D1

About

D1 is the handle of Super Smash Brothers (Super Smash Bros.) player and commentator and Twitch employee, D'Ron Maingrette. He is seen as a community ambassador for the competitive Super Smash Bros. community and has provided commentary for various competitive sets over the course of his career. In July of 2020, he was accused of statutory rape, leading to his banning from competitive gaming events.

Online History

D1 got his start in the competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee scene, with his earliest significant appearance being finishing 25th out of 176 attendees at MLG Orlando 2006. He made multiple tournament appearances across his competitive career, with most of his activity ranging from 2007-2009 before making sparse competitive appearances up until 2016. He was an active commentator within the east coast Melee scene alongside longtime static commentating partner Wynton "Prog" Smith. Both would provide active commentary duties until Smith retired from active commentating due to health issues. Maingrette's notoriety within the Smash community landed him a commentating slot at the 2014 Super Smash Bros. Invitational at E3 2014 for Super Smash Bros. for WiiU.

Rape Allegations

On July 2nd, 2020, during a wave of allegations of sexual misconduct across the competitive Super Smash Bros. community, a Twitter user by the name of KTDominate posted a twitlonger, accusing Maingrette of statutory rape at the 2016 charity event "Smash the Record 2016" and telling friends about the experience.^[1] Hours after the accusation, Maingrette released a statement, publicly apologizing to KTDominate about the situation, stating that he had no recollection of the situation that had happened and that it was both their fault that such event occurred.^[2] Despite the apology, Jestise "MVD" Negron, a fellow competitor who was involved in mediating the situation between both parties, released receipts stating that Maingrette knew of the situation that had occurred and was lying about it.^[3] Another competitor, that of Eric "ESAM" Lew, released a statement about his account of what transpired, that of which contradicted Maingrette's apology.^[4] Due to the allegations at hand, Maingrette has been banned from all events sponsored by 2GG for the time being.^[5]

Related Memes

"DESTRUCTION!"

Maingrette's commentary style garnered him admiration and celebration across the Super Smash Bros. community. One of his signature sayings during commentary is "DESTRUCTION," often used during moments of clear dominance during a set or hype.

"Super Fighting Robot… MEGA MAN!"

During his commentating of the 2014 Super Smash Bros. Invitational, as Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez performed a final smash attack, Maingrette shouted this phrase, a reference to the Mega Man cartoon that contained this phrase in the intro sequence. The clip has been notable within the Super Smash Bros. scene as a defining moment of commentary at the invitational, much to the celebration of the audience in attendance.

Banned Stage List Reaction

During his stream of the inaugural Super Smash Bros for WiiU/3DS direct in 2014, during the montage of stages being presented, Maingrette made multiple comments about the assumed legality of each stage. The video in reference to the situation has garnered over 400,000 views as of July 3rd, 2020

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