Smasher:Locus

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Locus "UBC OneHand"
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Character info
Smash 4 main Ryu
Other Smash 4 characters Bayonetta, Captain Falcon, Diddy Kong, Cloud, Zero Suit Samus, Sonic
Team info
Sponsor(s) University of British Columbia
Crew(s) Team High Intensity Combo Crew
Personal and other info
Real name Mason Charlton
Location Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. 4 Top professional

Locus is a smasher originally from Weyburn, Saskatchewan, considered to be arguably the best Ryu main in Canada. Currently ranked at #3 on the British Columbia Smash 4 Power Rankings where he resides due to university. Locus boasts wins over Mr. R, Tweek, Xzax, Saj, Seagull Joe, 9B, Aphro, and Vash, as well as a variety of other top talent from Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Emerald City II April 9th, 2016 3rd 5th Bishly
Battle of BC May 14th, 2016 4th 3rd Bishly
Emerald City III June 18th, 2016 2nd 9th Bishly
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 65th
Little Smash on the Prairie August 6th, 2016 1st 13th Sif
Road to Shine August 6th-10th, 2016 25th
UGC Online Open November 1st-10th, 2016 3rd
Hero to ZeRo (offline) November 19th, 2016 7th 7th Captain L
2GG Handwarmers December 16th, 2016 5th
2GGT: ZeRo Saga December 16th-18th, 2016 9th 25th aMac
PG Key to GENESIS 4 January 1st-5th, 2017 17th

Competitive History

He began his playing in tournaments in the summer of 2015 and immediately began to dominate the Saskatchewan scene. Upon moving to BC to attend UBC, Locus continued to do well in BC tournaments despite his lack of experience. At the end of the Winter 2015/16 season Mason was already an honourable mention on the very competitive BC Power rankings. By the end of the spring 2016, Locus was #5 on the BC PR. After a return to domination in Saskatchewan during summer 2016. Locus recently returned to BC as the school year began again to be now ranked #3 on the BC PR. His sponsorship from UBC hopes to allow Locus to travel more and improve and make a name for himself as a top Ryu.

UBC | OneHand

Locus is famed for his alter-ego of UBC | OneHand, a Captain Falcon main with only 1 hand. Originally a device used to challenge himself when his only practice partner was his non-competitive sister, UBC | OneHand made it's debut in a money match against top Saskatchewan player, Qwexe's Peach, where OneHand took the 2$ in a clean 2-0. Since then, OneHand has improved and made a name for itself beating all sorts of players in friendlies and money matches, notably Blanc, FoCus, and Exodia.

Trivia

  • Locus is often held back by his atrocious record against BC's #2 Captain L(once estimated at 1-66) that Locus cites as being caused by Captain L's bidou SDI allowing him to SDI out of Ryu's D-tilt and U-tilt combos
  • An inside joke has arisen among the BC smash community that Locus is secretly FoCus' brother, proofed by the fact that both their first names and tags are only differentiated by 1 letter.

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