Smasher:t0mmy
| t0mmy "Super Smash Twin t0mmy" | |
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| Character info | |
| Smash 64 main | Pikachu |
| Melee main | Pichu |
| Other Melee character | Jigglypuff |
| Brawl main | R.O.B. |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Super Smash Twins |
| Personal and other info | |
| Location | Eugene, Oregon 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Professional  |
t0mmy is one of the team players in Super Smash Twins; the other being his twin brother t1mmy. The two numbers reflect the binary 10 which equates 2, signifying a union in separation as twins.
He lives in Northwest United States of America, and he's currently Smashing in Eugene, OR. Occasionally plays in NorCal and Washington areas, but has Smashed from east to west coast.
History
He started playing Super Smash Bros. for the N64 at a game store pre-release demo. He fell in love with it within moments and has proclaimed it as one of the only good games for the N64. Years later, Nintendo promoted the Nintendo GameCube through a series of events called the Gamecube Game Club where such games as Star Wars, Luigi's Mansion, and Super Smash Bros. Melee were available for demo. He attended an event in Philadelphia and enjoyed a competitive and fun atmosphere, then trolled about being one of the first people to play the game. But it wasn't until Fall of 2006 that changed the way he played the game from then on.
A local Game Crazy store hosted a Nintendo-sponsored Super Smash Bros. tournament. t0mmy entered with Pichu and his brother played through as Kirby. It was a free-for-all, items-on mess with broken controllers and two seasoned players (and previous champions) ganging up on the other players. t1mmy ended up winning the tournament, and more importantly it started their interest finding better players. Coming across Smashboards they found the closest tournament in Oregon was TANG hosted in Portland 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. Soon thereafter, t0mmy and t1mmy met with Tudios and Shin and started a community in Eugene with the Smashfest:Eugene and Big City Brawl events; with this renewed tournament scene the Oregon Smash community grew. NOregon (Norther Oregon) grew larger with TANG, OATS, Empire Games, Gamer's Guild, and Portland Kombat, and the state of Oregon was finally put on the competitive Smash map.
By the time of Brawl's release the Smash Twins were hosting or overseeing the tournaments in Oregon and have successfully brought a regional tournament to Oregon with The Oregon Mega Games (The OMG).
With the decline of the Pac NW tournament scene at the end of 2011 t0mmy decided to put focus on hosting events due to most of the state events having about 4 entrants competing. He decided to revolutionize the scene and bring it back to its glory days of 2008-2010 with his "R3VOLUTION" tournament series (R3VO series). The name of the series is an homage to the Ron Paul rEVOLution which emphasizes freedom in economics, personal choices, and many libertarian philosophies (minimizing government, maximizing peace, and liberty), but additional puns include the revolution of R.O.B.'s Gyro, and the first event's name "Revolt" means to "charge up again" eluding to electronics/robots and recharging the dying Oregon scene.
The first R3VO#1 was a smash success (pun intended), seeing about 8 times the amount of attendees as the usual events! The next two events in the series were just as successful; The Oregon Smash scene saw an influx of new players and many returning players - the revolution had taken hold.
Every Wednesday t0mmy competes in Smash tourneys at the Shoryuken League, the premier Gaming Lounge of the Pacific Northwest, and is currently ranked 1st place.
He is currently part of the staff on AiB as a moderator and content team, but also does work on various groups such as the the Oregon Group. Needless to say, he has his hands full as both a professional gamer and a supporter of the community.
Tournament History
t0mmy started competitive Smashing with TANG 9 in Fall 2006. Since then he has helped organized and competed in nearly every SF:E tournament. Playing catch-up to all the seasoned vetrans he's boldly jumped into the big competitive scene with events like MLG, 0C2, and NCT2. Ever since Brawl's early release t0mmy has scored 1st place in countless Oregon state events and went on to win many major Pacific Northwest tournaments (RCB series and GameClucks series). Noticing a decline in attendance he announced his retirement from the "local" scene and focused on hosting events to help bolster tournament growth, but continued to play outside the state to represent Oregon where he scored some wins in Washington around the time of Felix's impressive top 3 placing at an MLG event (MLG Raleigh).
Melee Tournaments Attended
- TANG 9.0 - 24.0
- SF:E 2006 - 2007
- MLG Anaheim
- OC2
- NCT2 Red Version?
- OC3
- Super Champ Combo
- Big City Brawl (Weeklies)
- Gamer's Oasis (Salem, OR)
- Game Clucks (Washington)
Brawl Tournaments Attended
- Rose City Brawl regionals 2008-2009
- ECB#1 May '08
- RCB4 October '08
- RCB5 Pac NW regional December '08
- ECB#8 March '11
- GameClucks Jan '11
- GameClucks '11
- Big City Gamin' '12
- Go For it '12
- R3VO Season Finale '13
Ranking
Super Smash Bros. (N64/VC) Status: Competes Statewide
- Ranked 1st - Local (Eugene)
- Ranked 1st - Statewide (Oregon)
- No rankings exist regionally - Regional (Pacific Northwest)
Super Smash Bros. Melee Status: Retired pro
- N/A - Local (Eugene)
- N/A - Statewide (Oregon)
- N/A - Regional (Pacific Northwest)
- N/A - National (USA)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Status: Competes Nationally
- Ranked 1st - Local (Eugene)
- Ranked 4th - Statewide (Oregon)
- Ranked 6th - Regional (Pacific Northwest)
