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aMSa's first international debut was at EVO 2013, where he shockingly managed to sweep through his pool without losing a set and made it to quarterfinals, taking off sets from {{Sm|Flow}} and {{Sm|Codi}}, while the other notable Yoshi main at the tournament, {{Sm|V3ctorman}}, failed to make it out. In quarterfinals, he managed to take a game off of {{Sm|Mew2King}} to the shock of many spectators. Although Mew2King still ended up defeating aMSa 2-1, all of their matches were extremely close, going down to the last stock. In losers', aMSa defeated another notable smasher in {{Sm|Mr. F}}, achieving a final placement of 25th after losing to {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}. He later played many other top players in friendlies, including {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Axe}}, and {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, managing to hold his own in each one (most of his matches went to the last stock); perhaps his most notable moment in these matches was when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMBBO0PNwM&t=6m50s 4-stocked SilentSpectre], which many other professionals have never achieved, in or out of tournament brackets. aMSa's placement split the community's opinions on him, with some claiming that he could place in the top 16 at the next major international and others arguing that he only reached 25th through a comparatively "easy" bracket, with Mr. F being the only smasher worth mentioning who he took out. | aMSa's first international debut was at EVO 2013, where he shockingly managed to sweep through his pool without losing a set and made it to quarterfinals, taking off sets from {{Sm|Flow}} and {{Sm|Codi}}, while the other notable Yoshi main at the tournament, {{Sm|V3ctorman}}, failed to make it out. In quarterfinals, he managed to take a game off of {{Sm|Mew2King}} to the shock of many spectators. Although Mew2King still ended up defeating aMSa 2-1, all of their matches were extremely close, going down to the last stock. In losers', aMSa defeated another notable smasher in {{Sm|Mr. F}}, achieving a final placement of 25th after losing to {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}. He later played many other top players in friendlies, including {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Axe}}, and {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, managing to hold his own in each one (most of his matches went to the last stock); perhaps his most notable moment in these matches was when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMBBO0PNwM&t=6m50s 4-stocked SilentSpectre], which many other professionals have never achieved, in or out of tournament brackets. aMSa's placement split the community's opinions on him, with some claiming that he could place in the top 16 at the next major international and others arguing that he only reached 25th through a comparatively "easy" bracket, with Mr. F being the only smasher worth mentioning who he took out. | ||
aMSa returned to the United States to compete in [[Apex 2014]], and he entered ''Melee'' singles at Apex 2014 with much skepticism surrounding his ability to repeat or surpass his placement from EVO, especially since he was in a pool with notable players such as {{Sm|Green Ranger}}, {{Sm|KevinM}}, and {{Sm|Chu Dat}} with no byes to get him through the bracket. Defying all expectations again, aMSa tore through winners' bracket in the first round of pools on the first day, beating Green Ranger and Chu Dat for the winner's position, and defeated {{Sm|Kage}} in a best-of-5 exhibition match, then caused more enormous upsets the next day by defeating {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} and {{Sm|Fly Amanita}}. He was then defeated by {{Sm|Dr. PeePee}} in winners' finals and {{Sm|Colbol}} in losers' finals of the second round of pools, placing 9th in the second largest ''Melee'' tournament to date; by then, aMSa had gained an enormous amount of support and fan recognition for reaching an unprecedented high level of play and placement with Yoshi against all odds in brackets filled with top players. After the tournament, he once again fought many other professionals in various exhibition matches, managing to take a game off of {{Sm|Tafokints}}, win a best of 3 set against {{Sm|MattDotZeb}}, and win best of 5 sets against {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Vish}}, and {{Sm|Westballz}}. He also defeated many of Mew2King's plethora of sandbagging characters. | aMSa returned to the United States to compete in [[Apex 2014]], and he entered ''Melee'' singles at Apex 2014 with much skepticism surrounding his ability to repeat or surpass his placement from EVO, especially since he was in a pool with notable players such as {{Sm|Green Ranger}}, {{Sm|KevinM}}, and {{Sm|Chu Dat}} with no byes to get him through the bracket. Defying all expectations again, aMSa tore through winners' bracket in the first round of pools on the first day, beating Green Ranger and Chu Dat for the winner's position, and defeated {{Sm|Kage}} in a best-of-5 exhibition match, then caused more enormous upsets the next day by defeating {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} and {{Sm|Fly Amanita}}. He was then defeated by {{Sm|Dr. PeePee}} in winners' finals and {{Sm|Colbol}} in losers' finals of the second round of pools, placing 9th in the second largest ''Melee'' tournament to date; by then, aMSa had gained an enormous amount of support and fan recognition for reaching an unprecedented high level of play and placement with Yoshi against all odds in brackets filled with top players. After the tournament, he once again fought many other professionals in various exhibition matches, managing to take a game off of {{Sm|Tafokints}}, win a best of 3 set against {{Sm|MattDotZeb}}, and win best of 5 sets against {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Vish}}, and {{Sm|Westballz}}. He also defeated many of a drunken Mew2King's plethora of sandbagging characters. | ||
aMSa maintains a YouTube channel where he posts discoveries about not only new innovations in Yoshi's metagame, but also of notable exploits or interesting maneuvers that he finds. He also uses his channel to upload videos of tournament matches and friendlies; a fair portion of his channel is an emporium of EVO 2013 friendlies with mostly Japanese ''Melee'' players (such as {{Sm|Kounotori}}, {{Sm|Sheik}}, or himself) facing off against notable European and American players. | aMSa maintains a YouTube channel where he posts discoveries about not only new innovations in Yoshi's metagame, but also of notable exploits or interesting maneuvers that he finds. He also uses his channel to upload videos of tournament matches and friendlies; a fair portion of his channel is an emporium of EVO 2013 friendlies with mostly Japanese ''Melee'' players (such as {{Sm|Kounotori}}, {{Sm|Sheik}}, or himself) facing off against notable European and American players. | ||