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{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Nova
| name          = Nova
| alias         = Gaga
| alias           = Metanova
| mainssbm      = Peach
| mainssbm      = Peach
| 2ndmainssbm  = Marth
| 2ndmainssbm  = Marth
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| otherssbb    = King Dedede
| otherssbb    = King Dedede
| 2ndotherssbb  = Meta Knight
| 2ndotherssbb  = Meta Knight
| skill        = Professional
| realname      = Shaun
| realname      = Shaun
| location      = Adelaide, South Australia
| location      = Adelaide
| country      = Australia
| country      = Australia
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'''Nova''' is a South Australian [[smasher]]. He plays ''[[Brawl]]'' and ''[[Melee]]'' competitively, though he mostly attends events because of the players, rather than the games. He is known in the Australian community for his unique personality, loud, high-pitched screams and elaborate insults.
'''Nova''' is a South Australian [[smasher]]. He plays ''[[Brawl]]'' and ''[[Melee]]'' competitively.
 
He has requested not to be ranked on the [[South Australia Power Rankings|SA Brawl Power Rankings]], despite being the undisputed 2nd, but is ranked 4th on the [[South Australia Power Rankings|SA Melee Power Rankings]]. He teams with [[Smasher:Grim Tuesday|Grim Tuesday]] in Melee (SA Johns) and [[Smasher:wh1te5had0w|wh1te5had0w]] in Brawl.
 
He frequently attends and hosts tournaments at Valhalla and StreetGeek LAN Parties in Adelaide.
 
Nova is also famous for [http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/1uen3w/back_stories_behind_pro_players_tags/ donating $20,000 to the EVO donation drive] to get Melee included as a game.  For this reason, M2K will use the tag NOVA when he plays in events.  It is not clear where this money came from, however there are rumours that this money was earned through the sale of drugs.
 
 
Nova is also known as [http://wikifaqs.net/index.php?title=Gavirulax Gavirulax] on GameFAQS who was a perma-banned user that achieved a high level of notoriety.


He has requested not to be ranked on the [[South Australia Power Rankings|SA ''Brawl'' Power Rankings]], despite being the undisputed 2nd, but is ranked 4th on the [[South Australia Power Rankings|SA ''Melee'' Power Rankings]].


Nova is also notable for [http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/1rluq5/ctemp_mew2kings_ama_and_lots_of_other_stuff/cdw3oea donating $20,000 to the EVO donation drive] to get ''Melee'' included as a game. For this reason, {{sm|Mew2King}} briefly used the tag NOVA when he played in events.


==Tournament placings==
{{results}}
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/sa-adelaide-south-australia-smash-community.102383/post-8499565 SGLP]||ca. September 18th, 2009||2nd / 14||—||—
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/melbourne-brawl-stigma-b-for-2010-yes-or-no.210245/post-8434908 Stigma-B VIII]||ca. September 20th, 2009||7th / 47||7th / 23||{{sm|Bryan}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/act-presents-op-orange-juice-its-liek-so-op-results-on-page-13.258951/ OP Orange Juice]||January 24th, 2010||4th / 23||7th / 12||{{sm|Rose|p=Australia}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/vic-3-stockd-melbourne-2010-nope.258119/page-11#post-9504983 3 Stock'd II]||February 7th, 2010||4th / 29||2nd / 13||{{sm|Afropony}}
|-
|{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 3|g=SSBB}}||October 1st-2nd, 2011||9th||?||?
|}


[[Category:South Australian smashers]]
[[Category:South Australian smashers]]
[[Category:Panelists]]
[[Category:Sheik players (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Snake players (SSBB)]]

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Nova "Metanova"
Character info
Melee mains Peach, Marth
Other Melee character Fox
Brawl mains Snake, Sheik
Other Brawl characters King Dedede, Meta Knight
Personal and other info
Real name Shaun
Location Adelaide Australia

Nova is a South Australian smasher. He plays Brawl and Melee competitively.

He has requested not to be ranked on the SA Brawl Power Rankings, despite being the undisputed 2nd, but is ranked 4th on the SA Melee Power Rankings.

Nova is also notable for donating $20,000 to the EVO donation drive to get Melee included as a game. For this reason, Mew2King briefly used the tag NOVA when he played in events.

Tournament placings[edit]

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
SGLP ca. September 18th, 2009 2nd / 14
Stigma-B VIII ca. September 20th, 2009 7th / 47 7th / 23 Bryan
OP Orange Juice January 24th, 2010 4th / 23 7th / 12 Rose
3 Stock'd II February 7th, 2010 4th / 29 2nd / 13 Afropony
Battle Arena Melbourne 3 October 1st-2nd, 2011 9th ? ?