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SLAPAHO is an Iowa City based crew, research team, tournament host, and smash film-making organization.
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==History==
'''SLAPAHO''' was an Iowa City based crew, research team, tournament host, and ''Smash'' film-making organization.
SLAPAHO was founded in the fall of 2007 by [[Aaron Kirschner|Aaron "Foghorn" Kirschner]] and [[Ax|Alex "Ax" Schumacher]].  It was originally formed simply as a crew that focused primarily on doubles play, but quickly evolved into many other roles.


They are mostly known for their research and tournament organizing.  [[Foghorn]] is the discoverer of the [[SLAPASTICK]] glitch, and Ax is the documenter of the [[SLAPAYO]] glitch.  They have sponsored and played in a number of tournaments in the Iowa City area, generally posting good results.  They hosted the first large tournament in the central Iowa area with the Last Hurrah Doubles tournament, which exceeded 40 participants and nearly 60 observers.
==Former members==
*[[Smasher:Foghorn|Aaron "Foghorn" Kirschner]]
*[[Smasher:Ax|Alex "Ax" Schumacher]]
*"Palm Tree" Palmer
*Dustin "Callista" Quam
*Nick "The Crazy Walrus" Cramer


They plan to continue their active role in the Smash community by encouraging the burgeoning tournament field in Iowa and researching in-depth all facets of Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
==History==
 
SLAPAHO was founded in the fall of 2007 by {{Sm|Foghorn}} and {{Sm|Ax}}. It was originally formed simply as a crew that focused primarily on doubles play, but quickly evolved into other roles.
==Tournaments==
SLAPAHO is dedicated to increasing the amount of tournaments in Iowa.  They are starting with small tournaments at the University of Iowa, but have begun to spread into larger tournaments. Their most recent tournament was the Last Hurrah Doubles Tournament on the 23 of February.  [[Aaron Kirschner]] usually is the head organizer of the tournaments and officiates, while other members are known to compete.


They have also competed in tournaments in Iowa City, with [[Foghorn]] and Palmer closing out finals in their debut singles tournament.  The team of [[Ax]] and Palmer placed third in the Last Hurrah Doubles Tournament.
They were mostly known for their research and tournament organizing. They sponsored and played in a number of tournaments in the Iowa City area, generally posting good results. They hosted the first large tournament in the central Iowa area with the Last Hurrah Doubles tournament, which exceeded 40 participants and nearly as many observers.


SLAPAHO is currently planning a series of Brawl tournaments in Iowa City called the University of Iowa Smash Championship Series (UISCS).  This series will consist of two preliminary tournaments (each player may only enter one of these), a "last chance" tournament, and the final championship.  The first two tournaments are open to any number of players, and the last chance tournament is open to anyone who did not make the quarter-finals of the first two tournaments.  The final championship is open only to the 20 players who receive bids.  The top eight players in each of the first two tournaments will earn automatic bids to the championship, and the winner of the last chance tournament will also earn a bid. Additionally, there will be five "sponsors exemptions."  There are, as yet, no set rules as to how you get a sponsors exemption, but they will include anything from posting a good video on YouTube to demonstrating a strong set of skills.
They planned to continue their active role in the Smash community by encouraging the burgeoning tournament field in Iowa and researching in-depth all facets of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.


The UISCS will be held in both the Fall and the Spring.  The Fall is singles, and the Spring is doubles.
They were sanctioned as a student organization by the University of Iowa.


==Play Philosophy==
SLAPAHO has been largely inactive since 2008.
While their focuses have greatly expanded, SLAPAHO is still a crew dedicated to the enjoyment of Super Smash Bros.  As such, they tend to develop their own metagame, which is often quite different from the rest of the smash community.  They also aim to develop the metagame of bottom tier characters.  Almost all tactics used by the crew were developed through trial and error in intra-crew play.  This has led to them being rather unpredictable in tournament play, as their maverick style often goes against what players expect.  The crew utilizes many advanced [[edgeguarding]] techniques, including the [[SLAPASTICK]].


The crew also stresses the importance of knowing how to play multiple characters.  Entrance into the crew requires a display of proficiency with at least five non-clone characters (i.e. Fox and Falco count as one character in this test).  At least one of these characters must be a bottom tier character and another must not be a top or high tier character.  At the present, all members of SLAPAHO are proficient with at least 10 distinct characters.
==Tournaments==
 
''For complete information, see [[UISCS]]''
==SLAPAHO Epics==
The SLAPAHO crew is currently filming a series of short smash movies.  These films are comedy bouts of smash, sometimes with commentary provided by [[Aaron Kirschner|Foghorn]] and [[Ax]].  All of these can be found on YouTube as they are aired, and links will be placed here.
 
*SLAPAHO Epic #1:  Every Character gets Eaten by the Fish[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q2rylr_Yrg]
 
SLAPAHO also will release some material from their filming sessions that isn't worthy of true epic status.  This can be either behind the scenes looks at the making of a SLAPAHO Epic, outtakes from epics, or failed projects that are so bad they're funny.  These can be found here:
 
*Giant Bowser v. Giant DK[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWNF985aWhE]
 
Additionally, SLAPAHO will periodically put out videos of friendly matches between [[Foghorn]] and [[Ax]].  These are usually training matches and they use a variety of characters.  They can be found below.


*Foghorn (Zelda) v. Ax (Sonic) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOLhGu8zTM]
SLAPAHO was dedicated to increasing the amount of tournaments in Iowa. They started with small tournaments at the University of Iowa, but eventually spread to larger tournaments. Their most recent tournament was the Last Hurrah Doubles Tournament. {{Sm|Foghorn}} was usually the head organizer of the tournaments and officiates, while other members were known to compete.
*Foghorn (Fox) v. Ax (Link) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sr-dDmLdg8]


They have plans to record all matches in the UISCS past the quarterfinals and air them.
They also competed in tournaments in Iowa City, with {{sm|Foghorn}} and Palmer closing out finals in their debut singles tournament. The team of {{sm|Ax}} and Palmer placed third in the Last Hurrah Doubles Tournament.


==Research==
SLAPAHO planned a series of ''Brawl'' tournaments in Iowa City called the [[University of Iowa Smash Championship Series]] (UISCS). This series consisted of two preliminary tournaments (each player could only enter one of these).
SLAPAHO has done extensive research on glitches in Super Smash Bros. Melee, including the discovery of the [[SLAPASTICK]].  They were among the different groups trying to find the strongest non-glitch attack, and in the process were able to determine the fastest possible pitch in Melee is 1474.  They are responsible for the writing on [[Edgeguarding#deterrence|deterrence edgeguarding]] and [[Spring Canceling|spring canceling]]. They pioneered much research into the anti-strategy to [[edgeguarding]], which can be found at [[Guard Break]].


On May 4th, 2008, SLAPAHO recreated and documented a relatively new Brawl glitch involving [[Ness]].  It is tentatively named the [[SLAPAYO]] because it involves the failed retraction of Ness' yo-yo.
SLAPAHO eventually expanded, hoping for an Iowa Smash bi-weekly tournaments.


They have made a proposed [[User:Clarinet Hawk/SLAPAHO Tier List|tier list]], with video and commentary to support their decisions on the way.
==Play philosophy==
While their focuses expanded, SLAPAHO was dedicated to the enjoyment of ''Super Smash Bros.'' As such, they tended to develop their own metagame, which was often quite different from the rest of the Smash community. They also aimed to develop the metagame of bottom tier characters. Almost all tactics used by the crew were developed through trial and error in intra-crew play. This led to them being rather unpredictable in tournament play, as their maverick style often went against what players expected. The crew utilized many advanced [[edgeguarding]] techniques, including the [[turnip glitch]].


They are preparing a new, definitive, theory on character comparisons. They hope to run an actual double-blind experiment to confirm their suspicions.
The crew also stressed the importance of knowing how to play multiple characters. Entrance into the crew required a display of proficiency with at least five non-clone characters (i.e. Fox and Falco counted as one character in this test). At least one of these characters had to be a bottom tier character and another could not be a top or high tier character. In 2008, all members of SLAPAHO were proficient with at least 10 distinct characters.


==Members==
SLAPAHO has also been credited in developing the [[metagame]] of [[Charizard (SSBB)|Charizard]].
[[Aaron Kirschner|Aaron "Foghorn" Kirschner]]--[[Marth (SSBM)]], [[Kirby (SSBB)]]


[[Ax|Alex "Ax" Schumacher]]--[[Ice Climbers (SSBM)]], [[Pit (SSBB)]]
==SLAPAHO epics==
The SLAPAHO crew filmed a series of short smash movies. These films were comedy bouts of Smash, sometimes with commentary provided by {{sm|Foghorn}} and {{sm|Ax}}. All of these can be found on YouTube.


*SLAPAHO is looking to recruit new members in the Iowa City area, though their crew limit is 4. Any prospective players should contact them through their YouTube account or participate in the UISCS.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q2rylr_Yrg SLAPAHO Epic #1: Every Character gets Eaten by the Fish]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4F6eAaDQU SLAPAHO Epic #2: How OGs do it:  A Tribute to 187 Ride or Die]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_tymoasww SLAPAHO Epic #3: Raise the Roof featuring R.O.B]


==Former Members==
SLAPAHO also released some material from their filming sessions. Consisting of behind the scenes looks at the making of a SLAPAHO Epic, outtakes from epics, or failed projects.
C.J. "Palm Tree" Palmer--[[Ness]]


Dustin "Calista" Quam--[[Fox]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWNF985aWhE Giant Bowser v. Giant DK]
 
==Common Quotes==
*You Dead!
*Here's a box!
*Baby, why you make me hit you?
*It's bomb time!
*I'm the [[Luigi (SSBB)|Gingerbread Man]]!
*The Goombas can't see me!
*Camel!
*And now it's time for the cavemen...
*FISH!


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The name was taken from an opponents' flag football team.
*Their name was taken from an opponents' flag football team.
*They record their videos via an uplink with video signal splitter hooked into an electric shaver charger and captured on mediocre video editing software.
[[Category:Crews]]
*No members of SLAPAHO are allowed to choose their gamer tags; they are given generally in ridicule by other members or even passersby.
[[Category:American crews]]
*The clan tag (a set of characters after the gamer tag which identifies the clan, crew, or association of a player such as the famous multi-game clan 'Meet Your Makers' "MYM]") is {~XTRM}~. For example, [[Ax]]'s full tag would be {~XTRM}~Ax. As can be seen, sometimes the tags can have nothing to due with the actual crew name and more to do with what Johnny Xtreme says.
 
[[category:crews]]

Latest revision as of 19:03, February 17, 2018

SLAPAHO was an Iowa City based crew, research team, tournament host, and Smash film-making organization.

Former members[edit]

History[edit]

SLAPAHO was founded in the fall of 2007 by Foghorn and Ax. It was originally formed simply as a crew that focused primarily on doubles play, but quickly evolved into other roles.

They were mostly known for their research and tournament organizing. They sponsored and played in a number of tournaments in the Iowa City area, generally posting good results. They hosted the first large tournament in the central Iowa area with the Last Hurrah Doubles tournament, which exceeded 40 participants and nearly as many observers.

They planned to continue their active role in the Smash community by encouraging the burgeoning tournament field in Iowa and researching in-depth all facets of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

They were sanctioned as a student organization by the University of Iowa.

SLAPAHO has been largely inactive since 2008.

Tournaments[edit]

For complete information, see UISCS

SLAPAHO was dedicated to increasing the amount of tournaments in Iowa. They started with small tournaments at the University of Iowa, but eventually spread to larger tournaments. Their most recent tournament was the Last Hurrah Doubles Tournament. Foghorn was usually the head organizer of the tournaments and officiates, while other members were known to compete.

They also competed in tournaments in Iowa City, with Foghorn and Palmer closing out finals in their debut singles tournament. The team of Ax and Palmer placed third in the Last Hurrah Doubles Tournament.

SLAPAHO planned a series of Brawl tournaments in Iowa City called the University of Iowa Smash Championship Series (UISCS). This series consisted of two preliminary tournaments (each player could only enter one of these).

SLAPAHO eventually expanded, hoping for an Iowa Smash bi-weekly tournaments.

Play philosophy[edit]

While their focuses expanded, SLAPAHO was dedicated to the enjoyment of Super Smash Bros. As such, they tended to develop their own metagame, which was often quite different from the rest of the Smash community. They also aimed to develop the metagame of bottom tier characters. Almost all tactics used by the crew were developed through trial and error in intra-crew play. This led to them being rather unpredictable in tournament play, as their maverick style often went against what players expected. The crew utilized many advanced edgeguarding techniques, including the turnip glitch.

The crew also stressed the importance of knowing how to play multiple characters. Entrance into the crew required a display of proficiency with at least five non-clone characters (i.e. Fox and Falco counted as one character in this test). At least one of these characters had to be a bottom tier character and another could not be a top or high tier character. In 2008, all members of SLAPAHO were proficient with at least 10 distinct characters.

SLAPAHO has also been credited in developing the metagame of Charizard.

SLAPAHO epics[edit]

The SLAPAHO crew filmed a series of short smash movies. These films were comedy bouts of Smash, sometimes with commentary provided by Foghorn and Ax. All of these can be found on YouTube.

SLAPAHO also released some material from their filming sessions. Consisting of behind the scenes looks at the making of a SLAPAHO Epic, outtakes from epics, or failed projects.

Trivia[edit]

  • Their name was taken from an opponents' flag football team.
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