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| | #REDIRECT [[Smasher:Victra]] |
| | name = Janitor
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| | image = Janitorpic2.jpg
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| | main = Captain Falcon
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| | 2ndmain = Fox
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| | other = Marth
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| | crew = [[Teh Fair]]
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| | skill = Pro-Am
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| | alias = Victra
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| | realname = Victor Tran
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| | birthdate = December 23, 1991<br>''(age '''16''')
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| | location = Red Deer, AB
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| | country = canada
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| '''Janitor''' is a Canadian [[smasher]] and [[tournament director]] from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and is one of the members of [[Teh Fair]]. Janitor is largely responsible for organizing the competitive SSBM community in Red Deer, Alberta as well as the infamously unorganized [[Central Alberta Smash Tournament]] ('''CAST''').
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| == Background ==
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| Janitor and his fellow crew mate [[K Lover]] were dedicated [[SSB|Super Smash Bros. 64]] players in their earlier days, but it wasn't until [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'s release on the [[Gamecube]] that the two literally became infatuated with the game.
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| Janitor, though playing SSBM for 2 years after the purchase, was unaware about the game's competitive scene until late 2005 after reading a large article about the game in issue 195 of Nintendo Power, "Smash Planet". The article included such topics as [[SWF]], [[Ken Hoang]], [[MLG]], rumors about a new installment of [[Super Smash Brothers Brawl|SSB]], as well as a brief description of [[wavedashing]]. Even then, Janitor only began to playing SSBM more competitively, signing up on the SWF, and discovering the competitive nature of the game. After the his discovery, he began to teach what he learned to his crew mates and friends.
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| === Central Alberta Smash Tournament ===
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| :''Main Article: [[Central Alberta Smash Tournament]]''
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| [[Image:DSC01280.JPG|thumb|200px|left|[[Mike]], [[FalseFalco]], [[Dasupalouie]], [[Tyson]] and [[MICH]] at CAST2]]
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| A year after discovering the competitive scene, Janitor and K Lover (Capt.1337 at the time) decided to host a Smash [[CAST|tournament]] in their city Red Deer in order to find more competition in Red Deer - because at the time, the only people in Red Deer playing Smash competitively were themselves. After advertising the tournament in the SWF and Nexopia (an Alberta equivalent of Myspace) they recieved tons of replies. They failed to meet very many competitive players in their city, but to their surprise, people from ''outside'' the city came to participate. ([[FalseFalco]], [[FastFox]], [[RJM]] etc.) The unprecedented attendance paved the way for future CAST tournaments and the second occurrence attracted not only much of the same crowd, but even pulled members of the venerable [[Punch Crew]] out of retirement. The third CAST event occurred on August 11th, 2007 in the Snell Auditorium of the library. Janitor, the tournament director, was unable to attend this event because of personal reasons and the responsibility for the tournament was heavily placed upon assistant directors =] and Backitch.
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| == Tournament Activity ==
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| Not only does Janitor host his own tournaments, Janitor has attended several tournaments stretching across the west coast of Canada and the United States. During the Summer of 2007, Janitor traveled to Seattle, Washington for family reasons. Taking advantage of his stay, Janitor attended various tournaments such as [[Seattle Smash]] events and the infamous [[Game Clucks]], playing against several well known players such as [[NoobKing]] and [[Silent Wolf]]. During his time there, Janitor teamed along with Washington's [[ThePrime]] for various [[doubles]] tournaments. However, for family reasons, this trip caused Janitor to miss out on his own tournament, [[CAST|CAST3]], giving the director seat to [[BackItch]].
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| Later that year, in the midst of December, Janitor attended [[At Melee's End]] where he landed 3rd in his pool, took 17th place in singles and coincidentally, 17th in doubles along with K Lover. Not only did Janitor attend the event as a participant, Janitor also filmed the event, interviewing players such as [[MikeMonkey]] and [[ManLi]] and posting documentary-like episodes on the Smash World Forums.
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| == Trivia ==
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| * Aside from being an active smasher, Janitor is also an active [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedcubing speedcuber], able to solve the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_Cube Rubik's Cube] in under 30 seconds.
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| * Janitor's brother is local CCSC poster child for prodigious young smashers, [[R.L.Prodigy]].
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| == External Links ==
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| *[http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=840725536 '''Victor Tran''' @ Facebook]
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| *[http://www.myspace.com/185526996 '''Janitor'''@Myspace]
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| '''[[SWF]]'''
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| *[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=55283 '''Janitor''' Public Profile]
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| *[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=132264 '''At Melee's End.''' Video Thread]
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| {{ccsc}}
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| [[Category:Smashers|Janitor]]
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| [[Category:Canadian smashers|Janitor]]
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| [[Category:Alberta smashers|Janitor]]
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| [[Category:Tournament directors]]
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| [[Category:Smash 64 player]]
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