A Giant Falls: Nairo Wins MLG New Orleans!

MLG has once again hosted the event that marked the fall of an undefeated champion. In 2006 PC Chris would be the one to take down Ken in Melee. In 2015 Liquid`Nairo would at MLG New Orleans for their 100th event to finally stop TSM | ZeRo's 50+ tournament win streak. After a crazy run through the bracket including a match against PG | ESAM where Dr. Mario took on Samus MLG New Orleans will mark a new moment in the history of Smash 4. This first year for Smash 4 has been driven by a strong narrative of who would be the first to take down ZeRo. Now it is time for a new story: what new legends will form?

The Final Standings For Smash 4 At MLG New Orleans​

Many of the names in these final standings have come against each other many times with varying results. Who knows which may take home the next big major. While ZeRo finally lost today he has still cemented himself as a legend within the Smash community and there is no telling if another winning streak will begin again. "Hope you guys enjoyed watching! It was a ton of fun!" ZeRo said on Twitter. "I'm feeling great actually. I tried my best but it wasn't enough! No shame in that!" Today marks a moment in Smash 4 history and illuminates the fantastic future ahead of the game. Long live Smash 4!

 

RIP me. I didn't watch MLG cause I had to study for mid-terms. The one tournament I don't watch and ZeRo gets beat... Oh well I'll watch it on Youtube, good stuff to Nairo and ZeRo as well.

 

Remember that song from Hercules "Zero to hero" you can say, "He beat ZeRo now he's a hero!"

 

I was debating between Pats/Colts or The stream. Went for Pats/Colts. I cannot wait to watch this now!!

 

How dare they draw parallels between Ken, who was undefeated for five years, and ZeRo, who has lost sets and now a tournament within a year. Laughing in my seat at the moment.

 

I totally called this outcome.

 

I knew either Nairo or ESAM would be the ones to take down ZeRo, and now the day's finally come. Congratulations to Nairo, he's a legitimately incredible player and this is no doubt a great achievement for him!

As a Pikachu main I wish ESAM had done it xD

 

How dare they draw parallels between Ken, who was undefeated for five years, and ZeRo, who has lost sets and now a tournament within a year. Laughing in my seat at the moment.

Ken was undefeated for longer than ZeRo, but he had close run-ins at times. Zero dominated everywhere he went expect for TBH5 and he still won. Ken was a God for the beginning of Melee and ZeRo is arguably a Sm4sh God. I think there actually is a good comparison between the two.

 

My boy Nairo coming through!

 

Will this be uploaded to Youtube?

 

Congratulations to Nairo for winning this tournament. He set ZeRo straight with that much-needed loss.

That said, both players gave their best in that final fight.

 

so happy for Nairo

 

That was as anime as it gets, to be honest.

 

Congrats to nairo on winning MLG , his ZSS was superb, i dont think zero played at his best, at least at the level of TBH5, but the hype was real.

anyways IMO i wonder where this is gonna go, smash4 being a growing gamer community, does it benefit this so called "history" of a guy that cannot be defeated that attract newcomers who sees smash as a casual game and want now to go in the competitive scene, ended finally? i mean zeros win streak was well known for those who didnt even play competitively , for those who play competitively for a long time its alright cause we love smash and want to see someone else on top for a while, but in terms of publicity of the competitive scene mmm. i still hope that smash keeps growing as it has been for the last year and a half.

 

When the hell did this happen? I hate myself for missing this.

This happened just the day you posted it. So yesterday

 

WRITE THIS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS

 

I knew it would be Nairoby Quesadilla!

 

THE KING HAS BEEN DETHRONED, ALL HAIL OUR NEW LORD LIQUID NAIRO. Seriously though, I knew he could do it he is every bit as skilled as Zero, he just had a bad history of choking in sets against him. Good to see him end Zero's win streak.

 

Let there be light.

 

Huh, someone finally broke ZeRo's win shiek.

 

Nairo and Zero, two top player who became big in Smash from Brawl.
Maybe people starts to realize the game was technical after all.

orr...maybe, IDK, it has to do with the fact that smash4 and brawl are far far far more similar in their gameplay and mechanics, then melee and brawl are, so brawl players feel right at home, while melee players still can't stand it being slower and non-technical.

 

Props to them both-Nairo for proving himself to be a truly amazing player once more, and to ZeRo for keeping up that big of a win streak.

 

I can't believe I missed this because I was sick in bed for 2 weeks. Congrats to Nairo.

 

More impressive than his winning streak was his better than great attitude after his loss. He's a great player, fun to watch, and a good model for how to accept loss like a winner.

 

Smash 4 has no future competetively. It's so boring to watch and every (good) character plays basically the same. There are so few mixups in throws and combos and so few movement options it just becomes very flow chart-y.

 

Zero just let him take the win.