Gonzalo Barrios (esports player)

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ZeRo
Gonzalo Barrios
Status Active
Date of birth (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995
Hometown Chillán, Chile
Nationality Chilean
Current team Team SoloMid
Games Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Project M
Career prize money ~US$ 31,484.22
Championships Apex 2015 (Wii U)
EVO 2015 (Wii U)
CEO 2015 (Wii U)
Super Smash Con 2015 (Wii U)
GENESIS 3 (Wii U)
Nickname(s) ZeRo
Professional career
2011 vVv Gaming
2014 CLASH Tournaments
2015 - present Team SoloMid

Gonzalo Barrios (born April 17, 1995), known by his gamertag ZeRo, is a Chilean professional Super Smash Bros. player. He is considered the best Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player in the world and a top ranked Super Smash Bros. Brawl player. He mains Diddy Kong and Sheik in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and mained Pit in Project M, Meta Knight in Brawl, and Fox in Melee.

Career

Barrios has had "ZeRo" as his gamertag since 2005. He has been playing Smash since Super Smash Bros. in 1999.[1] He started to travel and play in Melee tournaments in a local Akiba Game Store in early 2007.[2] ZeRo quit Smash completely until December of 2010 and then focused only on Brawl.

ZeRo placed second in Brawl at Apex 2014, losing to Nairo and was the champion of the Smash Wii U at Apex 2015.[3][4] He defeated Dabuz, who was playing Captain Olimar, in the finals. ZeRo qualified for the MLG Anaheim 2014 championship bracket and finished 17th. ZeRo was ranked in 2014 by Melee it on Me as the 35th best Melee player in the world.[5]

On November 25, 2014, he criticized Diddy Kong's repetitive playstyle in Smash Wii U, claiming that Diddy was "killing the game".[6] However, ZeRo later retracted this statement, and now says Diddy Kong is his favorite character to play with.[7] Barrios streams on twitch.tv Mondays through Thursdays at 1PM PST.[8] ZeRo attributes much of his success to training with Mew2King.[4] He was sponsored by CLASH Tournaments for part of 2014 until resigning in November. e-Sports Earnings estimates that ZeRo has earned a career total of US$ 31,484.22 from tournaments.[9] ZeRo was considered the third best Brawl player in the world by CLASH Tournaments in the 2014 SSBBRank, published at the end of the year.[10]

In early 2014, he picked up Melee again, as well as the mod Project M. Since November 2014 when he placed third at Sky's Smash 4 Invitational, ZeRo has won every singles Wii U tournament he has participated in.[11] As of early 2014 ZeRo was making US$40,000 a year from prize money, sponsorships, and twitch.tv streaming money etc.[12] by ZeRo has a "bounty" on his head that will be paid to anybody who can take a set from him at a future tournament.

ZeRo won EVO 2015, the largest Smash for Wii U. tournament at the time beating Mr. R in the finals. On the August 1, 2015, Team SoloMid announced ZeRo as the second player in their Super Smash Bros. division.[13]

At The Big House 5, ZeRo was knocked into Loser's bracket very early, putting his first place tournament run in jeopardy. He qualified for the top 32. He led off by defeating Sonic main StaticManny, Sheik main top Melee Captain Falcon main Wizzrobe, Mario main Ally, Pikachu main ESAM, and Mario main 2Scoops Zenyou to make top 8. In top 8, he beat Rosalina and Luma main Raquayza07 and beat Mario main ANTi in a very close set. In Loser's finals, he handily beat Dabuz, who now plays Rosalina and Luma, to make it to Grand Finals against Team Liquid's Nairo. After easily beating Nairo the first set of Grand Finals, ZeRo clutched out a win in the second set, 3-2, to win TBH5, despite suffering an early upset.[14]

In MLG World Finals 2015, ZeRo defeated Ness main Nakat, StaticManny, Ally, and ESAM to fight Zero Suit Samus main Nairo in Grand Finals, coming from the Winner's side. There, Nairo took two sets off of ZeRo, ending ZeRo's reign at 55 tournaments.

Popular Culture

Kotaku named "ZeRo, The Smash Bros. Champ" as one of the gamers of 2015, honoring his 53-tournament streak. [15]

Personal life

Barrios is from Chillán, Chile, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He has an older sister.[16] During the month of April 2015, ZeRo lived in Phoenix, Arizona. At tournaments ZeRo wears a scarf, which was given to him by his mother.[17][18] In November 2015, ZeRo became engaged to his girlfriend Vanessa.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Apex 2012January 6th-8th, 201217th9thKadaj
Apex 2013January 11th-13th, 20139th13thquiKsilver
SKTAR 2August 3rd-4th, 20135th4thAlly
KTAR 8December 28th, 20132nd3rdSalem
Forest TempleJanuary 11th, 20141st1stFOW
Apex 2014January 17th-19th, 20142nd5thChibo
Shuffle VFebruary 22nd-23rd, 20141st7thChibo
Collision 9March 15th, 20141st2ndVex Kasrani
KTAR 9March 22nd, 20141st3rdSeagull Joe
WHOBO MLGMay 3rd-4th, 20141st2ndDenti
Hitbox Arena Warm-Up WelcomeMay 10th, 20141st——
SKTAR 3May 31st-June 1st, 20144th4thVex Kasrani
GUTS 3September 19th-21st, 20141st——

Super Smash Bros. Melee

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Shuffle VFebruary 22nd-23rd, 201413th3rdNintendude
Revival of Melee 7March 8th-9th, 201417th9thVex Kasrani
KTAR 9March 22nd, 20147th1stMew2King
WHOBO MLGMay 3rd-4th, 20144th——
Pat's House 2May 24th-25th, 201417th7thWestballz
SKTAR 3May 31st-June 1st, 20149th5ths0ft
SSS Lock-InJune 14th-15th, 20149th3rdS2J
MLG Anaheim 2014June 20th-22nd, 201417th13thDEHF
CEO 2014June 27th-29th, 201417th4thESAM
Kings of Cali 4July 5th-6th, 201413th5thWestballz
EVO 2014July 11th-13th, 201417th5thKoreanDJ
Zenith 2014August 2nd-3rd, 20147th2ndAxe
Mass Madness CEAugust 23rd, 20145th1stHax

Project M

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
KTAR 8December 28th, 201317th——
Shuffle VFebruary 22nd-23rd, 201413th1stDenti
KTAR 9March 22nd, 20149th2ndSeagull Joe
WHOBO MLGMay 3rd-4th, 20141st1stDenti
Project M Showdown 3.02May 17th, 20141st1stChuDat
SKTAR 3May 31st-June 1st, 20149th1stRolex
CEO 2014June 27th-29th, 20141st2ndMew2King
EVO 2014 Day 2 Side TournamentJuly 12th, 20141st——
Zenith 2014August 2nd-3rd, 20141st1stMew2King
GUTS 3September 19th-21st, 20141st1stEmukiller
The Big House 4October 4th-5th, 20141st1stMew2King

Super Smash Bros. Wii U

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Super Smash Bros. InvitationalJune 10th, 20141st——
Sky's Smash 4 InvitationalNovember 20th-22nd, 20143rd5thMr. R
UGC Biweekly #17November 29th, 20141st1stTyrant
Triumph or Die 2014November 30th, 20141st——
Super Smash Weekend 12-6-2014December 6th, 20141st1stTyrant
Super Smash Saturdays 12-20-2014December 20th, 20141st1stTearbear
UGC Biweekly #18December 21st, 20141st1stXzax
Double Vegas Down Attack 5December 22nd, 20141st1stTyrant
SkillConDecember 26th-January 2nd, 20151st——
UGC Smash v2.2 Road to Final Battle!January 3rd, 20151st1stTyrant
Warriors Path 1/4January 4th, 20151st1stXzax
CLASH Online Invitational FinalsJanuary 11th, 20151st——
Double Vegas Down Attack 6January 12th, 20151st1stXzax
Final BattleJanuary 17th, 20151st2ndTyrant
Smash 4 WorldwideJanuary 18th, 20151st——
Apex 2015January 30th-February 1st, 20151st1stMew2King
COTU VIFebruary 7th, 20151st1stLarry Lurr
Showdown VIMarch 1st, 20151st——
Cyberzone 3/14March 14th, 20151st1stSS
The Gaming Zone 3/21March 21st, 20151st1stSS
Shockwave 22March 27th, 20151st1stDabuz
AftershockMarch 28th-29th, 20151st1stDabuz
Double Vegas Down Attack 8March 30th, 20151st——
Come on and Ban #13April 2nd, 20151st——
NorCal Regionals 2015April 3rd-5th, 20151st1stZex
MVG SandstormApril 18th-19th, 20151st1stMew2King
Chokaigi 2015April 25th-26th, 20151st1stMew2King
Fire & Dice Thur #9April 30th, 20151st2ndK9
Smash 4 Oomba 5/1May 1st, 20151st1stMr. ConCon
Fire & Dice Sundays #16May 3rd, 20151st1stXzax
Oblivion Tournaments Biweekly 5/5May 5th, 20151st1stK9
Fire & Dice Thur #10May 7th, 20151st——
Fire & Dice Thur #11May 14th, 20151st——
Smash 4 Oomba 5/15May 15th, 20151st——
BESST 2015May 17th, 20151st1stK9
Double Vegas Down Attack 9May 18th, 20151st——
Combo Breaker 2015May 22nd-24th, 20151st——
Double Vegas Down Attack 10May 30th-31st, 20151st1stFOW
LA PARADISOJune 13th-14th, 20151st1stStingers
CEO 2015June 26th-28th, 20151st3rdHungrybox
FC Smash 15XR: ReturnJuly 4th-5th, 20151st2ndHungrybox
EVO 2015July 17th-19th, 20151stTop 16Anti
MSS 1July 25th, 20151st——
Top Cut Comics 7/28July 28th, 20151st——
Poplar 7/30July 30th, 20151st——
Low Tier City 3August 1st-2nd, 20151st2ndMew2King
Super Smash ConAugust 6th-9th, 20151st1stNairo
PAX Prime 2015August 28th-30th, 20151st1stMVD
Top Cut Comics 9/12September 12th, 20151st5thHoRi
Sunday Smash 34September 13th, 20151st——
Top Cut Comics 9/15September 15th, 20151st——
Poplar 9/17September 17th, 20151st1stShevy
Rebirth VSeptember 19th, 20151st1stV115
Smash 4-Ever #26September 30th, 20151st——
The Big House 5October 2nd-4th, 20151st1stNairo
MLG World Finals 2015October 16th-18th, 20152nd1stNairo
E2C 19October 24th, 20151st1stZinoto
Tipped Off 11November 7th-8th, 20151st1st6WX
iBUYPOWER CupNovember 14, 20151st——
GENESIS 3January 20161st2ndNairo

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

TournamentDate1v1 Placement2v2 PlacementPartner
Xanadu Smash 4 InvitationalNovember 6th, 20147th——

References

  1. ↑ Zárate, Daniela (June 11, 2014). "Chileno es campeón del primer torneo oficial del "Super Smash Bros."". Emol. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Torres, Juan Angel (June 18, 2014). "Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios: “Comencé a estudiar Smash en un ciber”". El Nortero. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Walker, Ian "iantothemax" (February 6, 2015). "ZeRo Demonstrates the Strength of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U’s Diddy Kong at Apex 2015". Shoryuken. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Chibo. "#SSBBRank 1 – 3 : The Grand Finale". CLASH Tournaments. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Lee, Daniel. "SSBM Rank 2014 (40-31)". Melee it on Me. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ LeJacq, Yannick (December 30, 2014). "Why Hardcore Smash Bros. Players Can't Stand Diddy Kong Right Now". Kotaku. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.tsm.gg/index.php/teams/smash/zero
  8. ↑ "ZeRo". twitch.tv. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Korsak, Mark "Chibo" (December 26, 2014). "#SSBBRANK 1 – 3 : THE GRAND FINALE". Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (May 20, 2015). "Smash Bros. Player Is So Damn Good, There's Now A Bounty On His Head". Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ Lopez, Alan (May 16, 2015). "Feature: The Poor Career Choice of Super Smash Bros. Professionals". Nintendo Life. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ Wolf, Jacob. "ZeRo joins Team SoloMid". dailydot.com. Daily Dot. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ https://smash.gg/tournament/the-big-house-5/brackets/10302/2722/8091
  15. ↑ http://kotaku.com/the-gamers-of-the-year-2015-1749440335
  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIbvRN59Wzk
  17. ↑ Higgins, Chris (February 12, 2015). "World champ ZeRo on the fractured Smash Bros scene". Redbull. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  18. ↑ CT ZeRo on his Smash 4 win, playing multiple games, and more: Interview MLG Anaheim. (Interview). Jun 21, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

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