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Roman "Zantetsu" Tripp is a [[SSB64]], [[Melee]], and [[Project M]] player who resides in Springfield, Missouri. He is currently ranked 1st in [[SSB64]] 2nd in [[Melee]] for the Springfield power rankings.
Roman "Zantetsu" Tripp is a [[SSB64]], [[Melee]], and [[Project M]] player who resides in Springfield, Missouri. He is currently ranked 1st in [[SSB64]] and 2nd in [[Melee]] for the Springfield power rankings.


== History ==
In January of 2011, {{Sm|Zivilyn Bane}}, a smasher who originated from California and Kansas City, moved into Roman's area and contacted him through Smashboards. Interested in forming a crew, they met up and ended up stumbling upon a Brawl monthly tournament series in the area through [[All is Brawl]]. Both players attended, started to play [[Melee]] alongside the Brawl tournaments, and converted a few of the Brawl players to [[Melee]] players, forming a small crew in Springfield, MO of roughly 3-6 people. This remained somewhat stagnant for a while, gaining roughly a person or two to the crew every 6 months or so, and grinding 2-3 hour trips for other Missouri tournaments when they could.  
Zantetsu began his smash career, like most, by growing up playing both [[SSB64]] and [[Melee]] with friends. In 2006, he had learned of, and started to practice, the game at a competitive level. At this time, Roman was 12 years old and there was no smash scene within a 3 hour driving distance up to either Kansas City or St. Louis. Although it didn't limit him from trying to learn [[Melee]], he was left to play with only one other friend dedicated to learning the game on a competitive level as well. This not being enough, Roman discovered [[Kaillera]] and began to play [[SSB64]] online as well. His smash spree went from June 2006 until he started to slowly disappear around 2009, as he had started to lose interest in [[SSB64]] online and playing [[Melee]] with only one other person.
 
In January of 2011, [[Zivilyn Bane]], a smasher who originated from California and Kansas City, moved into Roman's area and contacted him through Smashboards. Interested in forming a crew, they met up and ended up stumbling upon a Brawl monthly tournament series in the area through [[All is Brawl]]. Both players attended, started to play [[Melee]] alongside the Brawl tournaments, and converted a few of the Brawl players to [[Melee]] players, forming a small crew in Springfield, MO of roughly 3-6 people. This remained somewhat stagnant for a while, gaining roughly a person or two to the crew every 6 months or so, and grinding 2-3 hour trips for other Missouri tournaments when they could.
 
Roman has only attended 1 national tournament, which was [[EVO]] 2013. He did not make it out of 1st round pools. Only top 2 advanced from each pool, and he unfortunately came out in 3rd place, losing only to {{sm|Hax}} and {{sm|Boback}}
 
Springfield, MO, like many communities, ended up becoming much larger over the course of [[Melee]] being at [[EVO]] in 2013, the announcement and release of Smash 4, the raising popularity of [[Project_M]], and the release of the Smash documentary. Since than, Roman now manages a Springfield Smash group on Facebook consisting of over 100 members, with around 30 active players for a city of only 100,000 people. Since his return in 2011, Roman stayed exclusive to [[Melee]] up until the release of [[Project_M]] 3.5 in December 2014 and until March of 2015, when he decided to return to [[SSB64]] online and on console when available. He has began to take both SSB64 and Melee more seriously than ever before, and hoping to climb the rankings as far as he can go.


Roman has only attended 1 national tournament, which was [[EVO 2013]]. He did not make it out of 1st round pools.
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/ZantetsuSSB YouTube channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/ZantetsuSSB YouTube channel]

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Roman Tripp "Zantetsu"
Character info
Smash 64 mains Fox, Pikachu
Melee mains Fox, Ness
Team info
Crew(s) Prophetic Tactics, Super Springfield Bros
Personal and other info
Location Springfield, MO United States

Roman "Zantetsu" Tripp is a SSB64, Melee, and Project M player who resides in Springfield, Missouri. He is currently ranked 1st in SSB64 and 2nd in Melee for the Springfield power rankings.

In January of 2011, Zivilyn Bane, a smasher who originated from California and Kansas City, moved into Roman's area and contacted him through Smashboards. Interested in forming a crew, they met up and ended up stumbling upon a Brawl monthly tournament series in the area through All is Brawl. Both players attended, started to play Melee alongside the Brawl tournaments, and converted a few of the Brawl players to Melee players, forming a small crew in Springfield, MO of roughly 3-6 people. This remained somewhat stagnant for a while, gaining roughly a person or two to the crew every 6 months or so, and grinding 2-3 hour trips for other Missouri tournaments when they could.

Roman has only attended 1 national tournament, which was EVO 2013. He did not make it out of 1st round pools.

External links

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