Editing Smasher:PPMD

| mainssbm        = Falco

| 2ndmainssbm    = Marth

| mainssbb        = Marth

| otherssbb      = Mario

| mainpm          = Marth

| otherpm        = Falco

| 2ndotherpm      = Mario

| realname        = Kevin Nanney

| birthday        = 25

| birthmonth      = 9

| country        = United States

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PPMD was also a talented ''[[Brawl]]'' player, mainly playing {{SSBB|Marth}}. He was formerly ranked 7th on the North Carolina Brawl Rankings.

In March 2016, after [[Battle of the Five Gods]], PPMD announced a hiatus from competitive play due to health issues, and has not entered a singles tournament since, although he did enter doubles at {{Trn|Bad Moon Rising 2}}. In April of 2019, PPMD announced that he would resume streaming ''Melee'' on Twitch. At the start of January of 2020, PPMD revealed that he would be returning to tournaments and would be attending {{Trn|GENESIS 7}} as a spectator and potential commentator. He did commentary on a few sets such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTib2GEYAiE Mango vs Trif.] In December of 2020, he also did Top 8 commentary for {{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3}}.

==Tournament history==

===2014: Early Dominance, Apex 2014, and the Sudden Decline on Attendance===

Starting with [[Tipped Off 9]] in late 2013, PPMD had a dominant period where he managed to win every tournament he entered for half a year; simultaneously, PPMD is known for rarely going to tournaments (outside of small NC locals) - in 2014, he only traveled to the most significant tournaments, such as [[Apex 2014]], [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], and [[EVO 2014]].

===2015: The Apex 2015 Champion===

PPMD's most famous performance throughout his Smash career was his 1st place finish at [[Apex 2015]]. Despite his long breaks since EVO 2014 due to personal issues, PPMD managed to deliver himself up to attend Apex 2015. Nevertheless, many professionals and viewers were overwhelmingly surprised to see PPMD's fantastic dominance throughout this tournament, despite his long hiatus. Into the winners bracket, PPMD managed to take down many notable players such as {{Sm|Wizzrobe}} 2-0, {{Sm|S2J}} 2-1, PewPewU 2-1, and Armada 3-2. PPMD climbed into Winners as he met Leffen, who was recently claimed as a Godslayer after his victory against Mew2King, at Winners' Finals. While using predominantly Marth, PPMD managed to clutch the set against Leffen in a 3-2 victory. After PPMD's win against Leffen at Winners Finals, Armada swept through losers and indeed took down Leffen at Losers Finals in a 3-1 victory. PPMD faced off against Armada in Grand Finals where, despite Armada resetting the bracket in a 3-2 first set, PPMD ultimately took Apex 2015 with a 3-0 victory in set 2.

PPMD did not attend a noteworthy event afterward until [[EVO 2015]], although he had planned on attending [[I'm Not Yelling!]] and some other tournaments. At EVO 2015, PPMD swept through pools and made it through Winners Finals after defeating SFAT 2-1, HugS 2-1, and {{Sm|Plup}} 2-0. In Winners Finals, PPMD faced off against Armada where he was eliminated 3-0. At the end, PPMD was later eliminated by Hungrybox in a convincing 3-0 loss, securing 3rd place.  

PPMD's final tournament at 2015 was [[Smash Summit]]. Known for its large prize pot and inviting selected professionals to compete the summit, PPMD was invited to the Smash Summit. Throughout Winners, PPMD was able to defeat {{Sm|Swedish Delight}} 3-0 and {{Sm|Westballz}} in a close 3-2 before being eliminated by Armada 3-1. Unfortunately, PPMD lost against Plup 3-2, securing 5th place.

The first major tournament of 2016, [[GENESIS 3]] marked the revival of one of the most prolific tournament series in Smash history. It was also one of PPMD's last singles tournament until his long hiatus. Throughout GENESIS 3, PPMD managed to cruise through top 32 winners while defeating Swedish Delight 3-1, {{Sm|Lucky}} 3-2, and SFAT 3-1. During top 8 winners, despite PPMD's impressive Falco performance at Game 2 and having close games against Armada, Armada managed to take down PPMD in a 3-1 victory. PPMD landed at 5th place after losing to Mango in a convincing 3-0 defeat.  

===2017: Bad Moon Rising 2===

After a year of hiatus, PPMD began to improve his condition as he managed to start a more active lifestyle, providing him enough strength to enter [[Bad Moon Rising 2]]. Many viewers were surprised to see PPMD competing at Bad Moon Rising 2 in doubles and were anticipated to see his return to the scene in over a year. With his partner, LoZR, PPMD and his teammate successfully swept through Phase 1 of Pools until Top 32 where they met against Colbol and {{Sm|dizzkidboogie}}. In a hard-fought match, PPMD and LoZR were sent to losers at a 2-1 defeat but later made into top 8 losers. Many spectators began to questioned whether PPMD and LoZR could defeat Hungrybox and {{Sm|Crunch}} at Top 5 losers. In top 5 losers, PPMD and LoZR first takes a close first game against Hungrybox and Crunch after LoZR made a clutch upsmash against Hungrybox. During the second game, Hungrybox and Crunch managed to complete their first game in an another tense match. At game three, PPMD and LoZR took another game against Hungrybox and Crunch but at game four, Hungrybox and Crunch retaliate. At game five, PPMD and LoZR ended in a fantastic finish against Hungrybox and Crunch by an up throw to Fox's up-air and Falco's down-air on Hungrybox and a quick edgeguard against Crunch. After winning against Hungrybox and Crunch, PPMD and LoZR faced a rematch against Colbol and dizzkidboogie. Despite PPMD's and LoZR's efforts, they nonetheless lost in a 3-0 defeat, securing 4th place at Bad Moon Rising 2 doubles.

Although PPMD's technique is very refined, he is not known for his technical prowess as much as other top players such as {{Sm|Westballz}} and {{Sm|PewPewU}}. Rather, he is renowned for his strong mental game and extremely threatening and precise [[dash dance]] spacing, both of which are part of his mildly aggressive play-style that is very conservative and methodical compared to other top players. As part of this playstyle, PPMD almost never consciously makes a sub-par decision in a match in an attempt to gain advantage or "disrespect" his opponent, even when greatly ahead in a game. This leads to PPMD having what is arguably the best [[neutral game]] play in the world, and even top players, such as {{Sm|Armada}}, have commented on how difficult it is to get an opening against him.

==Tournament placings==

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===

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|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=334453 Smash @ Xanadu Monthly - 2/23]||February 23rd, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|ESAM}}

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==Trivia==

**One of PPMD's Twitch subscription emotes is of his own face emulating the "Kreygasm" emote.

**After PPMD's first post-EVO 2015 stream, he organized a Twitch raid on the [http://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick Games Done Quick channel] during their 2015 Summer event, which resulted in a massive "PPMD Kreygasm" spam in its chat that lasted for over thirty minutes until the channel's moderators censored the word "PPMD". Games Done Quick's staff made a remark about that particular event on their Twitter account. <ref>[https://twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/625513073567100928]</ref> They eventually turned off the censor, and PPMD's name would still occasionally pop up in the chat since PPMD hosted the stream on his channel from the time of the raid until the event ended.

*PPMD is well known for keeping his composure during matches, although he is a much more outgoing person than his Smash sets let on, as seen when he [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-HwvtRjDEI gets excited for Twitch's victories during Bad Moon Rising].

*PPMD has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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