Gonzalo Barrios (eSports player)
| ZeRo | |
|---|---|
| Gonzalo Barrios | |
| Status | Active |
| Born | April 17, 1995 |
| Hometown | Chillán, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Current team | Team SoloMid |
| Games |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Brawl (retired) Super Smash Bros. Melee (retired) Project M (retired) |
| Career prize money | $106,282.36 |
| Championships |
Wii U: Apex 2015 EVO 2015 CEO 2015 Super Smash Con 2015 GENESIS 3 |
| Nickname(s) | ZeRo |
| 2011 | vVv Gaming |
| 2014 | CLASH Tournaments |
| 2015 - present | Team SoloMid |
Gonzalo Barrios (born April 17, 1995), known by his gamertag ZeRo, is a Chilean professional Super Smash Bros. player. He is considered one of the best Super Smash Bros. for Wii U players in the world. ZeRo had a record-breaking 56-tournament winning streak in 2015, in which he also won several high-profile tournaments like EVO 2015 and The Big House 5. In the past has also been a top ranked Super Smash Bros. Brawl player. He mains Diddy Kong in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pit in Project M, Meta Knight in Brawl, and Fox in Melee.
Barrios has had "ZeRo" as his gamertag since 2005. He has been playing Smash since Super Smash Bros. in 1999. He started to travel and play in Melee tournaments in a local Akiba Game Store in early 2007. ZeRo quit Smash completely until December 2010 and then focused only on Brawl.
ZeRo placed second in Brawl at Apex 2014, losing to Nairo and was the champion of the Smash Wii U at Apex 2015. He defeated Dabuz, who was playing Captain Olimar, in the finals. ZeRo qualified for the MLG Anaheim 2014 championship bracket and finished 17th. ZeRo was ranked in 2014 by Melee it on Me as the 35th best Melee player in the world.
On November 25, 2014, he criticized Diddy Kong's repetitive playstyle in Smash Wii U, claiming that Diddy was "killing the game". However, ZeRo later retracted this statement, and now says Diddy Kong is his favorite character to play with. Barrios streams on twitch.tv Mondays through Thursdays at 1PM PST. ZeRo attributes much of his success to training with Mew2King. He was sponsored by CLASH Tournaments for part of 2014 until resigning in November. e-Sports Earnings estimates that ZeRo has earned a career total of US$ 31,484.22 from tournaments. 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.
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