Smasher:Inui
Inui | |
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Character info | |
Melee mains | Sheik, Peach |
Other Melee character | Ganondorf |
Brawl mains | Meta Knight, Peach |
Other Brawl characters | Marth, King Dedede |
Smash 4 main | Lucina |
Other Smash 4 characters | Corrin, Mario |
Project M mains | Roy, Sheik |
Other Project M character | Ganondorf |
Team info | |
Former crews | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Montage Teh_Holy_Pwnerers Most Valuable Gaming |
Personal and other info | |
Real name | Lucas DeLorenzo |
Birth date | |
Location | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Miscellaneous info | |
Skill | Top professional (retired) Top professional (retired) Professional (retired) Professional (retired) |
Inui is a smasher and tournament organizer from Ocean Grove, New Jersey currently residing in La Crosse, Wisconsin, who mains Sheik in Melee, Meta Knight in Brawl and Lucina in Smash 4. He is mostly known for having been a doubles play specialist in all Smash titles he has played, as well as hosting tournaments in New Jersey when he resided there.
His first tournament was a Melee tournament in New York in October 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 young Hax would also teach Inui about the technical aspects of Melee. He would later rise to national prominence in Melee, with a 7th place finish at EVO East in 2007, beating Wes and numerous other competitors.
In terms of doubles play, he is known for being arguably one of the best doubles players in New Jersey during Brawl's early and middle portions of their lifespan, mostly teaming with Atomsk, Mew2King, Zucco, Malcolm, Snakeee, and Ally. In early 2009, he and Atomsk would place 3rd in Clash of the Titans IV after a very difficult bracket, which included opponents such as ChuDat/Azen, Boss/Korn, and G-regulate/Meep.
Inui is a close friend of Mew2King, and was partially sponsored by Most Valuable Gaming for approximately a year, but left the group due personal reasons, as well as disagreements on the future.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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Clash of the Titans III | May 31st-June 1st, 2008 | 4th | 2nd | DMBrandon |
Critical Hit 3 | July 5th, 2008 | 17th | 6th | Snakeee |
FAST 1 | July 17th-20th, 2008 | 5th | 9th | DMBrandon |
Critical Hit 4.5 | December 13th, 2008 | 9th | 1st | Atomsk |
Clash of the Titans IV | February 7th-8th, 2009 | 33rd | 3rd | Atomsk |
GIMPED 1 | February 21st, 2009 | 5th | 2nd | Bum |
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 |
S.N.E.S. | August 21st-23rd, 2009 | 17th | 9th | Atomsk |
HOBO 18 | September 5th, 2009 | 9th | 2nd | UTDZac |
KTAR | December 6th, 2009 | 5th | 2nd | Atomsk |
Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | — | 17th | Snakeee |
WHOBO 2 | April 2nd-4th, 2010 | 49th | 7th | Esca |
Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 13th | 9th | Snakeee |
MLG Raleigh 2010 | August 27th-29th, 2010 | 33rd | 5th | Zucco |
School is in Session 3 | September 11th, 2010 | 9th | 1st | Ally |
MLG DC 2010 | October 15th-17th, 2010 | — | 7th | Zucco |
Viridian City 8 | October 23rd, 2010 | 9th | 7th | Malcolm |
MLG Dallas 2010 | November 5th-7th, 2010 | 25th | 5th | Bassem |
KTAR 4 | January 16th, 2011 | 25th | 2nd | Mew2King |
Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 33rd | 17th | Will |
WHOBO 3 | March 18th-20th, 2011 | 9th | 13th | Esca |
School is in Session 5 | June 11th-12th, 2011 | 17th | 5th | Izumi |
Clash of the Titans 5 | June 25th-26th, 2011 | 13th | 5th | Izumi |
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 | — | — |
Collision V | September 1st, 2012 | 13th | 5th | Zorai |
XSmash | December 22nd, 2012 | 17th | — | — |
Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 97th | 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 | 129th | 17th | Bloodcross |
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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*Pound* | January 28th, 2006 | 25th | 7th | Magus |
CyberHub Gaming Center Lock-In | March 25th, 2006 | 9th | — | — |
MLG New York Opener 2006 | April 21st-23rd, 2006 | — | 13th | ? |
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 | October 13th-14th, 2006 | — | 15th | Tope |
SMASHTALITY 2 | October 21st, 2006 | 17th | 9th | Lord Knight |
Cataclysm 3 | March 3rd-4th, 2007 | 33rd | 17th | Lord Knight |
EVO East | May 25th-27th, 2007 | 7th | — | — |
SMASHTALITY III | June 2nd-3rd, 2007 | 9th | 9th | Sensei |
Viva La Smashtaclysm | November 10th-11th, 2007 | 33rd | — | — |
FAST 1 | July 17th-20th, 2008 | 25th | 13th | SmashMac |
Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 33rd | 9th | Magus |
GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | — | 49th | KosMos |
Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 97th | — | Vex Kasrani |
KTAR 3 | September 25th, 2010 | 5th | 5th | Dabuz |
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 | 129th | 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 |
Wreck the Halls | December 20th, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
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 | — | — |
Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 97th | — | — |
KTAR 9 | March 22nd, 2014 | 33rd | 7th | Bajisci |
SKTAR 3 | May 30th-June 1st, 2014 | 49th | — | — |
Kings of the North 4 | November 21st-22nd, 2015 | 25th | 9th | Zicore |
Wreck the Halls | December 20th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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No Nooches | October 17th, 2015 | 4th | 3rd | Dysfunk |
Controversy
Despite being known as a decent player on almost every Smash game he has played, Inui is known as one of the most controversial smashers, mainly due to the questionable posts he had made in the past. He has also formed part of certain questionable events as well.
Altercation with Ryan Ford at NEC XIII
Inui is known for causing controversy at Northeast Championship XIII by heckling during other player's matches, particularly on Ryan Ford's (by the time known as Unknown522). Eventually, Ford would place him in a choke-hold in response to that. Since then, Ford was banned indefinitely from the Apex tournament series. Inui's punishment remains unknown.
Controversy within Wisconsin
During the start of 2016, Inui got himself in a fair amount of controversy within Wisconsin's Smash scene, once again due to questionable posts and general behavior at tournaments. He has been banned from Wisconsin tournaments in the later part of Summer 2016. In November of the same year, he was reached out to by Sky and was not been heard of since then.
Aggravated battery to a man
On May 30th, 2017, Inui was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery and disorderly conduct. According to the victim, he was slashed in the thigh with a samurai sword as he was returning to an Mobil Oil site. In defense, Inui defended hiself with the sword due to the other man "attacking him with a big stick". As a result of this, his reputation among the Smash community was stained even further and, due to the legal charges he is presenting, it seems unlikely that he will return to the Smash scene.
Trivia
- 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.