Not to be confused withPkChris.

PC Chris
Character info
Meleemains	Falco,Fox
OtherMeleecharacter	Peach,Captain Falcon,Sheik,Marth
Brawlmain	Snake
Team info
Formercrews	The Blade Breakers,Deadly Alliance,The Turks
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	RetroSSBMRank 2009: 9th
Best historical ranking	RetroSSBMRank 2006: 3rd
Best tournament result	1st / 228 atZero Challenge 3 6th / 112 atCritical Hit 3
Winnings	~$30,811.65
Personal and other info
Real name	Christopher Szygiel
Birth date	August 23, 1987(age 38)
Location	Port Chester, New York

Wikipedia has an article onPC Chris.

PC Chris is asmasher fromNew York. He was considered to be among the bestFox andFalco players in the world during the2006-2009 era. He was ranked fourth on theSmash Panel Power Rankings when it was active and 3rd on theNorth Atlantic Regional Power Rankings. The "PC" part of his name comes from his hometown,PortChester. He made an appearance in an episode of the MTV documentary series, "True Life: I'm A Professional Gamer".

Tournament history[edit]

Golden Age ofMelee[edit]

PC Chris started hisMLG career by winningMLG New York Opener 2006, the first tournament in theMLG 2006 Pro Circuit, defeatingKen twice. However, atMLG Dallas 2006, he lost to Ken in winners' finals and then toChuDat in losers' finals, placing 3rd. AtMLG Anaheim 2006, he lost to ChuDat again in winners' semis, then defeatedKoreanDJ,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 andAzen atMLG Chicago 2006, placing 5th. PC Chris also wonMELEE-FC6, defeatingMew2King 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 toHugS early in losers' bracket, finishing at a disappointing 13th place. Despite this, his placement of 2nd atMLG New York Playoffs 2006, where he defeated ChuDat twice but lost to Azen twice, allowed him to successfully qualify for the MLG 2006 championship. PC Chris eventually went on to winMLG Las Vegas 2006 and take the MLG 2006 championship, defeating Azen, Isai, and KoreanDJ twice.

In 2007, PC Chris placed 4th atCataclysm 3, losing to Mew2King and KoreanDJ, 3rd atMLG Long Island 2007, losing to Mew2King twice, 5th atPound 2, losing to ChuDat and Mew2King, and 2nd atMELEE-FC Diamond, losing to Mew2King in two sets of grand finals. He did, however, winZero Challenge 3, sweeping through losers' bracket and defeating Mew2King in two sets of grand finals after losing to Mew2King in winners' quarters.

PC Chris qualified for the EVO 2007 championship by placing 2nd atEVO East 2007 and 2nd atEVO West 2007. He eventually placed 4th atEVO World 2007. PC Chris's final three top performances were 5th atViva La Smashtaclysm, losing to Azen and Mew2King, 3rd atPound 3, losing to Mew2King andMango, and 4th atRevival of Melee, losing to Mango andDaShizWiz.

Post-2013[edit]

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 returned to theMelee scene in May 2014 at the event Justice 3, with this being confirmed towards the end of said event's trailer. He placed 17th inMelee singles at the event. However, he has not made any notable appearances at tournaments since.

On January 9th 2015, PC Chris posted a tweet reading "This amazing year of Smash has opened my eyes. Needless to say, this old dog is eager to learn some new tricks. I've missed you, Brothers." Shortly after, he announced his interest in returning toMelee in hopes to compete consistently at high level play once again. He also appeared onChillin's Twitch stream series Nostalgia Nights detailing his return to Smash and his history in Smash over the past decade. PC Chris shortly after attended the tourney Neo Nebulous Beta 2, where he played 13th, though he wouldn't make an impact until Super Nebulous 2 on January 24th, 2015, where he made it into pro bracket in 2nd seed of his pool. He lost toIce first round, but was able to take Game 1, much to the shock of many. He then defeatedEikelmann in loser's before being defeated byLord HDL 2-0 to get 17th.

PC Chris attendedApex 2015, where he nearly made bracket, placing 49th of 1,037 competitors. In it, he placed 2nd in his 1st round pool, losing only toFuzzyness, a top level European smasher. In 2nd round pools, he defeatedVelocity andROFL, and had a close set withKalamazhu, zero to death-ing him in the opening of Game 1 and bringing the set to last stock on Game 3. He was eventually defeated, but received a huge cheer from 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 stock, but PC Chris won it out 3-2 with a JV2 last game. He then proceeded to surf the crowd as celebration.

After Apex 2015, PC Chris made a few more appearances at tournaments, placing 13th atMVG Sandstorm. Around this time, he expressed interest in streaming onTwitch. He received significant support from the community, particularly fromChillin, who led a donation drive that aimed to raise around $1,000 so that PC Chris could obtain a better setup for streaming. However, due to unknown circumstances, PC Chris streamed only on a limited number of occasions and fell out of the community once again.

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

RetroSSBMRank[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
RetroSSBMRank 2005	2005	HM
RetroSSBMRank 2006	2006	3rd
RetroSSBMRank 2007	2007	4th
RetroSSBMRank 2008	2008	5th
RetroSSBMRank 2009	2009	9th

Top 100 Melee Players of All Time[edit]

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
First List	January 10th, 2004 - January 21st, 2018	10th
Second List	January 10th, 2004 - February 3rd, 2019	10th
Third List	January 10th, 2004 - February 16th, 2020	10th
Fourth List	January 10th, 2004 - September 12th, 2021	13th

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Trivia[edit]

PC Chris after winning the MLG 2006 championship.

• PC Chris received what was, at the time, the biggest prize payout in aMelee tournament ever, when he won $10,000 for 1st place atMLG Las Vegas 2006. This record stood for nine years, until Armada earned $11,525.15 for 1st place atSmash Summit in 2015.
• He was the subject of a parodyingwebsite, in which he was declared the greatest person in the world.
• Coupled with exuberant commentary, the video ofPC's round 3 win over Ken at the MLG New York Opener 2006 is widely considered to be one of the best Melee matches to be recorded.
• ThePC Walk was named after PC Chris.

External links[edit]

• PC Chris Interview
• Episode 5 ofThe Smash Brothers, a competitiveMelee documentary, which focuses primarily on PC Chris
• Twitter account

• Retired players
• New York smashers
• Falco players (SSBM)
• Fox players (SSBM)
• Snake players (SSBB)
• VIP players