Smasher:tacos

tacos "$NKE"
Character info
Smash 64 mains	Yoshi, Kirby
Other Smash 64 characters	Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Jigglypuff
Personal and other info
Real name	Eduardo Tovar
Location	Brownsville, Texas
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional

tacos (previously known as $NKE) is a top-level Super Smash Bros. 64 player from Brownsville, Texas who is considered one of the best Smash 64 players in the world. He is considered to be one of the country's best Yoshi players, along with Wizzrobe, Star King and Fireblaster, and the most technical one. He is also highly proficient with many characters, such as Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon and Kirby.

He is one half of Team Luv along with the Canadian player The Z, a very strong doubles team who notably took second place at Apex 2015.

He boasts tournament victories over world-class players such as Ruoka Dancho, Dext3r, Mariguas, Banze and Wizzrobe among other. He only holds negative records to Isai (0-1) and SuPeRbOoMfAn (0-3), and is considered by some to be the third best player in North America behind those two.

Playing style

tacos uses a Hori controller. He is known for his very unconventional style, unpredictable combos and high technical skill. He is extremely proficient at using the parry, and has great movement fluidity. His playstyle is also sometimes seen as disrespectful, due to his tendency to sandbag when ahead in a match, and frequently utilizing taunt canceling.

History

tacos has been a prominent net play player since 2011.

He entered his first international tournament in 2014 at Apex, where he was sent to losers' bracket by Isai 0-2 in the second round of winners. In the loser's bracket however, he went on a tear, defeating The Z 2-0, Revan 2-0 and Dext3r 2-0 to enter top 8, where he then defeated Ruoka Dancho 3-1 before losing to SuPeRbOoMfAn 0-3, ending him at a very unexpected 5th place.

At Apex 2015, no longer considered an underdog, tacos dominated again in singles, taking sets off Fireblaster 2-0, Firo 2-0 then Banze 2-0 to enter top 8, where he defeated Mariguas 3-1 in Winner's Semis and took a game off SuPeRbOoMfAn in Winner's Finals, though he lost the set 1-3. After the loss, he then defeated Wizzrobe 3-1 in loser's finals to face SuPeRbOoMfAn again in Grand Finals, where this time he lost 0-3 in a very anticlimactic set. He also placed 2nd in doubles, teaming with The Z, defeating formidable teams such as Banze & CabeLo 3-1, Dext3r & Wizzrobe 3-0 and Star King & Killer 3-0 (after losing to them 2-3 in winner's side), losing to JaimeHR and SuPeRbOoMfAn in Grand Finals 0-3.

In June 2015, he entered singles at Smash of Ages 2015 in Panorama City, California, the largest Smash 64 event on the West Coast in years, where he met fierce competition from SuPeRbOoMfAn, Mariguas, JaimeHR and West Coast's top players. He placed second, losing to Mariguas 2-3 in winners' side, defeated JaimeHR in losers side and Mariguas 3-2 in a rematch in losers final, and faced SuPeRbOoMfAn in Grand Finals where he was defeated 1-3, taking second place.

Tournament placings

Tournament	Date	Location	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	Somerset, NJ	5th	3rd	Jam
IRONMAN	September 2014	Kaillera	2nd	—	—
Lumberjack Cup 3	October 2014	Kaillera	1st	—	—
Apex 2015	January 31st-February 1st, 2015	Secaucus, NJ	2nd	2nd	The Z
Smash of Ages 2015	June 6th, 2015	Panorama City, CA	2nd	—	—
Super Smash Con	August 6th-9th, 2015	Chantilly, VA