| Carls493 "Carls" | |
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| Character info | |
| Brawl main | Fox |
| Smash 4 mains | Fox, Shulk |
| Other Smash 4 characters | Sonic, Mega Man, Mario, Wario |
| Ultimate main | Shulk |
| Other Ultimate character | Sonic, Joker, Inkling |
| Project M main | Wario |
| Other Project M character | Kirby |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  Columbus Ultimate Power Rankings: 3rd |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Carlos Rollins |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Professional  Professional Professional  Professional
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Carls493 (sometimes shortened to Carls) is a player from Columbus, Ohio. He played Fox in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and is ranked 8th on the final Ohio Brawl Power Rankings.
In Project M, Carls493 is a Wario main. He is ranked 5th on the Columbus Power Rankings, with wins over Mango, XYK, and SoulPech, and is considered to be the best Wario in the Midwest. He nowadays only plays the game competitively at tournament venues that feature it alongside the current official Smash game at the time.
After the decline in activity for Brawl. Carls493 moved on to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and continued to be a Fox player in that game. He then later picked up Shulk as a co-main alongside Fox, and has eventually become more of a Shulk main than a Fox main. He has achieved wins over Katakiri, ACNupp, TekNo, Kamui, CrazyColorz5, and Karinole primarily as Shulk. He was formerly ranked 10th on the 1st Ohio Smash 4 Power Rankings, but was considered the best Shulk player in Ohio by the end of the game's competitive lifespan.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Carls493 started the game out as a more full-fledged Shulk player. He is currently considered the best Shulk player in Central Ohio, and the second best in the entire state after Darkshad, though he is also known to use various other characters at times. He is currently ranked 3rd on the Columbus Ultimate Power Rankings and formerly 12th on the Ohio Ultimate Power Rankings, achieving wins over several notable players such as Katakiri, Xane, Geist, TLOrEo, Mindset, GoMan, BiggieCheeze, colinies, Komota, and Perkinips.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Showdown: Battle Royale 2 | September 23rd-24th, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
| Juu-Kakuto-Geemu | May 5th, 2018 | 1st | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 17th | — | — |
| Shuffle VII | May 24th, 2015 | 17th | 3rd | SoulPech |
| Rise of the Empire: Melee and PM | June 4th, 2016 | 7th | 3rd | SoulPech |
| Showdown: Battle Royale | December 10th-11th, 2016 | 9th | 2nd | SoulPech |
| Borealis | August 19th-20th, 2017 | 5th | 9th | Wyld |
| Emerald Thunder Monthly | February 24th, 2018 | 3rd | — | — |
| Go for Gold 4! | April 28th, 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | Soulpech |
| Juu-Kakuto-Geemu | May 5th, 2018 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smashville 7 | June 16th, 2018 | 13th | — | — |
| SUPER Smash the Stadium | July 28th, 2018 | 2nd | — | — |
| Plus Ultra | September 15th, 2018 | 33rd | 17th | 1900 |
| Second Impact: Tokyo Drift | February 2nd, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| Kakuto Geemu Ereban! Carmine Vs. Ultramarine | July 27th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Showdown: Battle Royale | December 10th-11th, 2016 | 65th | 25th | SoulPech |
| Smash & Grab Monthly (Wii U) | March 4th, 2017 | 13th | 4th | Mindset |
| Convergence 1 | March 24th, 2018 | 7th | — | — |
| Shuffle: Battle of the Midwest | April 1st-2nd, 2017 | 9th | 9th | ZSSpence |
| Showdown: Battle Royale 2 | September 23rd-24th, 2017 | 33rd | — | — |
| Frostbite 2018 | February 9th-11th, 2018 | 257th | 193rd | Aceman |
| Koranbasu HeartGold | February 17th, 2018 | 13th | 2nd | Mindset |
| Emerald Thunder Monthly | February 24th, 2018 | 1st | — | — |
| Koranbasu SoleSilver | March 31st, 2018 | 13th | 7th | Mindset |
| Arcadian Fury 2 | April 7th-8th, 2018 | 7th | 2nd | Mindset |
| Go for Gold 4! | April 28th, 2018 | 5th | 7th | pillowtalk |
| Koranbasu Version Black | May 12th, 2018 | 9th | 5th | Mindset |
| Smashville 7 | June 16th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
| Koranbasu Colosseum | June 30th, 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | Mindset |
| Koranbasu Black 2: Zetakai Belated Birthday Edition | July 21st, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
| Home Coming 2018: Crossing Fates | September 8th, 2018 | 13th | 4th | Lapin |
| DQ'd | September 29th, 2018 | 7th | 2nd | Mindset |
| Koranbasu Version White | October 6th, 2018 | 1st | — | — |
| Arcadian Fury 3 | November 10th-11th, 2018 | 17th | 2nd | Mindset |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurasu Henko: Villager | December 15th, 2018 | 3rd | 1st | Mindset |
| Ultimate Proving Ground | January 5th, 2019 | 9th | 5th | Mindset |
| Kurasu Henko: Cleric | January 26th, 2019 | 2nd | 17th | Mindset |
| Second Impact: Tokyo Drift | February 2nd, 2019 | 7th | 1st | Mindset |
| Go for Gold 8! ASSMAN SAGA | February 16th, 2019 | 5th | 4th | Mindset |
| E3 Flyaway Tournament | March 2nd, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| Kurasu Henko: Mage | March 30th, 2019 | 13th | 1st | Mindset |
| Midwest Battlefield: April 2019 | April 6th, 2019 | 9th | 3rd | Mindset |
| Class Change: Thief | May 11th, 2019 | 9th | 3rd | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN'D #65 | May 16th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #66 | May 23rd, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #67 | May 30th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #68 | June 6th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| COST 2019 | June 8th, 2019 | 17th | 13th | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN'D #69 | June 13th, 2019 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #70 | June 20th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| 2GG: Grand Tour - Ohio | June 22nd-23rd, 2019 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #71 | June 27th, 2019 | 17th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #72 | July 4th, 2019 | 4th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #73 | July 11th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| Class Change: Archer | July 13th, 2019 | 9th | 13th | Sleepy |
| SMASHLAN'D #74 | July 18th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #75 | July 25th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| Kakuto Geemu Ereban! Carmine Vs. Ultramarine | July 27th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #76 | August 1st, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #77 | August 8th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #78 | August 15th, 2019 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #79 | August 22nd, 2019 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #80 | August 29th, 2019 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #81 | September 5th, 2019 | 4th | — | — |
| 2GG: Run it Back | September 7th, 2019 | 9th | 9th | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN'D #82 | September 12th, 2019 | 13th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #83 | September 19th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #84 | September 26th, 2019 | 4th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #85 | October 3rd, 2019 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #86 | October 10th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| Class Change: Bard | October 12th, 2019 | 5th | 9th | Gible |
| SMASHLAN'D #87 | October 17th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| Double Barreled IV | October 19th, 2019 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #88 | October 24th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #89 | October 31st, 2019 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #90 | November 7th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| State of the Union 5: CSL Regional Qualifiers | November 9th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #91 | November 14th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #92 | November 21st, 2019 | 3rd | — | — |
| RATS 2 | November 23rd, 2019 | 4th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #93 | December 5th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #94 | December 12th, 2019 | 3rd | — | — |
| Class Change: Warrior | December 14th, 2019 | 9th | 9th | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN'D #95 | December 19th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #96 | December 26th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #97 | January 2nd, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #98 | January 9th, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #99 | January 16th, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #100 | January 23rd, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| State of the Union 8 Ultimate | January 25th, 2020 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #101 | January 30th, 2020 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #102 | February 6th, 2020 | 4th | — | — |
| Class Change Monk | February 8th, 2020 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #103 | February 13th, 2020 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #104 | February 20th, 2020 | 3rd | — | — |
| Frostbite 2020 | February 21st-23rd, 2020 | 193rd | 49th | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN’D #105 | February 27th, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #106 | March 5th, 2020 | 2nd | — | — |
| Class Change Knight | March 7th, 2020 | 17th | 3rd | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN’D #109 | July 1st, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| Donatos Fight Night Returns: Week 1 | July 6th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #110 | July 8th, 2021 | 4th | — | — |
| Donatos Fight Night 7/13 - Donat0-2sdays 35 | July 13th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN’D #111 | July 15th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trial | July 20th, 2021 | 4th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #112 | July 22nd, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Ultimate Vibes #1 | July 24th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| Donatos Fight Night 7/27 - Donat0-2sdays 36 | July 27th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #113 | July 29th, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| Donatos Fight Night 8/4 - Donat0-2sdays 37 | August 3rd, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #114 | August 5th, 2021 | 17th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #115 | August 12th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 2: Electric Boogaloo | August 17th, 2021 | 4th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #116 | August 19th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 3: The Return | August 24th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #117 | August 26th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| Ultimate Vibes #2 | August 28th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 4: A New Beginning | August 31st, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #118 | September 2nd, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| YMCA Clash | September 4th, 2021 | 9th | 1st | Mindset |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 5: F***, I LOST!!! | September 9th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| Riptide | September 10th-12th, 2021 | 257th | 25th | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN'D #121 | September 23rd, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| Juu Ni Kakuto Geemu | September 25th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 6: The TO Force Awakens | September 29th, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #122 | September 30th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| $2000 GDEX Underworld (2021) | October 2nd, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 7: Attack of the TO's | October 5th, 2021 | 4th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 8: The TOs Strike Back | October 12th, 2021 | 13th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #124 | October 14th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 9: (Hopefully) Simply and Clean | October 19th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #125 | October 21st, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 10: THE BATTLE FRONTIER | October 26th, 2021 | 6th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #126 | October 28th, 2021 | 4th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 11 | November 2nd, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #127 | November 4th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 12: Battle Factory 2: Electric Bugaboo | November 9th, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #128 | November 11th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| Flavortown Throwdown | November 13th, 2021 | 33rd | 9th | Mindset |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 13: Dubious Doubles | November 16th, 2021 | 2nd | 1st | Mindset |
| SMASHLAN'D #129 | November 18th, 2021 | 7th | — | — |
| Uprising - MISU Arcadian | November 20th, 2021 | 33rd | 13th | Mindset |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 14 | November 23rd, 2021 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 15 | November 30th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials Sweet 16 | December 7th, 2021 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #131 | December 9th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 17 | December 14th, 2021 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #132 | December 16th, 2021 | 5th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 20: Super Valentine Bros | February 15th, 2022 | 4th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 21 | February 22nd, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #139 | February 24th, 2022 | 7th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 22: Fat Tuesday | March 1st, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #140 | March 3rd, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 23: License to Kill Confirm | March 8th, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #141 | March 10th, 2022 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #142 | March 17th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| The Gamble 2 | March 19th, 2022 | 33rd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 25: CASEino Royale | March 22nd, 2022 | 13th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 26: On DBrue’s Secret Service | March 29th, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 27: Big Octo Pigeon | April 5th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #145 | April 7th, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #146 | April 14th, 2022 | 17th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 29: Rob with the Golden Gucci | April 19th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| Aultimus Memorial | April 22th, 2022 | 1st | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #148 | April 28th, 2022 | 5th | — | — |
| Class Change Druid | April 30th, 2022 | 17th | 4th | Mindset |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 31: SkyHighFall | May 3rd, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #149 | May 5th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #150 | May 12th, 2022 | 4th | — | — |
| Class Change Warlock | May 28th, 2022 | 13rd | 3rd | Mindset |
| GDEX Underworld 2022 | June 11th, 2022 | 7th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #155 | June 16th, 2022 | 7th | — | — |
| COST 2022 | June 18th, 2022 | 33rd | 5th | Mindset |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 42: The World is Not Zanuff | July 19th, 2022 | 5th | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #159 | July 21st, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
| Class Change Dragoon | July 23rd, 2022 | 9th | 2nd | Mindset |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 43: VictoryMoonraker | July 26th, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 45: Tomorrow’s Mind Never Sets | August 9th, 2022 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 47: The Broken Foresights | August 23rd, 2022 | 3rd | — | — |
| SMASHLAN'D #164 | August 25th, 2022 | 4th | — | — |
| CFG Tuesday Trials 49: Geist in the Shell | September 6th, 2022 | 7th | — | — |
| Riptide 2022 | September 9th-11th, 2022 | 193rd | 13th | Mindset |
Tag origin
- The first half of his tag, "Carls", is simply his real name, "Carlos", without the "o". The second half, the number "493", comes from the total number of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise as of Generation IV. It also refers to the final Pokémon of that generation, Arceus, being the #493 on the National Pokédex, and Carls' naive belief at the time that the series would end on that generation due to Arceus being known as the "God" and creator of the Pokémon universe. Humorously, he realized this before the number could also be used to reference two-thirds of his birthdate (April 1993), which is why he has yet to update the number to accommodate further Pokémon generations.
Trivia
- Despite his top-most frequent mains throughout his Smash career, Carls493's #1 video game favorite franchise is Sonic the Hedgehog, being the very first franchise that got him into video games. He occasionally pays tribute to Sonic by making his own music that's meant to emulate the music that can be heard from most of the Sega Genesis entries of the series.
- Carls493's knowledge of video games covers more than just Nintendo's first- and second-party franchises. As of the arrival of the Hero, Banjo & Kazooie, Terry, Steve, Kazuya, and Sora in Ultimate, Carls493 has had prior knowledge of every single third-party franchise in Smash that's represented by a playable character.
- Carls493 also enjoys playing traditional fighters competitively, such as Street Fighter IV, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Skullgirls, and Dragon Ball FighterZ.
- Carls493 runs a YouTube channel that focuses on video games, including playlists for every official Smash game and several franchises that have been featured in Smash, as well as many other games of multiple genres and various content ratings from big-time publishers to smaller indie/doujin developers. He prefers a more traditional or "retro" YouTube Gaming approach to his running his channel by not relying on voiced commentary over his playthroughs and matches, not creating webcam discussion videos, and not advertising his face and over-the-top reactions on his videos' thumbnails. He instead simply prefers to focus purely on the gameplay, itself, with his thoughts on the games usually explained in their video descriptions, or adding text to the videos, themselves, in guides.
- Carls493 is an avid fan, writer, editor, and overall contributor of the semi-formal TV Tropes Wiki website. He documents a personal page on that website that lists his favorite and most-notable contributions to the site, a list of all of the games that he has featured on his YouTube channel, and even provides details, notes, and personal thoughts about his channel's content in that wiki's style.
- Carls493 was an active member of the now-defunct Nintendo Dojo (formerly All is Brawl) since 2009. He was known for his helpful, and informative blogs on Smash, other games, and other forms of entertainment media (such as Anime and Western Animation), alongside his decent Fox skills in the website's online tournaments and ladder ranking system for competitive Brawl, which would eventually lead him into attending tournaments in-person and becoming one of the longest-active non-Melee players of his Columbus Smash community. However, in contrast, he has also been known at times to take a brash and highly-defensive stance on certain topics in Nintendo Dojo.