Smasher:Hax
| Hax | |
|---|---|
| CTHax.png | |
| Character info | |
| Melee main | Fox |
| Other Melee character | Captain Falcon |
| Project M mains | Fox, Captain Falcon |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | VGBootCamp |
| Former crews | CLASH Tournaments |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Aziz Al-Yami |
| Birth date | |
| Location | New York City, New York 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional  |
Hax is a Melee player based in Manhattan. He used to solo main Captain Falcon with the pink palette swap (commonly known as Captain Fabulous), and is known for his highly technical combos and unique playing style. He plays a conservative style with clever baits, which makes him arguably the strongest Captain Falcon versus Marth and Sheik. Hax is currently ranked 2nd on the Tristate Melee Power Rankings. He was considered the best Captain Falcon player in the world before switching to solo maining Fox.
He teamed with Hungrybox at GENESIS, where he was defeated by Armada and Aniolas in winners bracket. They rose through the losers bracket, but only reached 13th place. He reached 7th place in Melee singles among the greatest in all of America and talented players from Europe, Mexico, and Canada. He then reached 13th place at Pound 4, the second highest placed Captain Falcon at the tournament (with of course, the highest placed being SilentSpectre, who was considered the strongest Captain Falcon at the time). In Pound 4 doubles, he teamed with Darc and was rather successful.
At the largest Melee tournament yet, EVO 2013, he placed 9th out of a massive number of 709 entrants.
In addition to Super Smash Bros. Melee, Hax also plays the Pokémon TCG competitively, having topped the annual world's tournament multiple times in the game.
Notable tournament placings
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Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pound 3 | February 2nd-3rd, 2008 | 9th | 5th | Jman |
| Revival of Melee | March 7th-8th, 2009 | 13th | 13th | Pakman |
| Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 4th | — | — |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 8th | 13th | Hungrybox |
| The Tunes Monthlies # 4 | November 14th, 2009 | 7th | 2nd | Alukard |
| The Tunes Monthlies # 5 | December 27th, 2009 | 4th | 3rd | Lovage |
| Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 13th | 4th | Darc |
| Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 9th | 4th | Hungrybox |
| Revival of Melee 3 | November 20th-21st, 2010 | 13th | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 5th | 3rd | Hungrybox |
| GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | 9th | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 7th | 5th | Jman |
| Zenith 2012 | May 26th-27th, 2012 | 5th | 3rd | Hungrybox |
| MELEE-FC10R Legacy | August 12th-14th, 2012 | 6th | 5th | The Moon |
| Revival of Melee 5 | November 17th-18th, 2012 | 5th | 2nd | Scar |
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 7th | 9th | Westballz |
| Smashacre Rising | April 6th, 2013 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King |
| Zenith 2013 | June 1st-2nd, 2012 | 6th | 1st | Mew2King |
| EVO 2013 | July 12th-14th, 2013 | 9th | 5th | Jman |
| The Big House 3 | October 12th-13th, 2013 | 5th | 3rd | Dr. PeePee |
| Sudden Death 14 | October 19th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| No Johns 1/4 | January 4th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Alukard |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 17th | 1st | Mew2King |
| Smash Mode Sundays # 2 | February 16th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King |
| Smash Mode Sundays # 3 | February 23rd, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Stony Brook Biweeklies #9 | March 1st, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | G$ |
| Smash Mode Sundays # 4 | March 2nd, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | 5th | 1st | Mew2King |
| The Next Episode | March 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 7th | 2nd | SFAT |
| Smash Mode Sundays 3/30 | March 30th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Civil War VI | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Bar Wars: The Region Strikes Back | April 26, 2014 | 9th | 2nd | ChuDat |
| WHOBO MLG | May 3rd-4th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Mango |
| Justice 3 | May 24th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 5th | 5th | Westballz |
| Nebulous Saturday Melee 2 | June 14th, 2014 | 1st | 3rd | Slox |
| MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 7th | 5th | Leffen |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | — | 5th | Colbol |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 13th | 2nd | Mew2King |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudden Death 14 | October 19th, 2013 | 1st | ||
| Civil War VI | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 9th | ||
| Bar Wars: The Region Strikes Back | April 26, 2014 | 5th |
Trivia
- Although he is considered to be the best Captain Falcon in the world, he has recently picked up Fox and initially decided to begin solo maining him to someday become the best smasher, claiming that Captain Falcon was, and would be, too inherently weak as a character to consistently win with against other top professionals.
- Hax has also popularized a "20XX" meme in the Smash community. 20XX describes a futuristic, potentially post-apocalyptic setting, where the metagame and technical skill of players have reached a point where they can no longer continue to improve. Accordingly, only Fox is viable, and as players are able to perfectly capitalise on every situation, matches are determined by a rock-paper-scissors match for port priority. The joke is often referenced on Fox mirror matches, as well as particularly impressive displays of tech skill by players. An example of this occurred at Apex 2014, when during Melee doubles there was a match during grand finals where all four players were playing Fox. The commentator, Prog, said "Are you aware of the year..." before his partner, D1, interrupts with "20XX. Here we go!". Toph had previously elaborated on the joke at The Big House 3:
Hax's thing is like, "The year is 20XX. Everyone plays Fox." And there's this whole post-apocalyptic universe that is built off of Fox being the only viable character left. Humanity has reached its pinnacle. The peasants are living in poverty. And there's these monasteries where these Fox monks just levitate and TAS Fox with one controller in one hand, and win a tournament with the other. And the tournament metagame has gotten to this point where everything is played out to theoretical perfection, so they Rock-Paper-Scissors for port priority, and that's the set. And everyone gets really excited about the port priority RPS, so RPS's metagame has really evolved to where it's really just like RPS tournaments are now. And then we have warriors like Kevin Toy and Europhoria desperately trying to prevent the apocalypse, the Fox Apocalypse, from happening with their Marths.
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