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| {{Smasher Infobox
| | #redirect [[snasher:Omega Tyrant the Pussy]] |
| | name = Omega Tyrant
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| | image =
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| | mainssb4 = Zero Suit Samus
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| | 2ndmainssb4 = R.O.B.
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| | moremainssb4 = {{SSB4|Charizard}}
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| | otherssb4 = Ganondorf
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| | mainssbb = Wolf
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| | 2ndmainssbb = King Dedede
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| | otherssbb = Snake
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| | mainssbm = Ganondorf
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| | mainpm = Ganondorf
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| | skillssbm = Amateur
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| | skillssbb = Semi-professional (Retired)
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| | skillssb4 = Semi-professional
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| | winningsssbb = Approximately $500
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| | winningsssb4 = Approximately $500
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| | realname = Michael Oliver
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| | birthday = 21
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| | birthmonth = 7
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| | birthyear = 1991
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| | location = Schenectady, New York
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| | country = United States
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| }}
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| '''Omega Tyrant''' is a upstate New York [[smasher]], who actively participates in tournaments, has contributed extensively to Smash knowledge, and is known for having a fairly popular Smash-based youtube channel that features [[AI]] exploitation videos. His current main Smash game is ''Smash 4'', where he been mostly using {{SSB4|R.O.B.}} in tournaments, with frequent secondary usage of {{SSB4|Charizard}} and {{SSB4|Ganondorf}}. He additionally recently picked up {{SSB4|Zero Suit Samus}}, who he plans to become his primary main barring significant balance patches and/or the release of [[Wolf]] [[DLC]]. He additionally used to competitively play ''Brawl'' pre-Smash 4, where he comained the unusual combination of {{SSBB|King Dedede}} and {{SSBB|Wolf}}, with an occasional {{SSBB|Snake}} secondary. He doesn't seriously play Melee, but will occasionally enter local Melee tournaments, where he will only use {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}.
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| Omega Tyrant is currently ranked 2nd on the [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGkSDKXUIAAfIkB.png:large New York capital region PR], though inactivity over the 2015 Summer caused him to miss the first Smash 4 upstate New York PR. He was additionally ranked 5th on the final [[New York Power Rankings]] for ''Brawl''.
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| ==Play style==
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| Omega Tyrant plays a space-heavy game, with a heavy emphasis on harsh punishes, and abusing any exploitable patterns he finds in his opponent's game. This was very apparent in his ''Brawl'' play, where he fully utilised Wolf's outstanding mobility, focusing on constant moving and frequent [[space]]d [[Wolf (SSBB)/Back aerial|back aerials]] and [[Wolf (SSBB)/Forward aerial|forward aerials]], while trying to open up [[DACUS]] opportunities and potential [[Wolf (SSBB)/Down throw|down throw]] [[chain throw|chains]] and [[tech chase]]s. With Dedede, he took a more methodical style reliant on [[pressure|pressuring]] the opponent, making heavy use of [[out of shield]] punishes as well as spaced [[King Dedede (SSBB)/Back aerial|bairs]] and full hopped [[King Dedede (SSBB)/Down aerial|dair]]s when in close, while attempting to [[bait]] an opportunity to land a [[grab]] or [[King Dedede (SSBB)/up tilt|up tilt]] when the opponent was at [[KO]] percent.
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| In Smash 4 with R.O.B., he heavily uses [[R.O.B. (SSB4)/Neutral aerial|neural aerial]] to control space, while always looking for opportunities to punish opponents with his grab to lead to R.O.B.'s powerful throw combos. With Charizard and Ganondorf, he focuses on a more aggressive style, staying in enemy range throwing out spaced tilts and aerials, while going for [[Dragon Rush]]es and [[Flame Choke]]s whenever he sees a remote opportunity to land them. And with all his characters, he favors going for high-risk-but-flashy kills whenever he sees an opportunity, such as using Ganondorf's [[Ganondorf (SSB4)/Up tilt|up tilt]] any chance he gets, His usage of Charizard and Ganondorf depends on the legality of customs however; he finds Charizard too limited without access to Dragon Rush, while finding Ganondorf completely unviable in default when his recovery is so poor without [[Dark Fists]] and [[Wizard's Dropkick]]. The inconsistent-at-best legality of customs was a major factor in his decision to pick up Zero Suit Samus.
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| Omega Tyrant initially mained {{SSB4|King Dedede}} in Smash 4, and used him with success for his first few Smash 4 tournies. However, while he enjoyed the direction Smash 4 Dedede took in his changes and found him to be a better designed character than his Brawl incarnation, he came to the conclusion Dedede was one of the worst characters in the game, with extremely limited mobility and frame data, while not having anywhere near the punish strength to make up for it. This feeling has only been reinforced with the passing of each balance patch that seemingly ignores Dedede. Omega Tyrant still enjoys playing Dedede for fun though, and has said he may pick him back up if a future patch seriously buffs him.
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| ==History==
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| Omega Tyrant entered the Brawl competitive scene rather late, only entering his first tournament in November 2011. Around this time, he was making plans to attend [[Apex 2012]], where he found the [[All is Brawl]] tournament page for [[BEST#5th BEST|5th BEST]], and saw that it was being held in a neighboring city. After he posted on the tournament page expressing his interest in attending, he was contacted by the [[tournament director]] {{Sm|Calm}}, who would then introduce him to the nearby competitive scene in upstate New York. Shortly afterward, he was able to join the Albany/Troy carpool to [http://smashboards.com/threads/313801 ASX3] to enter his first tournament. He was able to do rather decent in his first tournament, defeating Canadian smasher {{Sm|Phiddlesticks}} and {{SSBB|Yoshi}} player {{Sm|Sharky}}, before being decimated by {{Sm|San}}, and being eliminated by {{Sm|Metal Pat}} in losers, obtaining an overall 9th placing out of 32 participants. After ASX3, he attended 5th BEST, where in only his second tournament, he was able to place in the money, claiming 4th out of 21 players, defeating Calm and {{SSBB|Falco}} player {{Sm|CAC}}, while losing to {{Sm|Fatal}} in winners and being eliminated by {{SSBB|Marth}} player {{Sm|Vibe}} in losers' semi-finals. Omega Tyrant then attended Apex 2012 with San, Sharky, {{Sm|Pika Pika!}}, and {{Sm|KID Goggles}}. He failed to accomplish much at Apex, being eliminated in first round pools having placed fourth, losing to {{Sm|Zex}}, {{Sm|Hylian}}, and Z0MFG, but avoided a last placing by defeating Colorado smasher {{Sm|deathbysuarez}}.
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| Since Apex 2012, Omega Tyrant began his strong presence in upstate New York, placing in the money or just outside it in every Brawl tournament in the region he entered since Apex, and having defeated every active and notable upstate player in a tournament set outside San and {{Sm|Cura}}. Within just six months of his tournament debut, he managed to get ranked on [[New York Power Rankings|his region's]] [[Power Rankings]].
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| He attended a few tournaments in [[Tristate Area|NY/NJ]] and occasionally in New England with fellow Schenectady smasher {{Sm|No Skillz}}. While he usually didn't perform poorly in them, he was not able to place beyond a mid placing in the much stronger competition. He later attended [[Apex 2013]] with No Skillz, and in his bracket pool, he lost to {{Sm|Gunblade}}, then defeated {{Sm|Kiwi}} and another player, before being eliminating by {{Sm|Shadow}}, finishing 5th in his pool and failing to make bracket again. Apex 2013 was the last out-of-state tournament Omega Tyrant entered in Brawl, and his activity dropped off, only entering a few nearby Brawl tournies since.
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| Omega Tyrant fully reentered the scene upon the release of Smash 4, and immediately emerged as one of upstate New York's strongest Smash 4 players, winning money at each event he entered, and obtaining 1st on the first [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6soP2IIEAAMLIb.jpg:large New York capital region PR]. While he didn't attend New York tournies that frequently throughout the Winter and Spring of 2015, and rarely attended the local weeklies, he remained one of the strongest players when he did, leading to him getting 2nd in the second Capital Region PR, being only outranked by the recently emerged {{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}.
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| ==Tournament placings==
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| ===Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner!!Tournament earnings
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=313801 Axs3]||11/5/2012||9th||-||-||$0.00
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| |[[BEST#5th BEST|5th BEST]]||11/12/2012||4th||-||-||$7.35
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| |[[Apex 2012]]||1/7/2012||241st (4th of 5 R1 pool)||-||-||$0.00
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| |[[BEST#8th BEST|8th BEST]]||2/11/2012||1st<ref>Grand finals was forced to split, due to the venue closing before the set could be completed</ref>||4th||{{Sm|No Skillz}}||$73.25
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=319233 Utican do it!]||3/03/2012||2nd||-||-||$66.00
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| |[[BEST#7th BEST|7th BEST]]||3/31/2012||5th||3rd||No Skillz||$3.00
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=321456 Upstate Battle series #1]||4/21/2012||4th||-||-||$0.00
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| |[[BEST#(15/2)th BEST|(15/2)th BEST||5/5/2012]]||1st||-||-||$40.20
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323237 Clash of the Titans 6]||6/2/2012||33rd (5th of 8 Bracket pool)||-||-||$0.00
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323941 Impact III]||6/16/2012||17th||-||-||$0.00
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=324687 Smash It Up Too]||6/30/2012||7th||-||-||$0.00
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| |[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325546 Mega Mass Madness 2]||7/21/2012||17th||4th||{{Sm|Metal Pat}}||$0.00
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| |[[BEST#9th BEST|9th BEST]]||9/8/2012||1st||1st||No Skillz||$70.50
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| |[[Apex 2013]]||1/12/2013||129th (5th of 11 Bracket Pool)||-||-||$0.00
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/super-smash-bros-tournament-brawl-and-melee-november-16th-2013-schenectady-ny.340262/ NFS 1]||November 16th, 2013||2nd||1st||{{Sm|K.I.D.Goggles}}||$180.00
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/nipple-spikes-1-results-thread.350354/ Nipples Spikes]||March 15th, 2014||1st||1st||K.I.D.Goggles||$65.00
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| ===Super Smash Bros. 4===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner!!Tournament earnings
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/nov-2-2014-nfs-2-need-for-smash-smash-tournament-melee-mechanicville-new-york.364105/#post-17911468 NFS2]||November 2, 2014]||3rd||-||-||$20.70
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/pastime-legends-presents-1-fish.382836/ 1 Fish]||December 13th, 2014||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Joe?}}||$50.00
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/pastime-legends-rpi-smash-club-present-2-fish.392003/ 2 Fish]||February 14th, 2014||4th||2nd||Metal Pat||$42.50
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| |[https://www.facebook.com/events/435368896630954/permalink/449898895177954/ Smash Street #3]||March 28, 2014||1st||-||-||$270.00
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/blue-fish-upstate-ny-local-featuring-dj-the-moon-jeapie-and-lucky.402447/ Blue Fish 1]||May 2nd, 2014||3rd||2nd||K.I.D.Goggles||$68.50
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| |[http://challonge.com/cfyau4vv NLG Smash Series 1]||May 9th, 2015||3rd||-||-||$5.50
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| |[http://smashboards.com/threads/nov-8-2015-blue-fish-an-upstate-new-york-local-featuring-pm-wiiu-melee-rpi.422936/ Blue Fish 2]||November 8th, 2015||5th||1st||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy}}||$45.00
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| ==Youtube channel==
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| Around March 2013, Omega Tyrant started up a youtube channel, originally with the intention of being a place to upload his and other upstate New York players' tournament matches. However he started utilising his extensive knowledge of the Smash [[AI]] to create AI exploitation videos, the most famous of which was a Melee video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwDngBhmQXY beating every level nine CPU with Luigi by doing absolutely nothing], with the video going viral and garnering over 500,000 views. Some time after Smash 4's release, he [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFBnhaXql24 again replicated the feat] despite the game's advanced AI, and this video ended up becoming even more popular than the original Melee video.
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| In addition to the AI exploitation videos, Omega Tyrant uploads montages, videos of single-player feats (such as beating [[Boss Battles]] on Intense difficulty without taking damage), interesting matches and highlights, and other miscellaneous Smash videos.
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| To date, his channel has garnered over 11,000 subscribers and 6 million total views. His [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHpRvXPklmin_CBFUfiMDgb2DJwyTaXm Smash AI exploitation series] is additionally currently up to over 80 videos and counting.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Omega Tyrant enjoys playing [[Brawl Minus]], vastly preferring it to the other mods of ''Brawl''. The primary reason for this is it being the only Brawl mod that feels like a different Smash game in his view, rather than being a patch or "Meleefied" Brawl.
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| **Omega Tyrant is also undefeated in his region for Brawl Minus tournaments, including once winning a Brawl Minus tournament without dropping a single game. He mostly used Wolf, but also used King Dedede and Ganondorf.
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| ==References==
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| <references />
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| ==Links==
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| *[https://www.youtube.com/user/OmegaTyrant4792/ Omega Tyrant's Youtube channel]
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| *[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=160906 Smash World Forums profile]
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| [[Category: New York smashers]]
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| [[Category:Wolf professionals (SSBB)]]
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| [[Category:King Dedede professionals (SSBB)]]
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| [[Category:R.O.B. professionals (SSB4)]]
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| [[Category:Charizard professionals (SSB4)]]
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| [[Category:Ganondorf professionals (SSB4)]]
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| [[Category:Smashers who participate in SmashWiki]]
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