Weston Dennis

Westballz
Weston Dennis
Born (1991-12-08) December 8, 1991
Hometown Burbank, California
Nationality American
Current team G2 Esports
Games Super Smash Bros. Melee
Career prize money $46,289.61
Professional career
2015–2016 Tempo Storm
2016–present G2 Esports

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]

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Nice Shot HugoMarch 27, 2010—25th Dunk
Don't Go Down There JeffDecember 18, 201017th——
GENESIS 2July 15–17, 201149th7th Baka4moe
Apex 2012January 6–8, 201225th17th StriCNYN3
Northwest ManifestMarch 24–25, 20124th9th Tafokints
The Big House 2October 6–7, 20129th13th Scar
Kings of CaliNovember 10, 20127th9thScar
Apex 2013January 11–13, 201333rd9th Hax
Kings of Cali 2April 13–14, 20137th3rd MacD
NorCal Regionals 2013April 26–28, 20134th——
EVO 2013July 12–14, 201317th——
Kings of Cali 3December 14–15, 20135th9th HomeMadeWaffles
Apex 2014January 17–19, 201433rd17th Aisengobay
SoCal Regionals 2014February 28-March 2, 20141st5th DEHF
Pat's House 2May 24–25, 20144th7th ZeRo
SKTAR 3May 31-June 1, 20145th5thHax
SSS Lock-InJune 14–15, 201413th——
MLG Anaheim 2014June 20–22, 20149th——
Kings of Cali 4July 5–6, 20147th5thZeRo
EVO 2014July 11–13, 201413th17th DoH
MayhemAugust 9, 20143rd2nd Hungrybox
Low Tier City 2August 16–17, 20142nd1st Wobbles
MayhemSeptember 6, 20142nd4th Jace
The Big House 4October 4–5, 20147th9th Darkrain
Do You Fox Wit It?November 15–16, 201417th7th Connor
Super Smash Sundays 29December 7, 20141st2nd Reno
Super Smash Sundays 30December 21, 20142nd3rdDEHF
Smash the TargetJanuary 3, 20152nd——
Paragon Orlando 2015January 17–18, 20154th7th Axe
Apex 2015January 30-February 1, 201533rd17thDEHF
AftershockMarch 28–29, 20154th2nd Gahtzu
SWEET XXApril 4, 20152nd4th Deep C Squid
I'm Not Yelling!April 11–12, 20155th7th Sung
MVG SandstormApril 18–19, 20152nd7thGahtzu
Mayhem May 2015May 2, 20152nd2ndSung
Press StartMay 9–10, 201517th9thSung
Mayhem June 2015June 6, 20151st1stMacD
CEO 2015June 26–28, 20154th4thMacD
FC Smash 15XR: ReturnJuly 4–5, 20155th2ndMacD
WTFoxJuly 10–11, 20155th3rd Wizzrobe
EVO 2015July 17–19, 201513th49thMacD
Super Smash ConAugust 6–9, 20154th——
PAX Prime 2015August 28–30, 20153rd3rd Nintendude
Paragon Los Angeles 2015September 5–6, 20154th——
Rubicon 2September 12, 20151st2nd Vro
DreamHack London 2015September 19–20, 20152nd——
HelixSeptember 26–27, 20152nd2nd Overtriforce
The Big House 5October 2–4, 20155th9thAxe
Smash SummitNovember 7–8, 20159th7th Zhu
EclipseNovember 14–15, 201549th7th NamiNami
Kickstart 4November 22, 20154th1stPlup
DreamHack Winter 2015November 26–29, 20154th17th Baxon
Forte 3December 19–20, 20152nd——
GENESIS 3January 15–17, 201617th17thGahtzu
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 1/20January 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, 20169th5th Shroomed
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 2016July 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 6October 7–9, 201613th5thPlup
Smash Summit 3November 3–6, 20169th7thn0ne
Don't Park On The Grass December 17–18, 2016 3rd 13th Gahtzu
GENESIS 4 January 20–22, 2017 7th 25th Prince Abu

Project M

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014February 16, 20144th——
Low Tier City 2August 16–17, 201417th9th iPunchKidsz
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 1/20January 20, 20163rd——
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11–12, 2016—5thHungrybox

Personal life

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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331732594067/friendlies-westballz-the-challenger
  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/
  4. ↑ http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/7984
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  6. ↑ http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/2758
  7. ↑ "G2 expands into Super Smash Bros Melee". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/16371193/westballz

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