William Peter Hjelte, better known by his gamer tag Leffen, is a Swedish professional fighting game player and streamer.
14 Facts About Leffen
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Since Armada's retirement in 2018, Leffen has been considered the undisputed best Melee player in Europe.
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Leffen initially started as a Yoshi and Falco player before switching to Fox.
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Leffen feels that he made the gradual switch from Falco to Fox because he views Falco as requiring more discipline and Fox being more suited to his play style.
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At CEO 2015 in Orlando, Florida, Leffen won his first American major, defeating Armada.
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Leffen placed 5th at EVO 2015 later that year, despite being a favorite to win.
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Leffen was upset by Panda Global's Plup who played Samus.
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Leffen was barred from entering the United States just before The Big House 5 tournament because he was travelling on an Electronic System for Travel Authorization and employed by US-based Team SoloMid.
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On February 16,2016, Leffen became sponsored by Red Bull as an official Red Bull Athlete.
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At Evo 2022, Leffen placed 3rd out of 2,161 entrants in Guilty Gear Strive, making this the first time that a player has made Top 8 at EVO in both a Smash title as well as a traditional fighting game.
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Leffen stated in 2015 his goal is not to just be the best Super Smash Bros player, but the best fighting game player.
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Leffen is a controversial figure in the Super Smash Bros.
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Leffen's behavior caused him to be banned from the entire Swedish tournament scene for much of 2013, as well as from the online forum Smashboards, on which he was active.
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Leffen's posts went viral on Twitter, drawing criticism regarding the struggles faced by minimum wage workers; he later apologized for his tweet, but reiterated that he would rather work a minimum wage job.