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Originally founded in August 2000 under the formal name of 'Smash World Forums', Smashboards has served as a home and central hub for the Smash community as it's grown from its humble beginnings to the globally recognized scene it is today.

Warchamp7 is the owner and technical admin of Smashboards and Squidboards. Competing in events since 2007, he has managed several successful events and live broadcasts throughout his Smash career, pioneering many innovations in streaming along the way.

Watch for updates and improvements to the site from him and direct all the blame towards him when anything goes wrong.

Strong Badam is the General Manager of Smashboards and has over a decade of work in the Smash community. From tournament director, to commentator, to PMRank organizer, to high-ranked competitor, and almost everything in between, this veteran brings his wealth of experience to the site as its General Manager. You can follow him on Twitter @Strong_Badam

Lucas "Thirdkoopa" Guimaraes is a Super Smash Bros. fan who currently resides in Washington State. He's also an Indie Game Producer/Director, Collector, Composer, Writer, and plenty of other things; a complete game development jack-of-all-trades. He works on seeing the best way to get the most content for the users and writers. If you want to talk with him more, definitely check out his Twitter

Zerp is a devout Jigglypuff loyalist and solo-main who has played Super Smash Bros. since before Brawl was a thing. His passion for the franchise has always been strong yet his passion for the competitive scene itself wasn't as strong, it was always just a passing interest. That changed though when he finally went to a tournament, and he has been hooked ever since.

Scribe is Smashboards' current managing editor. Fueled by an undying thirst for knowledge and a passionate love for fighting games, he does his best to use his position to keep the community informed. You can listen to him voice hot takes and quote weird things his friends say on twitter.

Xiivi is the former General Manager of Smashboards with nearly a decade of work in the Smash community. Successfully organizing multiple events with attendees in the hundreds as well as long-running weekly series in both New York and Indiana he knows what it takes to get the community active. When it comes to Smash he's one of your classic "Fox Only, Final Destination, No Items" type of players: maining Fox across the board and always more interested in some healthy esports competition than casual play. Whether it's managing the scene in his home state of Indiana or working with players across the globe, he's where the Smash is at!

Hailing from the Netherlands, Marc is a veteran of the Smash scene and has competed in all titles to date. These days he is mostly focused on TO'ing and various projects to further the growth of the competitive community. When he is not too busy traveling the world, he is an avid gamer, movie buff and a walking encyclopedia on DragonBall.

$$$$ has been playing Smash since its inception but joined the competitive scene at the end of 2015. She mains Pikachu in 64, Pika and Fox in Melee, and Pika and Charizard in PM.

Her goal is to nurture Smash’s growing scene, git gud, and have fun. Check her out on Twitter @pronouncedmoney (but only if you want to).

Jose 'Koke' Kattan is a 17 year old self-taught graphic artist from Honduras. He is in charge of most of the art Smashboards includes in it's articles. 'Koke' has also done art for many pro-players in the Melee and Smash 4 scene, slowly but surely gaining credibility in an industry with fierce competition. You can find him on twitter.

PlayerOneTyler is a professional Community Manager who has worked on many projects in the Los Angeles area, including Loot Crate, Disney Infinity, and Movie Pilot. He's also a vocalist and future author and is working on an EP album and a fantasy novel. For high-quality memes and someone to chat with, follow him on Twitter!

Nova is a Smash 4 player from the southern lands of Mexico, with the impressive ability to be immune to salt. Currently studying software engineering, he fights to get Kirby out of the low tiers and to keep growing his local scene.

Amiibo "Doc" Doctor hails from the competitive amiibo tournaments scene. Rather than play Smash normally, he's instead chosen to train amiibo and conduct incredibly in-depth research on their behavior. You'd think he'd get bored of it pretty quick, but after 5 years of research and intense analysis, he's still learning new things, and he teaches others about them on his Youtube channel!

If you're not the video type, there's always the Amiibo Doctor website, which hosts the amiibo tier list, amiibo training guides written by the best trainers in the world, and much more.

Arcain is a Nintendo fanboy and mid-level Smash Ultimate player. While he has played Smash since he was 5, it was only when one of his friends picked up Little Mac that he was forced to try and get good. When he’s not getting bodied by college, you can find him re-watching YouTube videos or camping out his opponents only to drown in pools. Follow him on Twitter for retweets of low-quality memes and high-quality art.

A poor sap who woke up one day with a crippling Melee addiction, and the ability to put words together.

Barnard's Loop is a data collector & writer for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Melee. He runs a Power Ranking Database and a Tournament Tiering System for Ultimate that documents hundreds of events.

Blackimar wears many hats. Fighting game lover. YouTuber. Musician. Professional internet cool guy. No matter what it is though, one thing is for certain: you can always find him throwing projectiles at his opponents from five kilometers away.

Luigisama is member and active competitor in the Brawl community. He also has an interest in the inner workings of other gaming communities and follows their streams. He now looks to enlighten others on the inner workings of the Brawl community through his writing

Champion of Hyrule is an education student living in Canada and a writer here on Smashboards. When he’s not struggling enthusiastically through life, he enjoys playing video games new and old, writing, and storytelling in general.

You can find him under the name “Kirby Inhales Jotaro” on various social media sites.

Amazing Ampharos has been playing Super Smash Brothers since the beginning and got into the competitive scene with Brawl. He has always had a passion for the data of Smash and was involved in several older Smash projects such as Balanced Brawl and the custom moves project for Smash 4. Lately he has been involved in development of the Zelda Randomizers, but he still finds time for his first competitive love: Smash.

Vlolun Flow is a writer for SmashBoards. He's been attending his university's smash club in the Mid-Hudson Valley long enough to have very strong opinions on the game. He's passionate about the arts and technology, but notable in his passion for smash. He loves the legacies, the logistics, and is obsessed with Falco being both so good and so bad at the same time.
If you want to join his elite club of 12 followers, you can find him on Twitter.

Dakota “Rapture” Lasky is a Ridley main, writer, commentator, and tournament organizer from The Bronx, NY who’s been involved in competitive Smash Bros since 2010. He’s made appearances as a commentator at events like Genesis and EGLX, and as a tournament organizer for Smash Sounds, Let’s Make Moves, and more. He also provided play-by-play commentary for three seasons of Activision-Blizzard’s broadcast of Overwatch Contenders China.

DanganZilla5 is a lifelong fan of movies, TV shows and video games. Some of his favorite series are Godzilla, The X-Files, Super Smash Bros. and Xenoblade Chronicles. He's always looking for something new to watch or play.

David "DaDavid" Aguayo is a semi-competent Smash fan that has been playing since the original. Though now a husband and a father, he still finds time every day to obsess over video game news and a healthy dose of unnecessary analysis. You can't follow him anywhere and you probably wouldn't want to.

Mexican correspondent for Smashboards. Melee, TF2 and boxing non-expert. Has not once in his life hit an edgeguard. Twitter.

Evan "Connery" Côté is a Canadian Smasher from Québec. He joined the Smashboards writing team to rekindle a lost passion and to discuss with the Smash Bros. community on a grander scale. Hit him up on Twitter for any updates!

KoRoBeNiKi or KoRo? for short is a 64/Melee/Project M player from North New Jersey. He started playing competitively in late 2006 and got into 64 within half a year. KoRo? prefers playing with a Keyboard due to his long term play on Kailera Netplay but also competes regularly on a Hori Minipad. He usually attends Nebulous smash tournaments and is otherwise known for running the most recent 64 Tier List thread as well as his puns within the 64 community. Outside of 64 he works in the healthcare industry and is a long term Chess player with an expert rating.

Follow @CabassoG for more information on the 64 community.

h4 is an engineering grad student by day and a game enthusiast by night. He loves chess, Settlers of Catan, Ultimate Frisbee, and of course, Smash. He also has a small YouTube channel: Smash Gambits.

At a young age, Janx started a new Subspace Emissary save file in Brawl every single day, until he finally (somehow) beat it in one sitting. This horrific experience molded him into the dedicated Smash Brothers fan he is today. Janx also loves to write - occasionally about things other than videogames.

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I'm Jedi, an editor on Serenes Forest and huge fan of Smash Bros and it's various series! An aspiring player of it's more compeitive side especially with Ultimate, huge nerd of the Trails/Kiseki, Sonic, Danganronpa, Warriors, Final Fantasy and Fire Emblem Franchises, among many others, lots of platformers, RPGs and tactical games, helps the elderly as a job and enjoys every minute of assisting them.

Jonathan “Qualk” Martin has been smashing since 1999 and getting smashed since 2010. You can always count on him to turn a friendly casual Smash party into a winner-take-all cut-throat mega try-hard 1v1 no items tournament. When he’s not smashing he enjoys walking doggos, classic World of Warcraft, playing the drums, and hanging out with his wife and 8-month old daughter.

Follow me on Twitter @Qualk775

Octorox is a longtime Nintendo fan and a “hardcore-casual” Smasher since the 64 days. Based in Connecticut, he loves writing, video editing, movies, and waffle fries.
You can follow him on twitter or watch him stream old Pokémon games on twitch. You can also read him talk about non-Smash related things (read: Star Wars) at his personal blog.

ToasterBrains enjoys talking about Smash Brothers a lot- it's deeply rooted in his childhood. He has been a part of SmashBoards since 2012. His hobbies include eating, programming, learning Japanese, and taking long walks. ToasterBrains is incredibly excited for Smash Bros Ultimate and is planning on maining Inkling.
You can find him on Twitter: @xToasterBrains

Kyle "Fenriraga" Hurley is a creative writing major in progress who's looking to combine his passion of writing and gaming to make some freakish abomination. Watch him ramble and say stupid things over at @kyle_darkaura64.

Laren “Happens” Spear is an avid Melee TO and Brawl fan from Austin, Texas currently living in Brighton, England. He started with competitive Smash in 2015 and has been on the grind ever since in multiple games. Outside of Smash, he enjoys electronic music, Chemistry research, and being an irrelevant Goldeneye speedrunner.

Branden "Lord Cownostril" Hughes-Vaughan is a Psychology student from Philadelphia looking to improve mental health in adolescents, and a lifelong Smash fan with a distinct love for Project M. He's currently working towards content creation and making an impact on the gaming community in however way he can.

Luke is a traveling smasher with a taste for adventure. His smash experience goes back to the N64 days, but is new to the smashboards community. You may recognize him from the Ganondorf character threads as he is an avid fan of Ganon in Ultimate. When he's not playing Ultimate, he likes to play Minecraft on his private server, hike in the great outdoors, and practice photography. Luke is also a huge Milano Cookie fan, hence "MalanoMan". This summer, Luke is traveling across the USA, seeing the beautiful sights, and meeting the interesting people that live there.

Madda is a 24 year old Smash enthusiast from Maryland. When not losing to low GSP Pichu mains, he's normally talking and watching Smash videos and excitedly teaching others of how they can improve! A dank memer by heart, he enjoys all sorts of fun, from casual scrims to ranked play time in all games. Oh, he also struggles with art and graphics on the side when it comes time for work.

Matt "Scoliosis Jones" Hahn is an English Teacher by day, Smash fan...any other time! A hockey fan and avid gamer, he's played Smash since the original released on the Nintendo 64. He may not tweet much, but you can follow him at @Scoliosis_Jones on Twitter or add him on Discord at @scoliosisxjones

Based in South Florida, Michael is actively trying to improve as both a melee player and a writer. When he’s not writing about the latest happenings in the Melee scene or working as an in-house content writer, he’s crafting new short stories, poems, and working on his admittedly terrible ledge dashes. You can keep up with his writing on twitter @supercresatbest

NapoleonPlays is an LGBTQ artist and activist, an Eagle Scout, an International Title Holding Leather Pup and an NYU Tisch grad- NapoleonPlays has worked around the world before finding his place with his home company as content creator and the face of the world's most Popular LIVE LGBQ Digital Television Network, HAPPENING OUT TELEVISION NETWORK, including the lead host in three shows: Q News Tonight- The World's First LIVE Daily LGBTQ Evening News; IT'S HAPPENING OUT- The World's Most Popular LIVE Gay TV Show (itshappeningout.com) and Happening.FUN, your source for hot things to do in South Florida. Happening Out has the top LGBTQ website in the world, with an Alexa ranking as the 9,000th most visited website of any kind in the USA, with over 2.25 Million viewers across shows in April 2020. Find him at NapoleonPlays on Facebook, Instagram and Patreon.

Perkilator has been a Smash fan ever since playing Brawl as a kid. While he’s always been a casual fan, he’s always passionate about interpreting certain characters and franchises in Smash. He is a BA graduate and is currently seeking something more to do in life.

Originally from the United States, PushDustIn is currently living in the Kansai region of Japan. Having studied Japanese for over five years, PushDustIn is interested in bringing more exposure to the Japanese side of the community. Extremely interested and passionate about the development and history of Smash Brothers, PushDustIn started Source Gaming, where he and the other writers involved with the site break apart every aspect of Smash and video games. You can follow him on Twitter, or like the Source Gaming Facebook page to stay up to date.

Randy Marr enjoys long walks on the beach, a cold bowl of ice cream, and everything gaming. At any given moment, he's thinking about the games industry, the games themselves, and the people who play them. Living in Austin, TX has taught him that being good to people is the best policy for life.

Robert Wilton, or NintenRob in the online sphere, is 10 year veteran on Smashboards. With a Diploma of Screen and Media, he has a passion for all things film making, having worked as actor, writer, director and editor on a number of short films. He also has a gaming YouTube channel where he makes videos on whatever crosses his mind and a Twitch channel where he sometimes streams to when he's not busy.

Seph has been a journalist in the gaming industry since 2013. He has also worked with The Pokémon Company International, Nintendo of America, SEGA and more. In his spare time he studies real world and gaming history, and always has a Game & Watch on-hand.

Rocket Raccoon is an avid Ultimate Snake main and has been playing Smash since Brawl and all the way up until Ultimate. He has been a Smashboards veteran since Smash 4 speculation in 2013. If he isn't on Smashboards or Discord, he's most likely on his Twitter. Author image by Cyanroll.

Sari is a longtime Nintendo fan who has been playing video games ever since the days of the N64. His favorite game series include Smash, Fire Emblem, and The King of Fighters to name a few. He is usually storming up some sort of writeup.

NonSpecificGuy is an aspiring filmmaker from The-Middle-of-Nowhere, Alabama with a hideous obsession for Marvel, Smash Bros., Metal Gear, and Zelda. He's currently patrolling the threads for the infamous "Like Thieves" and their quest for immortality.

Danny "Speedy Sloth" Menton is a writer and commentator from MD/VA currently in his senior year of high school. He loves all the smash games but has a special place in his heart for Melee and Project +.

uhmuzing is an avid Marth and G&W main since Brawl’s debut. His myriad creative passions lie ultimately in writing poetry, fiction and music. He has produced an unpolished garage-rock EP and published a collection of poems, and in 2019 has taken up abstract painting and is working on his beatnik-style first novel.

TCT~Phantom is gaming collector. His favorite games include Persona 5 Royal, Team Fortress 2, Valkyrie Profile, and Spyro the Dragon. He usually is playing with his dogs, cooking, or hanging out with friends in his spare time.

UtopianPoyzin is an avid Smash fan, and a SmashBoards regular at that. He was introduced to the series back in Brawl, and has spent spent a ridiculous amount of time playing and speculating about the subsequent installments. Don’t ask to see his bracket for potential newcomers. Its sheer length is frightening.

I’m that person that moderates somewhere, writers articles once a year, and the don of the Smashboard’s Creates forum.

A Melee writer and enthusiast from the state of New York.

Aside from moderating at Smashboards, Sucumbio also enjoys writing, music and playing Smash.

Will is someone who enjoys Smash and all games; he wants nothing more in life than to have fun and write about it.

Elliot is active in the Brawl modding community. Having lent his professional voice acting to various projects in the past he now leads his own Brawl modding team.

You can find him on Twitter and follow his Brawl modding team Rainbow Land there as well.

Brennan "FlashingFire" Connolly is a Project M Snake player from Oklahoma, ranked #1 in the state for several seasons. He is the creator and administrator of the Project M Snake Discord, the lead staff member of PMRank, and a lover of dogs, singing, and Christ.

He can be contacted on Twitter @FlashingFire.

Gunla is a FGC & Smash Event Organizer, Smashboards's Coordination Manager, and longtime member of the Smash community. Hailing from the Midwest, he aspires to improve Smashboards and the community at large in what ways he can. Follow his adventures on Twitter.

Nintendude is a long-time competitive Smash Bros. player and tournament organizer. Known for creating a lot of salty moments, he now spends his days growing esports communities at Twitch.

Follow him on Twitter @NintendudeSSB

Orange is a writer, blogger, and competitor that has been writing smash related blogs since early 2019. Even though his heart is in Melee and Ultimate, he has a love for every game in a different way.

PMRank Staff is a joint account used by the foremost contributors to PMRank, a yearly ranking of the top 50 Project M players in the world. The current PMRank staff are Che, FlashingFire, Motobug, and Pikmon.

Sabre is a Project M player and content creator responsible for producing the annual PMRank Top 50, and the creator of Project M Nexus. He can be found at youtube.com/c/TSCSabre and @Sabre_Metrics.

Smash MX is an organization run by the leaders of Mexico's Smash Wii U scene with the goal of showcasing the nation's talent and informing the world about Mexico's strongest players.

Stef “pidgezero_one” Kischak is a retired Smash 64 and Brawl competitor who shows up once in a while to run a bracket or two. She also has a Jigglypuff tattoo. You can find her at https://x.com/pidgezero_one where she posts about Super Mario RPG fan projects and gets mad about the Toronto Blue Jays.

Ze Diglett is a gaming hobbyist who enjoys Pokémon, roguelikes, and of course, platform fighters. He owns a YouTube channel where he sometimes uploads videos about his favorite games or just goofy reenactments of CD-i games. He is also Morshu in real life.

Toronto Joe is a competitive smasher, content creator, and event organizer who actively works in the Smash scene. When not creating highlight reels for Even Matchup Gaming (including the Smash Bros Play Of The Week series) he can be found at tournaments across North America or eating poutine.

Omni is a veteran Smash player who has been active in the scene for over 10 years. He currently produces Smash related content as a YouTuber through comedy induced vlogs and a community driven video series called Top 5 Smash Shorts.

When he's not creating content, Omni works full-time (and then some) as a Certified Public Accountant for a large real estate investment trust. His main hobbies include gaming, fitness, cooking, and watching anime. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel for weekly Smash content and follow him on Twitter for all-around goofy GIF inspired tweets.

1PC is a Super Smash Bros. Enthusiast and aspiring journalist that currently resides in Houston, TX. Specializing in the art of interviewing, 1PC spends his time interviewing and covering his local scene in Texas to give deserving players the recognition they deserve. You can find several of his interview content on YouTube by the name of Houston Smash Network.

Keep up with 1PC's recent events, articles, and interview content on Twitter @1PC_SSB!

Maia "Diosdi" Osuna is a young veteran player, writer, backroomer and TO in the Smash scene from Venezuela. Starting with Brawl in 2010, she didn't find as big of an interest into Smash until 2014. While she is yet to win a tournament, you can enjoy her writing.

Wncozens is a writer for Smashboards and is arguably the greatest human in existence. He is mainly interested in telling the stories various members of the community have to share and he favors a more in-depth style of reporting. You can follow him on Twitter @wnocoz for updates you probably don't care about.

Djent is an international Smash enthusiast who is especially knowledgeable about Japan's scenes. He writes previews of their major Wii U events and maintains the Japanese Results Compendium, an archive of notable tournament results. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to message him on Twitter.

Nicholas Smith, 21 is a writer from Arkansas. He's been a part of the smash scene since 2009. A Luigi main, loves covering the scene, and helping it grow. His position is just a writer? Display name is NicoSmith.

David started playing Smash back in the Brawl days, around 2011-2012. He didn’t get into the competitive Smash scene until 2016 when he found a tournament at his local library. He continued to go to tournaments and he hasn't looked back since. You can follow him on Twitter if you want here, where he posts about memes and gaming.

Dominic "RayOfCannon" William, or Dom, is writer for Smashboards from Singapore. A recent arrival in the scene, he balances his time in playing competitively with his schooling. While not writing or playing Smash (and winning games by mis-inputting f-smashes), he loves to crack memes and admittedly terrible puns.

Emmett is a full-time student and lifelong fan of Super Smash Brothers Melee, spectating and playing competitively since 2013. In addition to Melee, he enjoys tennis, backpacking, and writing about film.

Hangman is an aspiring figure in the esports field with experiences stretching from Super Smash Bros. to being involved in the fighting game community. Hailing from New York with a love for gaming bred from arcade cabinets and nurtured in home consoles, Hangman had taken to analyzing what makes video games as fun to watch and talk about as they are to play. With a knack for the finer details of what makes a good player great and eyes on those that came before the greats of tomorrow, he looks to connect the humble past of competitive gaming with the bright future ahead of itself.

Follow him on Twitter @XIIHangman

Justin "Lee" Lee is a Video Editor for Smashboards. Currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lee spends his time drawing, listening to music, and pretending that he's got a good Melee Captain Falcon. He doesn't. You can keep up with him at @JLEE702.

L_Pag is a Project M player hailing from New York. Originally starting his writing career with Mind over Meta, a series of articles devoted to exploring the meta of Project M, he has since become an avid writer, tournament organizer, and player. Follow him on twitter @L_Pag_.