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Panda
PNG New Logotype of Panda from their pack on their website
Location United States USA
Owners David Wu (Mashumaro)
Sponsors/Partners GEICO
Vertagear
Twitch
Meta Threads
Toshiba
Funimation
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Panda, formerly Panda Global (PG), was a professional eSports organization based in the United States. It was co-founded by Alan Bunney (SamuraiPanda) and David Wu (Mashumaro) in June 2015 as a player-centric organization looking to help their players' careers, facilitate their goals, and promote the growth of the players' esports scene.

Panda entered the Smash scene on June 24th, 2015 after sponsoring top Super Smash Bros. 4 players ESAM and MVD, as well as SS. Since then, the company signed a multitude of other players for Smash 4, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Smash 64, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as commentators, content creators, video editors, and statisticians, becoming one of the most prominent Smash organizations.

Aside from their competitive team, Panda had a division, known as PGStats, that handled tournament data, including running global power rankings for Smash 4 (PGR), Melee (MPGR), and Ultimate (PGRU). The PGStats team also ran a website, PGStats.com, which acted as a player database and hub for Smash news.

On November 18th, 2021, Panda announced a partnership with Nintendo to create the first officially-licensed North American competitive circuit.[1] This circuit was officially announced as the Panda Cup on May 26th, 2022, and was meant to take place from June 24th to December 18th of that year. However, due to Alan Bunney's role in the Smash World Tour 2022 cancellation controversy, the Panda Cup was boycotted, leading to its eventual cancellation. In the aftermath of the controversy, Panda paused all competitive and content activities, releasing its last player, Marss, on January 16th, 2023. Many employees left as well, leaving only nine members on the team, and Panda remained dormant until December 4th, where their Twitter account posted a link redirecting to a a webpage that contained a merchandise section on unsold Panda Cup jackets and a single blog post informing the community of the team's current situation.

On May 28th, 2024, a teaser was posted on Panda's Twitter account, where they displayed Morse code that translated to "NOT EXTINCT".[2] Three days later, the team officially announced that they were in the process of restructuring.[3]

Current smashers[edit]

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Former smashers[edit]

Pro smashers[edit]

ID Name Game Main(s) Join Date Leave Date
United States SS Shane Bruce Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Villager (SSB4)Ness (SSB4) 2015-06-24 2017-01-02
United States Trela Alberto Miliziano Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 		Lucario (SSBB)
Ryu (SSB4) 		2016-06-22 2017-01-02
United States Rich Brown Rich Brown Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 		Olimar (SSBB)
Mewtwo (SSB4) 		2017-01-17 2017-10-17
United States MVD Jestise Negron Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 		Snake (SSBB)
Diddy Kong (SSB4)
Snake (SSBU) 		2015-06-24 2019-01-04
United States Wobbles Robert Wright Super Smash Bros. Melee Ice Climbers (SSBM) 2015-11-02 2019-01-04
United States Zain Zain Naghmi Super Smash Bros. Melee Marth (SSBM) 2018-04-12 2019-08-11
United States Cosmos Brian Kalu Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 		Corrin (SSB4)
Inkling (SSBU) 		2018-07-26 2019-08-11
Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn Daniel Hoyt Super Smash Bros. Captain Falcon (SSB) Pikachu (SSB) Kirby (SSB) 2017-01-17 2020-07-08
Japan Prince Unknown name Super Smash Bros. Yoshi (SSB) 2019-07-19 2021-07-16
United States Plup Justin McGrath Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 		Sheik (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)Samus (SSBM)
Pikachu (SSB4)Rosalina & Luma (SSB4)
Mega Man (SSBU)Ridley (SSBU)Greninja (SSBU) 		2015-06-30 2022-12-02
USA iBDW Cody Schwab Super Smash Bros. Melee Fox (SSBM) 2020-05-05 2022-12-02
USA WaDi Chris Boston Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ROB (SSBU)Mewtwo (SSBU) 2021-04-02 2022-12-02
United States ESAM Eric Lew Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 		Samus (SSBM)
Pikachu (SSB4)Samus (SSB4)
Pikachu (SSBU)Mii Brawler (SSBU) 		2015-06-24 2023-01-15
United States Marss Tyler Martins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Zero Suit Samus (SSBU) 2019-03-22 2023-01-16

Other smashers[edit]

  • USA Alpharad Mario (SSB4)Mario (SSBU)Joker (SSBU) (content director, joined June 30th, 2016)
  • USA Bear Bowser (SSB4) (Team manager, tournament director, FGC manager)
  • USA suar Sheik (SSB4) (PG Stats director, joined May 7th, 2016)
  • USA Zan Toon Link (SSB4) (PG Stats analyst, joined May 7th, 2016)
  • France Tetra Captain Falcon (SSB4)Bowser (SSB4) (PG Stats, joined June 2nd, 2016)
  • Canada juddy (PG Stats statistician, joined June 2nd, 2016)
  • UK Stimpy Roy (SSBU) (Actor Asa Butterfield, content creator)
  • USA FullStream Inkling (SSBU) (Rivals of Aether player)
  • USA Chia R.O.B. (SSBU) (Joined May 5th, 2020)
  • USA Simply Marth (SSBM) (Mario 64 speedrunner, content creator)
  • USA Tantalus (PG Tournament Organizer)
  • USA turndownforwalt Mario (SSBM) (Content creator)
  • USA BobbyWasabi Villager (SSBU) (Video editor)
  • USA VikkiKitty Corrin (SSBU)Kirby (SSBU) (Commentator, content creator)
  • USA TKbreezy Wii Fit Trainer (SSBU) (Commentator, content creator)
  • USA Coney Banjo & Kazooie (SSBU) (Creative Lead, commentator)
  • Canada PracticalTAS (PGstats mathematician)
  • USA Daramgaria Ness (SSBU)King Dedede (SSBU) (Commentator, content creator)
  • USA Jackie Peanuts Dr. Mario (SSBU) (PGstats director)
  • USA Brentos Peach (SSBM) (PGstats Melee Content Writer)
  • USA Jut Incineroar (SSBU) (Social media manager)
  • USA Jaaahsh R.O.B. (SSBU) (Community organizer, player manager)
  • Australia Little Z Wario (SSBU) (Content creator)
  • USA KingKirb64 Kirby (SSBU) (PG Hardware Engineer)
  • Canada Kantrip Diddy Kong (SSBU) (Influencer; joined May 2020[4], left December 2022[5])
  • USA Spike (PGstats designer)
  • USA Dom Villager (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4) (PGstats writer, joined May 7th, 2016)
  • USA fyazko (content creator, joined June 2nd, 2016)
  • USA Keith (lead graphics artist, project manager)
  • USA PSI Lucas (SSBU)Young Link (SSBU) (graphics artist)

Other famous players[edit]

  • Justin Wong (JWong) FGC
  • Kyohei Lehr (MarlinPie) GGXrd
  • Alexandre Dub-Bilodeau (Hayatei) MK11
  • Bryant Benzing (Kitana Prime) MK11
  • Jachin Harte (SKD) BBCF, BBTag
  • Stephen Stafford (Speedkicks) Tekken 7
  • Evan Towne (Rocketek) Splatoon
  • Derek Bruscas (Nakkiel) Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • Victor Woodley (Punk) SF5
  • Keenan Kizzie (Kizzie Kay) GGXrd, SamSho19
  • Faye Mata Voice Actor
  • Anna Cramling Chess
  • Wolfe Glick (WolfeyVGC) Pokémon

PG Key[edit]

PG Key was an online tournament series organized by PG and directed by Bear. Each entry was a qualifier dedicated to a major offline tournament, with the winner being flown out as an honorary player temporarily sponsored by the organization.

Tournament Date Entrants Winner Runner-up
Key to The PG House September 8th-18th, 2016 1994 USA Wrath NA
Netherlands Mr.R EU		 USA Raffi-X NA
Netherlands Badr EU
PG Key to GENESIS 4 January 1st-5th, 2017 986 USA Cosmos* USA Wrath*
PG Key to Frostbite 2017 February 12th-17th, 2017 740 USA Cosmos* USA Zage
PG Key to 2GGC: Civil War March 5th-8th, 2017 620 USA Sonido USA CaptainZack
PG Key to Midwest Mayhem 8 March 18th-30th, 2017 450 Dominican Republic Sonix* USA lapis lazuli*

*Cosmos and Wrath were both unable to attend, so the key was passed down to the 3rd place finisher, Koolaid.
*Cosmos was unable to attend, so the key was passed down to the runner-up, Zage.
*Sonix and lapis lazuli both declined their keys, so it was passed down to the 3rd place finisher, Locus.

Gallery[edit]

  • Panda's former logo.

    Panda's former logo.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Announcement of partnership
  2. ^ Teaser.
  3. ^ Panda's restructuring.
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/PandaGlobal/status/1257751153498087424]
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/kongmunism/status/1599838305910423552?s=20

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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