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{{Infobox Smasher
{{smasherbeta
| name           = Bobby Scar
| name         = Scar
| alias          = Scar
| image         = Scar.jpg
| alias2          = PeoplesChamp
| mainssbm     = Captain Falcon
| image           = Scar.jpg
| otherssbm     = Sheik
| mainssbm       = Captain Falcon
| mainpm       = Captain Falcon
| otherssbm       = Marth
| crew         = [[Melee It On Me]]
| mainpm         = Captain Falcon
| former crews = The Mini-Bosses
| crew           = [[Melee It On Me]]
| skill        = Top professional
| crew2          = [[Twitch]]
| alias        =
| former crews   = The Mini-Bosses, [[The Smash Affiliates]]
| realname     = Bobby Scarnewman
| rankingssbm    = [[NorCal Power Rankings#September_2014|NorCal Power Rankings September 2014]]: 9th
| birthday     = 7
| bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank 2009]]: HM
| birthmonth   = 1
| bestresultssbm  = 6th / 290 at {{Trn|GENESIS|g=SSBM}}
| birthyear     = 1987
| realname       = Bobby Scarnewman
| location     = San Francisco, California
| birthday       = 7
| country       = United States
| birthmonth     = 1
| birthyear       = 1987
| location       = San Francisco, California
| country         = United States
  }}
  }}
'''Bobby Scar''' is a {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who currently lives in San Francisco, California. Scar is mostly known as a [[commentator]] within the competitive melee community, often partnering with {{Sm|Toph}}, and is a founding member of [[Melee It On Me]]. He was formerly ranked 9th on the [[NorCal Power Rankings|NorCal Melee Power Rankings]]. Scar also goes by several aliases, some of which being '''"The People's Champ"''' or the self-proclaimed "most electrifying man in Smash today".
'''Scar''', the self-proclaimed "most electrifying man in Smash today" (a reference to former WWE superstar wrestler The Rock), is a {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} [[main]] originally from Philadelphia but currently living in San Francisco, California, where he was formerly ranked 9th on the [[NorCal Power Rankings|NorCal Melee Power Rankings]]. He is a founding member of [[Melee It On Me]].


==History==
==Gameplay and Tournament Activity==
[[File:Scar Mic'd Up.png|thumb|left|Scar's introduction in the Smash Bros. Invitational.]]
[[File:Scar Mic'd Up.png|thumb|left|Scar is introduced in the Smash Bros. Invitational rules video.]]
Bobby Scar started playing ''[[Melee]]'' in early 2007, meeting {{Sm|Cactuar}}, {{Sm|Pakman}}, and other Philadelphia players. With Cactuar becoming his primary training partner, Scar enjoyed several perks of being a pro, and his intense dedication to the game resulted in his quick rise to fame. A prime contributer to his prominence is his extensive use of branding. He began promoting himself since the release of his first combo video, ''I Killed Mufasa''. The video's success propelled him to recognition, and "catching up to his reputation" became one of Scar's most important goals. Since then, Bobby Scar became known as one of the best Captain Falcon players in America during his prime, and became a co-founder of the crew "The Mini-Bosses." Scar further cemented his position as one of the best Falcon players after placing 6th<!--Please do not change this to "5th".--> at [[GENESIS]], higher than any other Falcon player there. He later moved to northern California and defeated another top-ranked Falcon player known as {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} in a [[money match]] at his first northern California tourney, [[R3]].
Scar started playing ''[[Melee]]'' in early 2007, meeting {{Sm|Cactuar}}, {{Sm|Pakman}}, and other Philadelphia players somewhat randomly. With Cactuar becoming his primary training partner, Scar enjoyed many of the perks of being a pro vicariously, and his intense dedication to the game resulted in his quick rise from obscurity.


Since 2013, Bobby Scar has been working at [[Twitch]], primarily serving as the first ambassador of the Smash community. {{Sm|D1}}, {{Sm|TheCrimsonBlur}}, and Toph would eventually join Twitch with the collaborative purpose of growing the Smash community. Bobby Scar, {{Sm|Prog}}, and D1 were selected by [[Nintendo]] to commentate the [[Super Smash Bros. Invitational]] tournament. Their participation was revealed in the form of ''Smash 4'' newcomer-style images. Months later, he appeared, along with Toph, as a commentator in Nintendo's ''Smash 4'' event at San Diego Comic Con, and later commentated together during the Top 8 bracket at EVO 2015. Bobby Scar currently co-hosts the recently revived "Scar and Toph Show" with Toph (airing live on Melee It On Me's Twitch stream every other Monday evening), often discussing any topic they desire with some relevance to the Smash scene as a whole before ending the show off with a first-to-3 ''Melee'' set to determine whose name gets to be first on the show's title (as votes for either order were even, and it originally started off with "Toph and Scar" due to Toph instigating the show's revival and commissioning the logo's artwork). He would finally defeat Toph in episode 3 of the "Scar and Toph Show", and earned the right to have his name first on the show's title for the next episode. Scar also appears on "Terrible Tuesdays" with fellow Twitch staff member BenSW, where he watches BenSW do blind playthroughs of various games without assisting him. Scar, along with Toph, also hosts [[The Reads]] since April of 2017. Produced by ''Cross Counter TV'', this show has Toph and Scar invite a different guest every month, releasing 4 consecutive 20-25 minute episodes weekly.
Perhaps another reason for Scar's prominence is his extensive use of propaganda and branding. He has shamelessly self-promoted since the release of his first [[combo video]], ''I Killed Mufasa''. The video's success propelled him to what was then an undeserved level of recognition, and "catching up to his reputation" became one of Scar's most important goals.


He continues to enter local tournaments simply as '''MIOM|Scar''' (omitting the fact that Twitch is technically also a crew name), though he is semi-inactive when it comes to attending majors; he is often at events for commentary instead. He has beaten players such as {{Sm|Cactuar}}, {{Sm|SwiftBass}}, {{Sm|ZoSo}}, {{Sm|Hax}}, {{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}, {{Sm|Vwins}}, {{Sm|PC Chris}}, {{Sm|Isai}}, {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|S2J}}, {{Sm|MacD}}, {{Sm|Tafokints}}, {{Sm|Taj}}, {{Sm|Wife}}, and {{Sm|Jman}}.
Since then, Scar has become known as one of the best Captain Falcon professionals in America. He is also a co-founder of the crew "The Mini-Bosses." Scar has further cemented his position as one of the best Falcon players after placing 6th at [[GENESIS]], higher than any other Falcon player there. He recently moved to northern California and defeated another top-ranked Falcon, {{sm|SilentSpectre}}, in a [[money match]] at his first northern California tourney, R3.


==Tournament placings==
Scar, {{sm|Prog}}, and {{sm|D1}} were selected by [[Nintendo]] to commentate the [[Super Smash Bros. Invitational]] tournament. Their participation was revealed in the form of ''Smash 4'' newcomer-style images.
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
 
Scar along with {{sm|Toph}} appeared as commentators in Nintendo's ''Smash 4'' event at San Diego Comic Con.
 
== Notable tournament placings ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|[[MELEE-FC Diamond]]||July 12th-14th, 2007||193rd||113th||CashMooney
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=200448 Event 52]||October 18th, 2008||17th||5th||{{Sm|GOTM}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=246 C3 September]||September 22nd, 2007||33rd||17th||LK
|-
|[[Viva La Smashtaclysm]]||November 10th-11th, 2007||13th||25th||{{Sm|Pakman}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=308 SMASHPOCALYPSE II]||December 8th, 2007||13th||2nd||Pakman
|-
|[[Pound 3]]||February 2nd-3rd, 2008||97th||33rd||Pakman
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/mass-madness-8-results.150879/ Mass Madness 8]||March 8th-9th, 2008||4th||3rd||{{Sm|th0rn}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/smashpocalypse-results-a-melee-tournament.157194/ Smashpocalypse V]||March 22nd, 2008||9th||5th||Pakman
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/clash-of-the-titans-iii-results-5-31-6-1-melee-brawl.173620/ Clash of the Titans III]||May 31st-June 1st, 2008||4th||4th||Pakman
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/smashtality-iv-results.189352/ Smashtality IV]||August 16th-17th, 2008||4th||7th||{{Sm|Cactuar}}
|-
|[[Event 52: Kansas]]||October 18th, 2008||17th||5th||{{Sm|GOTM}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/smashpocalypse-vi-december-13-philadelphia-anmc-circuit-event-2.210671/ Smashpocalypse VI]||December 13th, 2008||25th||7th||{{Sm|Hax}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/bullheaded-onychomys-ct-january-3rd-4th-melee-results-and-shoutouts.214912/ Bullheaded Onychomys CT]||January 3rd-4th, 2009||4th||17th||Pakman
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=222585 G.I.M.P.E.D. 1]||February 21st, 2009||7th||2nd||{{Sm|PC Chris}}
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th, 2009||17th||13th||{{Sm|Wife}}
|[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th, 2009||17th||13th||{{Sm|Wife}}
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/herb-hardcore-extreme-rage-beatdown-results.227095/ HERB1]||March 21st-22nd, 2009||2nd||4th||Wife
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th, 2009||6th||2nd||{{Sm|Darc}}
|-
|[[Apex 2009]]||May 9th-10th, 2009||7th||7th||Cactuar
|-
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th, 2009||6th<!--Do not change Scar's singles placing to "5th".-->||2nd||{{Sm|Darc}}
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=243429 SMYM10]||August 1st, 2009||9th||3rd||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/herb2-results-shoutouts.242592/ HERB2]||July 25th-26th, 2009||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||October 21st, 2009||17th||3rd||Darc
|-
|[[SMYM 10]]||August 1st, 2009||9th||3rd||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[[S.N.E.S.]]||August 21st-23rd, 2009||7th||3rd||Hax
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||17th||3rd||Darc
|-
|[[R3]]||December 19th-20th, 2009||17th||2nd||{{Sm|Lucky}}
|-
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th, 2010||33rd||49th||{{Sm|BigD}}
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th, 2010||33rd||49th||{{Sm|BigD}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=8530 CGC @ SFSU XV]||February 6th, 2010||7th||5th||{{Sm|Isai}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=8579 CGC @ SFSU XVI]||March 6th, 2010||7th||3rd||{{Sm|SilentSpectre}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=9391 CGC @ SFSU XIX]||July 17th, 2010||7th||7th||{{Sm|HyugaRicdeau}}
|-
|[[Good Shit German]]||July 24th-25th, 2010||17th||5th||{{Sm|Hax}}
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 3]]||October 20th, 2010||33rd||7th||{{Sm|HomeMadeWaffles}}
|[[Revival of Melee 3]]||October 20th, 2010||33rd||7th||{{Sm|HomeMadeWaffles}}
|-
|-
|[[Don't Go Down There Jeff]]||December 19th, 2010||25th||7th||HomeMadeWaffles
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th, 2011||&mdash;||9th||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
|-
|[[Winter Game Fest VI]]||January 22nd-23rd, 2011||13th||9th||{{Sm|Gishnak}}
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th, 2011||37th||9th||{{Sm|Shroomed}}
|-
|[[GENESIS 2]]||August 15th, 2011||33rd||17th||Gishnak
|-
|-
|[http://imgur.com/G1jmD The Deep]||February 19th, 2012||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[GENESIS 2]]||August 15th, 2011||&mdash;||17th||{{Sm|Gishnak}}
|-
|[[Northwest Manifest]]||March 24th-25th, 2012||17th||5th||{{Sm|Tope}}
|-
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325901 Rule 6]||August 26th, 2012||25th||4th||{{Sm|Westballz}}
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325901 Rule 6]||August 26th, 2012||25th||4th||{{Sm|Westballz}}
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|[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||9th||9th||Westballz
|[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||9th||9th||Westballz
|-
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 5]]||November 17th-18th, 2012||7th||2nd||Hax
|[[Revival of Melee 5]]||November 17th-18th, 2012||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Hax}}
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/rule-6-monthlies-fuddruckers.321639/#post-14385151 Rule 6: January]||January 6th, 2013||7th||2nd||{{Sm|SFAT}}
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||25th||17th||{{Sm|SFAT}}
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||25th||17th||SFAT
|-
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 3]]||April 3rd-7th, 2013||9th||1st||{{Sm|Mango}}
|[[B.E.A.S.T 3]]||April 3rd-7th, 2013||9th||1st||{{Sm|Mango}}
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 2]]||April 13th-14th, 2013||17th||2nd||Mango
|-
|[[NorCal Regionals 2013]]||April 27th, 2013||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||25th||4th||Mango
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||25th||4th||Mango
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|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||185th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||185th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[The Big House 3]]||October 12th-13th, 2013||9th||5th||HyugaRicdeau
|[[The Big House 3]]||October 12th-13th, 2013||9th||5th||{{Sm|Hyuga}}
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[SoCal Regionals 2014]]||February 28th-March 2nd, 2014||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[SoCal Regionals 2014]]||February 28th-March 2nd, 2014||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[NorCal Regionals 2014]]||April 18th-20th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||13th||2nd||Mango
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||13th||2nd||Mango
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|-
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||65th||9th||Mango
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||65th||9th||Mango
|-
|[[I'm Not Yelling!]]||April 11th-12th, 2015||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||482nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[HTC Throwdown]]||September 19th, 2015||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||49th||33rd||{{Sm|Liam_Butler}}
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||129th||25th||{{Sm|Lovage}}
|-
|[[The Big House 6]]||October 7th-9th, 2016||257th||33rd||{{Sm|Toph}}
|-
|[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||193rd||65th||Lovage
|-
|[[GameTyrant Expo 2017]]||September 29th-October 1st, 2017||33rd||17th||Lovage
|-
|[[The Holiday Bash Smash Invitational]]||December 15th-17th, 2017||&mdash;||5th||{{Sm|S2J}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7|g=SSBM}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||&mdash;||33rd||Lovage
|-
|{{Trn|Slime's Commentator Invitational|g=SSBM}}||January 23rd-24th, 2021||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}
==Trivia==
*Bobby Scar's face is a global emote on Twitch that anyone can use, PeoplesChamp.
*Bobby Scar commonly insists that he placed 5th at GENESIS, forgoing the fact that he and {{Sm|Mew2King}} played out an additional set that would determine the actual 5th placed player; Scar lost, placing 6th.
**He has elaborated that he did not want to play this tiebreaker set since GENESIS was a double elimination tournament like every other ''Melee'' singles event in majors, and he believes that the players that place 5th and below do not need to fight for their tied position.
***[[GENESIS 3]] was supposed to feature a tiebreaker set for 5th place; however, {{Sm|PPMD}} opted out of the set, and placed 6th in the tournament below {{Sm|SFAT}}. Notably, there was no such set for 7th place, as {{Sm|Nintendude}} and {{Sm|Ice}} both remained at 7th.
*Besides Smash, Bobby Scar is also proficient in ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'', citing former Twitch co-worker, Mike Ross, as his mentor for improving in said game. Due to this student/teacher relationship, he has appeared in a few episodes of "Capcom Pro Talk", mostly discussing his Smash origins, noting the parallels between the ''Super Smash Bros.'' and ''Street Fighter'' series, and helping Mike Ross defend Twitch turbos.
**Mike Ross also guest starred in episode 2 of the "Scar and Toph Show", where they discussed the origin of "The Excellent Adventures of Gootecks and Mike Ross" and the [https://youtu.be/LbtU3T-8ZgA?t=1h5m30s feud] involving Bobby Scar, Mike Ross, and {{Sm|TheCrimsonBlur}} that nearly ended their friendship because of a long argument about whether Scar was a relevant smasher or not. Scar was eventually dubbed relevant because he recalled his resume from his tournament days and an outside fan recognized Scar from his EVO ''Melee'' commentary; he and the fan [https://twitter.com/bobbyscar/status/626506898250989568 took a picture] shortly afterwards.
***Scar would later be featured on Excellent Adventures Episodes 84-87, and is often mentioned in various other episodes, including ones preceding his debut in the show.


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/bobbyscar Twitter Account]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/twitch_scar Twitch Channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8rQ_0zNIg ''I Killed Mufasa'']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8rQ_0zNIg ''I Killed Mufasa'']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDNJv92TCjk ''I Killed Mufasa II'']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDNJv92TCjk ''I Killed Mufasa II'']
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE9rk__tW7I ''I Killed Mufasa 3: The People's Champion - Trailer'']
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE9rk__tW7I ''I Killed Mufasa 3: The People's Champion - Trailer'']


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