Nairo (gamer)
| Nairo | |
|---|---|
| Current team | |
| Team | NRG Esports |
| Games | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Status | Active |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Nairoby Quezada |
| Nickname(s) | Nairo NairoMK |
| Born | November 7, 1996 |
| Team history | |
| 2015 - 2016 | Team Liquid |
| 2016 - present | NRG Esports |
Nairoby Quezada (born November 7, 1996), known by his gamertag Nairo, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Passaic, New Jersey. He is regarded as a top player of both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He primarily uses Zero Suit Samus in Wii U and Meta Knight in Brawl.[1][2]
Career
Quezada gained national recognition in Brawl at Apex 2012, defeating top players such as Nietono, before losing to Otori in Winners' Finals and Nietono in Losers' Finals, finishing 3rd out of 400 entrants. He won his first national Brawl tournament at SKTAR, defeating ESAM in winners' and grand finals. At Apex 2013, Quezada suffered an early defeat in winners' bracket, before making his way through losers' bracket finishing 4th. Quezada would later win Apex 2014 concluding with a Meta Knight ditto against ZeRo. Quezada is also known for frequently teaming up with Wyatt "ADHD" Beekman, being the strongest Brawl doubles team in the world, having won both Apex 2013 and Apex 2014.[3][4][5] Quezada is known to play the opposite of his brother being very offensive and almost never camping. Quezada was the Meta Knight with the most approach options. [6]
Quezada signed with Team Liquid in August 2015 and later ended Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios 56 tournament winning streak at the 2015 MLG World Finals.[7][8][9] Quezada has won many nationals in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, including Paragon Los Angeles 2015, Umebura FAT, and MLG 2015. [10] [11]
Quezada was one of the eight players competing in the Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competition Invitational by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo.[12]
On August 16, 2016 Quezada left Team Liquid.[13] It was announced on August 23, 2016 that Quezada would be joining NRG Esports as their first Super Smash Bros. player.[14]
Nairo also was a surprise guest at the 2018 Super Smash Bros Ultimate Invitational at E3 2018. Nairo expressed his disappointment in not being one of the featured players to be invited to compete in the invitational, despite being a top player in Smash 4. He made a surprise appearance at the invitational, when he was challenged to play against a number of various celebrities, playing in a 3v1 with team attack off. Nairo played as Snake, and beat the 3 celebrities, despite being on a team by himself.
Personal life
Quezada has a brother, Kelvin "Ksizzle" Quezada, who also plays Super Smash Bros..[6]
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament [15] | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2010 | August 6-8, 2010 | 25th | 4th | Atomsk |
| MLG DC 2010 | October 15-17, 2010 | 17th | 1st | Anti |
| Apex 2012 | January 6-8, 2012 | 3rd | 4th | ADHD |
| SKTAR | July 14-15, 2012 | 1st | 2nd | Ally |
| Apex 2013 | January 11-13, 2013 | 4th | 1st | ADHD |
| SKTAR 2 | August 3-4, 2013 | 9th | 1st | ADHD |
| Apex 2014 | January 17-19, 2014 | 1st | 1st | ADHD |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31-June 1, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | ADHD |
| Apex 2015 | January 30-February 1, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | Ally |
| Super Smash Con | August 6-9, 2015 | 3rd | 1st | V115 |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11-14, 2016 | 5th | 1st | ADHD |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament [16] | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Battle | January 17, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | NAKAT |
| Apex 2015 | January 30-February 1, 2015 | 9th | 7th | Tyrant |
| MVG Sandstorm | April 18-19, 2015 | 2nd | 3rd | JA3 |
| CEO 2015 | June 26-28, 2015 | 2nd | 7th | NAKAT |
| EVO 2015 | July 17-18, 2015 | 3rd | Top 16 | Shaky |
| Super Smash Con | August 6-9, 2015 | 3rd | 1st | ZeRo |
| SKTAR 4 | August 22-23, 2015 | 1st | 2nd | Angel Cortes |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5-6, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Umebura F.A.T. | September 21-22, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Ally |
| The Big House 5 | October 2-4, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | ZeRo |
| MLG World Finals 2015 | October 16-18, 2015 | 1st | 1st | ZeRo |
| Dismantle 2 | January 2-3, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | MVD |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15-17, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | ZeRo |
| Niconico Tokaigi 2016 | January 30-31, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5-6, 2016 | 1st | 3rd | Tweek |
| Pound 2016 | April 2-3, 2016 | 49th | 1st | Koolaid |
| Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo | April 29-May 1, 2016 | 1st | 5th | Blank |
| Get On My Level 2016 | May 20-22, 2016 | 4th | 2nd | Mew2King |
| MomoCon 2016 | May 26-29, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| KTAR XVIII | June 11, 2016 | 1st | 1st | VoiD |
| CEO 2016 | June 24-26, 2016 | 17th | 3rd | ZeRo |
| EVO 2016 | July 15-16, 2016 | 13th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11-14, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | ZeRo |
| Umebura S.A.T. | August 20-21, 2016 | 3rd | 5th | Mr. R |
| Collision XIV | September 3, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | ZeRo |
| 2GGT: Abadango Saga | September 24, 2016 | 3rd | 4th | Ally |
| The Big House 6 | October 7-9, 2016 | 7th | 1st | ZeRo |
References
- ^ Álvaro Morillas Correa (2015-10-24). "Nairo elimina al mejor jugador de Super Smash Bros. for Wii U". viciojuegos.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Arash Fekri (2015-08-20). "Super Smash Bros 4: Nairo Has a New Team, Game Offered at a Discount!". Master Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Alex Strife. "Apex 2012 Results". smashboards.com. SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Alex Strife. "Apex 2013 Results". smashboards.com. SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ AlphaZealot. "Apex 2014 Results". smashboards.com. SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ a b CT Chibo. "#SSBBRANK 1 – 3 : THE GRAND FINALE". Clash Tournaments. CLASH Tournaments. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Eric Van Allen (2015-10-19). "Super Smash Bros. Pro Loses After Epic 53-Tournament Win Streak". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (2015-10-05). "World's Best Smash Bros. Player Makes Awesome Comeback After Almost Burning Out". Kotaku. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Womack, Barrett (22 November 2015). "ZeRo on MLG, Nairo and the Next Chapter". Red Bull. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Chaobo. "Liquid Nairo wins Umebura F.A.T." teamliquidpro.com. Team Liquid. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Nicholas Taylor. "Paragon LA 2015 results feat. Mango, Leffen, Hungrybox, Mew2King, Westballz". eventhubs.com. Eventhubs. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ ssf1991. "Nintendo Has Introduced The Pokken Tournament Early Access Competition Trainers". mynintendonews.com. My Nintendo News. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Erfanian, Sasha. "Nairo leaves Team Liquid". theScore eSports. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Wolf, Jacob. "NRG Esports picks up Super Smash Con winner Nairo". ESPN. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Brawl". SmashBoards. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Wii U". SmashBoards. Retrieved November 23, 2015.