Inui "MVG Inui" | |
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Character info | |
Melee main | Sheik |
Other Melee character | Peach |
Brawl main | Meta Knight |
Other Brawl character | Peach |
Smash 4 mains | Mario, Lucina |
Other Smash 4 character | Ike |
Project M main | Roy |
Other Project M character | Sheik |
Team info | |
Crew(s) | Most Valuable Gaming League |
Personal and other info | |
Real name | Lucas DeLorenzo |
Birth date | |
Location | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Miscellaneous info | |
Skill | Professional Top professional (retired) Professional Professional |
Inui is a smasher who mains Sheik in Melee and is also a tournament organizer from Ocean Grove, New Jersey currently residing in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His first tournament was a Gauntlet in NYC in October of 2005, where his first tournament loss was against Wes, opening his eyes to the highest levels of play and inspiring him to keep getting better. That same day, a very young Hax taught Inui how to wavedash and L cancel. Inui also played Brawl doubles with Meta Knight (mostly teaming with Atomsk, Mew2King, Zucco, Malcolm, Snakeee, and Ally). He was known as the "Doubles God" of New Jersey; especially on Smashboards in the Tri-State social thread during the early and middle portions of Brawl's competitive lifespan due to his very high consistent placements in doubles with various partners. His consistent placings were even more remarkable as he was not one of the strongest players in one of if not the strongest regions for Brawl with top players such as Ally, M2K, ADHD, Atomsk, Anti, Dabuz, and Nairo attending NJ and NY locals. He rose to national prominence in Melee with a 7th place finish at the stacked and difficult EVO East in 2007, then in 2009 he and Atomsk placed 3rd in Brawl doubles at the national tournament Clash of the Titans 4 after a very difficult bracket, which included beating ChuDat/Azen, Boss/Korn, and Dojo/Santi. Since then, Inui has been a doubles specialist in all Smash titles with very good results even on the national level. Inui is otherwise known for his tournaments hosted in central NJ, being close friends with Mew2King, controversial posts, the "Inui Logic" meme, and his altercation with Ryan Ford.
As of present times, Inui is currently ranked 3rd on the Wisconsin Power Rankings for Project M, Melee, and is ranked 9th for Smash 4
Inui logic
Inui is known in the smash community for the inside joke Inui logic, a statement saying "if A beats B and B beats C, A then beats C". An example (in Melee) is such:
- Kage beat Mango at Revival of Melee 2 who beat Armada at Genesis.
- This then means that Kage is better than Armada and Mango, and anybody who defeats Kage is also better than all three.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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Critical Hit 3 | July 5th, 2008 | 17th | 6th | Snakeee |
FAST 1 | July 17th-20th, 2008 | 5th | 9th | DMBrandon |
Clash of the Titans IV | February 7th-8th, 2009 | 33rd | 3rd | Atomsk |
WHOBO 1 | April 10th-12th, 2009 | 17th | 1st | Mew2King |
Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 33rd | 3rd | Atomsk |
GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 65th | 5th | Atomsk |
WHOBO 2 | April 2nd-4th, 2010 | — | 7th | Esca |
Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 13th | 9th | Snakeee |
MLG Raleigh 2010 | August 27th-29th, 2010 | 33rd | 5th | Zucco |
MLG DC 2010 | October 15th-17th, 2010 | — | 7th | Zucco |
MLG Dallas 2010 | November 5th-7th, 2010 | 25th | 5th | Bassem |
Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 33rd | 17th | Will |
WHOBO 3 | March 18th-20th, 2011 | 9th | 13th | Esca |
GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | 17th | 13th | Rich Brown |
KTAR 6 | August 14th, 2011 | — | 9th | Vex Kasrani |
Clash of the Titans 6 | June 2nd, 2012 | 17th | 9th | Izumi |
SKTAR | July 14th-15th, 2012 | 49th | 9th | Malcolm |
WHOBO 4 | August 4th-5th, 2012 | 17th | — | — |
Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | — | 25th | Malcolm |
KTAR 7 | July 6th-7th, 2013 | 13th | 9th | Bloodcross |
SKTAR 2 | August 3rd-4th, 2013 | 49th | 17th | Bloodcross |
KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | — | 7th | Bloodcross |
Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | — | 17th | Bloodcross |
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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Cataclysm 3 | March 3rd-4th, 2007 | 33rd | — | — |
EVO East | May 25th-27th, 2007 | 7th | — | — |
Viva La Smashtaclysm | November 10th-11th, 2007 | 33rd | — | — |
Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 33rd | 9th | Magus |
Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 97th | — | — |
GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | — | 17th | Silly Kyle |
Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 65th | — | — |
Revival of Melee 5 | November 17th-18th, 2012 | 49th | — | — |
Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 97th | — | — |
KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | 13th | 2nd | StriCNYN3 |
Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | — | 17th | StriCNYN3 |
Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | 65th | — | — |
Kings of the North 3 | November 8th, 2014 | 9th | 13th | Element of Fire |
Kings of the North 4 | November 21st-22nd, 2015 | 9th | 7th | Zicore |
Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 9th | 7th | Atomsk |
Project M
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | 13th | — | — |
Kings of the North 4 | November 21st-22nd, 2015 | 25th | 9th | Zicore |
Trivia
- Inui used to be extremely active in the Fire Emblem message boards. He's obsessed with the series even more than he is with Smash and is widely considered one of the best and most knowledgeable players for the series.