barrel Technician".
  • MVD is currently an employee at Arcade Odyssey, where he participates at local smash tournaments held at the arcade, and is currently known as the face of the arcade.
  • MVD is now a member of a youtube channel called Games Over Easy alongside fellow smash professional ESAM. [2]
  • MVD occasionally plays with the youtube channel Friends Without Benefits.

External links

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

References