Marquez began his career as a
Jigglypuff player, citing Canadian Jigglypuff player The King as his inspiration. He contributed to the character's rise in the
Melees list of character viability known as the tier list. Marquez entered EVO 2007, beating players such as
Mew2King. He finished 3rd after losing to
Ken Hoang. He placed 3rd in Singles at Super Champ Combo. In doubles, he also placed 3rd with his partner Lucky, after beating the team of Ken and Isai. Marquez's first national tournament win was Pound 3 in 2008. He claimed 1st place at Pound 4, then the largest tournament in Melee history with over 300 entrants, defeating
Hungrybox in Grand Finals. After being banned on Smash World Forums, Marquez, along with DBR and some buddies from his region, decided to prank the rest of the Smash community by creating an alias known as
ScorpionMaster94 and sandbag at a number of tournaments using
Mario. In 2011, Marquez entered
GENESIS 2 and reached Grand Finals against Armada. After a close and intense set, Marquez ultimately placed 2nd, losing 2–3. He also won Kings of Cali 2, defeating Wobbles 3–0 in Grand Finals. At NorCal Regionals 2013, Marquez reached Grand Finals after defeating Fly Amanita,
Westballz, and PewPewU in the Losers' Bracket and won a convincing 3–0 first set against Hungrybox, but failed to pull through in the second set, losing 2–3. At Vindication, Marquez lost the first set of Grand Finals 1–3. However, he managed to win the second set 3–1, winning the tournament. At Zenith 2013, Marquez reached Grand Finals and won the tournament after defeating Hungrybox in 2 sets, both 3–1. At IMPULSE 2013 in
Toronto, Marquez claimed 1st place without dropping a game, defeating Unknown522 3–0 in both Winners' and Grand Finals. Teaming with Unknown522, Marquez also took 1st in Melee Doubles and 1st in Project M Singles. With 709 entrants,
EVO 2013 was the seventh largest
Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at the time. With his victory at Zenith 2013, Marquez reached the Grand Finals and defeated Wobbles in 2 sets, 3-0 and 3–1 to become the champion. Following his EVO victory, he was considered to be the best player in the game. During this period he entered tournaments primarily with secondary characters, including placing 2nd at LANHAMMER 2013 with Marth and 2nd at Pound V.5 with Marth and Captain Falcon. At Fight Pitt 3, Marquez lost to Mew2King in Grand Finals. By the end of 2013, the
Melee It on Me (MIOM) 2013 SSBMRank placed Marquez as the best player of that year.
2014 Cloud9 and MLG Anaheim 2014 Revival of Melee 7 marked Marquez's return to competitive
Melee. Marquez won the tournament without dropping a set. At Fight Pitt IV, Marquez defeated Mew2King in Grand Finals. At WHOBO MLG, Marquez defeated Hax in two sets of Grand Finals 6–0 using Falco to win the tournament and qualify for
MLG Anaheim 2014. On May 6, 2014,
Cloud9 HyperX announced that they had signed Marquez to lead their fighting games division. Marquez entered Get On My Level 2014 in Toronto, where he took 1st place, beating Hungrybox 3–2 in Grand Finals.
MLG Anaheim 2014 had one of the largest prize pools in
Smash history at 15,000 and was the first
Major League Gaming sponsored
Melee tournament since 2006. Marquez defeated PPMD in Winners' Semifinals 3–2. He beat Armada in Winners' Finals and again in Grand Finals, both sets 3–2, to claim 1st place. Marquez later attended CEO 2014, where he managed to reach Grand Finals, but lost to Armada. At Kings of Cali 4, Marquez reached Winners' Finals, where he faced off against Armada. He lost the first set of Grand Finals 0–3, but won the second set 3–1, placing 1st in Singles. At the end of the year
Melee It on Me ranked Marquez as the best
Melee player in the world in the 2014 SSBMRank.
EVO 2014 EVO 2014 had a total of 970 entrants for
Melee, surpassing the record set by EVO 2013 and becoming the largest
Smash tournament at the time. Marquez defeated Mew2King 2–0, and Hungrybox 3–2 in both Winners' Finals and Grand Finals, to take 1st place.
Post–EVO 2014 After winning EVO 2014, Marquez attended Smash the Record, choosing to play only as Captain Falcon. In Winners' Finals he lost to Hungrybox and was then eliminated from the tournament by Mew2King, finishing his run at 3rd place. Afterward, Marquez attended The Shape of Melee to Come 5 in
Kirtland, Ohio. In Losers' Finals, Marquez lost to Armada, placing 2nd. At
The Big House 4 in
Romulus, Michigan, Marquez beat Mew2King 3–1 in Grand Finals, but had to win another set since he came from the Losers' Bracket. He beat Mew2King 3–1 once more to win the tournament. He placed 9th in doubles, teaming with Captain Falcon player Scar. At Do You Fox Wit It?, Marquez only entered Doubles with Lucky and the team took 2nd place, losing to Hax and Mew2King in Grand Finals.
2015 Marquez attended B.E.A.S.T. 5 in
Gothenburg, Sweden and defeated Armada's younger brother, Android, a Sheik player, and Germany's best player, Ice, before losing 2–3 to
Leffen in Winners' Finals. In Losers' Finals, Marquez lost 0–3 to Armada, finishing 3rd place.
Apex 2015 At
Apex 2015, Leffen defeated Marquez's Falco with Fox. Then Marquez lost to Armada 0–3 in Losers' Semifinals, netting 4th place.
Spring and Summer At I'm Not Yelling! in
Oakland, California, Marquez lost to Armada, giving Marquez a 2nd-place finish. At MVG Sandstorm in
Tempe, Arizona, Marquez was knocked out by Westballz at 5th place at the tournament. At Press Start in
Irvine, California, Marquez reached Grand Finals and beat Ice Climbers player Fly Amanita to place 1st. At Battle Arena Melbourne 7 in
Melbourne, Australia, Marquez placed 1st by defeating S2J in Winners' Semifinals, Leffen in Winners' Finals, and then Leffen again in Grand Finals. At CEO 2015 in
Orlando, Florida, Marquez was eliminated by Armada, placing 3rd in the tournament. At WTFox in
Memphis, Tennessee, Marquez reached Grand Finals, but was defeated by Leffen 3–0.
EVO 2015 With 1,869 entrants, EVO 2015 became the biggest
Melee tournament of all time. Marquez reached top 8 for the fourth straight time. In Losers' top 8, In Losers' Quarterfinals, Marquez lost to Hungrybox, 1–2, ending his EVO 2015 run with a 5th place tie with Leffen. Marquez also teamed with Lucky and placed 9th in Doubles. After EVO 2015, MIOM ranked Marquez 3rd in its 2015 Summer SSBMRank.
Post EVO 2015 Marquez's first tournament after EVO 2015 was Paragon Los Angeles 2015 on September 5 and 6. He beat Mew2King 3–2 in Grand Finals to take 1st place. Marquez attended HTC Throwdown in
San Francisco, California and lost to Drugged Fox for the first time 1–2. Then, in his first set in Losers', he lost to MacD 1–2, ending his HTC tournament run at 17th place. At
The Big House 5 in
Dearborn, Michigan, the
Melee events started off with a 5 v 5 crew battle, with Marquez representing SoCal (Southern California). In the Final matchup against Ice, Marquez lead SoCal to the crew battle victory. In Doubles, Marquez teamed with friend and Fox player Alex19, but were knocked out in the Phase 1 pools. In Singles, Marquez lost to Hungrybox 1–3 in Winners' Semifinals. In Losers' Top 8, Marquez lost to Mew2King 0–3 to end at 4th place. Later Beyond the Summit, a company known for its
Dota 2 coverage, invited Marquez to participate in Smash Summit in Los Angeles. There, his crew, Team Alex19, lost to Team Kage 15–16. In Doubles, Marquez teamed with Lucky. The duo lost to PewPewU and SFAT 1–2. In Losers' Finals, they lost to Armada and Mew2King 0–3. In Singles, in Winners' he reached Grand Finals against Armada. In a very close set, Armada beat Marquez 3–2, giving Marquez a 2nd-place finish. On October 9, 2015, Armada announced that Marquez will be attending DreamHack Winter 2015 in
Jönköping, Sweden through Twitter. He was upset by Westballz 0–3 in Losers' Quarterfinals, giving him a 5th-place finish, tied with Samus player Duck. In the final 2015 Rankings, Marquez was ranked 4th, his lowest placing since MIOM started the SSBMRank, by a group of 43 professional players and active people in the Smash scene. Marquez then signed up for PAX Arena in
San Antonio,
Texas. He lost to Hungrybox in Grand Finals, 2–3. Marquez was invited to SXSW's Battle of the Five Gods, which featured twenty players: Marquez, Armada, Mew2King, PPMD, Hungrybox, MacD, Ice, Silent Wolf, DruggedFox, HugS, Westballz, Nintendude, Plup, SFAT, PewPewU, Shroomed, Axe, Lucky, Wobbles, and S2J. He beat Hungrybox 3–0 in the first set of Grand Finals, but then Hungrybox brought it back the second set 1–3, netting Marquez a 2nd place. Marquez also attended Pound 6 (April 2–3), where he ended up in Winners' Bracket for top 8. He went to Grand Finals, finishing 2nd place after a 1–3 loss to Hungrybox in the first set of Grand Finals. Marquez was invited to Smash Summit 2. In crew battles, Marquez's team lost to Team Armada and then to Team Hungrybox in Losers' to net a 3rd-place finish. In the Iron Man competition, Marquez went on to face Armada in Grand Finals and used Mario to take 5 stocks from Armada, winning the Iron Man 20–19. In Doubles, with S2J, the duo lost to Hungrybox and Plup 0–3 in Losers' Finals. In Singles, Marquez lost to Armada 0–3, placing 4th at the tournament. Marquez attended
The Big House 6, a national tournament held annually in Michigan in fall. He won 1st place after advancing to Grand Finals on the winning side, and reset the Bracket to defeat Armada in Game 5 of the second set. Marquez also won Royal Flush, a major tournament held in Atlantic City in May 2017, ending Armada's dominant streak which began at the end of 2017 and winning his fourth consecutive tournament held on
Mother's Day weekend.
2019–present In 2019 Marquez won
The Big House 9, in 2020 he won LACS 3, in 2021 Smash Summit 11 Lost Tech City 2022, Smash Summit 14 and Mainstage 2022. In 2024, Marquez won Tipped Off 15 and Supernova 2024. On June 21, 2025, Marquez attended the Beerio Kart World Cup, a
Mario Kart World tournament held by
Ludwig Ahgren. During the event, he was caught on camera drunkenly harassing several of the tournament's attendees with inappropriate physical actions. Marquez acknowledged the situation on Twitter and stated that he would apologize privately to those that he affected, re-evaluate his relationship with alcohol, and accept any consequences for his actions. On June 23, Cloud9 released Marquez due to the incident. On June 25, 2025 the organisers of Supernova, one of the biggest tournaments on the
Super Smash Bros. scene, announced that Marquez would not be permitted to attend the 2025 edition of the event due to his conduct. The same day, Marquez's Twitch account was banned, although he was unbanned after one week. ==Personal life==