Mew2King

Mew2King began competing in tournaments in 2005 at the age of 16.[8] Kashan "Chillindude" Khan described M2K as having little natural aptitude for the game, becoming good through practicing a lot.[1] During 2006, Mew2King went from being relatively unknown to being one of the best players in the game.[4] In 2004, he spent over 2,000 hours with help from SuperDoodleMan collecting data about various attacks and movements in Melee.[1][9] In 2007, he managed to place 9th at EVO World 2007.[10] Zimmerman was considered the best Melee and Brawl player from 2008–2009.[1] From 2010–2014, his tournament placing declined and he began losing to improving newer players. Zimmerman and Wyatt "ADHD" Beekman, were banned by Major League Gaming from competing in MLG Dallas 2010, after the two had allegedly conspired to manipulate brackets at Brawl event at MLG DC 2010.[11] The ban came after ADHD had stated that he paid Mew2King US$300 to lose the loser's bracket final, a violation of MLG rules. MLG dropped Brawl from their pro circuit at the end of 2010.[12]

For most of 2013, M2K had not won a major tournament all year until he went on a winning streak where he won virtually all of his fights, including against Mango, whom he had not beaten for several years.[13] In 2014, Mew2King lost to aMSa in winners quarters and Armada in losers finals at Kings of Cali 4.[14] Mew2King finished 2nd to Mango at Big House 4 in Romulus, Michigan.[15] After a complex leveling game, Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma defeated Zimmerman at Paragon Orlando 2015.[16]

Zimmerman in 2019

From 2007 to 2014 Mew2King was member of Empire Arcadia (EMP), a company that has also sponsored e-sports players such as Justin Wong. He left the organization after having issues with back payment from the organization.[17] Zimmerman alleges that since 2009 EMP president Isaiah "Triforce" Johnson has owed him "US$5k total more/less" and has lent Johnson more than US$1,000.[18] From 2011 to 2014 Mew2King was sponsored by CLASH Tournaments (CT).[19] From 2012 to 2014 Mew2King was signed with Vancouver-based Play-For-Keeps, an online e-sports betting service.[20]

Mew2King has supported Pastime Gaming and Most Valuable Gaming since late 2014, and started working as a business manager for the latter. By late 2014 to early 2015, Mew2King began focusing his time on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and online streaming and plans on playing fewer online tournaments due to hand problems.[21] His tournament placings have also declined, placing tied for 9th at Apex 2015.[22][23] In April 2015 he became a member of esports team COGnitive Gaming.[24] Around June 2015, Mew2king suffered a hand injury and missed CEO 2015 and EVO 2015. He did however attend Super Smash Con in August 2015 where he placed 2nd after losing to Leffen. On August 31 he defeated Leffen in the grand finals of PAX Prime 2015, thereby ending the streak of Swedish players winning national tournaments.[25] At Paragon Los Angeles 2015, Mew2King placed second, losing to Mango in Grand Finals.[26]

Mew2King finished 9–12th in Melee singles at GENESIS 3 in January. In early April Mew2King left COGnitive. On April 17, 2016, Mew2King joined Echo Fox.[27]

Mew2King finished in 1st place in Melee singles at Smash Summit 6 in May 2018. Mew2King did not lose in the bracket stage, managing to defeat Armada twice, including during the grand finals. He became the first player to win a Smash Summit event outside of Armada and Hungrybox.[28]

Mew2King has since decided to focus most of his efforts on Smash Ultimate, the new title in the Super Smash Bros series. He has received mixed results but most notably placed 25th at Smash Conference United and 9th at Smash Ultimate Summit.

Mew2King's handle comes from the Pokémon Mewtwo. Zimmerman grew up in Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, and is a 2007 graduate of Cinnaminson High School.[29] He attended Lorain County Community College before transferring to Camden County College, from where he has an associate degree in game design/computer science. Mew2King says that he had to do an additional half-year of school again because several credits would not transfer.[30] He is uninterested in pursuing a bachelor's degree.[31]

Zimmerman has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome,[32] obsessive–compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder[33] and has suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts for most of his life.[18][34] He has attributed much of his social growth to the Smash community.[1]

From May to November 2014, Zimmerman, lived in Los Angeles, California, with YouTube gaming personality Sky Williams, who houses several other professional gamers. In early 2015, Mew2King moved to Phoenix, Arizona. In summer 2015, he moved to Florida. Zimmerman is a full-time video game player who streams on Twitch[35] and attends tournaments almost every week.[5] He is a co-owner of video game tournament organizing company Most Valuable Gaming.[36] He was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 "Games" List for 2019.[37][38]

A 2009 photo of Mew2King getting kissed by a girl at a Super Smash Bros. Tournament has become a widely circulated viral image across the internet, including an article written on the subject by ESPN.[39]

In July 2020, Zimmerman was targeted with accusations of having masturbated in front of several minors for a number of years; the accusation went viral within the Smash Bros. community, which led to cyberharassment against Zimmerman.[40] In response, Zimmerman revealed that the source of his lifelong depression was a botched circumcision as an infant, which made it "pretty much impossible or extremely, and I mean extremely, difficult to feel pleasure, orgasm or any of that stuff" for him. Regarding the accusations, Zimmerman stated: "Not only did that not happen, I can't even make that happen."[34][40][41][42] The original twitter user who "called out" Zimmerman has since apologized and admitted said allegations were false. [43]

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