Mew2King

He came up with it when he was 13 years old and started creating lists of statistics for various games including Super Smash Bros. he wanted to post them to various forums, but he needed a handle. Pokémon was very popular at the time, so he decided to go with Mew2King because he liked Mewtwo.

Mew2king was introduced to video games by his mom when he was around four years old when she bought him games such as Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt for their Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). He played his first Super Smash Bros. soon after it was released for the Nintendo 64 in mid-1999. As early as the second grade, he was already dreaming of being a pro-gamer one day, even though that career path didn’t exist yet.

While he was growing up, he played a over 100 Nintendo games that his parents bought for him. His first online PC game was Halo II and it was also the first game that he played with other people. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence playing video games by himself, as he is shy and a bit of an introvert.

Prior to pursuing a fulltime career in gaming, he received his Associates Degree in Computer Science and Game Design from Camden County College.

He started competing in Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments in 2005 and mained it for around five years as one of the top players. However, the eSports scene only really took off after he had switched to Super Smash Bros. Melee, so that was his real breakout game.

In March 2014, he invested in Most Valuable Gaming and owns 10% of the organization. he moved into the gaming house when they formed it and remained there until he signed with Echo Fox in May 2016. It was around that time that he also decided to attempt streaming, as he hoped that it would prove to be more lucrative than solely relying on tournament winnings, as a large chunk of his profits would usually go towards paying for his travel and lodging expenses. He remained with Echo Fox until the organization was disolved in November 2019.

He often streams together with Dark_Wizzy.

His sister is Rosedoodle.

Mew2King is estimated to have ~2,000 subscribers. This means that he should earn him at least $5,000 USD per month, excluding additional income from coaching fees, sponsorships, tiered subscriptions, tips, Twitch cheer bit donations, merchandise sales, his team salary, advertisements and tournament winnings. He has earned over $279,000 USD from various tournaments since he was sixteen years old.

Mew2King streams around his tournament schedule.

He has mild Aspergers, OCD and ADHD.

[In order to improve,] when you’re alone at home, just pay a level 1 bot and practice tech skill. Make sure you can move the way you want and do everything you want. And the when you’re at tournaments, play friendlies with people all day.