Career
PPMD garnered attention in 2009 after placing higher than Mango at Revival of Melee 2 and finishing runner up to Hungrybox. He placed 5th at Apex 2012 after losing to eventual 4th place Javier "Javi" Ruiz. Next year at Apex 2013 he placed 2nd after losing to Armada in the Grand Finals.
On July 16 Nanney became sponsored by Twitch streaming channel VGBootCamp.
He placed third at EVO 2015, only his second singles tournament of the year. He was sent to losers in a rematch with Armada and then eliminated by Hungrybox in loser"s finals.
He placed 5th at Smash Summit on November 5-8, 2015. On January 15th-17th, 2016 he got 6th at GENESIS 3.
Nanney trains an hour a day on average.
Nanney has cited one of the reasons for his success as a player due to his ability to outplay his opponents psychologically by forcing them to make bad decisions. Nanney currently has no plans to play Super Smash Brothers for Wii U competitively.