Nairoby Quezada

Nairo
Nairoby Quezada
Status Active
Born (1996-11-07) November 7, 1996
Hometown Passaic, New Jersey
Current team NRG eSports
Games Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Championships MLG World Finals 2015 (Wii U)
Apex 2014 (Brawl)
Nickname(s) Nairo
NairoMK
Professional career
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 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player and a top Super Smash Bros. Brawl player. He mains 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 53 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]

Personal life

Quezada has a brother, Kelvin "Ksizzle" Quezada, who also plays Super Smash Bros..[6]

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament [15]Date1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Apex 2010August 6-8, 201025th4thAtomsk
MLG DC 2010October 15-17, 201017th1stAnti
Apex 2012January 6-8, 20123rd4thADHD
SKTARJuly 14-15, 20121st2ndAlly
Apex 2013January 11-13, 20134th1stADHD
SKTAR 2August 3-4, 20139th1stADHD
Apex 2014January 17-19, 20141st1stADHD
SKTAR 3May 31-June 1, 20142nd1stADHD
Apex 2015January 30-February 1, 20152nd1stAlly
Super Smash ConAugust 6-9, 20153rd1stV115
Super Smash Con 2016August 11-14, 20165th1stADHD

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament [16]Date1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Final BattleJanuary 17, 20152nd1stNAKAT
Apex 2015January 30-February 1, 20159th7thTyrant
MVG SandstormApril 18-19, 20152nd3rdJA3
CEO 2015June 26-28, 20152nd7thNAKAT
EVO 2015July 17-18, 20153rdTop 16Shaky
Super Smash ConAugust 6-9, 20153rd1stZeRo
SKTAR 4August 22-23, 20151st2ndAngel Cortes
Paragon Los Angeles 2015September 5-6, 20151st——
Umebura F.A.T.September 21-22, 20151st1stAlly
The Big House 5October 2-4, 20152nd1stZeRo
MLG World Finals 2015October 16-18, 20151st1stZeRo
Dismantle 2January 2-3, 20161st2ndMVD
GENESIS 3January 15-17, 20165th2ndZeRo
Niconico Tokaigi 2016January 30-31, 20162nd——
Shots Fired 2March 5-6, 20161st3rdTweek
Pound 2016April 2-3, 201649th1stKoolaid
Enthusiast Gaming Live ExpoApril 29-May 1, 20161st5thBlank
Get On My Level 2016May 20-22, 20164th2ndMew2King
MomoCon 2016May 26-29, 20161st——
KTAR XVIIIJune 11, 20161st1stVoiD
CEO 2016June 24-26, 201617th3rdZeRo
EVO 2016July 15-16, 201613th——
Super Smash Con 2016August 11-14, 20161st2ndZeRo
Umebura S.A.T.August 20-21, 20163rd5thMr. R
Collision XIVSeptember 3, 20163rd1stZeRo
2GGT: Abadango SagaSeptember 24, 20163rd4thAlly
The Big House 6October 7-9, 20167th1stZeRo

References

  1. ↑ Álvaro Morillas Correa (2015-10-24). "Nairo elimina al mejor jugador de Super Smash Bros. for Wii U". viciojuegos.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Alex Strife. "Apex 2012 Results". smashboards.com. SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  4. ↑ Alex Strife. "Apex 2013 Results". smashboards.com. SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  5. ↑ AlphaZealot. "Apex 2014 Results". smashboards.com. SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  6. 1 2 CT Chibo. "#SSBBRANK 1 – 3 : THE GRAND FINALE". Clash Tournaments. CLASH Tournaments. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  7. ↑ Eric Van Allen (2015-10-19). "Super Smash Bros. Pro Loses After Epic 53-Tournament Win Streak". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  8. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (2015-10-05). "World's Best Smash Bros. Player Makes Awesome Comeback After Almost Burning Out". Kotaku. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  9. ↑ Womack, Barrett (22 November 2015). "ZeRo on MLG, Nairo and the Next Chapter". Red Bull. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  10. ↑ Chaobo. "Liquid Nairo wins Umebura F.A.T.". teamliquidpro.com. Team Liquid. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  11. ↑ Nicholas Taylor. "Paragon LA 2015 results feat. Mango, Leffen, Hungrybox, Mew2King, Westballz". eventhubs.com. Eventhubs. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  12. ↑ ssf1991. "Nintendo Has Introduced The Pokken Tournament Early Access Competition Trainers". mynintendonews.com. My Nintendo News. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  13. ↑ Erfanian, Sasha. "Nairo leaves Team Liquid". theScore eSports. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Wolf, Jacob. "NRG Esports picks up Super Smash Con winner Nairo". ESPN. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Brawl". SmashBoards. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Wii U". SmashBoards. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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