Smasher:T1mmy
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| t!mmy "!" | |
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| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Super Smash Twins |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | N/A |
| Location | Eugene, OR 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Kirby Professional  |
Introduction
t!mmy is best known as one of the most knowledgable, active Kirby players in the Smash community. His identical twin brother t0mmy is well-known for his Pichu abilities. Together, they make up the notorious Super Smash Twins.
The two twins host SF:E and run SSBM weeklies at the local game store. They primarily play in the West Coast meeting up with smashers from Washington, California, and Idaho.
History
Being a big "retro" gamer, t!mmy never bothered to get an N64 since most of the games didn't interest him. It wasn't until Super Smash Bros. was released that he played N64 regularly, to say the least. His primary character was Kirby since that is his favorite Nintendo character, and Kirby Super Star is one of the best games on the SNES.
t!mmy took a break from compulsive gaming and started practicing traditional Kobudou (Okinawan weapons) and Pan Gai Noon Ryu (Okinwan karate). Although he played Smash Bros. Melee when it was released, he was very much into learning martial arts most of the time. After about five years of training, he moved to Oregon where a series of events not only got him back into Smash, but on a competitive level.
The first of these events was a Game Crazy tournament running terrible rules (4-player free-for-all). Sticking with his favorite character, Kirby, he made it to the finals where a Fox and Falco were teaming up to secure a victory and t!mmy found himself facing a 2-on-1 battle against the two Top Tiers. Not knowing any advanced techniques, he managed to secure a win by out-maneuvering and out-thinking his opponents on Mute City, getting a Kirby d-air spike FTW. He carries the same philosophies through to his now-advanced gameplay - reading his opponents' movements and uses efficient maneuvers.
From his years of martial arts training, t!mmy knew that winners often let their accomplishments go to their heads and thus learned less than losers. Putting his victory behind him, he sought better opponents and looked for tournaments online and found them on Smashboards, the closest one being a 2-hour drive north to Portland. This was TANG 9.0, hosted by Aftermath.
The turnout was small (about 8 entrants) but was the spark that lit a wild fire of tournaments you now see in Oregon today. Now armed and knowledable of the advanced techniques, tips and tricks found in Melee, t!mmy and t0mmy's interest in SSBM brought back DMStudios who had fallen out of the tournament loop and happened to be living in Eugene. With his teammate ~Shin_Ganondorf~, the Eugene smash scene started growing larger.
To get more people interested in the game, t!mmy and t0mmy started hosting SF:E smashfests and tournaments. Eugene became a half-way point for N. Oregon and S. Oregon to meet and get a chance to play each other without having to drive 4 hours each way. SF:E was held each month for about a year, until Jan. 2007. After that, the smash scene in Oregon grew large enough that tournaments began vying for open weekends within the community. Because of this, t!mmy started up weeklies at Big City Gamin', a local game store, and SF:E moved to Seasonal tournaments (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall).
Tournament History
t!mmy started competitive Smashing along with t0mmy in TANG 9.0, Fall 2006. Since then he has organized and competed in every SF:E tournament. Playing catch-up to all the seasoned vetrans he's boldy jumped into the big competitive scene with events like MLG, 0C2, and NCT2. Every Sunday he competes in the Big City Brawl SSB League and is currently ranked #1 in Eugene.
Tournaments Attended
- TANG 9.0 - 24.0
- SF:E 2006 - 2007
- MLG Anaheim
- OC2
- NCT2
- Big City Brawl (Weeklies)
- Gamer's Oasis (Salem, OR)
- Game Clucks (Washington)
Combo videos
Additional Information
External Links
SF:E Oregon Tournaments at Smashboards.com The Competitive Kirby - t!mmy's Kirby Guide
Favorite Games
- Super Smash Bros. (series)
- Kirby Super Star (et al)
- Pokemon (series)
- The Legend of Zelda (series)
- Super Mario Bros. (series)
- Super Mariokart (SNES)
- Little Ninja Bros. (NES)
- Uniracers (SNES)
- Shadowrun (SNES)
- Pikmin (series)
- Wario Ware (series)
- Super Paper Mario
- Wii Sports
