Smasher:Swedish Delight

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Swedish Delight
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Character info
Melee main Sheik
Other Melee character Luigi, Peach
Project M mains Mario, Mr. Game & Watch
Team info
Crew(s) MGFC, BERT Gaming
Former crews Rutgers Maylay
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2015 SSBMRank: 31st
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$7,171.44
Personal and other info
Real name James Liu
Location New Jersey United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional

Swedish Delight is one of the top smashers in the Tristate Area, and is the younger brother of Mr. F. He is consistently rated as among the strongest smashers in New Jersey, and is also considered one of the best Melee Sheik players in the world. He is known for his prowess against Captain Falcon, having taken sets off of top Falcon players such as S2J, Hax, and Scar (including a 4-stock against the latter at Zenith 2013).

He was a founding officer of Scarlet Smash, the Smash Bros club at Rutgers University. He currently plays under BERT Gaming, a crew of primarily Rutgers smashers along with Qerb and a few others. He is currently ranked 1st on the New Jersey Melee Power Rankings, and 31st on the 2015 SSBMRank.

He solidified his top professional status by placing 25th at EVO 2014, where he defeated s0ft and Lucien in the losers' quarterfinals pool after losing to Javi, before being knocked out by aMSa. From late 2015 to 2016, he emerged as a strong contender, placing high in numerous majors and taking wins over many top players.

He placed 13th at the second largest tournament of all time (at the time), The Big House 5, winning vs. Westballz in top 64 winners before losing to SFAT. He then won vs Zhu before losing to Duck. Along with his partner, Nintendude, this was also the highest placing of any Atlantic North smasher at this event outside of Abate.

During 2016, he, along with doubles partner Slox, have emerged as a formidable duo. At Genesis 3, they took two sets, 2-0 and 3-2, off of Hungrybox and Axe, and placed 3rd. They followed this with 4th and 5th place finishes at Pound 2016 and CEO 2016 respectively.

One of his most impressive performances was Pound 2016, where he made Top 32 in winners' side. His first set in the bracket was against Laudandus, where he defeated him 2-0. Next came his set against Professor Pro, where the latter lost 3-2. Entering winners' semis, he was pitted against Hungrybox, where he was defeated 3-0, knocking him into losers' bracket. After being knocked out, he was pitted against Laudandus again, this time defeating him 3-0. Unfortunately, in losers' semis, Mango clutched it out in a nailbiter set 3-2, ending his run at 4th place.

Smash 'N' Splash 2 was inarguably his best performance at a national, defeating S2J and Westballz, as well as winning two sets against Mew2King, only losing twice to Hungrybox to earn a strong 2nd place finish.

At CEO 2016, he displayed consistency by placing 9th, with wins over Nintendude and DJ Nintendo, and followed this with a strong 9th place finish at the largest tournament of all time, EVO 2016.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 65th
Zenith 2012 May 26th-27th, 2012 25th
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 9th 13th Mr. F
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 49th
COA IV December 20th, 2013 3rd
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 49th
Shuffle V February 22nd-23rd, 2014 5th 13th ADHD
KTAR 9 March 22nd, 2014 2nd 3rd ADHD
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 25th 17th Duck
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 9th 5th Nintendude
KTAR XI November 22nd, 2014 5th 3rd Jsex
KING OF GARDEN STATE January 17th, 2015 1st
Super Nebulous 2 January 24th, 2015 9th
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 17th
Bad Moon Rising March 14th-15th, 2015 9th 2nd Nintendude
Super Nebulous 3 April 25th-26th, 2015 9th 4th Nintendude
FC Smash 15XR: Return July 4th-5th, 2015 9th 5th Nintendude
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 33rd 7th Nintendude
Nebulous Prime 1 August 14th-16th, 2015 1st 1st Slox
SKTAR 4 August 22nd-23rd, 2015 2nd 2nd C!Z
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 13th 9th Nintendude
Smash Summit November 7th-8th, 2015 13th 7th Alex19
BUST3 November 21, 2015 1st 2nd Jsex
KTAR XV December 5th, 2015 1st 1st Jsex
Kings of Garden State 2 December 27th, 2015 1st
KTAR XVI January 9th, 2016 2nd
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 33rd 3rd Slox
Super Nebulous 4 March 26th, 2016 2nd 1st Hungrybox
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 4th 4th Slox
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 13th 9th Prince Abu
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 6/1 June 1st, 2016 1st
Smash 'N' Splash 2 June 11th-12th, 2016 2nd 5th N0ne
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 9th 5th Slox
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 9th

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