Smasher:TheBlueBlade

TheBlueBlade
Character info
Melee mains	Marth, Yoshi
Brawl mains	Game & Watch, Jigglypuff
Other Brawl character	ROB
Team info
Crew(s)	None
Personal and other info
Real name	Nick Deranek
Birth date	March 14, 1988
Location	South Bend, IN
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Professional

General Information

TheBlueBlade (fmr. TheBlueGuy) is a smasher from South Bend, Indiana. He is a 21-year old 3rd year college student who is currently enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College, just getting his basics done to transfer to Ball State University or the University of Montana to major in telecommunications and attempt a minor in Japanese. Blade is a sports announcer who announces for a local high school, in 5 different sports. He has also become regionally known through this announcing by doing such venues as ACHA Division III Hockey, the Indiana 1A and 3A State Hockey Tournament, the ASA National Tournament, SportsFest, and the Northern Indiana Wooden Bat Tournament. He now announces for Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis for volleyball, women's basketball, swimming and diving, and softball (affiliate NCAA Division I). Blade is also a storm spotter and chaser for the National Weather Service (IWX and IND).

Smash History and Information

TheBlueBlade has been smashing for eight years, competitively for four years. Brawl has brought out some new horizons, as Blade uses a few different characters, although he still hasn't found his main. He uses Marth as his main and Yoshi as his secondary in SSBM, and he mains Pikachu in Smash 64. Although he is not totally skilled at Melee, he is quite skilled at Smash 64. Blade's first ever Smash tournament was MELEE-FC in July of 2004, finishing near the bottom. Ever since, he has participated in the last two MELEE-FC tournaments, and he had the same results. Blade also attended South Bend Smash League in the summer of 2006, which fell through at the end of September 2006. He revived South Bend Smash League in November 2007, but it shortly ended after in March 2008. Blade made his Brawl debut on February 9th, 2008, and he finished 4th, his best finish ever in a Smash tournament. Blade has become a respected tournament director throughout the Midwest. He hosted two Midwest Circuit events, Well Thought Out Name, and co-hosted with Blood Hawk and Kel, the Midwest Circuit Championship.

Blade ended his long losing streak on January 30th, 2010 at M2K's Monthly Donation Fund (a monthly in Ohio run by the Springfield crew). His losing streak was 19 matches dating back to early 2008.

Midwest Smash Circuit (Brawl)

The Midwest Smash Circuit (aka the Midwest Central Circuit) was founded and organized by TheBlueBlade (IN) and SCOTU (MI). TheBlueBlade has since taken full responsibility of the circuit since SCOTU's retirement.

Tournament	Date	Singles Champion	Doubles Champion	Tournament Organizer
Kuntasm (Parma Heights, OH)	November 29th, 2009	Mew2King	Mew2King -and- Blue Rogue	ithrowthings
Smashin' Through The Snow (Indianapolis, IN)	December 19th, 2009	Krystedez	YBM -and- Kel	Vamp -and- TheBlueBlade
Week Before Pound Shenanigans (Mount Etna, IN)	January 9th, 2010	CANCELED	CANCELED	XeroXen -and- Ducky
Legacy of Legends in Smash EXtended (Ann Arbor, MI)	February 6th, 2010	Mew2King	Mew2King -and- Anther	Ankoku -and- SCOTU
M.A.S: KAMI NO BACHI (Winthrop Heights, IL)	March 27th, 2010	TBA	TBA	Devildigimon -and- Dark Kakashi
Indianapolis, IN	April 24th, 2010	TBA	TBA	Renegade -and- TheBlueBlade
Springfield, OH	May TBD	TBA	TBA	Nope -and- RipN
MSC Championships (TBA)	June TBD	TBA	TBA	TheBlueBlade

Brawl in 2010

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
Smashing Through The Stones (Cincinnati, OH)	3/13/10	DNP	0-0 (0-0)	7th / 9	VaMP
Vamp's Bi-Monthy "ThingamaCount (Indianapolis, IN)	2/13/10	17th	1-2 (2-5)	4th / 9	VaMP
M2K's Monthly Donation Fund (Springfield, OH)	1/31/10	33rd	1-4 (2-9)

Midwest Circuit Season 2009 (Brawl)

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
MWC Championships (Springfield, OH)	6/20/09	TBA	0-6 (0-12)	DNP
The Tournament in Athens (Athens, OH)	5/23/09	Did not attend
C4 Galore! (Springfield, OH)	4/11/09	DNP / 93	0-0 (0-0)	T-17th / 25	XeroXen
Lucario is Paw-some (Winona Lake, IN)*	3/7/09	T-41st / 49	0-6 (1-11)	T-13th / 21	Trevor
SEASON	--	--	0-12 (.000)

• * tournament co-hosted by The BlueBlade

Brawl in 2008

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
MWC Championships (Winona Lake, IN)*	1/17/09	T-49th / 64	0-2 (1-4)	T-17th / 25	Mr. E
WTON (Winona Lake, IN)*	9/13/08	T-41st / 41	0-5 (0-10)	17th / 21	Epic
#Rofa's Midwest Tournament (Ann Arbor, MI)	8/15-8/16/08	DNP / 55	0-0 (0-0)	DNP / 29	N/A
MELEE-FCQ (South Bend, IN)	June 2008	DNP / 25	0-0 (0-0)	10th / 10	Trevor
Huge Johnz 3 (Hammond, IN)	3/22/08	DNP / 80	0-0 (0-0)	17th / 25	fear4
Early Brawling (South Bend, IN)	2/9/08	4th / 16	4-2 (8-5)	5th / 8	that 1 guy
CAREER	since 2/2008	--	4-9 (.308)

• * tournament hosted by TheBlueBlade
• # Played in Randoms side tournament, 0-2 (1-4). DNP in doubles due to money, DNP in singles due to time constraints.

Tournament History (Melee)

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
Mission Complete (North Manchester, IN)	12/29/2007	DNP	0-0 (0-0)	14th	ice-
MELEE-FCD (South Bend, IN)	7/20/2007	T-225th	0-7 (1-14)	T-113th	Primus
MELEE-FC6 (South Bend, IN)	7/15/2006	T-162nd	1-6 (2-13)	T-81st	CrazyFoxBrawler
MELEE-FC (South Bend, IN)	7/13/2004	T-65th	2-4 (4-8)	T-33rd	N/A
CAREER	since 2004	--	3-17 (.150)

• * tournament hosted by TheBlueBlade