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| {{disambig2|the Chilean smasher|the Texan smasher|Smasher:Dark (Houston)}}
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| {{Infobox Smasher | | {{Infobox Smasher |
| | name = Dark | | | name = Dark |
| | image = dark2019.jpg
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| | mainssbm = Fox | | | mainssbm = Fox |
| | former crews = Kaos Latin Gamers | | | crew = Kaos Latin Gamers |
| | rankingssbm = [[Chilean Power Rankings]]: 5th | | | skillssbm = Top professional |
| | realname = Francisco Alfaro Medina | | | location = Chile |
| | country = Chile | | | country = Chile |
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| '''Dark''' is a {{SSBM|Fox}} main from Chile, considered to be one of the top ''Melee'' Fox players in the country. He is currently ranked 5th on the [[Chilean Power Rankings]]. | | '''Dark''' is a {{SSBM|Fox}} main from Chile, considered to be one of the top ''Melee'' Fox players in the country. |
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| He has tournament wins over players like {{Sm|Roche}}, {{Sm|Gino}}, {{Sm|Aisengobay}} and {{Sm|n0ne}}.
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| ==Playing style== | | ==Playing style== |
| Dark is known for being very fast, flashy, and nearly frame perfect, to the point of being considered one of the most technical players in the entire world. He is known for his lethal punish and edgeguarding game, especially against other fastfallers, and exploits the unique properties of each stage to their fullest. His extreme consistency at wall [[infinite]]s, in particular, gave a strong case for many previously legal stages, such as [[Princess Peach's Castle]], to be universally banned in tournaments. | | Dark is known for being very fast, flashy, and nearly frame perfect, to the point of being considered one of the most technical players in the entire world. He is known for his lethal punish and edgeguarding game, especially against other fastfallers, and exploits the unique properties of each stage to their fullest. His extreme consistency at wall [[infinite]]s, in particular, gave a strong case for many previously legal stages, such as [[Princess Peach's Castle]], to be universally banned in tournaments. |
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| While his style consist on overwhelming the opponent with his technical prowess, Dark was known to have a weaker neutral game and slower adaptation than other professionals.
| | However, Dark is known to have a weaker neutral game, and adapts more slowly than other professionals such as {{Sm|ZeRo}}. |
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| ==Tournament placings== | | ==Tournament placements== |
| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''=== | | ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''=== |
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner |
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| | Gigabyte 2014 || October 24th, 2014 || 2nd || — || — | | | Gigabyte 2014 || October 24th, 2014 || 2nd || — || — |
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| |[https://challonge.com/BFMFR Final Round] || December 13th, 2014 || 1st || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/bmelee La Nueva Era] || March 14th, 2015 || 1st || — || —
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| | [[Road to Japan]] || April 25th, 2015 || 1st || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/VBMELEE Noche de Vírgenes] || August 2nd, 2015 || 7th || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/fridom2015melee Freedom 2015] || September 13th, 2015 || 3rd || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/melee1astra/ Rumbo a Astra #1] || March 26th, 2016 || 1st || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/RTA2 Rumbo a Astra II] || April 26th, 2016 || 2nd || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/rastra3 Rumbo a Astra 3] || May 28th, 2016 || 1st || — || —
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| |[https://challonge.com/RtAGtB Road to Astra #5]||June 8th, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/little_house_top16 Little House]||October 22nd, 2016||5th||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/summermadnes_topbracket Summer Madness] || January 21st, 2017 || 2nd || —||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/holy-melee/event/melee-doubles/overview Holy Melee]||April 29th, 2017||5th||3rd||{{Sm|Gino}}
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/planet-melee/event/melee-singles/ Planet Melee]||June 3rd, 2017||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/coldwave/event/melee-singles/brackets/141041/398015 Cold Wave] || July 8th, 2017 || 1st||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/meleecircus_topbracket Melee Circus]||November 3rd, 2017||4th||—||—
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| |[[Astra 2016]]||August 26th-28th, 2016||2nd||1st||Gino
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/merry-chrismash-17/event/singles/ Merry Chrismash]||December 16th, 2017||3rd||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/summer-madness-18/event/pools/ Summer Madness '18]||January 20th, 2018||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/we-won-t-die-tonight/event/pools/ We won't die tonight]||February 13th, 2018||1st||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/93023hml Beauchef Strikes Back 2]||July 28th, 2018||4th||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/qhxnuswe The Moskas Tournament 7]||August 19th, 2018||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/MeleeTendo1 Melee Tendo 1]||September 22nd, 2018||4th||—||—
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| |[https://challonge.com/rtsmashcon4v2 Road to SmashCon #4]||December 23rd, 2018||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/melee-dm-2/event/melee-dm/ Melee @ DM2]||July 29th, 2019||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/melee-iwanna/event/melee-singles/ Melee @ Iwanna]||July 12th, 2019||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/melee-house-2/event/melee-singles/ Melee @ House #2]||July 18th, 2019||3rd||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/melee-tendo-2/event/melee-tendo/ Melee @ Tendo #2]]||July 26th, 2019||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/u-smash-arena-bsb-iv/event/melee-singles U-Smash Arena: BSB IV]||September 1st, 2019||5th||2nd||Gino
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/melee-iwanna-3/event/melee-singles Melee @ Iwanna #3]||October 18th, 2019||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/melee-tendo-5/event/melee-singles Melee @ Tendo #5]||January 18th, 2020||1st||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/melee-dps-3/event/melee-singles Melee @ DPS 3]||January 26th, 2020||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Smash Blunt|g=SSBM}} {{OnlineIcon}}||March 5th-6th, 2021||5th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|EBONG 2021|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||April 16th-18th, 2021||3rd||1st||Gino | | | [[Road to Japan]] || April 25th, 2015 || 1st || — || — |
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| |{{Trn|Zenkoku Taikai|g=SSBM}}||September 24th-25th, 2022||7th||—||— | | |[[Astra 2016]]||August 26th-28th, 2016||2nd||—||— |
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| [[Category:Chilean smashers]] | | [[Category:Chilean smashers]] |
| [[Category:Fox players (SSBM)]] | | [[Category:Fox professionals (SSBM)]] |
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