Melee Crews
Crews are basically a group of guys that you smash with on a regular basis. Some tournaments have a Crew Battle side-tourney in which each crew divides 20 stock among their fighters and send them in one at a time until one crew has
lost all thier stock. This list
shows the various crews in Florida and who are in them.
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North FL
*active* - Panhandle Manhandlers: (written by Mankosuki)
Formed by Mankosuki, the crew is made up of members from all over the Panhandle. Being on the outskirts of Florida, they are typically the only crew representing FL at OOS tourneys unless they are major ones like FC or INNsomnia. States which have graced the presence of the Panhandle Manhandlers include AL, LA, GA, MS, and TN. Ironically though, the crew is so isolated from the rest of Florida that they rarely attend a tourney in their own home state.
- Mankosuki: Founder and crew leader. Was one of the best Samus players in Florida and creator of The Turnip Jump & Saturn Stairway. He also is the main person who maintains the Florida Thread.
- Drumma Boi: Peach/Fox who first joined with Fumin. Both are from Mary Esther and unfortunately don't smash with the crew anymore.
- BoomStick: Was in the crew during his time at the Eglin Air Force Base (2005-2009) but has now moved back to Texas.
- RAM: Best active Luigi player in FL. Originally from New Orleans, he moved to Navarre just before hurricane Katrina hit. Then in 2010, he moved to Pensacola where he still smashes with us.
- Rice: He joined us from Valparisso, along with Rook who no longer plays now. One of the best Flacos in FL, but hard to place in FL Power Rankings since he attends different tourneys from the rest of FL players. Doesn't play too often, but still outranks the rest of the crew.
- Ragnarock: from Mobile, Alabama and is one of the highest ranked in his state. He's hosted several tourneys along with Ryker. Due to location, they tend to get better attendance than ones in Pensacola.
- Zone: also known as Critical_Limit. He was last to join the crew after moving to Pensacola from Panama City. He and Mankosuki started renting a house together where they now broadcast on http://www.twitch.tv/panhandlemanhandlers
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*retired* - B1tches & Blades (written by Mankosuki)
This was a temporary crew for the 2006 summer in Jacksonville. Once the fall semester of school started, basically every member moved away.
- Pritch: A Peach main, he worked at the game room at UNF where he put on weekly smash fests. Upon graduating from UNF, he's moved back to his home town of Panama City.
- Mankosuki: The Samus & crew leader of the Panhandle Manhandlers. Joined the Jacksonville's crew while he was home for the summer.
- Jamz: James was here for the summer from illinois. He mains as Falco and typically teamed with Mankosuki at tourneys. Also plays Marth, Fox, and Link.
- Gahtzu: During the crew's lifespan, Jason was a Ganon main. He's now developed a mean Captain Falcon who's gotten mention in the FL Power Rankings.
- LTL: Link player and older brother of Gahtzu. Left the crew early to go to UCF
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Mid West FL
*retired* - GSPOT:
Based out of Gainesville, GSPOT was the first FL crew. Towards the beginning of the tournament scene, they were relatively active and went to many OOS tourneys (5 members crammed into one car). Although never very active on the boards, they would leave an impression on whoever played them. They are the beginning of FL smash.
- Sloppy Seconds: The team name for Goldwing & Lumbro in which they're most known for. They both live near Clearwater now and are the only remaining members who still attend local tourneys on occasion. Goldwing plays Marth, and a little bit of C. Falcon while Lumbro plays fox almost exclusively for tournaments.
- Retired Members: Along with Lumbro, Delaini was arguably FL's best smasher in their time. He played Falco but has now moved away from Gainesville and has been sucked into WoW last I heard. Derigo Plays Fox, and has an exceptional bowser. He too has moved away from Gainesville but occasionally visits. The final member is Flamewind who plays Mario. He didn't go to many tourneys, as he lacked a solid team partner.
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*active* - ¿The Cake Eaters?
Formally called "Name Canceled", they are the official reawakening of Central Florida Smash. This crew traces its roots back to a Kissimmee tournament, where it pulled a suprise 6 stock victory in a crew battle with some of South Florida's best. Unfortunately the crew is starting to fall apart as members keep retiring, moving, or switching crews.
- Active Members:
- Exarch "The Crusher of Dreams" is the unofficial crew leader. He's arguably best Peach in Florida, and 'best' Roy in Florida too. He also hosts the LTEC tournaments, created the Florida thread, and is a panelist for the FL power rankings.
- Fenrir "The Gimp Master" is typically Exarch's teammate. His first tourney was January 2004 where he was still using the name Meleeguy. He plays an awesome Fox which wrecks with shine, though he's recently switched to main Link and secondary as Zelda. Citing that he hates tier whoring.
- Derf "The Werd" plays several characters at tourney level. Although he doesn't use him as much any more, Derf is arguably the best Luigi in FL. His new main of C. Falcon is also possibly the best in FL. Since Exarch & Fenrir are a team, Derf has to find a different one at every tourney.
- Rohins is devoted almost entirely to Samus. He was originally taught by Derf and Lumbro while attending UF in Gainesville along with Phanna. Once graduating, he moved back to his home town of Tampa where he now smashes with Mankosuki. He's quickly grown into one of FL's best Samus players and is especially good at the ditto.
- Renth is a Ganon main who is from Pennsylvania. He was taught by The_Cape and became one of the top players there. Although he had left FL for a while, he's now back for more cake!
- Retired Members:
- DarkFalchion: "Sandbagger Extraordinaire". He was once thought to be the best player in CFL and one of the best Marths in FL. Every now and then he'll randomly show up to a tourney--especially the ones 5 minutes from his house--but for the most part he's out of the scene now.
- Hozart: "Technicolor Ice". He joined the smash scene early, but left for a year, rejoined for a while, and is now out again. He played a scary set of Ice Climbers which rivals Uber Ice for best ICs in Florida.
- Captain Kenny is the phantom member of the crew. After moving to SEFL for a while, he has moved back to Orlando and randomly smashes with DF, he attends the same tourneys as DF will, although usually shows up too late to enter. Solid fox; best Yoshi in Florida.
- Former Members:
- TheLaw was the Falco of the crew and would typically team with Hozart. He's now become a member of The Noob Testament since they live close to him and Cake Eaters is spread through out all of CFL.
- Co_and_me "the other Mike G." learned the game through playing with Exarch and the G-spot crew. He later moved to Georgia for college, but would attend tourneys in both states. He was the original best Samus of FL & GA, and he made [thread=78083]a Samus training video[/thread] as well. Unfortunately on the early morning of 7/28/07, he passed away from melanoma. His humor & personality made him not only a great smasher, but a great person to hang out with. He will be missed.
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*active* - HOSTESS! (as written by
Aqua)
One of the newest crews in CFL, Hostess displays some of the most underground players in the area. Most of the crew hasn't even ventured outside of the local tournament area, though hardly because of lack in skill level. Mostly laziness and lack of cash, actually.
- Bane - an unnofficial crew leader, along with Aqua. He mains Capt. Falcon, plays Falco, and tends to pick Game & Watch a little TOO much...espcially when he ends up getting drunk. One of the few Capt. Falcons in Florida to actually use the moonwalk skillfully enough to actually work to his advantage.
- Aqua - an unnofficial crew leader, along with Bane. Tends to pick all the strange characters to try and get good with. Mains Luigi, and plays Pikachu and Captain Falcon. Wave dashing fanatic (what Luigi main isn't) and arguably one of the best Luigi's in FL, though..also not so great when drunk.
- SaintAnger - tournament manager and creater of the Twilight Showdown tournament series ran in CFL monthly. Runs tournaments for all sorts of different games, but we all know that he favors Melee (and soon Brawl). Mains Ganondorf, and also plays Ice Climbers, and Peach.
- Luie - Speed demon and one hell of a Capt. Falcon. Has some of the best timing around but is new to teching (l-canceling) etc... Going to be one of the tops as his skill level steadily increases with his timing. Also plays a meannn *** Pikachu.
- Neo=) - Mains Samus but also plays quite a bit of Sheik. Has a different playing style that tends to make it harder for people to beat him. Also...has a slight habit of causing people to go deaf when drunk by yelling HI! in people's ears.
- Blaq - Mains Peach...and also plays quite a bit of Zelda, and Sheik. Very angry black guy who teams up with Aqua in tournaments as "Y'all sum bltches" Very different playing style as well, making him a very hard opponent vs. people with traditional play styles.
- Deth - Mains Samus, but also has a very peculiar way of playing Kirby when makes him surprisingly well. Starting coming to the TS tournaments shortly before they were given a name and were still local only. He won the first tournament he attended and has now equaled out the playing field with his teammates.
- Zaromo - One of the new hires in the crew, mains Falco, but also plays a pretty nice Marth. Tends to let his errors get the best of him, but is looking to keep his cool. He's the trainer of "The Lil Debbies" .. the 'starter-up' crew to HOSTESS!
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Mid East FL
*active* - Noob Testament
Although formed after Cake Eaters, they are quickly becoming a crew to rival them for title of best CFL crew. Due in part to Cake Eaters' loss of members, but also to skilled players such as Col-Bol who's on his way to being FL's best player. The crew is also one of the largest in FL as players keep joining.
- Inactive:
- Ihatethecape (a.k.a. D21): Diego formed the crew with xYz & SheerMadness and was the crew leader. He mains Jiggly Puff and has Sheik as secondary. His field of expertise is Teams in which he typically teamed with Skrach so they could abuse Marth's broken grab range with Jiggs' rest. He now is no longer active, due to having a child.
- Original Members:
- Col-Bol (a.k.a. Don't Blink): The youngest member in the crew at 14. However he's one of the best in FL, and has the best Fox. He typically teams with OTRU for a double Fox team. He has a few side characters like Ganon, C. Falcon, Falco, and Marth which he doesn't use in tournaments.
- OTRU: Though one of the last members to join, he's been able to improve very quickly. Thanks to teaming with Colbol and learning so much from him. He also shares an apartment with his cousin Skrach, which makes for ample practice.
- Skrach: Plays one of the best Marths in FL and has a secondary of Sheik. He and OTRU hold smash fests in their apartment before each Gigabits tourney. Lately he doesn't get to smash as much however, since he is now a game tester for EA and it's a very demanding schedule.
- Doppelganger: Having visited SEFL for a while, his game has improved dramatically. He undoubtedly mains Peach but also dabbles in Doc, Mario, and Ness.
- xYz: With SmashMac now retired, xYz is the best (and only?) Doc in FL. He also plays C. Falcon.
- Sheer Madness: Not the talkative type, he's a Smash 64 Veteran. Plays a good Falco but his best is Pikachu. You have to really know the match up well if you want to stand any chance.
- thabettaplaya: One of the newest members. He's just under Angry Lobster for best Ness in FL.
- Bo!: Awesome guy, he plays a good Link and its only getting better. He is one of the few guys that will never fall behind in his crew. Always trying to get better no matter what. He is a force to be reckoned with.
- Transfers:
- TheLaw: Switched to this crew from the Cake Eaters since he plays with them more often. He mains Falco and is the only smasher to beat Chu in a set at Pound 2.
- QDVS: Joined the crew once he started attending school at UCF. He's the best Marth in FL, currently ranked #6 in FL, and a mod of Atlantic South.
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*active* - Team WATO (What Are The Odds?) - (as written by
vericz)
WE PRO GUY!!!!!
- Main Members
- vericz: Mains Falco (ONE OF THE BEST IN CFL!!!), teams with hiroshi as "FLs worst team"
- hiroshi: mains sheik, secondary falco. Teams with vericz. Nastiest sheik in CFL!!!
- uuaa: very technical fox, barely goes to tourneys. If he would attend more he would definitely be top in CFL
- Zoro: BEST LINK IN THE WORLD!!!!
- Ray: Owns People with puff, nasty rests.
- Side Members
- Nick: Getting known for a good falcon. Very religious smasher, Likes to preach.
- AL: Also getting known for a good sheik. Getting better after every tourney he doesn't enter.
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South West FL
*active* - SVC (Smash Veterans Crew)
The crew started out as just the three brothers and occasionally BETA & Risu . Later on the crew merged with Team FORT to form SWFC (South West Florida Crew) which pretty much grouped together all of the SWFL players. Now however, all the members originally from Team FORT have either become inactive or have moved away for college. So really, SWFC is just back to SVC again.
- The 3 Brothers:
- DashizWiz: Currently Florida's best Smasher and has one of the most beastly Falcos in existence. If you don't know who Shiz is, you must not be too familiar with FL yet...
- KeepspeedN: Currently ranked #2 in Florida under his brother Shiz. He's got the best Sheik in FL, but also plays Fox on occasion.
- SmashMac: Although not quite as technical as his brothers, he's got the best Doc in FL and also plays Falco.
- Other Members:
- Uber Ice: Best ICs in FL with a secondary of Mario and Marth. He's also the brother of RockCrock of Team FORT and is currently ranked #5 in the state. He's now Phanna's teammate at tourneys.
- Phanna: Having recently graduated from UF in Gainesville, Phanna's back to his home town in SWFL. After releasing several combo & trick vids of his Samus in a realtively short time, he quickly got a reputation on the boards as being arguably the most technical Samus.
- Hulk: Although in Tampa during the school year, he's in SWFL during breaks. He's most known for his impressive MLG rankings in Halo 2. However he's quickly gotten good at smash thanks to playin Noucles regularly at USF. He plays Fox, Jiggs, and ICs.
- BETA & Risu: The other two original SVC members. BETA is argueably the best Yoshi in FL and Risu mains as Marth. Neither one were really too big on tourneys though.
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*retired* - Team FORT
Although originally merged with SVC to form the SWFL crew, all the active members from Team Fort have now moved to attended college and are no longer in the SWFL region. uber ice is the one exception, as he still attends tourneys with SVC.
- QueenDVS: Best Marth in Florida, and currently ranked #6 in the state. He had become a mod for Atlantic South but at this point no longer really cares to be one. He now attends UCF in Orlando and has become a member of N00b Testament.
- RockCrock: He was once thought to be the best smasher in FL and is most known for his Fox and extremely technical DK. Although still a great player, he didn't put forth the effort to stay on top when new talent emerged. He now attends UF in Gainesville.
- LoserLad: Another Fox main, though he doesn't ever go to tournaments. He's now at UCF like Queen.
- CozaMonkey: The Samus of the crew, though he's not active either.
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The Vanguard (as written by Havok)
(est. 2007)--Our team, lead by the ever vigilant Twisted, is not even a blip on the map yet. Pushing till we can one day participate in an actual tournament, we wait, and bide our time, honing our skills till we can finally have a chance at the rest of you.
- Twisted: (Link) Good with Lord knows how many characters, TWST chooses to play mainly with Link, he also specializes in pwnage with Kirby, Marth, and Samus. His teammates are always afraid of what he might have learned next.
- Havok: (Fox) A mediocre player with a will to train harder and get better. Specializes in pissing people off with his inability to touch the ground. Also plays as Marth, Roy, and Young Link.
- DeadMeat: (Falco) Another player in the boat of mediocrity, DDMT usually plays in Team Battles with HAVK. Also very serious about getting better, DDMT is willing to play for days straight to get there. Also plays as Marth, Fox, and Roy.
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South East FL
*active* - BCC (Big C0ck Crew)
Linguini- Mains Ganondorf and only ganondorf, one of the best in FL at the moment and same with his character. He is said to have the 2nd largest c0ck in the crew only out-classed and out c0cked by Lambchops. Him and Chops are training partners and he took Linguini in when only a young boy floating in a random everglades canal, teaching him the ways of ownage.
Rank-C0ck Lieutenant
Lambchops- Places top 2 at all FL tournies usually only secondary to the great Shizwiz. Plays a sick falco and is # 2 on the pr’s. He ousted Tink and Forward at FCD landing him a place at 9th. Lambchops dwells in his random south FL trailer always hungry for n00bs to prey upon. Largest c0ck in crew, he named it continent only weeks ago, an upgrade from its previous “State” Level.
Rank-C0ck commander
Gangsta66/Elliot- Plays peach, and his style is described by “just attack!” He is constantly getting better under the horrific training he undergoes, week after week behind Chop’s whip. He is the driver in the crew; therefore he obviously has the 3rd largest c0ck in the crew.
Rank-c0ck leader
Lee- Most technical smasher in FL. Back in 2005. Plays falco and sheik. He came up with a logic beyond the intellect of any other that only he can understand. This was named Lee Logic. He holds the 4th largest c0ck in the crew.
Rank-C0ck peon
Chris- Link player. Likes to make fun of Elliot when he gets owned and currently gets owned by everyone. His c0ck level is minimal, almost off the radar.
Rank- C0ck infantry
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*retired* - NBP 1-DahMan:
Wondaman!!!....who is he?!?!.......Wondaman!!!!......Where did he come from?!?!?!......Wondaman!!!!.....How old is he?!?!?!......Wondaman!!!!
Originally just 1-dahman, NBP 1-dahman was born out of hatred for all other Fl. smashers. More of a group of friends than a "crew", NBP 1-dahman pride themselves in being awesome in life as well as smash.
- 1-up: played smash solely to rep. 1-dahman, basically inactive.
- Doodah: has become a staple in the FL tournament scene due to his ability to be obnoxious and make everyone laugh. He's gone through several accounts on the boards.
- Thomas Tipman: Is a legend in both the state of FL, and in Ganons around the world. He's who gave Ganon a reason to be played. Often emulated, rarely matched. He retired at the start of 2007.
- NBPmike: One of the best Peaches in Florida, NBPmike put his skills to use mainly to support Thomas Tipman in teams. Tall but hung small, NBPmike always accepts MMs IRL.
- NBPcorey: having quit smash to play drum mania, he finds it hard to sit down and play a game of smash. Though he will probably still own you with the boosters.
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Knights of the South
According to Mav, this is the only crew left in the SE of Florida; every other crew has joined with this to equal something close to the SWFC. The exception is NBP 1-DahMan, who are way to cool to join KotS.
Knights of the South--The Original Crew (as written by Jit)
- Noucles: Arguably the best Fox in Florida. Placed 1st in Omnismash, 2nd in FORT1. Usually places top 5, although he has never been to an OOS tourney. Most Frequent tourney goer in South Florida with his brother and teammate, Lambchops.
- Lambchops: On the fight for the best Falco with Flowin. Winner of ZP2 and 1st place teams in Omnismash with Noucles; team name "Space Animals," or "Roadkill." He became NEO's idol after his visit for Maverick's PAWS tournament, and his picture is rumored to cover a portion of NEO's room.
- Jit: Barely gets a chance to play but has managed to remain a decent player nonetheless. Has hosted 3 smashfests with great turnouts. Regular tournament attendant although only once an entrant. The mistaken belief of him playing Young Link has led to many a downfall...
- Lighted_Warrior (L_W48): The "master" of the original crew; noucles, lambchops, Jit, himself, El Zorro. Native of Virginia, has only attended a few FL tournaments such as Yanamie, where he lost in the quarter finals to Flowin. Now lives in Tampa because of college.
- El Zorro: Away from the smash scene since the first Omnismash, his technical skills have only increased. You can find him showing off in Zero Ping regularly although he prefers playing with friends at home.
- Pill_Pusher: Member? Joined the crew in his early days of smash, months before the original Omnismash. Has been somewhat absent at recent tournaments, but frequently plays at Zero Ping. Now a member of the "People who Lost Their Lives Playing World of Warcraft" crew.
- SSBMKings: Seasonal member, lives in Colorado but represents KOTS whenever in Florida, visits regularly. Sick Sheik.
- Gray_Fox: Newest addition to the crew, attended PAWS, Jit's smashfest, and some of XIF's. Jit's newfound team mate?
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Wolf Assassins (as written by Maverick)
WA was originally the combination of two crews. Wolf Pack, and Smash Assassins. Hence, Wolf Assassins. However, because no members of the Smash Assassins are left in the crew, there is a possibility that the name can change. Today, the crew no longer exists and the members moved on to the Knights of the South crew.
- Maverick: Is known for bringing to life the South FL smash community. Attends tournaments frequently, and is known for hosting big FL tournaments. Always places high in tournaments, and has no real main character, prefering to go counter style when possible. He has also been known to camp to win matches on occation.
- FlowinWater: Arguably the best Falco in the state of FL. Known to place top 3 quite often. Has hosted a few South FL tournaments. He and Maverick are the current team champions of South FL.
- Question aka Johnny: Newest member of the WA, plays only Marth in friendlys and tournaments. Was the highest placing FL Marth at the last big FL tournament, so arguably the best Marth in FL. Prides himself on ****** the fast fallers and his chaingrab skills.
- SheikSSBM: One of the top Shieks in FL. Was the highest placing FL shiek at the last big FL tournament. He doesn't attend to many tournaments but generally places top 10 when he does attend one. Picks only Shiek in Tournaments.
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*retired* - The Hate Crew
Not technically a crew, but have competed in crew battles, and several of their players deserve recognition, so they're in here. The members are now either moved away, or are a part of Knights of the South.
- Green Mario: Best Mario in FL, and argueably best in the US/world. He generally places pretty high in tourneys, especially in teams and he's won a few in SFL as well. He's now going to FSU.
- XIF: Best Peach in FL. Has been known to take the game way too seriously at times. He's now moving to attend college at Georgia Tech. He'll likely also be best Peach in GA and place high on their rankings.
- PunisherX: (Sighrax) Second best C. Falcon in FL under Derf. He prefers teams over singles since Falcon doesn't get nearly as gayed in recovering that way.
- Fuzz: (Riot) Now with Tipman out of the picture, Riot rivals Linguini for best Ganon in FL.
- the_erick: (Slinky) A Samus main, though he doesn't tend to go to tourneys much anymore.
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