Sorry, but due to the music playing the video is blocked on some mobile devices. Staying ahead for practically the whole game, Westballz beat Mango so badly that the latter side-Bd off the left side of Dreamland mid-combo to end the set with a three-stock victory for Westballz. He was ranked 34th in SSBMRank 2022. He parted ways with G2 Esports on March 31, 2019. Especially since you are my favorite player. Awards And Honors. There, PPMD made through Round 1 to 4 winners while defeating MT, Trail, Tope, and Colbol in a 2-1 fashioned. Weston Dennis, better known as Westballz, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Burbank, California. VOD movie releases weren't a thing yet. Throughout top eight, both sides of bracket were being concurrently shown by both MVG League and azprojectmelee to speed up the tournament. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Westballz has spent the last several weeks preparing for Genesis 8 on stream. Facts. Its interesting to note that this is the only time in his career that Westballz has beaten Hungrybox, making this one of the biggest outlier sets in a career head-to-head ever. He was formerly ranked 1st on the North Carolina Melee Power Rankings. He considers PPMD as his rival as all of their sets have been extremely close. He's also a PC enthusiast and is always looking for a reason to upgrade his rig. "Westballz defeats PPMD, Axe's epic chain grab, Wobbles' amazing Wobble, and more: Battle of the Five Gods day 2 highlights", "Westballz: 'Recently, I've been focusing more outside the game than inside the game', "Westballz and Axe picked up by Tempo Storm", "Tempo Storm expands into Super Smash Bros. Melee with Westballz and Axe", "Westballz, MuteAce, and Ginger join Thunder Gaming", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westballz&oldid=1111805783, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 September 2022, at 01:15. He found huge amounts of fame when he began live-streaming the popular social deduction game, Among Us. In Round 5 and 6, PPMD took down Hax 2-0 and Mew2King 3-1 before losing to Armada 3-0 in Winners Finals. Game three on Dreamland looked similar to the first game, where Westballz fell behind early and clawed his way back for another last-stock situation. After PPMD's first post-EVO 2015 stream, he organized a Twitch raid on the. PPMD later won SKTAR 3, defeating Armada 2-1 in winners' semis, Mango 3-1 in winners' finals, and Mew2King 3-1 once again in grand finals (with another 4-stock in the final game). "So, what exactly do you cover for Esquire?" Joltin' Joe the Yankee Clipper Joseph Paul DiMaggio. Westballz had become a strong player quickly, but it came at a cost: his education. Things I used to have. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. PPMD (formerly known as Dr. PeePee) is a top professional who dual-mains Falco and Marth. Daniel "ChuDat" Rodriguez is a top professional level Ice Climbers main who has primarily competed in his home region of Maryland and Virginia, but has also lived and competed in Southern California. To give further context, losers semifinals in melee wasnt the only set being streamed. He replied saying he was innocent on all counts. After Westballz dropped out, he lived with his girlfriend. This earned a mildly disgusted look. He will often utilize a certain set of approaches in friendlies to condition players while learning their playstyle, then when he plays those same opponents in tournament, he will completely switch his playstyle, keeping his opponents adapting while controlling the match. . Many viewers were surprised to see PPMD competing at Bad Moon Rising 2 in doubles and were anticipated to see his return to the scene in over a year. As Marth, PPMD utilizes his impeccable dash dance spacing, precisely spaced down tilts, and timely rising forward aerials to completely wall his opponents out, making it far more difficult to hit him compared to the vast majority of other Marth mains. A competitive Melee focused extension of the reddit Super Smash Brothers community. [3] He left Thunder Gaming on January 10, 2020. Crisp, cool, a day that felt like spring. March 8, 1999 (aged 84) Hollywood Florida. In Winners Finals, PPMD faced off against Armada where he was eliminated 3-0. In 2021, many will know Ludwig as the . PPMD lost to Silent Wolf 1-3, Plup 1-3, MacD 0-3, and Wobbles 0-3, securing 10th place. He became well-known in the Smash scene for his performance at Revival of Melee 2 in 2009, where his Falco placed higher than Mango's. Biography []. Westballz then picked Final Destination, where Westballz showed his one-of-a-kind punish game on Fox. Me? 8 Cinderella Run of All-Time: Hax at Pound 2016, No. [5][6][7][8], Westballz grew up in Burbank, California and attended John Burroughs High School.[9]. This page was last edited on April 2, 2023, at 07:40. Westballz is a Falco main who resides in SoCal. Bro Wes I'm sorry to hear you feel that way man. Today, we revisit the 1981 debut from the mysterious Los Angeles post-punk band, who developed a cult following and vanished just as quickly. Yet Season Three, the one that debuted when hell rained down on us all, was a genuine exercise in batshittery. He then eliminated Leffen 3-1 in losers' quarters, but was eliminated by Mew2King 2-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th overall. It was also one of PPMD's last singles tournament until his long hiatus. I know. He's definitely one of those guys that thinks "debate me/fight me" is a way to flirt. Shortly after, he disactivated his Twitter account, nuked his Twitch VODs, and has gone silent. Whether through changing his own gameplay, playing better or any other factor, Westballz ended up taking the last two games of the set, both in last-stock games. He did commentary on a few sets such as Mango vs Trif. As I queue up Season Four, Episode One, I'm almost certain I'll never return to who I was before recapping the series. He is currently ranked 8th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings, 31st on the 2019 MPGR, and was formerly ranked 7th on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings. The world huddles inside and closes its doors. Thanks for watching, and no hate intended to weston, I love his falco.Thanks to:Westballs: https://twitter.com/TempoWestBallzTempo Storm: https://twitter.com/Tempo_StormZaRD: https://twitter.com/ZachBosherKezzup: https://twitter.com/KezzupReviewsJimR: https://twitter.com/JimRSSBAngrod: https://twitter.com/angrod991Link: https://twitter.com/bringmelinkTheNZA: https://twitter.com/RBDTheNZA Ludwig Anders Ahgren is a YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and esports commentator and competitor from America. You know, it's increasingly tough to remember anything from this time when I was myself, firmly made of flesh and bone, a real boy! As I queue up Season Four, Episode One of Westworld, I'm almost certain I'll never return to who I was before recapping the series. At Rubicon 2, he gained a 3-stock lead on KJH, but attempted to "style" on him with unsafe attacks for the rest of the game, allowing KJH to mount a 4-stock comeback. Unfortunately, PPMD lost against Plup 3-2, securing 5th place. Westballz - The Truth thefranChiseSocial Links:----- Subscribe to the Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/thefranChise1?su. If you watch the end of the video above, you can hear commentator Wobbles refer to this move as super wack and disappointing. You can even see an incredulous Hungrybox shake his head and a confused Westballz smile. Larry Lawton is the only ex-con in the US to be sworn in as an Honorary Police Officer and the only ex-con to be recognized on the. Players like Wobbles, Axe, Taj and Tai in particular boast quite a bit of experience against Falco and at various points have beaten some of the worlds best Falco players at tournaments. An avid pop culture fiend, Anokh is also a Super Smash Bros. Melee, NBA, NFL, film and music enthusiast. Was it Westworld? But if you allow yourself to really think back to the early pandemic, Westworld was arguably the biggest new blockbuster culture had. Additionally, he beat Leffen 3-1 at DreamHack Winter 2015. For more information, please see our Westballz went live on Twitch briefly after receiving the news via Discord, where he was crying and saying he was probably going to quit melee forever. The other set, winners finals between Armada and Axe, had finished and MVG wanted to keep its primary viewers engaged rather than let Hungrybox and Westballz finish the set on their initial setup. However, against stronger players, he takes a much slower approach to the neutral game, spacing up tilts and back aerials to try to catch his opponent to then exploit his superior punish game, rather than directly applying pressure. Westworld Season Three premiered on HBO as elected officials around the country close public facilities due to the coronavirus pandemic. The end date is finally in sight for Ludwig! PPMD's final and most devastating singles performance was Battle of the Five Gods. At EVO 2013, PPMD swept through pools and notably defeated Armada in a 2-0 victory at Winners Round 3. Although these seem like insignificant details, keep this in mind for whats to come later, as it reflects a greater story than just Westballzs run. Apparently Westballz has been banned from Genesis with NO explanation only a week before the event. After years of truancy, he dropped out of high school. And there you have it, your 2015 New York Knic. Before Su disappeared, she was an extraterrestrial in. To date, this is a perfect example of how not to run a tournament. Westballz is often seen as the most technical Falco player in the world in both Melee and Project M. He is infamous for his very high-risk/high-reward punishes, often going for extremely technically demanding combos that can rack up extremely high amounts of damage and put his opponents into dangerous positions. Westballz has stated that his success against top-caliber players stems from his ability to condition opponents and mix-up his approaches. Many spectators began to questioned whether PPMD and LoZR could defeat Hungrybox and Crunch at Top 5 losers. But in losers for fifth, Westballz had to play Mango, who was angry and straight off a loss to Axe in winners semifinals. [1] Widely considered one of the game's best and most technical Falco players, he has defeated several top professional players in tournament including Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney and William "Leffen" Hjelte. Later on, PPMD announced his reason of his inactive appearance in 2014, revealing that this mainly due to personal issues, specifically depression. Recognized as one of the greatest and most successful Super Smash Bros. Melee players of all time, he is one of the "Five Gods" of Melee along with Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph . In the mid-2010s, he was consistently ranked in the top 10 players in the world and was widely considered to be Melee's premier Falco main aside from PPMD. He was ranked 31st in MPGR 2019. I backed off of melee too and I know for you it's a lot harder because you've been to the top and have devoted so much time to melee. April 9, 2020. [11] His ex-girlfriend also posted a statement in support of him,[12] as well as another person who had been mentioned in an earlier statement.[13]. Up until Season Three, Westworld was notoriously tricky to follow, developing a penchant for swapping robots' bodies and brains like crumpled Pokmon cards, torn at the edges, making you recall glossary terms like the Door, the Forge, and the Cradle critical to understanding what's going on. He is considered the best Falco and Marth in the world against Peach, and the best Marth player in the Marth ditto and against Sheik, a character historically considered one of Marth's most difficult matchups in Melee. After his devastating loss at the Battle of the Five Gods, PPMD's condition worsened. After getting JV3d in the opening game on Battlefield, Westballz three-stocked Gahtzu in game two on the same stage and strongly took game three to make it to losers top eight. His 1st place finish at Apex 2014 brought great fame in his Smash career; PPMD was interviewed by ScrewAttack, was picked up by professional eSports organization Evil Geniuses on May 9th, 2014 (around the time of his sponsorship, he amended his tag from Dr. PeePee to PPMD). The first major tournament of 2016, GENESIS 3 marked the revival of one of the most prolific tournament series in Smash history. [1] Widely considered one of the game's best and most technical Falco players, he has defeated several top professional players in tournament including Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, Kevin "PPMD . It was the first thing that came to my mind. He explained that all members of his family choose that number when they played soccer and is referred as "the Nanney number." A lot has happened since Ludwig officially began his Twitch Subathon, there have been celebrity deaths, YouTuber controversy, and so much more. Also, Melee's tournament earnings increased significantly after his initial retirement, compared to when he played frequently. Westballz couldnt have started the set much worse, but he somehow recovered. Yet with arguably the most dangerous crowd in Melee (Arizona) rooting against him in a tightly packed venue, Westballz solidly 2-0d Tai to face Gahtzu for a chance at top eight. Which, you know, should've theoretically been a good thing. This entire community owes Wes an apology for the way they treated him back when all these allegations were made because according to Wes, nobody has apologized to him for supporting and pushing false and damaging accusations.#thefranchise #westballz #sorrywes He joined Even Matchup Gaming on February 6, 2020. At game five, PPMD and LoZR ended in a fantastic finish against Hungrybox and Crunch by an up throw to Fox's up-air and Falco's down-air on Hungrybox and a quick edgeguard against Crunch. Though Tai was ranked several spots below Westballz on SSBMRank, their disparity in rank doesnt reflect how dangerous of a matchup this was for the SoCal Falco. It's pretty non-definitive who the best Falco in the world is. At that time, he established a reputation as the game's most technical Falco player. PPMD first competed at Apex 2013. As of writing (April 12, 2021), Ludwig has been live on Twitch for a total of 29 days. Rochester, New York. While Westballz is clearly a step below the two gods, it's hard to say who would win if they all could only use Falco. On August 17th, 2019, he joined Thunder Gaming,[2] but left on January 10th, 2020. Weirdooo. . Though Westballz hasnt been able to capture the magic of his run at MVG Sandstorm and still struggles with consistency to this day (65th at The Big House 7), hes still one of the worlds premier competitors. Shoutouts to MDVA 1 3 Zain (Placeholder Account)Retweeted Golden Guardians @GoldenGuardians Jul 19, 2021 Couldn't have asked for a better set to end the night - @ZainNaghmi falls to Mang0 and takes 2nd place at Smash Summit 11. New comments cannot be posted. Sci-fi escapism and all! Nothing that Sparknoting plot summaries couldn't fix. He was additionally susceptible to psychological pressure despite being a very psychological player himself, especially after he became known as one of the best in the world. Throughout GENESIS 3, PPMD managed to cruise through top 32 winners while defeating Swedish Delight 3-1, Lucky 3-2, and SFAT 3-1. Similar to Tai, but on an even grander scale, Westballz once again found himself at odds against loud AZ chants and wild cheers off every hit Axe got. That was the last time I saw this human, the one I was very much beginning to like. Into losers, PPMD managed to defeat Nintendude and SFAT but lost to Hungrybox, securing 3rd place. Nevertheless, many professionals and viewers were overwhelmingly surprised to see PPMD's fantastic dominance throughout this tournament, despite his long hiatus. In top 8, PPMD defeated Mango 3-1 in winners' semis and Mew2King 3-0 and 3-1 in winners' finals and Grand Finals respectively (including two 4-stocks against Mew2King, with one being a Marth ditto on Final Destination during the second game of winners' finals). The . This page was last edited on April 2, 2023, at 10:22. In Losers finals, PPMD defeated Mew2King in a close 3-2 and made a rematch against Armada. He is famous for his flashy play and signature "Westballz pressure". August 5, 1962 (aged 36) Los Angeles California. Fuck. Around this time, due to growing troubles against Mew2King on Final Destination, PPMD began developing his Marth.
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