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 Ivy Tech Community College, just getting his basics done to transfer to Ball State University to major in telecommunications and attempt a minor in Japanese. 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 has become a respected tournament director throughout the Midwest. He hosted two Midwest Circuit events, Well Thought Out Name, and co-hosted with Blood Hawk and Kel, the Midwest Circuit Championship.

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	--	--	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)