PC Chris

PC Chris
Chris Szygiel
Status Active
Date of birth (1987-08-23) August 23, 1987
Hometown Port Chester, New York
League Major League Gaming
Evolution Championship Series
Games Super Smash Bros. Melee
Nickname(s) PC Chris, LoungeLevel99

Christopher Szygiel (born August 23, 1987), better known by his handle PC Chris, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player. PC Chris gained national attention after defeating "The King of Smash" Ken at MLG New York 2006.[1] PC Chris received television coverage on the MTV reality television episode True Life: "I'm A Professional Gamer" and was documented in an episode of the 2013 documentary series The Smash Brothers. The handle PC Chris comes from his hometown of Port Chester, New York.[2]

PC Chris formerly held a title for having the largest prize check in a Melee tournament winning $10K at MLG Las Vegas 2006. PC Chris held the title for about 9 years until Adam "Armada" Lindgren won EVO 2015 and won $11,214.[3][4]

Career

MLG 2006

PC Chris started his MLG career by winning MLG New York Opener 2006, the first tournament in the MLG 2006 Pro Circuit, defeating Ken twice. However, at MLG Dallas 2006, he lost to Ken in winners' finals and then to "ChuDat" in losers' finals, placing 3rd. At MLG Anaheim 2006, he lost to ChuDat again in winners' semis, then defeated "KoreanDJ", "Isai", and ChuDat in losers' bracket, and won the first set of grand finals against Ken, but still lost the second set, placing 2nd. He lost to ChuDat and "Azen" at MLG Chicago 2006, placing 5th. PC Chris also won MELEE-FC6, defeating Mew2King in two consecutive sets during grand finals.

MLG Orlando 2006 proved to be his worst tournament in the season, as he lost to Azen and then to "HugS" early in losers' bracket, finishing at a disappointing 13th place. Despite this, his placement of 2nd at MLG New York Playoffs 2006, where he defeated ChuDat twice but lost to Azen twice, allowed him to qualify for the MLG 2006 championship. PC Chris eventually managed to win MLG Las Vegas 2006 and take the MLG 2006 championship, defeating Azen, Isai, and KoreanDJ twice. In 2007, PC Chris placed 4th at Cataclysm 3, losing to Mew2King and KoreanDJ, 3rd at MLG Long Island 2007, losing to Mew2King twice, 5th at Pound 2, losing to ChuDat and Mew2King, and 2nd at MELEE-FC Diamond, losing to Mew2King in two sets of grand finals. He did, however, win Zero Challenge 3, sweeping through losers' bracket and defeating Mew2King in two sets of grand finals after losing to Mew2King in winners' quarters.

Evo 2007 and Retirement

PC Chris qualified for the EVO 2007 championship by placing 3rd at EVO East 2007 and 2nd at EVO West 2007. He eventually placed 4th at EVO World 2007. PC Chris's final three top performances were 5th at Viva La Smashtaclysm, losing to Azen and Mew2King, 3rd at Pound 3, losing to Mew2King and MaNg0, and 4th at Revival of Melee, losing to MaNg0 and "DaShizWiz". PC Chris spent years in a semi-retired state; while he still participated in several national tournaments and usually made it into the bracket, his results were not nearly as notable as they once were. PC Chris explains his semi-retirement due to having to focus on a full-time job.[5] After his retirement, PC still did play in a number of tournaments, including the national Apex 2012.

Return

On January 9, 2015, PC Chris posted a Tweet announcing his return to competitive Melee play.[6] Shortly after, he attended Neo Nebulous Beta 2, where he played 13th, though he would not make an impact until Super Nebulous 2 on January 24, 2015, where he made it into pro bracket in 2nd seed of his pool. He lost to Ice first round, but was able to take Game 1, much to the shock of many. He then defeated Eikelmann in loser's before being defeated by Lord HDL 2-0 to get 17th.

PC Chris attended Apex 2015, where he nearly made bracket, placing 49th of 1,037 competitors. In it, he placed 2nd in his 1st round pool, losing only to Fuzzyness, a top level European smasher. In 2nd round pools, he defeated players including Velocity and ROFL, and even had a close set with Kalamazhu, zero to death comboing him in the opening of Game 1. It went down to the last life Game 3, but PC Chris was eventually defeated, getting a huge cheer form the crowd on his exit. He later fought Ken in the Salty Suite, where he lost the first game as Fox, but switched to Falco starting with game 2. The match went to Game 5 last life, but PC Chris won it out 3-2 with a JV2 last game.[7][8] He was unable to attend EVO 2015.

Notable tournament placings

TournamentDate1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
MLG DC 2005January 2930, 200517th5thHusband
Gettin' Schooled 2June 2526, 20055th6thEve
MELEE-FC3July 1012, 200513th4thChillin
BOMB 4November 12, 20057th5thUnknown
MLG New York 2005February 2526, 20053rd
MLG New York Opener 2006April 2123, 20061st2ndWes
MLG Dallas 2006May 1920, 20063rd
MLG Anaheim 2006June 2324, 20062nd9thKaiser
MELEE-FC6July 1315, 20061st
MLG Chicago 2006July 2122, 20065th5thThe King
Zero Challenge 2August 1517, 20069th
MLG Orlando 2006August 2627, 200613th7thKillaOR
MLG New York Playoffs 2006October 1314, 20062nd5thWes
MLG Las Vegas 2006November 1819, 20061st7thWes
Cataclysm 3March 34, 20074th7thMilktea
MLG Long Island 2007May 56, 20073rd5thOneAndOnly Kip
EVO East 2007May 2527, 20072nd
Pound 2June 1617, 20075th1stMew2King
MELEE-FC DiamondJuly 1214, 20072nd1stCort
Zero Challenge 3July 2022nd, 20071st5thMilktea
EVO West 2007July 2729, 20072nd
EVO World 2007August 2426, 20074th
Super Champ ComboSeptember 2930, 20072nd2ndCort
Viva La SmashtaclysmNovember 1011, 20075th4thCort
Pound 3February 23rd, 20083rd3rdCort
Revival of MeleeMarch 78, 20094th1stMango
Pound 4January 1618, 201017th49thKiwi
Apex 2010August 68, 201033rd25thMofo
Apex 2012January 68, 201249th9thOTG
Zenith 2012May 2627, 20129th4thOTG
Apex 2015January 30February 1, 201549th57thDoH
MVG SandstormApril 18–19, 201413th

Personal life

PC Chris believes Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has potential to be a great competitive game.[9] PC Chris currently resides in The Bronx, New York.[10]

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