Smasher:FlashingFire
| FlashingFire | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Project M main | Snake |
| Other Project M character | Ike |
| Team info | |
| Former crews | Stock Cancel Gaming |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  PMRank 2019: 46th
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| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Brennan Connolly |
| Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top professional
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FlashingFire is a Project M player from Oklahoma who has mained Snake since version 2.6 in 2013. He is currently ranked 2nd on the Oklahoma Project M Power Rankings and 46th on PMRank 2019. He has notables wins against Machiavelli and Oracle, which he achieved at Super Bit Wars 4. More recently, he defeated Captain Birdman at Super Bit Wars 7. Smashers often refer to him as "Flafi," which is an abbreviated version of his player tag.
Community Contributions
- FlashingFire is the creator and administrator of the PM Snake Discord.
- Along with Yata!, he wrote a Project M Snake guide and published it on SmashBoards in early 2016.
- He has created two videos explaining a character-specific advanced technique originally called the Snake Flash; it is now more commonly called a Flash Jump.
PMRank
FlashingFire is currently in charge of PMRank. He was the leader of PMRank 2018 and was heavily involved in PMRank 2016 and PMRank 2017. He has assisted with planning the project, recruiting panelists, collecting tournament data, and writing and editing player summaries. He and Strong Bad co-wrote the more extensive summaries for the top 10 players of PMRank 2016. For PMRank 2017 and 2018, FlashingFire was the chief editor of the player articles.
Tournament placings
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Oklahoma Invitational (OKI) | April 5th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Super Bit Wars 3 | October 29th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| The Salty Runback | December 13th, 2014 | 13th | — | — |
| Aftershock | March 28th, 2015 | 49th | — | — |
| Super Bit Wars 4 | February 20th-21st, 2016 | 4th | 7th | Yata! |
| Razor Smash Bash 3 | March 12th, 2016 | 7th | — | — |
| The Sweet Spot: Reloaded | July 2nd, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| ARLO 3 | August 20th-21st, 2016 | 33rd | 7th | Dyl |
| SSS-Tier #1 | October 1st, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| SSS-Tier #2 | October 29th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Meta Knight or Quit | November 26th, 2016 | 4th | — | — |
| SSS-Tier #3 | December 3rd, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| The Salty Runback 2 | December 17th, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| SSS-Tier #4 | January 28th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| King of the Springs 2 | February 4th, 2017 | 4th | — | — |
| Sweet Spot 3 | April 23rd, 2017 | 3rd | 2nd | Plasmius |
| Super Smash Wars | July 1st, 2017 | 4th | 1st | Dyl |
| Low Tier City 5 | August 5th-6th, 2017 | 33rd | 9th | Jason Waterfalls |
| SSS-Tier #10 | August 26th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| 3.5x A Presses | September 2nd, 2017 | 3rd | 1st | Cuda |
| No Fun Allowed 2 | February 24th, 2018 | 9th | 3rd | Kuma |
| Infinity and Beyond 208 | June 26th, 2018 | 1st | — | — |
| Meta Knight's Revenge | July 21st, 2018 | 4th | 9th | Vegi |
| No Fun Allowed 3 | February 9th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| The Crucible | March 9th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| Super Bit Wars 7 | March 30th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash 5 | May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 | 33rd | 9th | Chevy |
