| Even Matchup Gaming | |
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| Location | Toronto, Canada 
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| Owners | New Wave Esports |
| Player manager | Joe Cribari (Toronto Joe) |
| Sponsors/Partners | DX Racer NXNE ZOWIE by BenQ Canadian National Exhibition CSL Esports Red Bull |
Even Matchup Gaming (EMG) is a Toronto based production company & tournament organizing team that specializes in fighting games. Creators of Canada's largest fighting game tournament Get On My Level which attracts thousands of top competitors & fans from across the world, EMG is recognized as a leader in Canadian esports and has played a major role in the growth of the community by creating some of the most successful tournaments in the scene. They also sponsor professional players, as an esport team would do. Since February 2020, EMG is the full property of New Wave Esports, who held previously 18% of the company.[1]
Current smashers
Pro Smashers
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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Blacktwins | Aaron Grandison-Vargas | Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
   
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2013-11-10 |
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Riddles | Michael Kim | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2020-02-22 |
Other Smashers
Toronto Joe 
(Esports Director)
Max Ketchum 
(Broadcast Correspondent, Director of US Operations)- Cagt
(Tournament Director) - Nate$ (Tournament Director)
- MasterDalK (Broadcast Lead)
Former Smashers
Pro Smashers
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Leon | Nassim Laïb | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 
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2014-??-?? | 2014-??-?? |
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KirbyKaze | David MacDonald | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2014-??-?? | 2015-03-01 |
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n0ne | Edgard L. Sheleby | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2015-05-07 | 2017-??-?? |
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Weon-X | Camilo Morales | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2014-??-?? | 2017-??-?? |
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Nightmare | Vikram Bassi | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2016-10-05 | 2018-09-25 |
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false | Corey Shin | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  
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2018-01-01 | 2018-05-21 |
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Mistake | Tamim Omary | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
 
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2017-08-11 | 2019-??-?? |
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SuperGirlKels | Kelsy Medeiros | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
 
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2018-02-10 | 2019-06-22 |
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bobby big ballz | Unknown name | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2020-02-06 | 2020-07-04 |
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Hax$ | Aziz Al-Yami | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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2019-01-29 | 2021-01-07 |
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moky | Kurtis Pratt | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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2018-08-02 | 2021-07-30 |
Tournaments Hosted
- Get On My Level series: the current largest/strongest yearly Canadian event since 2014.
- Let's Make Moves : The first SSBU national, hosted in Somerset, NJ.
- Let's Make Big Moves : The successor to LMM, hosted in New York City, NY.
- The Come Up: Apex 2015 Canadian qualifier.
- The Ontario division of The Melee Games, a collegiate series, won by York University.
- Toryuken/Canada Cup/others, the smash events of various Canadian FGC events.
- EGLX, Canada's largest video game expo.
- Smash @ Anime North.
- Revenge of the 6ix, Toronto Monthly Regional.