Smasher:TheBlueBlade

TheBlueBlade
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Character info
Brawl mains	Lucas, Ice Climbers
Other Brawl character	Pikachu
Team info
Crew(s)	Aura Energy
Personal and other info
Real name	Nick Deranek
Location	South Bend, IN
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Pro-Am

General Information

TheBlueBlade (fmr. TheBlueGuy) is a smasher from South Bend, Indiana. He is a 20-year old, 2nd year college student who is currently enrolled at the University of Phoenix, to major in the Arts of Communications. Blade is a sports announcer who announces for a local high school, in 5 different sports. He has also become regionally known through this announcing by doing such venues as ACHA Division III Hockey, the Indiana 1A and 3A State Hockey Tournament, the ASA National Tournament, SportsFest, and the Northern Indiana Wooden Bat Tournament. Blade is also a storm spotter and chaser for the National Weather Service (IWX).

Smash History and Information

TheBlueBlade has been smashing for eight years, competitively for four years. Brawl has brought out some new horizons, as Blade uses four different characters, including his mains of Lucas and Sonic, and he seconds at Wolf. He uses Marth as his main and Yoshi as his secondary in SSBM, and he mains Pikachu in Smash 64. Although he is not totally skilled at Melee, he is quite skilled at Smash 64. Blade's first ever Smash tournament was MELEE-FC in July of 2004, finishing near the bottom. Ever since, he has participated in the last two MELEE-FC tournaments, and he had the same results. Blade also attended South Bend Smash League in the summer of 2006, which fell through at the end of September 2006. He revived South Bend Smash League in November 2007, but it shortly ended after in March 2008. Blade made his Brawl debut on February 9th, 2008, and he finished 4th, his best finish ever in a Smash tournament. Blade is also a Smash Debater on SmashBoards.

Midwest Circuit Season 2009 (Brawl)

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
Lucario is Paw-some (Winona Lake, IN)*	3/7/09
SEASON	Singles Record: 0-0 (0-0) Tournament history (Brawl) Tournament Date Singles Finish Singles Record Doubles Finish Partner MWC Championships (Winona Lake, IN)* 1/17/09 T-49th / 64 0-2 (1-4) T-17th / 25 Mr. E WTON (Winona Lake, IN)* 9/13/08 T-41st / 41 0-5 (0-10)** 17th / 21 Epic #Rofa's Midwest Tournament (Ann Arbor, MI) 8/15-8/16/08 DNP / 55 0-0 (0-0) DNP / 29 N/A MELEE-FCQ (South Bend, IN) June 2008 DNP / 25 0-0 (0-0) 10th / 10 Trev! Huge Johnz 3 (Hammond, IN) 3/22/08 DNP / 80 0-0 (0-0) 17th / 25 fear4 Early Brawling (South Bend, IN) 2/9/08 4th / 16 4-2 (8-5) 5th / 8 that 1 guy CAREER since 2/2008 -- 4-9 (.308) ** worst singles finish in career (including Melee) * Tournament Directed By Me # Played in Randoms side tournament, 0-2 (1-4). DNP in doubles due to money, DNP in singles due to time constraints. Tournament history (Melee) Tournament Date Singles Finish Singles Record Doubles Finish Partner Mission Complete (North Manchester, IN) 12/29/07 DNP 0-0 (0-0) 14th ice- MELEE-FCD (South Bend, IN) 7/20/2007 T-225th 0-7 (1-14) T-113th Primus MELEE-FC6 (South Bend, IN) 7/15/2006 T-162nd 1-6 (2-13) T-81st CrazyFoxBrawler MELEE-FC (South Bend, IN) 7/13/2004 T-65th 2-4 (4-8) T-33rd N/A CAREER since 2004 -- 3-17 (.150)