Smasher:TheBlueBlade

TheBlueBlade
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Character info
Brawl mains	Lucario, Ice Climbers
Other Brawl character	Wolf
Team info
Crew(s)	Aura Energy
Personal and other info
Real name	Nick Deranek
Location	South Bend, IN
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Pro-Am

General Information

TheBlueBlade (fmr. TheBlueGuy) is a smasher from South Bend, Indiana. He is a 20-year old, 2nd year college student who is currently enrolled at the University of Phoenix, to major in the Arts of Communications. Blade is a sports announcer who announces for a local high school, in 5 different sports. He has also become regionally known through this announcing by doing such venues as ACHA Division III Hockey, the Indiana 1A and 3A State Hockey Tournament, the ASA National Tournament, SportsFest, and the Northern Indiana Wooden Bat Tournament. Blade is also a storm spotter and chaser for the National Weather Service (IWX).

Smash History and Information

TheBlueBlade has been smashing for eight years, competitively for four years. Brawl has brought out some new horizons, as Blade uses four different characters, including his mains of Lucario and Ice Climbers, and he seconds at Wolf and Lucas. He uses Marth as his main and Yoshi as his secondary in SSBM, and he mains Pikachu in Smash 64. Although he is not totally skilled at Melee, he is quite skilled at Smash 64. Blade's first ever Smash tournament was MELEE-FC in July of 2004, finishing near the bottom. Ever since, he has participated in the last two MELEE-FC tournaments, and he had the same results. Blade also attended South Bend Smash League in the summer of 2006, which fell through at the end of September 2006. He revived South Bend Smash League in November 2007, but it shortly ended after in March 2008. Blade made his Brawl debut on February 9th, 2008, and he finished 4th, his best finish ever in a Smash tournament. Blade is also a Smash Debater on SmashBoards.

South Bend/Michiana Bi-Weeklies

See the SmashBoards thread: SB/M Bi-Weekly Link

Tournament history (Brawl)

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
ETF 3 (Cleveland, OH)	6/7/08
Huge Johnz 3 (Hammond, IN)	3/22/08	DNP / 80	0-0 (0-0)	17th / 25	fear4
The Brawl in SB	2/9/08	4th / 16	4-2 (8-5)	5th / 8	that 1 guy
CAREER	since 2/2008	--	4-2 (.667)

Tournament history (Melee)

Tournament	Date	Singles Finish	Singles Record	Doubles Finish	Partner
MC North Manchester	12/29/07	DNP	0-0 (0-0)	14th	ice-
MELEE-FCD	7/20/2007	T-225th	0-7 (1-14)	T-113th	Primus
MELEE-FC6	7/15/2006	T-162nd	1-6 (2-13)	T-81st	CrazyFoxBrawler
MELEE-FC	7/13/2004	T-65th	2-4 (4-8)	T-33rd	N/A
CAREER	since 2004	--	3-17 (.150)