Smasher:Mew2King

Mew2King "M2K"
Mew2King.jpg
Character info
Smash 64 main	Kirby
Melee mains	Sheik, Marth, Fox
Other Melee characters	Peach, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Roy
Brawl main	Meta Knight
Other Brawl characters	King Dedede, Falco
Project M mains	Fox, Mewtwo, Marth, Sheik
Other Project M characters	Falco, Bowser, Mario, Roy
Team info
Crew(s)	Play-For-Keeps, Empire Arcadia
Former crews	vVv Gaming, CLASH Tournaments
Personal and other info
Real name	Jason Zimmerman
Birth date	February 5, 1989
Location	Cinnaminson, New Jersey
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Smash 64: Professional Melee: Top professional Brawl: Top professional Project M: Top professional

Mew2King, commonly known as M2K, is an American smasher hailing from New Jersey, who started playing competitively and attending tournaments in 2006 for Melee and 2008 for Brawl. He has worked up a reputation of being one of the best Melee and Brawl players in the world due to his great chaingrabbing, camping, and comboing skills, as well as his extremely technical and intelligent play style, earning him the nickname The Robot. Worldwide, he is widely considered to be the best Melee Sheik and Marth player, one of the top Melee Fox mains, one of the two best Melee Mewtwo players, and one of the best Brawl Meta Knight players. Mew2King was also considered one of the best King Dedede players when he played him shortly after Brawl's release (whom he still uses along with Falco in MK-banned tournaments). 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 2nd on the Tristate Melee and Brawl Power Rankings, respectively. He is also ranked 15th on the unfinished Smash 64 ELO Rating, and was voted 3rd best player in 2013 by panelists on the 2013 SSBM Player Rankings.

Mew2King was a major threat in Melee's tournament scene in the years before Brawl's release, consistently placing in the money at nationals. In the first few years of Brawl's lifespan, Mew2King dominated the national scene, rarely losing sets in tournaments, and remains one of the best players in both Melee and Brawl to date. During late 2013, after years of not winning a major Melee tournament, Mew2King went on a winning streak where he won almost every singles event he entered. This is commonly referred to as "The Return of the King".

Mew2King made many important discoveries about Melee on his own by testing several aspects of the game. This includes character weight, falling speed, attack knockback, priority, game physics, and so on. He stores this information here as a repository for Melee statistics, which, to this day, many casual and professional Smashers refer to alike for more information about their character's data and inner workings.

Notable tournament placings

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Smash 64

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
SWEET X	February 9, 2013	1st
Smashacre Gluttony	August 10, 2013	2nd	3rd	Vex Kasrani
Thanks for Playing 3	August 17, 2013	4th	3rd	Bloodpeach
D.D.O.S.	September 17, 2013	1st
WHOBO 5	October 19-20, 2013	1st
Smashacre Frostbite	December 7-8, 2013	1st
Lovely Sunday @ Xanadu Games	February 9, 2014	1st
Polybash XIII	March 1-2, 2014	3rd	1st (Split)	Fireblaster
Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 1	March 23, 2014	2nd
E2C	March 30, 2014	1st	1st	Han Solo

Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Gettin' Schooled 2	June 25-26, 2005	23rd	22nd	PimpUigi
BOMB 4	November 12, 2005	9th	1st	Vidjogamer
MLG New York Opener 2006	April 21-23, 2006	7th	5th	BigGman
MLG Dallas 2006	May 19-20, 2006	7th	7th	NEO
MLG Anaheim 2006	June 23-24, 2006	5th	7th	The King
MLG Chicago	July 21-22, 2006	3rd	3rd	KoreanDJ
Zero Challenge 2	August 15-17, 2006	3rd	4th	KoreanDJ
MLG Orlando 2006	August 25-26, 2006	5th	3rd	Vidjogamer
MLG New York Playoffs 2006	October 13-14, 2006	5th	2nd	The King
MLG Las Vegas 2006	November 18, 2006	4th	3rd	The King
Cataclysm 3	March 3-4, 2007	1st	1st	Isai
MLG Smash Series: Long Island	May 5-6, 2007	2nd	1st	Isai
EVO East	May 25-27, 2007	1st	—	—
Pound 2	June 16-17, 2007	2nd	1st	PC Chris
MELEE-FC Diamond	July 12-14, 2007	1st	5th	Isai
Zero Challenge 3	July 20-22, 2007	2nd	4th	Chu Dat
EVO West	July 27-29, 2007	1st	—	—
EVO World	August 24-26, 2007	9th	—	—
Super Champ Combo	September 29-30, 2007	1st	4th	HugS
Viva La Smashtaclysm	November 10-11, 2007	4th	2nd	Vidjogamer
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
The Tunes Bi-weeklies Revived # 5	December 27, 2009	1st	—	—
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
B.A.M.F #1	May 14, 2011	1st	1st	lain
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
IMPULSE	June 30-July 1, 2012	4th	5th	Toph
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
SWEET X	February 9, 2013	1st	1st	Carroll
Smash @ Xanadu Monthly - 3/16	March 16, 2013	1st	—	—
SWEET XII	March 30, 2013	1st	3rd	NetZero
Smashacre Blaze	April 6, 2013	1st	1st	Vex Kasrani
Zenith 2013	June 1–2, 2013	3rd	1st	Hax
EVO 2013	July 12-14, 2013	5th	1st	Hungrybox
The Fall Classic	September 14-15, 2013	2nd	2nd	The Moon
The Break Smash Weekly #01	October 4, 2013	1st	—	—
The Big House 3	October 12-13, 2013	1st	1st	Hungrybox
The Break Smash Weekly #02	October 25, 2013	1st	—	—
Youmacon 2013	November 1-3, 2013	1st	1st	Nakat
The Break Smash Weekly #03	November 8, 2013	1st	—	—
Pound V.5	November 9, 2013	1st	1st	Mango
Smash Brothers University 2.0	November 10, 2013	1st	1st	G$
Revival of Melee 6	November 16-17, 2013	1st	1st	Hungrybox
Fight Pitt III	November 23, 2013	1st	1st	VaNz
Collision VII	November 30, 2013	1st	1st	Xzax
The Break Smash Weekly #05	December 6, 2013	1st	—	—
Smashacre Frostbite	December 7-8, 2013	1st	1st	Hax
Kings of Cali 3	December 14-15, 2013	1st	1st	Lucky
FORTE	December 21-22, 2013	1st	1st	DoH
KTAR 8	December 28, 2013	1st	1st	PB&J
Smash Factor 2	January 3-5, 2014	1st	—	—
McSmashter 3	January 11-12, 2014	1st	2nd	Weon-X
Apex 2014	January 17-19, 2014	2nd	1st	Hax
Kumite in Tennessee 2014	January 24-26, 2014	1st	1st	Flow
L@DU 2	February 1, 2014	1st	1st	UltimaScout
S.L.Y.M.I. 3	February 8, 2014	1st	1st	Velocity
Lovely Sunday @ Xanadu Games	February 9, 2014	1st	—	—
Juice Monthly Circuit Melee Event #1	February 15, 2014	1st	1st	DJ Nintendo
Smash Mode Sundays # 2	February 16, 2014	1st	1st	Hax
Shuffle V	February 22-23, 2014	1st	1st	Hungrybox
Polybash XIII	March 1-2, 2014	1st	1st	Vwins
Game Over 3/4	March 4, 2014	1st	—	—
Smashing Grounds 3	March 6, 2014	1st	—	—
Revival of Melee 7	March 8-9, 2014	2nd	1st	Hax
Collision 9	March 15, 2014	1st	1st	ZeRo
Smash Mode Sundays 5	March 16, 2014	1st	1st	ZeRo
Game Over 3/18	March 18, 2014	1st	—	—
Smashing Grounds 5	March 20, 2014	1st	—	—
The Break Smash Weekly #11	March 21, 2014	1st	—	—
KTAR 9	March 22, 2014	1st	1st	ZeRo
Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 1	March 23, 2014	1st	—	—
EXPosure 8	March 29, 2014	1st	2nd	Oro?!
E2C	March 30, 2014	1st	1st	Azzucips
Oklahoma Invitational	April 5, 2014	1st	1st	Strong Bad
Smash Brothers University 2.5	April 12-13, 2014	1st	2nd	PB&J
Fight Pitt IV	April 19, 2014	2nd	1st	Mango
Fighters' Edge	April 26-27, 2014	1st	—	—
Northwest Majors VI	May 2-4, 2014	1st	1st	Bladewise
Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/6	May 6, 2014	1st	—	—
Get On My Level	May 10-11, 2014	3rd	1st	Hungrybox
Pat's House 2	May 24-25, 2014	1st	1st	Hungrybox
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014	2nd	1st	Armada

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	2nd	Velocity
FAST 1	July 17-20, 2008	1st	1st	Cort
Viridian City	January 31st, 2009	1st	5th	Bum
Clash of the Titans IV	February 7-8, 2009	1st	1st	Lee Martin
G.I.M.P.E.D. 1	February 21, 2009	1st	1st	NinjaLink
WHOBO	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
B.A.M.F #1	May 14, 2011	1st	1st	lain
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
IMPULSE (MK-banned)	June 30-July 1, 2012	N/A	5th	Meekspeedy
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
United 1	January 6, 2013	N/A	2nd	Vinnie
Apex 2013	January 11-13, 2013	2nd	2nd	Ally
SWEET X	February 9, 2013	2nd	1st	Ally
SWEET XII	March 30, 2013	1st	—	—
Smash Factor 2013 (Mexico)	July 19-21, 2013	1st	1st	Wonf
WHOBO 5 (MK-banned)	October 19-20, 2013	17th	4th	Mekos
Youmacon 2013	November 1-3, 2013	1st	3rd	RJ
Fight Pitt III	November 23, 2013	1st	—	—
Collision VII	November 30, 2013	1st	2nd	Seagull Joe
Smashacre Frostbite	December 7-8, 2013	1st	—	—
KTAR 8	December 28, 2013	1st	5th	Shaky
Smash Factor 2	January 3-5, 2014	2nd	1st	ZeRo
Apex 2014	January 17-19, 2014	4th	7th	Lee Martin
Lovely Sunday @ Xanadu Games	February 9, 2014	1st	—	—
Shuffle V	February 22-23, 2014	3rd	2nd	MJG
Polybash XIII	March 1-2, 2014	1st	2nd	Chibo
Collision 9	March 15, 2014	3rd	1st	Nairo
KTAR 9	March 22, 2014	2nd	5th	Inui
Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 1	March 23, 2014	1st	—	—
E2C	March 30, 2014	1st	—	—
Oklahoma Invitational	April 5, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash Brothers University 2.5	April 12-13, 2014	2nd	—	—
Northwest Majors VI	May 2-4, 2014	1st	—	—
Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/6	May 6, 2014	1st	—	—
Get On My Level	May 10-11, 2014	1st	1st	Nakat
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014	—	2nd	Ally

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Zenith 2012	May 26-27, 2012	9th
SWEET X	February 9, 2013	1st
Winter Brawl 7	February 23-24, 2013	1st
Smash @ Xanadu Monthly - 3/16	March 16, 2013	2nd	1st	Nintendude
SWEET XII	March 30, 2013	1st
Zenith 2013	June 1-2, 2013	5th
The Big House 3	October 12-13, 2013	4th	1st	Hungrybox
The Break Smash Weekly #03	November 8, 2013	1st
Pound V.5	November 9, 2013	1st
Smash Brothers University 2.0	November 10, 2013	1st	1st	Rolex
Fight Pitt III	November 23, 2013	1st
Smashacre Frostbite	December 7-8, 2013	1st	1st	Chibo
FORTE	December 21-22, 2013	1st	1st	Sethlon
KTAR 8	December 28, 2013	1st
McSmashter 3	January 11-12, 2014	1st
Apex 2014	January 17-19, 2014	2nd
Kumite in Tennessee 2014	January 24-26, 2014	1st	1st	PB&J
L@DU 2	February 1, 2014	1st
S.L.Y.M.I. 3	February 8, 2014	1st	1st	Velocity
Lovely Sunday @ Xanadu Games	February 9, 2014	1st
Juice Monthly Circuit Melee Event #1	February 15, 2014	1st
Shuffle V	February 22-23, 2014	1st	2nd	Strong Bad
Polybash XIII	March 1-2, 2014	1st	1st	Ally
Smashing Grounds 3	March 6, 2014	1st
Collision 9	March 15, 2014	1st
Smashing Grounds 5	March 20, 2014	1st
KTAR 9	March 22, 2014	1st	1st	Rolex
Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 1	March 23, 2014	1st
EXPosure 8	March 29, 2014	1st	1st	Rat
E2C	March 30, 2014	1st	2nd	Level 9 Mario
Oklahoma Invitational	April 5, 2014	1st	1st	Denti
Smash @ Pew! Pew! 4/7/14	April 7, 2014	1st
Smash Brothers University 2.5	April 12-13, 2014	1st	1st	Rolex
Fighters' Edge	April 26-27, 2014	1st
Northwest Majors VI	May 2-4, 2014	1st
Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/6	May 6, 2014	1st
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014		2nd	Armada

Controversies

Intentional forfeiting, match-throwing, and splitting

Much of the controversy focused on three bracket manipulation infractions:

1. At MLG DC 2010, after losing to ADHD in the loser's finals, he accepted—but never received—a $300 compensation from ADHD. In response, MLG banned both players from the 2010 MLG finals under the grounds of "forfeiting or conspiring to manipulate Rankings or Brackets."
2. In May of 2011, Mew2King, ADHD, and Anti all received yellow cards under the Unity infraction system for bracket manipulation in response to a situation at KTAR 5. Mew2King had forfeited to Anti in the Winners' Semifinals, defeated Dabuz in Losers' Quarters, then forfeited to ADHD in Losers' Semis. All of the players besides Dabuz agreed to split their winnings afterwards.
3. At GENESIS 2 (July, 2011), Mew2King received a red card under the Unity infraction system for "intentional under-performance" against Sade, a female smasher, by choosing Ganondorf and allowing himself to lose in pools after dominating his pool with his usual Meta Knight.

After receiving these infractions, Mew2King was not implicated in any further allegations for a decent length of time after heightened scrutinization by members of the Brawl community.

Revival of Melee 5 controversy

After some time without major controversy, Mew2King caused a significant stir-up at Revival of Melee 5. Assuming that Dave's modified stupid rule was in effect, as it was with most other tournaments during that year, he counterpicked Final Destination (a stage he had already won on) for his game 5 against Unknown522 in Winners' Semis, which Unknown agreed to with skepticism. After 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. 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" and an extremely pessimistic attitude overall, which 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, with the two offering KirbyKaze monetary compensation later for the trouble; this only served to drag him into the already-heated situation, and people started blaming KirbyKaze for what happened during the tournament even though he had no role in it. The situation wrapped itself up near the end of the tournament, but the negativity exploded to a climax during Grand Finals, in which Unknown played with a clear losing effort. One of the main points of controversy regarding this situation is whether Mew2King was deliberately trying to cheat and reach Winner's Finals or whether he was legitimately mistaken over the rule, and many consider it to be mostly the TO's fault for forcing the players to replay the match and partly Unknown's fault for not checking the rule until after the game.

Trip to Japan

Mew2King's well-publicized trip to Japan proved to be a disaster. Mew2King prepared poorly for the trip, bringing with him only US$200. He hoped that he would win considerable money from money matches, not realizing that such games were considered gambling and thus illegal in Japan. He was also criticized for failing to make a detailed travel plan, as well as learning little about the culture or language. Within a day of arriving, he had reportedly spent all of his money and lost his cell phone. Additionally, while staying with professional Japanese smasher Nietono, he proceeded to vomit on his host's futon. Mew2King's poor conduct at Nietono's residence was particularly criticized, as Nietono had previously traveled to the United States to take part in Apex 2012, which itself had multiple controversies relating to the treatment of the Japanese players; coupled with these previous incidents, some observers claimed that Mew2King's behavior could cause Japanese players to begin developing a negative image relating to American players, harming the possibility of their participation in further international tournaments. ^{[citation needed]}

Public image since 2013

In spite of these prior controversies, his character has been maturing over time. 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; additionally, despite his 2nd place finish in Brawl under an opponent he would have normally been expected to beat, his response was very positive and optimistic, and said that he learned to never give up. 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

• Mew2King was initially an outspoken critic of Brawl, claiming that it lacked many of the elements present in Melee, although he later transitioned into being a top professional Brawl player.

• This does not mean that he enjoys Brawl as much as Melee, however; he has recently said that he finds the game extremely boring and dominated by cheap tactics instead of actual skill, frequently citing the Ice Climbers' infinite chain grab as an example, and even going as far as to say the Ice Climbers ruin the game. On The Big House 3's livestream, he stated that he was thinking about quitting Brawl in favor of continuing Melee as well as pursuing the goal of being the best Smash 4 player. He has stated on Reddit that he has a "love-hate relationship" with Brawl, again citing Ice Climbers as a reason for the "hate".

External links

• SWF public profile
• AllisBrawl profile
• Episode 7 of The Smash Brothers, a competitive Melee documentary, which focuses primarily on Mew2King