Editing Smasher:Ice

{{Infobox Smasher
| name            = Ice
| image           = SmIce.jpg
| mainssbb        = Bowser
| mainssbm        = Fox
| otherssbm       = Sheik
| moreotherssbm   = {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, {{SSBM|Marth}}
| mainpm          = Fox
| otherpm         = Captain Falcon
| sponsor         = [[Red Bull Esports]]
| former sponsors = [[Luminosity Gaming]]
| former crews    = [[Germany's Star Fighters]], [[mYinsanity]]
| skillssbm       = Top professional
| skillpm         = Professional
| winningsssbm    = ~$8,513.24
| rankingssbm     = [[2017 SSBMRank]]: 28th
| realname        = Mustafa Akçakaya
| birthday        = 1
| birthmonth      = 7
| birthyear       = 1991
| location        = Berlin, Germany
| country         = Germany
}}

'''Ice''' is a German [[smasher]] located in the Berlin area. He is a major competitor in German tournaments, but has gone international and made strong impacts; his most notable showings were a 7th place finish at [[EVO 2013]] and [[GENESIS 3]] and 3rd at [[The Big House 6]], the latter being his best performance at an international tournament so far. He was considered to be one of the best ''Melee'' {{SSBM|Sheik}} mains in the world along with {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, and {{Sm|Overtriforce}} before his switch to {{SSBM|Fox}}. He is known for his prowess in the Fox, Marth, and Sheik matchups, and has taken sets off of top professionals such as {{Sm|Zhu}}, {{Sm|Hax}}, Overtriforce, {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, and even {{Sm|Leffen}} in Fox [[Ditto match|dittos]] in tournament. Ice is currently ranked 1st on the [[German Melee Power Rankings]], 3rd on the [[European Melee Power Rankings]], and 28th in the world on the [[2017 SSBMRank]].

On October 21st 2016, [[Luminosity Gaming]] picked up Ice as their first [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] player and second overall Smash player. Ice left the team on October 19, 2017.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/Ice_Fights/status/920941997761982465|title=Ice leaves Luminosity Gaming}}</ref> On March 2nd, 2018, Ice was picked up by Red Bull Esports.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/Ice_Fights/status/969645910547460099|title=Ice picked up by Red Bull Esports}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.redbull.com/de-de/mustafa-ice-akcakaya-interview|title="Mustafa "Ice" Akcakaya - Interview mit dem Smash-Profi" - Red Bull Esports}}</ref>
==Playing style==
Informally known as the "European {{Sm|Mew2King}}", Ice is one of the top Fox mains in the world, and used to be one of the best Sheik and Marth mains in Europe. Between all of his characters, Ice is extremely smooth and consistent in his [[tech skill]], rarely missing inputs or SDing. As Sheik and Marth, Ice is known for creative and lethal punishes, solid movement, consistent edgeguards, and proficient [[tech chase]]s and [[chaingrab]]s. Ice's Sheik in particular was much more aggressive than those of other Sheik mains, as he frequently opted for dash attack and down tilt reads that would lead into highly damaging strings. As Fox, Ice retains his powerful punishes, edgeguarding, and general aggression, but also showcases his extremely high technical proficiency to the fullest extent, especially with [[shine]] and aerial pressure on the opponent's shield. He has also one of the best tech reactions in the game, as pointed out by {{Sm|TheCrimsonBlur}} at [[The Big House 6]] (he called Ice "The Best Techer in Smash").

Ice used to have a lackluster neutral game compared to other top players, and performed poorly against top professional players of lesser-played characters because he did not know how to properly punish them. For example, he was defeated twice by {{Sm|s0ft}}'s {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} at [[Apex 2014]], showing a lack of knowledge of how to properly punish [[Rest]] with Sheik. He also could not take a game from {{Sm|aMSa}}'s {{SSBM|Yoshi}} at [[Republic of Fighters 3]] due to his failure to combat Yoshi's egg camping and [[DI]] away from his combos. However, after picking up Fox and addressing various issues in his gameplay, including his matchup problems, these upsets have been minimized, shown by Ice defeating aMSa 2-1 in Grand Finals at a Xanadu event two years later.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/never-gonna-smash-you-up-feat-rick-astley-berlin-germany.138969/page-2 Never gonna smash you up]||March 28th-30th, 2008||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SMASH ATTACK]]||April 3rd-5th, 2009||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 3]]||April 11th-12th, 2009||9th||4th||{{Sm|Remen}}
|-
|[[Super Lion 4]]||August 7th-9th, 2009||7th||5th||{{sm|Luma}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/osts-alliance-results-the-netherlands.259240/ OSTS]||December 19th-20th, 2009||5th||5th||{{Sm|Pamaro}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=271132 Berlin Calling]||April 2nd-4th, 2010||4th||7th||Luma
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=274005 ZEST5]||May 1st, 2010||5th||5th||{{Sm|Baxon}}
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T]]||January 7th-9th, 2011||3rd||4th||Luma
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T II]]||August 11th-14th, 2011||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Fuzzyness}}
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||33rd||13th||{{Sm|Amsah}}
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 5]]||April 20th-23rd, 2012||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Armada}}
|-
|[[Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande]]||July 13th-15th, 2012||4th||1st||Armada
|-
|[http://forum.germansmash.de/showthread.php?19183-OSmash-2-Results-amp-Shoutouts OSmash #2]||August 3rd-5th, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|Z}}
|-
|[[King Funk's Castle II: Måske]]||October 4th-7th, 2012||4th||2nd||{{Sm|Leffen}}
|-
|[[hf.lan 4]]||December 1st-2nd, 2012||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||25th||5th||Leffen
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 3]]||April 3rd-7th, 2013||2nd||3rd||Fuzzyness
|-
|[[hf.lan 5]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||1st||1st||Remen
|-
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||7th||5th||Leffen
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=339516 Republic of Fighters #2]||September 14th-15th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|Overtriforce}}
|-
|[[Avalon I]]||October 5th, 2013||1st||1st||Remen
|-
|[http://forum.germansmash.de/showthread.php?20988-OSmash-3-%96-Results-amp-Shoutouts OSmash#3]||October 25th-27th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|.tea}}
|-
|[[Avalon II]]||November 9th, 2013||1st||1st||Remen
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=341578 hf.lan 6]||December 14th-15th, 2013||1st||1st||Leffen
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17-19th, 2014||9th||4th||Armada
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 4]]||February 12th-16th, 2014||3rd||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[Smash Ain't Dead 3]]||March 15th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://forum.germansmash.de/showthread.php?21756-OSmash-4-Results-amp-Shoutouts OSmash#4]||April 18th-20th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Sixx}}
|-
|[[Republic of Fighters 3]]||May 17th-18th, 2014||4th||1st||Armada
|-
|[[EVO 2014]]||July 11th-13th, 2014||33rd||3rd||Leffen
|-
|[[SUPER Brawl in Berlin]]||August 15th-17th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|reaper}}
|-
|[http://forum.germansmash.de/showthread.php?22445-OMD-3-Results-amp-Shoutouts OMD#3]||August 30th-31st, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|quiKsilver}}
|-
|[[Hit & Stun Tournament 2]]||September 6th-7th, 2014||2nd||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[No Birds Allowed]]||October 3rd-5th, 2014||1st||1st||Sixx
|-
|[[DrommeLAN 4.0]]||November 7th-9th, 2014||5th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[http://challonge.com/hflan_8 hf.lan 8]||November 22nd-23rd, 2014||2nd||1st||Leffen
|-
|[[Avalon VI]]||November 29th, 2014||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Adam}}
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 5]]||January 9th-11th, 2015||4th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/supernebs2pro Super Nebulous 2]||January 24th, 2015||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Swedish Delight}}
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||13th||3rd||Leffen
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/avalon-viii-april-4th-2015-melee-smash-4-the-netherlands-europe.397674/ Avalon VIII]||April 4th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|Prosmashertim}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/tsu5m TSU 5]||May 17th, 2015||1st||1st||Luma
|-
|[[JST7]]||May 23rd-24th, 2015||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Amsah}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/avalon-ix-june-13th-2015-melee-smash-4-the-netherlands-europe.406167/ Avalon IX]||June 13th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|Nintendude}}
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||9th||2nd||Armada
|-
|[[Heir II the Throne]]||August 14th-16th, 2015||7th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[How Dair You]]||September 4th, 2015||1st||1st||{{Sm|SchlimmShady}}
|-
|[[DreamHack London 2015]]||September 19th-20th, 2015||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Helix]]||September 26th-27th, 2015||3rd||1st||Armada
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/tsu7msp TSU 7]||October 11th, 2015||1st||1st||Luma
|-
|[[Tipped Off 11]]||November 7th-8th, 2015||13th||1st||{{Sm|Nintendude}}
|-
|[[Eclipse]]||November 14th-15th, 2015||5th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[DreamHack Winter 2015]]||November 26th-29th, 2015||9th||5th||Leffen
|-
|[[DG Winter]]||December 5th-6th, 2015||1st||1st||SchlimmShady
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/avalon-m-ii-january-9th-2016-the-netherlands-europe.427922/ Avalon M-II]||January 9th, 2016||2nd||4th||SchlimmShady
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/kickstart-6/events/melee-singles/brackets/5962 Kickstart 6]||February 14th, 2016||2nd||4th||SchlimmShady
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 6]]||February 19th-21st, 2016||4th||1st||Leffen
|-
|[http://teamoso.challonge.com/mmm2pro Meltdown Melee Biweekly 2]||February 29th, 2016||1st||1st||Luma
|-
|[[Battle of the Five Gods]]||March 17th-19th, 2016||18th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smash Summit 2]]||April 21st-24th, 2016||9th||7th||{{Sm|ESAM}}
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2016]]||May 20th-22nd, 2016||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[DreamHack Summer 2016]]||June 18th-19th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-48/brackets/14220/52212/171724 Super Smash Sundays 48]||July 10th, 2016||1st||3rd||{{Sm|HugS}}
|-
|[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Clutch City Clash]]||August 6th-7th, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SAX08102016SSBM Smash @ Xanadu 8/10]||August 10th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|MikeHaze}}
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||13th||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[[Heir 3]]||August 19th-21st, 2016||17th <!--Ice lost to Android in Winners. "Forfeit" should only be listed if they forfeited in both Winners and Losers.-->||2nd||{{Sm|Professor Pro}}
|-
|[[Syndicate 2016]]||September 10th-11th, 2016||3rd||3rd||reaper
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/kickstart-11/brackets/16533/62911/203207 Kickstart 11]||September 17th, 2016||1st||3rd||Professor Pro
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/mmbm-7/events/melee-singles/brackets/75615 Meltdown Melee Biweekly 7]||October 2nd, 2016||1st||1st||Luma
|-
|[[The Big House 6]]||October 7th-9th, 2016||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|MacD}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/kickstart-12/events/melee-singles/brackets/79573 Kickstart 12]||October 15th-16th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Mahie}}
|-
|[[Eclipse 2]]||October 21st-23rd, 2016||2nd||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/the-den-1-1/events/melee-singles/brackets/84332 The Den #1]||November 12th-13th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Kellner}}
|-
|[[DreamHack Winter 2016]]||November 24th-27th, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[UGC Smash Open]]||December 2nd-4th, 2016||9th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[Eden]]||December 10th-11th, 2016||2nd||1st||Professor Pro
|-
|[[Don't Park on the Grass]]||December 17th-18th, 2016||7th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[SWEET XXV]]||January 14th, 2017||1st||1st||{{Sm|Duck}}
|-
|[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||25th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 7]]||February 17th-19th, 2017||3rd||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[Smash Summit Spring 2017]]||March 2nd-5th, 2017||9th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[Full Bloom 3]]||March 25th, 2017||9th||5th||Leffen
|-
|[[Royal Flush (tournament)|Royal Flush]]||May 12th-14th, 2017||17th||2nd||Leffen
|-
|[[Smash 'N' Splash 3]]||June 2nd-4th, 2017||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[GENESIS: RED]]||July 9th, 2017||4th||1st||Leffen
|-
|[[EVO 2017]]||July 14th-16th, 2017||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[FUSE]]||July 16th, 2017||&mdash;||7th||Leffen
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2017]]||July 28th-30th, 2017||13th||1st||Leffen
|-
|[[Shine 2017]]||August 25th-27th, 2017||9th||3rd||Leffen
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/balance-patch-melee-2/events Balance Patch Melee 2]||August 30th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/ppm-melee-berlin-2/events/melee-doubles/brackets/149521 PPM Melee Berlin 2]||September 30th, 2017||&mdash;||2nd||{{Sm|Stivo}}
|-
|[[Awakening III]]||October 21st-22nd, 2017||2nd||2nd||SchlimmShady
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/pixelpokal/events/melee-singles/brackets/171543 Pixelpokal]||December 17th, 2017||&mdash;||1st||reaper
|-
|[[Trophy Garden]]||January 27th-28th, 2018||2nd||1st||{{Sm|sixx}}
|-
|[[EGLX 2018]]||March 9th-11th, 2018||13th||4th||{{Sm|La Luna}}
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/respawn-6/events/melee-singles/brackets/174379 Respawn 6]||March 31st-April 2nd, 2018||2nd||1st||{{Sm|ChuDat}}
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 4]]||February 12th-16th, 2014||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smash Ain't Dead 3]]||March 15th, 2014||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://forum.germansmash.de/showthread.php?21756-OSmash-4-Results-amp-Shoutouts OSmash#4]||April 18th-20th, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SUPER Brawl in Berlin]]||August 15th-17th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://forum.germansmash.de/showthread.php?22445-OMD-3-Results-amp-Shoutouts OMD#3]||August 30th-31st, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Hit & Stun Tournament 2]]||September 6th-7th, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[No Birds Allowed]]||October 3rd-5th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:German smashers]]
[[Category:Fox professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Sheik professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Marth professionals (SSBM)]]
[[Category:Captain Falcon professionals (PM)]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2016 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2017 SSBMRank ranked players]]
[[Category:2013 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:2014 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:2015 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:2016 SSBMRank top 25]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]
[[Category:Panelists]]
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