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| {{Infobox Smasher | | {{Infobox Smasher |
| | name = TheVictoryStar | | | name = Platonic |
| | alias = TVS | | | alias = TheVictoryStar |
| | alias2 = Platonic | | | alias2 = |
| | | alias3 = |
| | | mainssb = Yoshi |
| | | 2ndmainssb = Kirby |
| | | moremainssb = |
| | | otherssb = Link |
| | | 2ndotherssb = |
| | | moreotherssb = |
| | mainssbm = Marth | | | mainssbm = Marth |
| | 2ndmainssbm = Sheik | | | 2ndmainssbm = Jigglypuff |
| | moremainssbm = {{SSBM|Peach}} | | | moremainssbm = |
| | otherssbm = Jigglypuff | | | otherssbm = Fox |
| | 2ndotherssbm = Fox | | | 2ndotherssbm = Sheik |
| | moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Falco}} | | | moreotherssbm = |
| | mainssbb = Olimar | | | mainssbb = Olimar |
| | 2ndmainssbb = Meta Knight | | | 2ndmainssbb = Meta Knight |
| | moremainssbb = {{SSBB|Lucario}} | | | moremainssbb = |
| | otherssbb = Marth | | | otherssbb = |
| | 2ndotherssbb = Pokémon Trainer | | | 2ndotherssbb = |
| | | moreothersbb = |
| | mainssb4 = Shulk | | | mainssb4 = Shulk |
| | 2ndmainssb4 = Cloud | | | 2ndmainssb4 = Diddy Kong |
| | moremainssb4 = {{SSB4|Captain Falcon}} | | | moremainssb4 = |
| | otherssb4 = Kirby | | | otherssb4 = Lucario |
| | 2ndotherssb4 = Bowser | | | 2ndotherssb4 = Sonic |
| | moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} | | | moreotherssb4 = |
| | mainssb = Yoshi | | | mainpm = Ivysaur |
| | otherssb = Kirby | | | 2ndmainpm = Mr. Game & Watch |
| | mainpm = Mr. Game & Watch
| | | moremainpm = |
| | 2ndmainpm = Fox | | | otherpm = |
| | otherpm = Mewtwo | | | 2ndotherpm = |
| | 2ndotherpm = Marth | | | mainotherpm = |
| | | mainssbu = Pyra |
| | | 2ndmainssbu = Mythra |
| | | moremainssbu = {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} |
| | | otherssbu = Shulk |
| | | 2ndotherssbu = Pichu |
| | | moreotherssbu = Yoshi |
| | | retiredssbu = Roy |
| | | 2ndretiredssbu = Palutena |
| | skill = | | | skill = |
| | skillssb = | | | skillssb = Amateur (semi-active) |
| | skillssbm = | | | skillssbm = Amateur |
| | skillssbb = | | | skillssbb = Amateur |
| | skillssb4 = | | | skillssb4 = Amateur (retired) |
| | skillpm = | | | skillssbu = Amateur |
| | | skillpm = Amateur |
| | ranking = | | | ranking = |
| | rankingssb = | | | rankingssb = |
| | rankingssbm = | | | rankingssbm = |
| | rankingssbb = | | | rankingssbb = |
| | realname = Andrew K. | | | realname = Andrew Kim |
| | birthday = 28 | | | birthday = 28 |
| | birthmonth = 11 | | | birthmonth = 11 |
| | birthyear = 2000 | | | birthyear = 2000 |
| | nnid = TheVictoryStar | | | nnid = TheVictoryStar |
| | location = San Diego, CA | | | location = Los Angeles, CA |
| | country = United States | | | country = United States |
| }} | | }} |
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| '''TheVictoryStar''', also known as '''Platonic''' or '''TVS''', is an unranked Smash Bros. player from SoCal. | | '''Platonic''', formerly known as "TheVictoryStar", is an unranked Smash Bros. player from SoCal. |
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Origin of the name===
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| TheVictoryStar originally received his tag as a competitive Pokémon player at age 13. His tag was a reference to the Pokémon [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Victini_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Victini], which has [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Victory_Star_(Ability) an ability of the same name].
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| The name "Platonic" arises from an inside joke developed in his freshman year of high school. When some of his friends were teasing him for texting a girl late at night, he responded by saying that his relationship with her was purely platonic. Since his friends did not know the definition of the word, he proceeded to yell the definition of the word on the top of his lungs for added emphasis, followed by "put that on your wall with the rest of your posters." Ever since, the phrase "platonic, put it on a wall" was associated with TheVictoryStar, and "Platonic" became his secondary tag.
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| ===Introduction to ''Super Smash Bros.''===
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| TheVictoryStar was first introduced to ''Super Smash Bros.'' through playing [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|''Brawl'']] when he was 12, many years after the game had come out. At the time, he played the game rather casually. Though he had no knowledge of the competitive scene, he started making discoveries on his own about many of the characters and picked up {{SSBB|Marth}} upon discovering the tipper mechanic in his moveset as well as his above-average mobility. (He has since dropped this main.) He also picked up {{SSBB|Lucario}} because he found his [[aura]] mechanic interesting.
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| ===Budding interest in ''Melee''===
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| Around the age of 13, TheVictoryStar started looking into competitive ''Super Smash Bros.'' Upon discovering how barren ''Brawl'''s tournament scene was in comparison to [[Super Smash Bros. Melee|''Melee'']]'s competitive scene. Over the next two years, he started learning more about ''Melee'' through YouTube channels such as [https://www.youtube.com/user/supersmashacademy Super Smash Academy] and [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC46ZTid4t2ctB6osM0WTiJA| SSBM Tutorials]. However, he had no access to the game itself but instead opted to keep this knowledge until he could obtain the game.
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| ===Introduction to ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
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| On Christmas of 2014, TheVictoryStar received a Wii U along with [[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]. Because of his love for ''Xenoblade Chronicles'', he picked up {{SSB4|Shulk}} as his [[main]] and has mained him since. Because of ''SSB4'', he stopped playing ''Brawl'' entirely for several years.
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| ===First encounter with ''Melee''===
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| In April of 2016, TheVictoryStar challenged a friend of his to a best-of-three set in ''Melee'' after boldly claiming that he could beat anyone within his school in ''Melee'' thanks to the knowledge he had amassed over the last two years. After one of TheVictoryStar's friends allowed him to borrow his GameCube to practice, he carried over his old main of {{SSBM|Marth}} for similar reasons to why he initially picked him up in ''Brawl''. His opponent used {{SSBM|Fox}}. Thanks to his knowledge of the game as well as extensive research and practice of [[wavedash|wavedashing]] and [[chaingrab|chaingrabbing]] with the character in the week preceding the match, TheVictoryStar won the set cleanly 2-0, both of which were three-stock wins.
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| ===Competitive interest in ''Super Smash Bros.''===
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| After this, he downloaded the [[Dolphin]] emulator and has practiced both ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' in his spare time. His initial ''Melee'' mains were Marth, {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}, and {{SSBM|Falco}}. However, he eventually dropped both of these characters: the former because he wished to focus on more conventional characters, and the latter because he did not have ample time to learn the character as well as he liked. He has settled on learning {{SSBM|Sheik}} and {{SSBM|Peach}}. However, he still does occasionally use Jigglypuff in doubles.
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| Because many of his friends were much more familiar with ''Brawl'', despite the fact that TheVictoryStar does not enjoy it as much as ''Melee'' or ''SSB4'', he decided to learn the game. After extensive character experimentation, he settled on the characters {{SSBB|Olimar}} and {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}. He has also continued playing Lucario for both counterpicks and for nostalgia.
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| Once he obtained the DLC for ''SSB4'', TheVictoryStar picked up {{SSB4|Cloud}} as a main alongside Shulk. He also picked up {{SSB4|Kirby}} due to his interesting combo game, but now only uses him as a secondary. He also picked up {{SSB4|Bowser}} after the buffs in patch [[List of updates (SSB4)/1.1.3 changelog#Bowser|1.1.3]], though he has since quit him due to wanting to focus on higher-[[tier]] characters. Finally, after watching players such as {{Sm|Fatality}} and {{Sm|ZeRo}} play the character, he picked up {{SSB4|Captain Falcon}}. In spite of all this, he still sees the most success with Shulk.
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| In December of 2016, he downloaded [[Project M]] for the first time. Upon fiddling around with the characters, he had started to learn {{PM|Mr. Game & Watch}} for his interesting combos and buffs from ''Melee''. He has also picked up {{PM|Fox}}, carrying over his knowledge from ''Melee'' to use him.
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| Though he does not have easy access to a hard copy of the game or an N64 controller, he usually plays {{SSB|Yoshi}} whenever he plays [[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. N64]] when he gets the chance.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Along with ''Super Smash Bros.'', TheVictoryStar has continued playing Pokémon competitively via Pokémon Showdown as a side hobby. He also plays [http://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/User:Thevictorystar ''Splatoon''] and Pokken Tournament.
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| *His two favorite games are ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' and ''MOTHER 3''.
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| **Oddly enough, while he is an avid {{SSB4|Shulk}} main in ''SSB4'', he does not play [[Lucas]] in any of the three games ([[Lucas (SSBB)|''Brawl'']], [[Lucas (SSB4)|''SSB4'']], or [[Lucas (PM)|''PM'']]) that he appears in.
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