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m (though this is in my personal contention for greatest smasher article of all time, I do have to make some edits, regrettably. Can't find anything on the soonsay win - maybe it's real, who knows!)
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{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
| name        = Liquid
| name        = Liquid
| mainssbm    = Marth
| mainssbm    = Marth
| skillssbm    = High level
| skillssbm    = High level
| realname    = Christian Tam
| location    = Toronto, Ontario
| location    = Toronto, Ontario
| country      = Canada
| country      = Canada
}}
}}


'''Liquid''' is an up and coming ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Marth}} main in Canada, often known for his strong abuse of crouch cancel grab and unusual downsmash usage. He was previously ranked 7th on the [[Southern Ontario Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 9th in the GTA region in the 2018 spring season and is depicted as the Dragonball Z character Buu because he absorbs his opponents' tendencies and adapts like liquid. As many times as he denies it, his skill vastly improved from the training of {{Sm|Ryan Ford}} from the summer of 2016 and has now become a disciple of Ryan Ford. His resume includes tying with {{Sm|Armada}} at [[EGLX]] (Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo 2016) for 17th place, and wins over strong Canadian players such as {{Sm|Nightmare}}, {{Sm|Sauc3}}, {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}'s Bowser, and {{Sm|Monib}}. Recently he has taken a set off of {{Sm|Moky}} in 2018, but still has a losing record to local Toronto smasher, Kip's Peach secondary.
'''Liquid''' is a ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Marth}} main from Canada known for his strong abuse of crouch cancel grab and unusual down smash usage. He was previously ranked 6th on the [[Southern Ontario Power Rankings]] and has wins over players such as {{Sm|moky}}, {{Sm|Panda|p=Florida}}, {{Sm|YungWaff}}, {{Sm|bonfire10}}, {{Sm|Faust}}, and {{Sm|JSalt}}.
 
His 2018 does not end there, as he recently has taken a set off of {{Sm|Nintendude}}'s Marth at Gator Games Monthly #5 in Northern California. This ultimately boosted his {{Sm|Mew2King}} number to 2, and 3 for Kip's Peach. Furthermore, at the same monthly, he money matched {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} and won 2-1 without banning any stages. Not only does this show much balls he has, this also increased his {{Sm|Armada}} number to 2, and 3 for Kip's Peach. He is still undefeated against the current Gods of Melee as the gods are consistently in the winner's brackets in the early phases of majors, dodging Liquid, whose progress in the bracket is more variable.
 
He was then selected to represent Canada in [[The Big House 8]] crew battles of 2018. Due to team Florida's composition, he sat out due to the strong anti-Marth composition that the Floridian crew had. Although his image was shown on the preview of the crew battles, he was mistaken to be fellow Canadian smasher {{Sm|Vanitas|p=Canada}}. This was a mistake by the production crew as they failed to tell the difference between the two due to a visual reason.
 
In 2019, he also defeated {{Sm|Soonsay}}, one of the most talented and handsome Fox mains of Canada.
 
On May 31st 2020, where netplay tournaments were popular due to the [[COVID-19]] outbreak, Liquid entered the tournament Smash for Minneapolis Relief (https://start.gg/tournament/smash-for-minneapolis-relief/events) where he would enter his secondary in the making, Roy. There is strong speculation that the influence of Zain's recent performance taking a major netplay tournament with Roy had an impact on this decision, as well as both players' competencies in dashing back and grabbing opponents near the corner. Liquid entered the tournament under a different alias, known as "imyourroy", which would cause discussion in the twitch chat on who this hero was. imyourroy would lose to local smash celebrity, Quiggles in round 2 but then go on a loser's run of a lifetime. In his run, he managed to defeat wally, Ligma, Erik, and come to a close and nail-biting game 5 with former PR player, Rabbit, one of Ontario's strongest Sheik mains. Rabbit, was initially cautious and alert about who this fire wielding vagrant was. Upon discovering it was Liquid, Rabbit felt at ease, as he was able to visualize the player he was playing, all the times Rabbit had friendly banter with Liquid, remembering previous habits, and even hearing the iconic and contagious laughter of Liquid. It demonstrated for Rabbit, that the power of friendship prevailed, even in the darkest of times. imyourroy ended at a respectable 5th place at this tournament, not winning the tournament, but winning the hearts of the viewers.
 
In 2022, [[Twitter]] user ETossed claimed that Liquid was the player that used Ness the second most out of every Canadian smasher with this tweet (https://twitter.com/ETossed/status/1485755498779623425) just behind JoeyBats. This solidified another accomplishment for Liquid as the second best Ness player to ever come out of the Canadian scene. It is likely that during Liquid's quiet 2021 year, he was spending his time practicing for his two tournament Ness games and then stopped once he reached his goal of second best Ness main. Liquid then proceeded to dashdance in the corner once more, biding his time for his true return to the ''Melee'' scene with his Marth.


==Tournament placings==
==Tournament placings==
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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|'''''[[The Big House 5]]'''''||October 2nd-4th, 2015||193rd||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo]]||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||17th||9th||Kip
|[[Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo]]||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||17th||9th||Kip
|-
|'''''[[Get On My Level 2016]]'''''||May 20th-22nd, 2016||49th||33rd||{{Sm|Vanitas}}
|-
|-
|[[Summit 2016]]||August 6th-7th, 2016||9th||17th||Radiowar
|[[Summit 2016]]||August 6th-7th, 2016||9th||17th||Radiowar
|-
|-
|[[The Big House 6]]||October 6th-9th, 2016||97th||—||—
|'''''[[The Big House 6]]'''''||October 6th-9th, 2016||97th||—||—
|-
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-at-york-15-melee-wii-u-singles-waseda-doubles/events/melee-singles/brackets/123076/354197 Smash at York 15]||February 17th, 2017||5th||—||—
|[https://start.gg/tournament/smash-at-york-15-melee-wii-u-singles-waseda-doubles/events/melee-singles/brackets/123076/354197 Smash at York 15]||February 17th, 2017||5th||—||—
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|[https://start.gg/tournament/hypecentral-presents-counterpick-ontario-spring-regional/events/melee-singles/brackets/134358/378935 Counterpick]||May 20th-21st, 2017||4th||—||—
|[https://start.gg/tournament/hypecentral-presents-counterpick-ontario-spring-regional/events/melee-singles/brackets/134358/378935 Counterpick]||May 20th-21st, 2017||4th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[The Big House 7]]||October 6th-8th, 2017||129th||65th||{{Sm|The Crimson Chin}}
|[[Get On My Level 2017]]||July 28th-30th, 2017||97th||—||—
|-
|'''''[[The Big House 7]]'''''||October 6th-8th, 2017||129th||65th||{{Sm|The Crimson Chin}}
|-
|'''[[EGLX 2018]]'''||March 9th-11th, 2018||33rd||—||—
|-
|'''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}'''||May 18th-20th, 2018||49th||—||—
|-
|'''''[[The Big House 8]]'''''||October 5th-7th, 2018||129th||129th||The Crimson Chin
|-
|{{Trn|The Mang0: Homecoming}}||November 10th-11th, 2018||65th||—||—
|-
|'''''{{Trn|GENESIS 6}}'''''||February 1st-3rd, 2019||65th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[EGLX 2018]]||March 9th-11th, 2018||33rd||—||—
|'''''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2019}}'''''||May 17th-19th, 2019||65th||13th||{{Sm|Cyan|p=Canada}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||49th||—||—
|'''{{Trn|Mainstage}}'''||September 20th-22nd, 2019||49th||17th||Cyan
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Mainstage}}||September 20th-22nd, 2019||49th||17th||{{Sm|Cyan|p=Canada}}
|'''''{{Trn|The Big House 9}}'''''||October 4th-6th, 2019||193rd||—||—
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Mango's Birthday Bash}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||13th||9th||{{Sm|Neologism}}
|'''{{Trn|Mango's Birthday Bash}}'''||December 7th-8th, 2019||13th||9th||{{Sm|Neologism}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2022}}||July 1st-3rd, 2022||49th||—||—
|'''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2022}}'''||July 1st-3rd, 2022||49th||—||—
|-
|-
|{{Trn|The Come Up 2023}}||April 22nd, 2023||13th||—||—
|{{Trn|The Come Up 2023}}||April 22nd, 2023||13th||—||—
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}||May 19th-21st, 2023||25th||—||—
|'''''{{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}'''''||May 19th-21st, 2023||25th||—||—
|-
|-
|'''''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}'''''||July 21st-23rd, 2023||65th / 764||—||—
|'''''{{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}'''''||July 21st-23rd, 2023||65th / 764||—||—
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*After his loss to Ringler at GOML 2017, he claimed "Donkey Kong is just better Marth, their dtilts act exactly the same, his up-b is unedgeguardable and invincible on startup, and when you get grabbed, you just pray that the DK main messes up."
*After his loss to {{Sm|Ringler}} at {{Trn|Get On My Level 2017}}, Liquid claimed "Donkey Kong is just better Marth. Their d-tilts act exactly the same, his up-b is un-edgeguardable and invincible on startup, and when you get grabbed, you just pray that the DK main messes up."


[[Category:Ontario smashers]]
[[Category:Ontario smashers]]
[[Category:Marth players (SSBM)]]

Revision as of 00:28, August 6, 2023

Liquid
Character info
Melee main Marth
Personal and other info
Real name Christian Tam
Location Toronto, Ontario Canada
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee High level

Liquid is a Melee Marth main from Canada known for his strong abuse of crouch cancel grab and unusual down smash usage. He was previously ranked 6th on the Southern Ontario Power Rankings and has wins over players such as moky, Panda, YungWaff, bonfire10, Faust, and JSalt.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 193rd — —
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo April 29th-May 1st, 2016 17th 9th Kip
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 49th 33rd Vanitas
Summit 2016 August 6th-7th, 2016 9th 17th Radiowar
The Big House 6 October 6th-9th, 2016 97th — —
Smash at York 15 February 17th, 2017 5th — —
Revenge of the 6ix: Episode I May 13th, 2017 7th 5th Hyprid
Counterpick May 20th-21st, 2017 4th — —
Get On My Level 2017 July 28th-30th, 2017 97th — —
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 129th 65th The Crimson Chin
EGLX 2018 March 9th-11th, 2018 33rd — —
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 49th — —
The Big House 8 October 5th-7th, 2018 129th 129th The Crimson Chin
The Mang0: Homecoming November 10th-11th, 2018 65th — —
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 65th — —
Get On My Level 2019 May 17th-19th, 2019 65th 13th Cyan
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 49th 17th Cyan
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 193rd — —
Mango's Birthday Bash December 7th-8th, 2019 13th 9th Neologism
Get On My Level 2022 July 1st-3rd, 2022 49th — —
The Come Up 2023 April 22nd, 2023 13th — —
Battle of BC 5 May 19th-21st, 2023 25th — —
Get On My Level 2023 July 21st-23rd, 2023 65th / 764 — —

Trivia

  • After his loss to Ringler at Get On My Level 2017, Liquid claimed "Donkey Kong is just better Marth. Their d-tilts act exactly the same, his up-b is un-edgeguardable and invincible on startup, and when you get grabbed, you just pray that the DK main messes up."
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