Tweek will be competing at Port Priority 9 as he returns to Smash esports

The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate community is welcoming back Gavin ‘Tweek’ Dempsey after a long hiatus from the competitive scene.

Tweek has confirmed that he’ll be competing at Port Priority 9, which will bring the best Smash players in the world to Seattle, Washington from November 8th to the 9th. And that won’t be the last time you see him compete.

On the most recent episode of Tweek’s podcast, Tweek Talks, the prominent Ultimate player announced that he would compete once more. The Smash community has responded with excitement over the news, with many missing his incredible Diddy Kong play. Multiple fans even admitted they had stopped watching tournaments once he left the scene.

Port Priority will have stiff competition for Tweek, making it an intense return. However, he said he feels ready.

“I’ve been practicing a lot, trying new things, taking a lot of notes,” Tweek told his co-hosts. “I’ve always been really, really strict with how I treat Smash and the things I do to get better.

“I basically never stopped. It’s weird ’cause it’s just what I do and who I am. Whether I was going to a tournament or not, I intended to lab stuff and play every day. I was still doing all my routine things, like working out and meditating. I never stopped.”

Tweek said he also has intense goals, along with his intense practicing. He joked that they may even be ‘psycho.’ For him, it’s not about winning Port Priority. It’s about winning his way, whatever that particular way may be.

Tweek said that he’s going into Port Priority with a very set in stone strategy. In the past, he may have flip-flopped based on what his opponents were doing or who they were playing, but Tweek said this time he wants to stick to what he believes in the whole time.

Will he randomly pull out a Sephiroth for a Snake matchup?

“No, no,” he said adamantly. “I’m sticking it out with Diddy Kong. I have a bunch of notes I’ve been writing down, especially for a bunch of hard stuff. These days, a lot of matchups are hard stuff.”

But even when things get hard, Tweek doesn’t worry. He admitted that he goes in with the mentality that he’s already the best. That’s also the advice he gives to Smash players he coaches: just believe in yourself from the start. It’s a ‘waste of time’ to go through that process of reaching a certain goal in order to feel you’ve achieved something.

“You should already think highly of yourself,” Tweek said. “You don’t have to become a different person or change. You’re already fully capable of doing what you want to do.”

Even though Tweek fully intended to quit Smash for good, he clearly couldn’t stay away. His fans believe he’s just the kinda guy to have that competitive itch. Tweek himself didn’t want to explain what brought him back just yet. However, he feels Port Priority is the best tournament for his return.

“I don’t know what I’m doing after Port Priority. But this isn’t one last tournament. I’m actually like playing again, straight up. This just happens to be my first tournament back,” Tweek clarified.