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{{Infobox Smasher | {{Infobox Smasher | ||
| name | | name = Omega Tyrant | ||
| | | image = | ||
| mainssb4 | | mainssb4 = R.O.B. | ||
| | | 2ndmainssb4 = | ||
| | | moremainssb4 = | ||
| | | otherssb4 = Charizard | ||
| mainssbb | | mainssbb = Wolf | ||
| 2ndmainssbb | | 2ndmainssbb = King Dedede | ||
| otherssbb | | otherssbb = Snake | ||
| mainssbm | | mainssbm = Ganondorf | ||
| mainpm | | mainpm = Ganondorf | ||
| | | skillssbm = Amateur | ||
| winningsssbb = | | skillssbb = Semi-professional (Retired) | ||
| winningsssb4 = | | skillssb4 = Semi-professional | ||
| winningsssbb = Approximately $500 | |||
| realname | | winningsssb4 = Approximately $1000 | ||
| birthday | | realname = Michael Oliver | ||
| birthmonth | | birthday = 21 | ||
| birthyear | | birthmonth = 7 | ||
| location | | birthyear = 1991 | ||
| country | | location = Schenectady, New York | ||
| country = United States | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Omega Tyrant''' is | '''Omega Tyrant''' is a upstate New York [[smasher]] from the city of {{s|wikipedia|Schenectady}}, who actively participates in tournaments, has contributed extensively to ''Smash'' knowledge, and is known for having a fairly popular Smash-based YouTube channel that features notably entertaining [[AI]] exploitation videos among others. His current main ''Smash'' game is ''Smash 4'', in which he has been using {{SSB4|R.O.B.}} almost solely in tournaments during high-stake matches, though he uses {{SSB4|Charizard}} as well. He additionally used to competitively play ''Brawl'' pre-''Smash 4'', where he comained the unusual combination of {{SSBB|King Dedede}} and {{SSBB|Wolf}}, with an occasional {{SSBB|Snake}} secondary. He does not play ''Melee'' seriously, but will occasionally enter local Melee tournaments, where he will only use {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}. | ||
Omega Tyrant | Omega Tyrant is currently an honorable mention on the [[New York Power Ranking#Super Smash Bros. for Wii U rankings|New York Power Ranking]] for ''Smash 4'', and is currently ranked third on the [https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13247786_1074455019292676_5556676964758728093_o.jpg New York capital region PR]. He was additionally ranked 5th on the final [[New York Power Rankings#Super Smash Bros. Brawl rankings|upstate New York PR]] for ''Brawl''. | ||
==Play style== | ==Play style== | ||
Omega Tyrant plays a | Omega Tyrant plays a space-heavy game, with a heavy emphasis on harsh punishes, and abusing any exploitable patterns he finds in his opponent's game. This was very apparent in his ''Brawl'' play, where he fully utilised Wolf's outstanding mobility, focusing on constant moving and frequent [[space]]d [[Wolf (SSBB)/Back aerial|back aerials]] and [[Wolf (SSBB)/Forward aerial|forward aerials]], while trying to open up [[DACUS]] opportunities and potential [[Wolf (SSBB)/Down throw|down throw]] [[chain throw|chains]] and [[tech chase|tech chases]].With King Dedede, he took a more methodical style reliant on [[pressure|pressuring]] the opponent, making heavy use of [[out of shield]] punishes as well as spaced [[King Dedede (SSBB)/Back aerial|bairs]] and full hopped [[King Dedede (SSBB)/Down aerial|dair]]s when in close, while attempting to [[bait]] an opportunity to land a [[grab]] or [[King Dedede (SSBB)/up tilt|up tilt]] when the opponent was at [[KO]] percent. | ||
In ''Smash 4'' with R.O.B., he heavily uses [[R.O.B. (SSB4)/Neutral aerial|neutral aerial]] and [[R.O.B. (SSB4)/Forward aerial|forward aerial]] to control space, keeping the [[Gyro]] in play as much as possible limit to the opponent's options, while always looking for opportunities to punish opponents with his grab to lead to R.O.B.'s powerful throw combos. He additionally makes heavy usage of the Gyro during edge-guarding to ledgetrap opponents, with his favorite setup being the Gyro knocking opponents into an offstage dair. With Charizard, he focuses on a more aggressive style, staying in enemy range throwing out spaced tilts and aerials, heavily abusing [[Charizard (SSB4)/Up smash|up smash]] to control the air and punish landings, and always looking for any opportunity to deliver a harsh punish. | |||
Omega Tyrant initially mained {{SSB4|King Dedede}} in ''Smash 4'', and used him with success for his first few ''Smash 4'' tournies. However, while he enjoyed the direction ''Smash 4'' Dedede took in his changes and found him to be a better designed character than his ''Brawl'' incarnation, he came to the conclusion Dedede was one of the worst characters in the game, with extremely limited mobility and frame data, while not having anywhere near the punish strength to make up for it. This feeling has only been reinforced with the passing of each balance patch that seemingly ignores Dedede. As such, he dropped the character completely, though still enjoys playing Dedede for fun, and has said he may pick him back up if a future patch seriously buffs him. | |||
He additionally used to main {{SSB4|Ganondorf}} and use Charizard as a full co-main instead of a secondary. With the legality of customs falling out of favor, he ended up dropping Ganondorf and nearly dropped Charizard until the [[List of updates (SSB4)/1.1.5 changelog#Charizard|1.1.5 patch]] gave him some vital buffs; he finds Charizard too limited without access to Dragon Rush, while finding Ganondorf completely unviable in default, when his recovery is terrible without [[Dark Fists]] and [[Wizard's Dropkick]]. He additionally found them extraneous, and dropped usage of them to focus his efforts on R.O.B. Omega Tyrant also briefly picked up {{SSB4|Zero Suit Samus}} in late 2015, with the intention of eventually solo maining her. A few months later though he found a renewed enjoyment for playing R.O.B., as well as feeling that Zero Suit Samus was not as good a pick for him as initially thought, leading to him dropping her completely. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Omega Tyrant entered the ''Brawl'' competitive scene rather late, only entering his first tournament in November 2011. Around this time, he was making plans to attend | Omega Tyrant entered the ''Brawl'' competitive scene rather late, only entering his first tournament in November 2011. Around this time, he was making plans to attend [[Apex 2012]], where he found the [[All is Brawl]] tournament page for {{H2|BEST|5th BEST}}, and saw that it was being held in a neighboring city. After he posted on the tournament page expressing his interest in attending, he was contacted by the [[tournament director]] {{Sm|Calm}}, who would then introduce him to the nearby competitive scene in upstate New York. Shortly afterward, he was able to join the Albany/Troy carpool to [http://smashboards.com/threads/313801 ASX3] to enter his first tournament. He was able to do rather decent in his first tournament, defeating Canadian smasher {{Sm|Phiddlesticks}} and {{SSBB|Yoshi}} player {{Sm|Sharky}}, before losing to {{Sm|San}} and later being eliminated by {{Sm|Metal Pat}} in losers, obtaining an overall 9th placing out of 32 participants. After ASX3, he attended 5th BEST, where in only his second tournament, he was able to place in the money, claiming 4th out of 21 players, defeating Calm and {{SSBB|Falco}} player {{Sm|CAC}}, while losing to {{Sm|Fatal}} in winners and being eliminated by {{SSBB|Marth}} player {{Sm|Vibe}} in losers' semi-finals. Omega Tyrant then attended Apex 2012 with San, Sharky, {{Sm|Pika Pika!}}, and {{Sm|K.I.D. Goggles}}. He failed to accomplish much at Apex, being eliminated in first round pools having placed fourth, losing to {{Sm|Zex}}, {{Sm|Hylian}}, and Z0MFG, but avoided a last placing by defeating Colorado smasher {{Sm|deathbysuarez}}. | ||
Since Apex 2012, Omega Tyrant began his strong presence in upstate New York, placing in the money or just outside it in every ''Brawl'' tournament in the region he entered since Apex, and having defeated every active and notable upstate player in a tournament set outside San and {{Sm|Cura}}. Within just six months of his tournament debut, he managed to get ranked on [[New York Power Rankings|his region's]] [[Power Rankings]]. | Since Apex 2012, Omega Tyrant began his strong presence in upstate New York, placing in the money or just outside it in every ''Brawl'' tournament in the region he entered since Apex, and having defeated every active and notable upstate player in a tournament set outside San and {{Sm|Cura}}. Within just six months of his tournament debut, he managed to get ranked on [[New York Power Rankings|his region's]] [[Power Rankings]]. | ||
He attended a few tournaments in [[Tristate Area|NY/NJ]] and occasionally in | He attended a few tournaments in [[Tristate Area|NY/NJ]] and occasionally in New England with fellow Schenectady smasher {{Sm|No Skillz}}. While he usually did not perform poorly in them, he was not able to place beyond a mid placing in the much stronger competition. He later attended [[Apex 2013]] with No Skillz, and in his bracket pool, he lost to {{Sm|Gunblade}}, then defeated {{Sm|Kiwi}} and another player, before being eliminating by {{Sm|Shadow}}, finishing 5th in his pool and failing to make bracket again. Apex 2013 was the last out-of-state tournament Omega Tyrant entered in ''Brawl'', and his activity dropped off, only entering a few nearby ''Brawl'' tournies since. | ||
Omega Tyrant fully reentered the scene upon the release of ''Smash 4'', and immediately emerged as one of upstate New York's strongest ''Smash 4'' players, winning money at each event he entered, and obtaining 1st on the first [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6soP2IIEAAMLIb.jpg:large New York capital region PR]. While he did not attend New York tournies that frequently throughout the winter and spring of 2015, and rarely attended the local weeklies, he remained one of the strongest players when he did, leading to him getting 2nd in the second Capital Region PR, being only outranked by the recently emerged {{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}. | |||
During the summer and fall of 2015, Omega Tyrant went into an unexplained hiatus, showing up to absolutely no tournaments between May and November, while barely playing the game on his own; this lead to him completely missing the capital region's Summer/Fall 2015 PR. He started showing up to tournaments again in November, though with his skills diminished and the competition being significantly stronger, his tournament performance for the first few months were weaker than they were pre-hiatus. In February 2016, he started regularly attending tournaments again and training more frequently on his own, leading to remarkable improvement and a return to form. Omega Tyrant has since been winning nearly every weekly in his region he enters, and his placings at bigger tournaments keep improving, leading to him getting back on the capital region PR for the Winter/Spring 2016 season, now being ranked third under Dark Wizzy and {{Sm|Marcel}}. | |||
==Tournament placings== | ==Tournament placings== | ||
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''=== | ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''=== | ||
{|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!!Tournament earnings | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=313801 Axs3]|| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=313801 Axs3]||11/5/2012||9th||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[BEST#5th BEST|5th BEST]]|| | |[[BEST#5th BEST|5th BEST]]||11/12/2012||4th||-||-||$7.35 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Apex 2012]]||1/7/2012||241st (4th of 5 R1 pool)||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[BEST#8th BEST|8th BEST]]|| | |[[BEST#8th BEST|8th BEST]]||2/11/2012||1st<ref>Grand finals was forced to split, due to the venue closing before the set could be completed</ref>||4th||{{Sm|No Skillz}}||$73.25 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=319233 Utican do it!]|| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=319233 Utican do it!]||3/03/2012||2nd||-||-||$66.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[BEST#7th BEST|7th BEST]]|| | |[[BEST#7th BEST|7th BEST]]||3/31/2012||5th||3rd||No Skillz||$3.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=321456 Upstate Battle series #1]|| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=321456 Upstate Battle series #1]||4/21/2012||4th||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[BEST#(15/2)th BEST|(15/2)th BEST|| | |[[BEST#(15/2)th BEST|(15/2)th BEST||5/5/2012]]||1st||-||-||$40.20 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323237 Clash of the Titans 6]||6/2/2012||33rd (5th of 8 Bracket pool)||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323941 Impact III]|| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323941 Impact III]||6/16/2012||17th||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=324687 Smash It Up Too]|| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=324687 Smash It Up Too]||6/30/2012||7th||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325546 Mega Mass Madness 2]|| | |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325546 Mega Mass Madness 2]||7/21/2012||17th||4th||{{Sm|Metal Pat}}||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[BEST#9th BEST|9th BEST]]|| | |[[BEST#9th BEST|9th BEST]]||9/8/2012||1st||1st||No Skillz||$70.50 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |[[Apex 2013]]||1/12/2013||129th (5th of 11 Bracket Pool)||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/super-smash-bros-tournament-brawl-and-melee-november-16th-2013-schenectady-ny.340262/ NFS 1]||November 16th, 2013||2nd | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/super-smash-bros-tournament-brawl-and-melee-november-16th-2013-schenectady-ny.340262/ NFS 1]||November 16th, 2013||2nd||1st||{{Sm|K.I.D.Goggles}}||$180.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/nipple-spikes-1-results-thread.350354/ Nipples Spikes]||March 15th, 2014||1st | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/nipple-spikes-1-results-thread.350354/ Nipples Spikes]||March 15th, 2014||1st||1st||K.I.D.Goggles||$65.00 | ||
|} | |} | ||
===''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''=== | ===''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''=== | ||
{|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!!Tournament earnings | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/ | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/nov-2-2014-nfs-2-need-for-smash-smash-tournament-melee-mechanicville-new-york.364105/#post-17911468 NFS2]||November 2nd, 2014||3rd||-||-||$20.70 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/pastime-legends-presents-1-fish.382836/ 1 Fish]||December 13th, 2014||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Joe?}}||$50.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/ | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/pastime-legends-rpi-smash-club-present-2-fish.392003/ 2 Fish]||February 14th, 2015||4th||2nd||Metal Pat||$42.50 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://www.facebook.com/events/435368896630954/permalink/449898895177954/ Smash Street #3]||March 28th, 2015||1st||-||-||$270.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/blue-fish-upstate-ny-local-featuring-dj-the-moon-jeapie-and-lucky.402447/ Blue Fish 1]||May 2nd, 2015||3rd||2nd||K.I.D.Goggles||$68.50 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[http://challonge.com/cfyau4vv Next Level Smash Series 1]||May 9th, 2015||3rd||-||-||$5.50 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[http://smashboards.com/threads/nov-8-2015-blue-fish-an-upstate-new-york-local-featuring-pm-wiiu-melee-rpi.422936/ Blue Fish 2]||November 8th, 2015||5th||1st||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}||$45.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://www.facebook.com/events/565958536888061/ Next Level Smash Series 4]||January 30th, 2016||9th||1st||Dark Wizzy||$42.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://www.facebook.com/events/1533921316922865 Cusetown Beatdown 5]||February 20th, 2016||13th||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://www.facebook.com/events/1682670578680464/ UA U Smash 3]||April 2nd, 2016||3rd||-||-||$38.25 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[[NEW FISH]]||May 7th, 2016||25th||-||-||$0.00 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://www.facebook.com/events/1047217815348839/ Cusetown Beatdown 6]||May 28th, 2016||5th||-||-||$28.00 | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | ==Youtube channel== | ||
Around March 2013, Omega Tyrant started up a [[YouTube]] channel, originally with the intention of being a place to upload his and other upstate New York players' tournament matches. However he started utilising his extensive knowledge of the Smash [[AI]] to create AI exploitation videos, the most famous of which was a ''Melee'' video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwDngBhmQXY beating every level nine CPU with Luigi by doing absolutely nothing], with the video going viral and garnering over | Around March 2013, Omega Tyrant started up a [[YouTube]] channel, originally with the intention of being a place to upload his and other upstate New York players' tournament matches. However he started utilising his extensive knowledge of the Smash [[AI]] to create AI exploitation videos, the most famous of which was a ''Melee'' video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwDngBhmQXY beating every level nine CPU with Luigi by doing absolutely nothing], with the video going viral and garnering over 500,000 views. Eventually he [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFBnhaXql24 replicated the feat in ''Smash 4''] despite the game's more advanced AI, and this video ended up becoming even more popular than the original ''Melee'' video, with over one million views. | ||
In addition to the AI exploitation videos, Omega Tyrant uploads montages, videos of single-player feats (such as beating [[Boss Battles]] on Intense difficulty without taking damage), interesting matches and highlights, and other miscellaneous Smash videos. | In addition to the AI exploitation videos, Omega Tyrant uploads montages, videos of single-player feats (such as beating [[Boss Battles]] on Intense difficulty without taking damage), interesting matches and highlights, and other miscellaneous Smash videos. | ||
To date, his channel has garnered over | To date, his channel has garnered over 13,000 subscribers and 8 million total views. His [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmin_CBFUfiMDgb2DJwyTaXm Smash AI exploitation series] is additionally currently up to over 80 videos and counting. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Omega Tyrant enjoys playing [[Brawl Minus]], vastly preferring it to the other mods of ''Brawl''. The primary reason for this is it being the only ''Brawl'' mod that feels like a different ''Smash'' game in his view, rather than being a patch or "Meleefied" ''Brawl''. | *Omega Tyrant enjoys playing [[Brawl Minus]], vastly preferring it to the other mods of ''Brawl''. The primary reason for this is it being the only ''Brawl'' mod that feels like a different ''Smash'' game in his view, rather than being a patch or "Meleefied" ''Brawl''. | ||
**Omega Tyrant is also undefeated in his region for Brawl Minus tournaments, including once winning a Brawl Minus tournament without dropping a single game. He mostly used Wolf, but also used King Dedede and Ganondorf. | **Omega Tyrant is also undefeated in his region for Brawl Minus tournaments, including once winning a Brawl Minus tournament without dropping a single game. He mostly used Wolf, but also used King Dedede and Ganondorf. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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== | ==Links== | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/OmegaTyrant4792/ | *[https://www.youtube.com/user/OmegaTyrant4792/ Omega Tyrant's Youtube channel] | ||
*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=160906 SmashBoards profile] | *[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=160906 SmashBoards profile] | ||
[[Category:New York smashers]] | [[Category: New York smashers]] | ||
[[Category:YouTubers]] | [[Category: YouTubers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Wolf professionals (SSBB)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:King Dedede professionals (SSBB)]] | ||
[[Category:R.O.B. | [[Category:R.O.B. professionals (SSB4)]] | ||
[[Category:Charizard | [[Category:Charizard professionals (SSB4)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Ganondorf professionals (SSB4)]] | ||
[[Category:Smashers who participate in SmashWiki]] | [[Category:Smashers who participate in SmashWiki]] |