Smasher:Revan

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Revan "Rev, Florence"
Revan3.jpg
Character info
Smash 64 main Kirby
Other Smash 64 characters Yoshi, Captain Falcon, Pikachu
Melee main Jigglypuff
Smash 4 main King Dedede
Personal and other info
Real name Thomas
Birth date (age 28)
Location Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Top professional

Revan is a Smash 64 player from Ottawa, Ontario, and considered by many to be the top North American Kirby main, Ontario's best player and Canada's third strongest player after SuPeRbOoMfAn and The Z. He was ranked 1st on the unified Ontario Power Rankings. He is ranked 1st on the Ottawa power rankings.

Revan is renowned for being among the best with controller DI. He is also playfully know as the main '5 stock conch' player, a new tradition unique to Smash 64, originated at ODS and continued at G3.

Prior to the summer of 2014, Revan was primarily active as one of the top players in Ottawa's burgeoning Melee scene. Since then, he has concentrated on Smash 64 and become one of the most active console players in North America, making regular trips to Toronto, Montreal, and the U.S.A..

In August 2014, Revan created the ECHO tournament series in Ottawa, Canada and has acted as tournament director and Smash 64 tournament organizer.

Tournament History

Revan's first tournament appearance was at IMPULSE 2013 where he finished a surprise second, taking sets off a veritable who's who of Ontario Smash 64 including YBOMBB, B Link, Sex, Unreal, and Fck Vwls. At his second tournament, Smash Till You Crash 4, Revan again finished second defeating The Z in losers finals, before losing to SuPeRbOoMfAn in grand finals. He defeated YBOMBB convincingly (3-0, 3-1) in Grand Finals at Flaoc 4 for his first tournament win.

His first international appearance was at Apex 2014 where he placed 17th, defeating Han Solo in the second round of pools, though failing to make it out due to losing to tacos (after having lost to Isai in the first round of pools). At Apex 2015 he defeated Firo (2-1) to move into the final 16, before losing to Star King (2-1) to finish in 13th.

At Beast of the Northeast in May 2015 in New Hampshire, Revan beat Fireblaster (3-0) in Losers Finals before losing to KeroKeroppi (3-2) in Grand Finals to finish second. In a stacked Xanadu on August 5th, 2015 in Baltimore, Revan defeated Tacos (2-0) in Losers Finals before losing to SuPeRbOoMfAn (2-0) in Grand Finals to finish second.

At Pound 2016 Revan had his best international performance to date, finishing 4th after beating Firo and Wizzrobe in top 8 before losing to KeroKeroppi. At Get On My Level 2016 Revan repeated his 4th place finish beating HandsomeTom and Wizzrobe in top 8 before being eliminated by The Z.

Tournament placings

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
IMPULSE 2013 June 15th-16th, 2013 2nd
Smash Till You Crash 4 August 24th-25th, 2013 2nd
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 17th
I Got 64 Problems But a Flaoc Ain't 2 June 28th, 2014 2nd 3rd BL!TZ
Flaoc 3 July 26th, 2014 3rd 2nd Mega
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 9th
Flaoc 4 August 23rd, 2014 1st 3rd BL!TZ
ECHO 2014 August 30th, 2014 1st
COA VI November 1st , 2014 9th
Flaoc 7 November 29th, 2014 1st 2nd Mohinder
ECHO 2015 Winter January 10th, 2015 3rd 2nd The Z
Apex 2015 January 31st-February 1st, 2015 13th
Flaoc 9 February 21st, 2015 1st 1st Sex
STYC 5 February 28th, 2015 2nd 1st The Z
McGill Monthly 2 April 18th, 2015 2nd
Flaoc 10 May 2nd, 2015 1st 1st Sex
Beast of the Northeast May 16th, 2015 2nd 1st Bark Sanchez
SoT5 June 11th, 2015 1st
Flaoc 11 June 13th, 2015 1st 2nd Preston
ECHO 2015 Summer July 11th, 2015 2nd 1st Sex
Flaoc 12 July 25th, 2015 1st 1st Sex
Super Smash Con August 6th-9th, 2015 9th 2nd Fireblaster
Operation Desert Smash August 29th, 2015 5th
Flaoc 14 October 24th, 2015 1st 2nd VanillaRin
Smash INTENSIFIES 2 November 28th-29th, 2015 2nd 2nd Sex
ECHO 2016 Winter January 2nd, 2016 1st 1st Sex
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 13th 9th pidgezero_one
Flaoc 16 February 13th, 2016 1st 1st Sex
Gauntlet 3 February 21st, 2016 2nd
Polybash XVI February 27th, 2016 2nd 1st Sex
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 4th 4th Fireblaster
Kansai 2016 April 30th, 2016 13th
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 4th