Editing Smasher:FlashingFire

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = FlashingFire
| image         = FlashingFire.jpg
| mainpm        = Snake
| otherpm       = Ike
| former crews  = Stock Cancel Gaming
| skillpm       = Top level
| rankingpm = [[PMRank 2019]]: 46th
| realname      = Brennan Connolly
| birthyear     = 1994
| location      = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
| country       = USA
}}

'''FlashingFire''' is a ''[[Project M]]'' player from Oklahoma who has mained {{PM|Snake}} since version 2.6 in 2013. He is currently ranked 2nd on the [[Oklahoma Power Rankings#Project M|Oklahoma Project M Power Rankings]] and 46th on [[PMRank 2019]]. He has notables wins against {{Sm|Machiavelli}} and {{Sm|Oracle}}, which he achieved at [https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-bit-wars-4/event/pm-singles/brackets/4036 Super Bit Wars 4]. More recently, he defeated {{Sm|Captain Birdman}} at {{Trn|Super Bit Wars 7}}. Smashers often refer to him as "Flafi," which is an abbreviated version of his player tag.

==Community Contributions==
* FlashingFire is the creator and administrator of the [https://discord.gg/SB5d3VT PM Snake Discord]. 
* Along with {{Sm|Yata!}}, he wrote a [https://smashboards.com/threads/collaborative-project-m-snake-guide.428789/ Project M Snake guide] and published it on [[SmashBoards]] in early 2016.
* He has created two videos explaining a character-specific advanced technique originally called the Snake Flash; it is now more commonly called a Flash Jump.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzF2VM2kL_w New Project M Technique: The Snake Flash]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0uvFpXxQZk The Snake Flash Explained Frame-by-Frame: A Project M Snake Advanced Technique]

==PMRank==
FlashingFire is currently in charge of PMRank. He was the leader of [[PMRank 2018]] and was heavily involved in [[PMRank 2016]] and [[PMRank 2017]]. He has assisted with planning the project, recruiting panelists, collecting tournament data, and writing and editing player summaries. He and {{Sm|Strong Bad}} co-wrote the more extensive summaries for the top 10 players of PMRank 2016. For PMRank 2017 and 2018, FlashingFire was the chief editor of the player articles.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://challonge.com/stockcancelgamingpmsingles3 The Oklahoma Invitational (OKI)]||April 5th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/sbwpms Super Bit Wars 3]||October 29th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/saltyrunbackpms The Salty Runback]||December 13th, 2014||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Aftershock]]||March 28th, 2015||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-bit-wars-4/event/pm-singles/brackets/4036 Super Bit Wars 4]||February 20th-21st, 2016||4th||7th||{{Sm|Yata!}}
|-
|[http://razorsmash.challonge.com/rsb3pm Razor Smash Bash 3]||March 12th, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://sweetspot.challonge.com/pmtop16 The Sweet Spot: Reloaded]||July 2nd, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[ARLO 3]]||August 20th-21st, 2016||33rd||7th||{{Sm|Dyl}}
|-
|[http://stier.challonge.com/ssstier1_singles SSS-Tier #1]||October 1st, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stier.challonge.com/ssstier2 SSS-Tier #2]||October 29th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/mkoqtop16 Meta Knight or Quit]||November 26th, 2016||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stier.challonge.com/ssstier3singles SSS-Tier #3]||December 3rd, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stier.challonge.com/sbpmtop16 The Salty Runback 2]||December 17th, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stier.challonge.com/ssstier4_pmsingles SSS-Tier #4]||January 28th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[King of the Springs 2]]||February 4th, 2017||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sweet-spot-3/event/melee-singles/brackets/130679 Sweet Spot 3]||April 23rd, 2017||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Plasmius}}
|-
|[[Super Smash Wars]]||July 1st, 2017||4th||1st||Dyl
|-
|[[Low Tier City 5]]||August 5th-6th, 2017||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Jason Waterfalls}}
|-
|[http://stier.challonge.com/ssstier10pmsingles SSS-Tier #10]||August 26th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/3-5x-a-presses/event/pm-singles/brackets/146292 3.5x A Presses]||September 2nd, 2017||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Cuda}}
|-
|{{Trn|No Fun Allowed 2}}||February 24th, 2018||9th||3rd||{{Sm|Kuma|p=Oklahoma}}
|-
|[https://tloc.challonge.com/iab208 Infinity and Beyond 208]||June 26th, 2018||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/meta-knight-s-revenge/event/project-m-singles/brackets/303996 Meta Knight's Revenge]||July 21st, 2018||4th||9th||{{Sm|Vegi}}
|-
|{{Trn|No Fun Allowed 3}}||February 9th, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-crucible-a-pnw-major/event/waterfall-bracket/standings The Crucible]||March 9th, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Bit Wars 7}}||March 30th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 5}}||May 31st-June 2nd, 2019||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Chevy}}
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/flashingfire Twitter account]

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