Weston Dennis

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Weston Dennis
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Personal information
Born (1991-12-08) December 8, 1991 (age 28)
Hometown Burbank, California
NationalityAmerican
Career information
Current team G2 Esports
Games Super Smash Bros. Melee
Career prize money$46,289.61
Career history
2015–2016 Tempo Storm
2016–2019G2 Esports
2019-presentFree agent
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Weston Dennis (born December 8, 1991), better known as Westballz, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Burbank, California. [1] He is currently ranked 2nd and 7th on the SoCal Melee and Project M Power Rankings, respectively, and 8th on the 2015 SSBMRank. [2] Westballz notably caused an upset at MLG Anaheim 2014, where he defeated Mango 3-0 in pool play, and defeated him again 3-1 in losers' quarters at MVG Sandstorm, where he also defeated Hungrybox in losers' semis 3-2. Additionally, he has beaten Leffen 3-1 at Dreamhack Winter 2015 and PPMD 3-1 at Battle of the 5 Gods. He is widely renowned as the most technical Melee Falco player in the world. Westballz is considered to be among the best Falco players in the world along with PPMD and Mango. [3] [4] On July 2, 2015, Westballz was picked up by Tempo Storm alongside Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson. [5] [6] On July 11, 2016 Westballz joined G2 Esports. [7] On March 31, 2019 Westballz left G2 esports, and became a free agent. [8]

Contents

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Nice Shot Hugo March 27, 2010—25thDunk
Don't Go Down There Jeff December 18, 201017th——
GENESIS 2 July 15–17, 201149th7thBaka4moe
Apex 2012 January 6–8, 201225th17thStriCNYN3
Northwest Manifest March 24–25, 20124th9thTafokints
The Big House 2 October 6–7, 20129th13thScar
Kings of CaliNovember 10, 20127th9thScar
Apex 2013 January 11–13, 201333rd9thHax
Kings of Cali 2April 13–14, 20137th3rdMacD
NorCal Regionals 2013April 26–28, 20134th——
EVO 2013 July 12–14, 201317th——
Kings of Cali 3December 14–15, 20135th9thHomeMadeWaffles
Apex 2014 January 17–19, 201433rd17thAisengobay
SoCal Regionals 2014February 28-March 2, 20141st5thDEHF
Pat's House 2May 24–25, 20144th7thZeRo
SKTAR 3May 31-June 1, 20145th5thHax
SSS Lock-InJune 14–15, 201413th——
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20–22, 20149th——
Kings of Cali 4July 5–6, 20147th5thZeRo
EVO 2014 July 11–13, 201413th17thDoH
MayhemAugust 9, 20143rd2ndHungrybox
Low Tier City 2August 16–17, 20142nd1stWobbles
Mayhem September 6, 20142nd4thJace
The Big House 4 October 4–5, 20147th9thDarkrain
Do You Fox Wit It?November 15–16, 201417th7thConnor
Super Smash Sundays 29December 7, 20141st2ndReno
Super Smash Sundays 30December 21, 20142nd3rdDEHF
Smash the TargetJanuary 3, 20152nd——
Paragon Orlando 2015January 17–18, 20154th7thAxe
Apex 2015 January 30-February 1, 201533rd17thDEHF
AftershockMarch 28–29, 20154th2ndGahtzu
SWEET XXApril 4, 20152nd4thDeep C Squid
I'm Not Yelling!April 11–12, 20155th7thSung
MVG SandstormApril 18–19, 20152nd7thGahtzu
Mayhem May 2015 May 2, 20152nd2ndSung
Press StartMay 9–10, 201517th9thSung
Mayhem June 2015 June 6, 20151st1stMacD
CEO 2015June 26–28, 20154th4thMacD
FC Smash 15XR: ReturnJuly 4–5, 20155th2ndMacD
WTFoxJuly 10–11, 20155th3rdWizzrobe
EVO 2015 July 17–19, 201513th49thMacD
Super Smash ConAugust 6–9, 20154th——
PAX Prime 2015August 28–30, 20153rd3rdNintendude
Paragon Los Angeles 2015September 5–6, 20154th——
Rubicon 2 September 12, 20151st2ndVro
DreamHack London 2015September 19–20, 20152nd——
HelixSeptember 26–27, 20152nd2ndOvertriforce
The Big House 5 October 2–4, 20155th9thAxe
Smash SummitNovember 7–8, 20159th7thZhu
EclipseNovember 14–15, 201549th7thNamiNami
Kickstart 4 November 22, 20154th1st Plup
DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26–29, 20154th17thBaxon
Forte 3December 19–20, 20152nd——
GENESIS 3 January 15–17, 201617th17thGahtzu
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20 January 20, 20162nd——
Frosty Faustings VIIIJanuary 22–231st——
PAX ArenaJanuary 29–31, 20163rd5thWizzrobe
B.E.A.S.T 6February 19–21, 20163rd——
Battle of the Five GodsMarch 17–19, 20165th——
Super Nebulous 4March 27, 20164th——
Pound 2016April 2–3, 201633rd3rdMacD
Smash Summit 2April 21–24, 20169th5thShroomed
Enthusiast Gaming Live ExpoApril 29-May 1, 20169th——
Get On My Level 2016May 20–22, 20165th5thMacD
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11–12, 20165th2ndWizzrobe
WTFox 2July 1–3, 20169thDQMango
EVO 2016 July 15–17, 20167th——
Clutch City ClashAugust 6–7, 20164th33rdIce
Super Smash Con 2016August 11–14, 20167th9thShroomed
Shine 2016August 26–28, 201613th4thPrince Abu
The Big House 6 October 7–9, 201613th5thPlup
Smash Summit 3November 3–6, 20169th7thn0ne
Don't Park On The GrassDecember 17–18, 20163rd13thGahtzu
GENESIS 4 January 20–22, 20177th25thPrince Abu

Project M

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014 February 16, 20144th——
Low Tier City 2August 16–17, 201417th9thiPunchKidsz
The Big House 4October 4–5, 201417th——
Paragon Orlando 2015January 17–18, 20154th——
MVG SandstormApril 18–19, 2015Top 33rdiPunchKidsz
Paragon Los Angeles 2015September 5–6, 201525th17thiPunchKidsz
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20 January 20, 20163rd——
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11–12, 2016—5th Hungrybox

Personal life

Dennis was born on December 8, 1991. He grew up in Burbank, California and attended John Burroughs High School [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ Lee, Daniel. "SSBMRank 2015 #8". Melee It On Me. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. ↑ http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/mar/18/westballz-defeats-ppmd-axes-epic-chain-grab-wobbles-amazing-wobble-and-more-battle-five-gods-day-2-highlights/
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  7. ↑ "G2 expands into Super Smash Bros Melee". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Westballz leaves G2 Esports".
  9. ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/16371193/westballz

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