| t1mmy "t1mmy" | |
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| Character info | |
| Brawl mains | Kirby, Meta Knight |
| Other Brawl character | King Dedede |
| 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 |  Professional  |
t1mmy is best known as one of the most knowledgeable, 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, t1mmy 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, with Kirby Super Star being one of his favorite games.
t1mmy 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 t1mmy 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. He carries the same philosophies through to his now-advanced gameplay - reading his opponents' movements and using efficient maneuvers.
From his years of martial arts training, t1mmy knew that winners often let their accomplishments go to their heads and would learn less than the 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 see in Oregon today.
Now armed with advanced techniques, t1mmy and t0mmy's interest in SSBM brought back DMStudios who had fallen out of the tournament loop and who happened to be living in Eugene at the time. With his teammate ~Shin_Ganondorf~, the Eugene smash scene started growing larger.
To get more people interested in the game, t1mmy 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
After a few years of off-and-on casual gameplay, t1mmy started competitive Smashing along with t0mmy at TANG 9.0, in the Fall of 2005. They continued to attend the monthly TANG tournaments, and in 2006 started up monthly SF:E tournaments in Eugene. About a year after arriving to the competitive scene, t1mmy travelled to larger events like MLG, 0C2, and NCT2. He is considered one of the top smashers in the state and is currently fighting for first place with his twin brother in the city-wide SSBM League.
Tournaments Attended
Combo videos
Additional Information
External Links
- SF:E Oregon Tournaments at Smashboards.com
- The Competitive Kirby - t!mmy's Kirby Guide