Dabuz

Samuel Robert Buzby (born August 7, 1993), also known as Dabuz, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, he won several major tournaments and was ranked between 3rd and 6th best player in the world throughout the game's competitive history.

However, after winning $3,000 at an event held by Major League Gaming in 2009, he was able to convince his family that competing in Smash was a valid pursuit.

Despite this, his ability to travel for competitions was severely limited.

In January 2012 he finished tied for 13th at Apex 2012, a major tournament held at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

He tied for 7th at Apex the following year.

In June 2012 he traveled to Canada and won Impulse 2012.

Dabuz used Olimar as his primary character in Brawl.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was released in November 2014, and Dabuz immediately began having strong showings in tournaments.

He took second at APEX 2015 in February, third in Community Effort Orlando 2015 in June, and 5th at Evo 2015 in July.

In August he signed with esports organization Vanquish Gaming, as their first Smash player.

He would go on to take 2nd at Paragon Los Angeles 2015 in September, then 3rd at The Big House 5 in October.

He continued placing highly in 2016, taking 2nd at Genesis 3 in January, and tying for 9th at Pound 2016 in April.

In the inaugural Panda Global Rankings, which ranked players based on their tournament results from Smash for Wii U's inception through May 2016, Dabuz was ranked 3rd, behind only Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios and Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada.

In addition to the mathematical ranking, Panda Global polled 48 panelists, most of which were top players, to produce a companion "X-Factor" ranking.

This ranking had Dabuz second, with Nairo third.

In June 2016, Dabuz won his first major Smash tournament when he took the title at Apex 2016.

Later that month, he and fellow Smash player Jason "ANTi" Bates signed with esports organization Dream Team.

During his time with Dream Team, Dabuz won another tournament, WTFox 2, placed third at CEO 2016, tied for 7th at Evo 2016, and took 2nd at Super Smash Con 2016.

In August allegations surfaced that Dream Team was not paying their Smash players, and shortly afterwards both Dabuz and ANTi departed the organization.

Dream Team later released a statement denying that they had not paid the duo, and claiming that both had mutually parted ways with the organization after receiving more lucrative offers following their performances at CEO 2016.

Dream Team also claimed that they had picked up the players in anticipation of a Nintendo- and Twitch-sponsored tournament circuit which never materialized, and that it made little sense to field a Smash roster without that circuit.

In early October, Dabuz signed with multi-esport organization Renegades, and finished out the year taking 5th at The Big House 5 and 9th at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga.

In the second edition of the Panda Global Rankings, covering the latter half of 2016, Dabuz was ranked 4th, with Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce joining ZeRo and Nairo above Dabuz in the rankings.

Dabuz had a slow start to 2017, tying for 13th place at 2GGC: Genesis Saga, the first major tournament of the year.

He then tied for 7th at Genesis 4 at the end of January.

He took 4th at Frostbite 2017 in February and 2nd at a minor tournament, PAX Arena, which was held at PAX East 2017 in early March.

At the end of March, Dabuz won his first premier-tier Smash tournament, 2GGC: Civil War, which had the greatest concentration of top players of any Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament held to date.

He took 4th at CEO Dreamland in April, then tied for 9th at CEO 2017 in June.

Dabuz retained his 4th best position in the Panda Global Rankings for the first half of 2017.

Dabuz started the second half of 2017 off strong by winning 2GGC: ARMS Saga and tying for 7th at Evo 2017 and DreamHack Atlanta 2017, all in July.

However, August proved more difficult, as he also had a disappointing showing at Super Smash Con 2017, finishing 33rd, and subsequently withdrew from Shine 2017, which was held at the end of the month.

He took 4th at DreamHack Montreal in October, then tied for 9th at GameTyrant Expo 2017 and won The Big House 7, both in early October.

Days after his Big House 7 win, he announced that he had departed Renegades.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, he was ranked 7th and 9th best for the first and second halves of 2019, respectively.

Dabuz primarily used Olimar in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, he switched to Rosalina and Luma as his primary character, with Olimar as his secondary.

In Ultimate, he uses Rosalina as a primary, and Olimar and Min Min as secondaries.

Dabuz began competing in Smash with Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

His parents were initially reluctant to let him leave Long Island to compete, and Dabuz would occasionally lie to them about his whereabouts to attend tournaments.