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'''Technicals''' is a YouTuber from Las Vegas, Nevada, who initially was a {{forwiiu}} {{SSB4|Fox}} player, where he was formerly ranked 8th on the [[Las Vegas Power Rankings|Las Vegas Smash 4 Power Rankings]]. He would later gain | '''Technicals''' is a YouTuber from Las Vegas, Nevada, who initially was a {{forwiiu}} {{SSB4|Fox}} player, where he was formerly ranked 8th on the [[Las Vegas Power Rankings|Las Vegas Smash 4 Power Rankings]]. He would later gain notoriety for his series of [[YouTube]] videos covering the [[2020 Super Smash Bros. sexual misconduct allegations|misconduct allegations]] within the competitive ''Smash'' community from 2020 and onwards. Technicals began uploading YouTube videos in 2015, with a few of his videos focused on creating guides for {{SSB4|Toon Link}} in ''Smash 4'', often referring to himself as '''"XFaZeLiNkX"'''. He would also upload several gameplay videos of ''Smash 4'' on his [https://www.youtube.com/@brandonjackson1565/ side channel], which has since gone inactive. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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Technicals would eventually branch out into commentary and rant style videos, with many centered around criticizing other smashers or investigating the cases of smashers embroiled in controversy. Technicals would go on to criticize {{Sm|Ally}}, {{Sm|ESAM}}, {{Sm|false}}, and several other players. He would also cover topics such as {{Sm|tamim}}'s accusations of pedophilia in the ''Smash'' community. Some of these videos are now unlisted, such as his commentary on {{sm|Pierce}}. The first video from Technicals to gain significant traction was a video on [https://youtu.be/foN-L_y-r_w ESAM] in 2020, which was a follow-up from a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvtEZqOGzXw previous video] he did in 2018 that criticized his content and his beliefs within the community. In this video, he accuses ESAM of hypocrisy for calling out other figures within the community for inappropriate behavior such as racism and sexism, despite ESAM's past behavior being very similar. This video prompted {{Sm|ESAM}} to make a response [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqi-LihivaQ video] apologizing for his behavior back then, and would later apologize to {{Sm|MJG}} and {{Sm|FOW}} for promoting false claims about them as well. | Technicals would eventually branch out into commentary and rant style videos, with many centered around criticizing other smashers or investigating the cases of smashers embroiled in controversy. Technicals would go on to criticize {{Sm|Ally}}, {{Sm|ESAM}}, {{Sm|false}}, and several other players. He would also cover topics such as {{Sm|tamim}}'s accusations of pedophilia in the ''Smash'' community. Some of these videos are now unlisted, such as his commentary on {{sm|Pierce}}. The first video from Technicals to gain significant traction was a video on [https://youtu.be/foN-L_y-r_w ESAM] in 2020, which was a follow-up from a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvtEZqOGzXw previous video] he did in 2018 that criticized his content and his beliefs within the community. In this video, he accuses ESAM of hypocrisy for calling out other figures within the community for inappropriate behavior such as racism and sexism, despite ESAM's past behavior being very similar. This video prompted {{Sm|ESAM}} to make a response [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqi-LihivaQ video] apologizing for his behavior back then, and would later apologize to {{Sm|MJG}} and {{Sm|FOW}} for promoting false claims about them as well. | ||
Technicals would gain further | Technicals would gain further notoriety for his series of [[YouTube]] videos covering the [[2020 Super Smash Bros. sexual misconduct allegations|misconduct allegations]] within the competitive ''Smash'' community in 2020. Several videos involve {{Sm|ZeRo}}, due to Jisu allegedly spreading misinformation about the allegations against him, and Technicals would later advocate for ZeRo being innocent of several of these accusations, but later took the video down after Jisu threatened to sue him if didn't comply.<ref>[https://youtu.be/ukKHj89jlr8 What Really Happened to ZeRo Re-upload]</ref> He later interviewed players such as {{Sm|ANTi}} regarding the allegations made towards him, and cover controversies surrounding {{Sm|Sky Williams}} and {{Sm|CaptainZack}}. He would then advocate for {{Sm|Samsora}} and {{Sm|Nairo}}'s bans, and make numerous videos criticizing other figureheads in the community, such as [[VGBootCamp]], largely due to circumstances that lead to the cancellation of [[Cancellation_of_Smash_World_Tour_2022|Smash World Tour 2022]]. He also began collaborating with fellow Smash YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/@thefranChise1 theFranChise], who also covers controversial Smash topics. | ||
==Tournament placings== | ==Tournament placings== | ||