Smasher:TacticalMeteor
| TacticalMeteor | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Smash 64 main | Kirby |
| Other Smash 64 character | Captain Falcon |
| Melee mains | Fox, Dr. Mario |
| Other Melee characters | Sheik, Ganondorf |
| Brawl mains | Wolf, Lucas |
| Other Brawl characters | Fox, Sheik |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | None currently |
| Former crews | The Maple 64's, Eagle Gaming, Fredricksen Smashers |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Jeremiah Hopkins |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Professional (Local) |
Jeremiah Hopkins, also known as TacticalMeteor, is a top competitive smasher around the Central Pennsylvania area. He is best known for both his complex tactics and strategies and his thorough study of the game's physics and mechanics.
Background Information
Jeremiah has competed in Camp Hill, Mechanicsburg, Harrisburg, Carlisle, and even Baltimore, Maryland, all of which he came in first place. He has been a member of many crews, including the Maple 64's (a Canadian retro gaming group), and Eagle Gaming (a group located in the Cumberland Valley School District). He was the leader of the Fredricksen Smashers, a relatively unknown crew based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, which was disbanded as of November 14, 2013.
Jeremiah started playing the series when he was three years old, and was instantly hooked. He first played a beta version of Melee from a Walmart video game window, eventually acquiring the game when he was eight. Beforehand, he had joined the Maple 64's, a Canadian retro gaming group based in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada. Even at a young age, he showed his competitive side in combat games and proved to be a worthy opponent. Upon buying Melee, he further increased in his skills and began studying the game physics and its mechanics, allowing him to understand game strategy on a completely different level. He broke off from the Maple 64's and joined Eagle Gaming, a local crew that specialized in advanced strategy. When Brawl was released in 2008, he once again broke off from the crew and began studying Brawl physics and mechanics.
When he was eleven years old, Jeremiah walked in on a Brawl tournament, his first, at Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Over a course of three hours, he managed to win first prize, running on an undefeated record. Since then, he has competed in different parts of Central Pennsylvania, and even unofficially competed in Baltimore, Maryland, also maintaining his undefeated record.
As of November 14, 2013, his crew, the Fredricksen Smashers, which consisted of friends from the Fredricksen tournament, held in Camp Hill, PA, in October of 2009, has been disbanded due to the crew being unable to find another local tournament. All crew members, including Jeremiah, are keeping a low profile until they can find another tournament.
Strategies
Jeremiah has spent most of his studying of the game on physics and mechanics, perfecting techniques such as the "wave dash" and also developing combos himself such as the "Rainbow Drill-Kick Combo", the "Corkscrew Knock-back", the "Reflector Reversal", and the "Aerial Facepalm". Although relatively unknown, these combos have proven themselves in strategic gameplay. Demonstrations of these combos will be able to be found on his YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsiXLzl3e9n615NYmuY8ydQ, which is currently in stages of development.
