Solar Esports | |
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Location | United States |
Owners | Riley Wallace (Instinct) Scottie Wade (Dr. Kirb) |
Player manager | Johnathon Palazzolo |
Sponsors/Partners | Rouge Energy |
Solar Esports (SLE) is primarily a North American esports organization that was founded by Riley Wallace (also known as Instinct) and Jaylen Rios (also known as Squaffles) on June 19th, 2022. The organization is currently sponsoring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players, but has previously sponsored Apex Legends, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guilty Gear Strive, Pokémon Unite, and Valorant players. They also manage the The Dojo weekly series, originally being known in the Smash scene for hosting WiFi brackets such as Galaxy Gladiators, The Galaxy's Finest, and hosting two Solar Circuits that acted as invitationals. Solar Esports first entered the Smash scene on June 19th, 2022, acting as an online North American crew within the Smash Crew Server, later also becoming a crew inside the Global Smash League. This shifted as Solar Esports looked to further their presence in the offline Smash scene starting on October 30th, 2022 when the organization started sponsoring players and financially supported them to attend local tournaments. As a result, the organization stopped being a crew within the Smash Crew Server and Global Smash League to focus on its goals of supporting offline players.
Most players on Solar Esports's roster are not signed. However, on June 5th, 2023, Mr. Ping became Solar Esports's first signed player.[1] Apple Reviewer was signed soon after on June 7th, 2023 to become Solar Esports's second signed player.[2]
Current smashers
Professional smashers
ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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Lucky | Kaleb Agron | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-12-16 | ||
Porter | Porter Bates | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-12-18 | ||
Son+ | Austin Williams | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-02-09 | ||
Shaine | Cowan Smith Jr. | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-02-20 | ||
Mr. Ping | Enrique Cuevas | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-03-30 | ||
Aesor | Clayton Hooks | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-04-08 | ||
Dorb | Dorian Cherney | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-04-08 | ||
Apple Reviewer | Sean Merone | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-06-09 |
Other smashers
- GE3SEu (The Dojo manager, joined on July 29th, 2022)
- Yoshikawa (Tournament organizer, joined on August 8th, 2022)
- ToxiC (Tournament organizer, joined on October 3rd, 2022)
- Misty_bot (Tournament organizer, joined on October 12th, 2022)
- Vayren (Content creator, joined on November 2nd, 2022)
- 0verdr1ve (Content creator, joined on December 12th, 2022)
- Ñexus (Tournament organizer, joined on January 23rd, 2023)
- Retro_artist (GFX Artist, joined on January 31st, 2023)
- Nerø (GFX Artist. joined on February 21st, 2023)
- Marfi (GFX Artist, joined on March 3rd, 2023)
- Doggo King (Content creator and Tournament organizer, joined on March 17th, 2023)
- Seventh Deven (Content creator, joined on March 18th, 2023)
- X4 (Coach, joined on April 9th, 2023)
- Super Dumb Nasty (Content creator, joined on April 10th, 2023)
- Sirlo (Tournament organizer, joined on June 6th, 2023)
Former smashers
Professional smashers
ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Karu | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-10-24 | 2022-12-30 | ||
Ghostface | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-10-24 | 2022-12-30 | ||
TheZek | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-01-12 | 2023-03-07 | ||
Seels | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-02-09 | 2023-03-22 | ||
Balltze | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-12-03 | 2023-03-26 | ||
Sola | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-02-25 | 2023-05-28 | ||
iKO | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-10-30 | 2023-05-28 | ||
PK Freeze | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2022-10-30 | 2023-05-28 | ||
Newo | unknown | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2023-02-21 | 2023-06-06 |
Other smashers
- No Mercy (Staff member and Crew manager: Joined on July 31st, 2022, left on October 21st, 2022)
- Marr (Staff member: Joined on July 15th, 2022, left on December 3rd, 2022)
- T3MM73 (Tournament organizer: Joined on June 19th, 2022, left on December 3rd, 2022)
- Sunfield (Crew manager: Joined on October 8th, 2022, left on December 25th, 2022)
- Squaffles (Co-owner, demoted to Tournament organizer: Joined on June 19th, 2022, left on January 22nd, 2023)
- Subwich (Coach and Tournament organizer: Joined on July 15th, 2022, left on January 22nd, 2023)
- Kiryienka (Broadcast manager and Tournament organizer: Joined on September 21st, 2022, left on January 24th, 2023)
- Klutzy (Tournament organizer: Joined on November 27th, 2022, left on January 24th, 2023)
- Zenoshi (Staff member: Joined on January 22nd, 2023, left on January 24th, 2023)
- Saucy Phox (Tournament organizer: Joined on January 23rd, 2023, left on February 21st, 2023)
- SparkSkill (Tournament organizer: Joined on January 23rd, 2023, left on February 21st, 2023)