- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:05, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
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Gavin Dempsey
- ... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey was once considered the best Bowser Jr. player in the world, but he only started winning tournaments after switching to other characters? "He was considered the best Bowser Jr. player in the game in 2015,[6] though he would eventually retire the character in favor of Cloud Strife, the character he'd use two years later in his first tournament win.[7]"
- ALT1:... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey went from the 17th best Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player to the 2nd best in less than two years? "...in February 2017 he was signed by esports organization Phoenix1. The organization, which had previously only fielded competitors in League of Legends, called him "one of the best up and coming talents in Smash". At the time, Tweek was ranked 17th in the Panda Global Rankings.[6][8] and Tweek was ranked the second best Smash player for 2018 in the Panda Global Rankings, behind only Leonardo "MKLeo" López Pérez. By this time, Panda Globlal listed his main character as Bayonetta, with Cloud Strife and Donkey Kong as secondaries.[3]
Created by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk). Self-nominated at 02:46, 16 March 2020 (UTC).
@The Squirrel Conspiracy: Whoa, a Smash DYK!? (This is a field I'm extremely familiar with.) I note that there is some discussion as to the article location, but that won't seriously affect this nomination (the articles in the Smash players category are quite inconsistent!). The article is new enough to mainspace and long enough. QPQ present. I have done some copyediting and have a few suggestions even as I approve this:
- The last couple paragraphs read like a laundry list of tournaments. That's Smash for you—this game typically has tremendous tournament volume—but it could cause some readers to instantly glaze their eyes.
- I am surprised that the Evo 2019 mention does not talk about the final set, where Tweek raced out to a 2-0 lead in winners and then collapsed. I wouldn't normally go for that much detail about one event, but it was Evo and it was one of the most important sets of all time.
- Raymie (t • c) 01:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
