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Our Crew Motto - Recruiting a Team of smashers with attitude.
TSA Main Branch
Crew Founder/Leader -
N/A
Pending -
Branch Leader -
Branch Leader -
Branch Leader-
Branch Leaders-
Branch Leader-
Branch Leaders -
Branch Leader -
Inactive - 5
New Recruits - 0
CA Branch Active Members - 1
CT Branch Active Members - 6
MD Branch Active Members - 1
ME Branch Active Members - 2
NY Branch Active Members - 9
PA Branch Active Members - 9
NC Branch Active Members - 1
Total # of Members - 42
Pending - 1
Affiliates -
Sensei (Level 2)
Copycat (Level 1)
Mission Statement and Recruitment
Salutations, smashers. We are The Smash Affiliates, an up and coming East Coast crew!
We're not a strict, overly pretentious crew - as you can see, we're a really friendly and laid back group. And as a group, we all plan on becoming stronger players without losing that sense of fun we have in the game. You'll find us around mostly the northern NJ area, as well as part of the NYC scene as well. We also have branches at PA and NC, so if you live close to those areas, you're more than welcome to join!
As of now, the main branch open registration is closed. The reason for this is that we have a fair amount of members in our crew, and too many people have been signing up, then either never show up, or aren't who we are looking for. I apologize for any inconvenience and to anyone who might have wanted to join. Registration may open again in the future, so stay with us for any updates! Applicants who are currently on the pending list are still able to apply, but have the end of September to go through the application. Otherwise, we are forced to purge you from the list.
Instead, we now have special invitations. We are primarily looking for Peach players, but we may invite anyone to our liking. We're also looking for friendly, open minded people that just like to hang around and have fun. You don't even have to be extremely skilled at the game, though we do ask that you have atleast some good knowledge about the game itself, including advanced techniques and experience in tournaments. As you can see, we don't ask for much. The only real pre-requisites to joining TSA are knowing how to play the game and having a good sense of humor.
Of course, while we all like to hang around and even make fun of each other, we pride ourselves in learning more about the game itself and teaching each other the different ways of improving. Even if open registration is closed, we may have our eye on you. For better chances of joining, try and show us that you can be someone who can be part of the crew.
If someone gets a special invitation, they will receive it in the form of a private message. Please reply with another private message with the following information:
Even if you do get specially invited, you may still be rejected. If we reject you, don't take it personally. We may feel that you don't fit in with our crew's sense of humor and friendship even if you are a good person, or, in honesty, you aren't yet skilled/knowledgeable enough about the game yet. To be quite frank, I don't want the crew wasting time teaching new recruits how to play the game. When you apply, we assume that you know how to play the characters you've chosen as your primaries, as well as playing the game on a competitive level, and we shouldn't have to teach you anything concerning the basics and common known advanced techniques. This is to ensure that we don't have to backtrack and we can all keep improving while being on similar levels of skill. But don't worry - I'll usually keep a record of everyone who applies, and if you can improve in the future, we may possibly invite you somewhere along the line.
If you do get recruited, you'll be in the crew for a trial basis of 2 months in the section of the roster called New Recruits,, where we further gauge your skill against our crew members and keep track of your ranking in tournaments. Try to be as active as you can by participating in tournaments, crew meetings, and adding discussion to any sort of business we have. But, for the most part, just enjoy being with us, because we usually just kick back and laugh the whole way through anything we do. After the 2 months, we'll change the roster a bit and see about where to place you. Most new recruits start off as an Alternate.
I believe that is all of the boring rules and regulations for now. Good luck, and I hope to see you as part of our crew!
Note - The branches in other regions may have varying recruitment policies. Please send a private message to those leaders for more information.
News
5/23/2006 - We have two new official recruits: Emblem Lord (though he's technically in our crew from the start) and Public Enemy No. 1 Also, with summer approaching, it's time to try and get all the members together in one spot and start organizing. . We'll figure things out in terms of who is or isn't in the actual active roster. It's time to get bigger and stronger! TSA 4 LIFE!
5/25/06 - Added locations for our members. Also, as Emblem Lord mentions, we might be meeting this Sunday. However, it's a bit short notice, so if you can't make it, that's fine. HBK, if you need a ride, I can give one to you.
We'll plan some more meetings in the summer as time goes on. We have some things to talk about. See you guys then.
6/01/06 - Just to make it official, we are going to have smash crew meetings every Sunday at 6:00 in Emblem Lord's house. By now, everyone who is in the crew should know where that is. People who need rides, please let me know. If you can't make it that week, let me know about that too. Otherwise, I would expect all of you to try and be there.
6/8/06 - I've decided to add a new section to the roster simply named "Pending." This lists those who have shown an interest in joining the crew, and will be evaluated at the next crew meeting. I wish the people who are in this list the best of luck, and I hope to be welcoming you in the crew soon!
6/13/06 - Introducing Gundam Kitty, the crew mascot. He'll pwn you over and over.
6/15/06 - We have an official "TSA" banner that you can put on your sigs, found at http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5615/tsa31yn.gif Thanks to Muz for the incredible work!
6/21/06 - I've added the Mission Statement and Recruitment section that goes over a bit of our crew and how to join. Pending applicants, please follow the regulations I've written out. Good luck!
6/25/06 - Congratulations to our new Recruits! I officially welcome Sensei, Do2young, and Cactuar into TSA! Getting bigger and stronger, baby!
7/14/06 - Should have been something I posted a week ago, but we came through with our first official crew battle against HRP! 6 on 6 crew battle with PE. 1 as our alternate, the stakes were $1 and having the members of the losing crew sign their names on the bill. We won with 7 stocks left, and our MVP for the battle is Cactuar, who held on through and wrecked through 2 of their members and knocked out 2 more stocks from his third opponent before finally losing! Be sure to congratulate him for doing a job well done! I've got the bill on me now and, yes, I'm planning on framing it. TSA is getting stronger and better! Let's keep kicking some ***!
Thanks to Doyoung2win for these pictures of our victory:
Our prize dollar with the signatures of HRP members:
Group photo (with exception of copy, hbk, sensei and raptorhawk ):
7/30/06 - On KOTC July 29th, 10 members of TSA showed up, with Muz coming in late. The only missing member we had was Cactuar. We completely dominated that tournament, with the top four players being me, Emblem Lord, Sensei, and Raptor Hawk in that order, and the "TSA Leaders" team consisting of me and Emblem Lord taking first place in doubles. Hot IMO!
I'm also taking out Odin from our inactive list - he is now officially out of the crew.
7/31/06 - The Smash Affiliates & CyberConXion Present: SMASHTALITY
Also, Raptorhawk is officially part of the crew! I am merging both the Starter and Alternate sections into one Active Member list, and Doyoung2win, Sensei, and Cactuar are going to be placed here from now on.
8/20/06 - Smashtality was simply fantastic! We had over 53 people show up for singles, with the pot reaching $1,060 before the store's cut! Amazing!
Special congratulations to Team Rainbow, who consisted of Cactuar and WoZ, who took 5th and had the highest ranking team in the tournament from our crew. Also congratulations to Emblem Lord, Cactuar, and HBK who took 9th and are the top three in our crew for the tournament!
We now have a special section in Video Discussion for 1v1 videos. Click on the link and post your own videos if you have any. I know Do and Cactuar have a few on youtube!
Overall, great job everyone, and thanks for helping out! You guys are the best, and I couldn't have done it without any of you!
8/29/06 - We have a new second-in-command! Or is it two?
Muz has been elected as the new second-in-command/Team Captain of TSA! He's done so much for this crew, and Emblem Lord was happy to hand him the position. I say it was something well deserved!
I don't want to leave Mud out of it, though, as I imagine he had some part in helping Muz and the crew. Should I give it to both of them? My twin right hands. Amazing.
As for Emblem Lord and his ex-role as a second-in-command:
Also, we're planning our next Smashtality in October, perhaps the 21st. Be on the lookout for it!
Finally, the biggest news of all is that we are closing the open registration for TSA, as we've gathered many members, and the ones who apply either never show up to the meetings, or don't meet the crew's needs at the moment. Instead, we have reverted to special invitations only until futher notice. Please check the Recruitment section for more details.
8/30/06 - Cactuar and Public Enemy #1 have been re-assigned on the roster as acting leaders of the branches they belong to. Pakmanoncrack has also been added under the PA Branch as second-in-command. TSA is getting bigger and badder.
9/10/06 - With the school year in place, we've decide to switch the meeting days with Sunday to Saturday. I know some of you are inconvienced by that, but when the majority of our members can meet and play. On days where there are tournaments being held, the meeting will happen after the tournament either at the venue itself, or wherever the agreed meeting place is. If no tournament, we all meet at 6 PM somewhere. With that in mind, let's kick some *** for the rest of the year as we prepare for SMASHTALITY 2.
9/24/06 - TSA is now in the Smashwiki, found here:
http://www.smashwiki.com/wiki/The_Smash_Affiliates
I'll continue to update and fix the format, as it continues to grow. Stay tuned and keep an eye for more information!
9/26/06 - A bit of a late notice, but Sensei is also hosting his 64 SSB tournament the day after SMASHTALITY. You can find it here:
TSA and CCX Present: The Reckoning Oct 22
Go and support it imo.
10/23/06 - SMASHTALITY 2 Results
Thanks for your help, guys. Though the event took longer than it should have, I appreciated everyone who showed up and gave a helping hand, especially to Mud and Muz who vastly did some work for pools! TSA is way too hot!
10/31/06 - Happy Halloween, TSA! I've made some changes to the format of our roster - I hope it looks better than it did before!
I've moved Sneak and AngelCX into the main roster, but I've also unfortunately placed RaptorHawk into the Inactive Section for lack of appearances in tournaments and meetings. Come see us sometime, dude!
12/06/06 - New Motto: Do the WoZ Tang
12/17/06 - Small update - changed the format at the top of the roster for links. Also added Sensei's Tournament
Happy Holidays, TSA!
3/06/07 - I'm gonna have to take RaptorHawk off for now until I hear from him. Sorry dude! Meanwhile, tell more people about our biweeklies! Also, Cactuar got 7th at Cataclysm 3! So freakin' hot and amazing.
3/26/07 - We have a new member! Let's all welcome Crismas into the crew! Better watch out - just because she's a girl doesn't mean she won't kick your butt! Getting bigger and badder, baby!
5/02/07 - Scar has been officially added to the roster! Let's all welcome TSA Philly's newest member! God, we're freakin incredible!
6/04/07 - June 4th, 2007 - Score! AngelCX has confirmed that CCX will be giving us our sponsored ride to FC!
They've held their side of the bargain - now we need to hold up ours.
We're going to be doing monthly tournaments at CCX called SMASHACRE. I've already talked about the T-shirts that we'll need to make with both our TSA designs and CCX's logo. We also need our players in TSA to train hard this month for FC. We still need a vehicle that can actually get us there, preferably a van.
This month, we'll be extremely busy. Let's get serious and pull off something incredible.
Right now, I need a list of people from the crew who are actually going.
List of people for FC*
*Will be updated at the top of the first post
6/11/07 - TSA's newest member is pockyD! Ice Climbers in your face, baby! Man, how incredible can it get?!
07/23/07 - Official FC Placings are up!
Crews -
TBA
Teams -
Cactuar + DarknessofHearts - TBA
ViciousMistress + Doyoung2win - 33rd
Warrior of Zarona + Copycat - 33rd
Sensei + Raptorhawk - 33rd
PockyD + D.Disciple - 65th
Sneak8288 + Dread101 - 65th
Scar + CashMooney - 113th
Singles -
Sensei - 41st
Warrior of Zarona - 49th
Cactuar - 57th
PockyD - 81st
Doyoung2win - 81st
Copycat - 97th
Raptorhawk - 129th
Sneak8288 - 129th
Scar - 193rd
Official 0C3 Placings are up!
Crews -
East Coast and a gay peach (Mew2King, Cactuar, PC Chris, Chu Dat, Vidjo) - 1st
Teams -
Vidjo + Cactuar - 13th
Singles -
Cactuar - 13th
Keep in mind what rankings you have now. If you're not satisfied, then let's train harder and move up that placement. Let's all keep getting stronger, baby! GG to TSA!
8/20/07 - Welcome our newest member, Keitaro! Also, Copycat is our newest second in command, at least until Muz comes back. Let's rock.
8/22/07 - Let's welcome TehChocobo into the PA Branch! And since PockyD has gone back to school in PA, he will also be moved to that branch. Man, we're so incredible.
8/31/07 - Let's welcome Velocity into the TSA PA ranks! He'll be sharing Pacman on Crack's second-in-command status.
Assimilation of WRATH Leader = Complete. *insert maniacal laugh*
10/10/07 - Warning! Here comes a new arrival! teh_spamerer now joins the cast!
TSA CT will probably happen, Brookman. We'll talk about it.
10/23/2007 - We're going to be making some big changes with the crew. First off, we're adding Crew Benefits for the main branch, and other branches can follow in suit should they choose to. If you'd like to know what those benefits are, please come to the meetings when we have them for more details. I'll be adding a new section that keeps track of members who have been rewarded with these benefits, starting with Sensei (2) and Copycat (1). Congratulations!
We're also adding TSA NY with Heart Break Kid as its leader! We'll be adding some NY smashers soon, so if you live in NY and are interested, please get in contact with HBK!
Please check the updated list for people going to VLS! I'm sure we should have enough people for the ride, as well as the vehicles needed to get there.
Let's rock, folks!
10/25/07 - A total of 8 new members have been added, including those from TSA NY as well as our brand new TSA CT Branch! Welcome to all the new members of TSA!
10/25/07 - We're going to have to backtrack on TSA NY's roster until further notice. Until then, let's welcome TSA CT!
11/09/07 - TSA NY's official roster is up! With 8 new members, TSA's total member count is 31! Insane!
11/13/07 - Wesley joins TSA PA's ranks! An all new level of fantastic!
2/18/08 - He's actually been with us for awhile, but I want to introduce Classic Yayo into the crew! Let's all give him a hearty and sexy welcome!
2/23/08 - TSA has a new mascot! Introducing milktea, bringing it down with asian cuteness! LOL A/S/L ANYONE?
5/07/08 - FINALLY updated the first post. Sort of.
I've made the changes to the roster as needed, but I still need the following information.
Mog, Slikvik, And Roykid - I need to know what your roster information is. It should include your locations as well as your primaries and secondaries. If you'd like to include profiles to Myspace or Facebook, please let me know. Pocky, I need to know where you live in California.
Secondly, I've added a new section under everyone's roster information: Brawl characters. I need to know what characters you are currently maining for Brawl. It should look something like this:
06/06/08 - So yeah, dot eater was supposed to be in the crew like months ago. Now he's in, let's give him a warm welcome!
8/29/2008 - New crew motto: <b>Recruiting a team of smashers with attitude.</b> I've also created the TSA Blog! The first blog talks about the rumors spreading around about TSA and what TSA's future will be. Be sure to check it out regularly for any official and exciting news about the crew!
09/25/08 - I've created a social group for TSA found by clicking here. It's important that everyone joins this group, so please do so and check it every so often. If I can't make any future announcements to everyone by our meetings, I'll do it here from now on. You're also free to discuss any opinions or concerns you may have. I've sent some people invitations, but if you haven't received one, then please simply join the group. Smashboards is going through a major change, and TSA may be along for the ride, so I advise not to miss out on this.
12/09/12 -The Smash Affiliates Present: SMASH-URRECTION! *working title*
Current Events:
TSA Event Archive
- WoZ makes his 3000th post!
- WoZ says farewell on April 1st.
- The Smash Affiliates & CyberConXion Present: SMASHTALITY
- SMASHTALITY Results
- The Smash Affiliates & CyberConXion present: SMASHTALITY 2
- SMASHTALITY 2 Results
- TSA and CCX Present: The Reckoning Oct 22
- TSA and CCX present: SSB64 Tournament - Retribution
- Retribution Results
- SMASHTALITY III June 2nd-3rd
- SMASHTALITY III Results
- TSA Biweeklies (On Hiatus)
- SMASHACRE Monthlies
- SMASHTALITY IV
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Our Crew Motto - Recruiting a Team of smashers with attitude.
TSA Main Branch
Crew Founder/Leader -
- Warrior of Zarona (Union, NJ) [[Myspace]]
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox, Falco, Zelda
Secondary Characters - Jigglypuff, Ice Climbers, Sheik, Kirby, Dr. Mario
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Zelda, Snake
Secondary Characters - Pokemon Trainer, Fox
- Copycat (Linden, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik, Kirby
Secondary Characters - Falco, Captain Falcon, Mario
- milktea (Storrs, CT)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Peach
Secondary Characters - Sheik, Marth, Fox
- Doyoung2win (Paramus, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Jigglypuff, Sheik
Secondary Characters - Fox, Falco
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Zelda, Fox, Metaknight
Secondary Characters - Marth, Pit, Snake, Purin, Falco - Eazy (Camden, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Falco, Fox, Marth
Secondary Characters - Falcon, Young Link, Sheik
Brawl:
Primary Characters -Toon link, Donkey Kong, Mario
Secondary Characters -Luigi, Jigglypuff, Peach - Keitaro (Piscataway, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Marth
Secondary Characters - Fox, Falco, Ness
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Captain Falcon, Falco
Secondary Characters - Pokemon Trainer, Marth, Link - Sensei (Jefferson, NJ)
SSB64:
Primary Characters - Fox, Link, Pikachu
Secondary Characters - Everyone else
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox, Falco, Marth, Captain Falcon, Sheik
Secondary Characters - Pichu - Sneak8288 (Linden, NJ) [[Myspace]]
Melee:
Primary Characters - Falco, Fox, Falcon
Secondary Characters - Marth
Brawl
Primary Characters - Mario, Mr. Game&Watch, Ice Climbers
Secondary Characters - N/A - teh_spamerer (Plainsboro, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Falco, Fox, Captain Falcon
Secondary Characters - Link, Doctor Mario, Marth, Jigglypuff
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Ice Climbers, Sheik, Meta Knight
Secondary Characters - Jigglypuff, Zelda, Wolf, Single Climber
- AngelCX (Wayne, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Doctor Mario
Secondary Characters - Jigglypuff - Mog (????, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - ????
Secondary Characters - ???? - Mud (Clifton, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Bowser
Secondary Characters - Young Link - Muz (Clifton, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Samus
Secondary Characters - Mewtwo - Raptorhawk (Dover, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Character -Pikachu
Secondary Characters - Fox, Sheik, Falco, C. Falcon, Marth, etc.
N/A
Pending -
Yes!
Branch Leader -
- PockyD (San Mateo, CA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Ice Climbers
Secondary Characters - Ganondorf, Dr. Mario, Luigi
Brawl:
Primary Character - Olimar
Secondary Characters - Luigi, Wolf, Toon Link
Branch Leader -
- Cort (Newington, CT)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Peach, Marth, Fox
Secondary Characters - Everyone
Brawl
Primary Characters - Snake
Secondary Characters - Everyone, Wario, Peach
- Brookman (Rocky Hill, CT)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox, Mario, Poop
Secondary Characters - Everyone
- Budai (Stratford, CT)
Melee::
Primary Character - Falco
Secondary Characters - ?? - Mogwai (Stamford, CT)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Falco
Secondary Characters - Fox, Captain Falcon, Everyone
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Falco
Secondary Characters - Lucas, Donkey Kong, Everyone - Spawn (Tolland, CT)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik, Fox
Secondary Characters - Marth, Doc, Falcon, Falco
Brawl:
Primary Characters -Toon link - Trademark (New Britain/New Haven, CT)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik, Peach
Secondary Characters - Fox
Branch Leader-
- slikvik (Glassboro, NJ/Hyattsville, MD) [[Facebook]]
Melee:
Primary Characters - Peach
Secondary Characters - Daisy
Brawl
Primary Characters - Mr. Game&Watch
Secondary Characters - Peach
Branch Leaders-
- Darc (Topsham, ME)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon
Secondary Characters - Fox, Marth, Sheik
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Snake, Marth
Secondary Characters - Wolf - Dazwa (Topsham, ME)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik, Marth
Secondary Characters - Fox, Falco, Captain Falcon, Young Link(g)
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Zero Suit Samus
Secondary Characters - Wario, Snake, Sheik, Marth, Wolf
Branch Leader-
- Heart Break Kid (Maplewood, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Marth, Falco
Secondary Characters - Fox
- Alejandro_P (Long Island, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Peach
Secondary Characters - Ice Climbers, Fox - Dm0n (Long Island, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox
Secondary Characters - Captain Falcon - Hazzard (Hempstead, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox
Secondary Characters - Marth, Falco - Reno (Hempstead, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik
Secondary Characters - Fox, Captain Falcon - Ryan K (Long Island, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Falco
Secondary Characters - Fox, Marth - SLH (Long Island, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Link
Secondary Characters - Marth - Starzonedge (Queens, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox
Secondary Characters - Falco - Tetra (????, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik
Secondary Characters - N/A
N/A
Branch Leaders -
- Cactuar (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Marth
Secondary Characters - Fox - Scar (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Captain Falcon
Secondary Characters - N/A
- Pakman (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Luigi
Secondary Characters - Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon - Velocity (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Doctor Mario
Secondary Characters - Falco, Mr. Game & Watch
- Classic Yayo (Philadelphia, PA/Brooklyn, NY)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Sheik
Secondary Characters - Peach - Dot Eater (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Samus
Secondary Characters - N/A
Brawl:
Primary Characters - RANDOM
Secondary Characters - RANDOM - Roykid (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - ?????
Secondary Characters - ????? - Beat (Philadelphia, PA)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Samus, Fox
Secondary Characters - Donkey Kong, Mewtwo
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Snake, Ike
Secondary Characters - Bowser, Falco
Branch Leader -
- Public Enemy No. 1 (Plainfield, NJ)
Melee:
Primary Characters - Captain Falcon, Marth
Secondary Characters - TBA
Inactive - 5
New Recruits - 0
CA Branch Active Members - 1
CT Branch Active Members - 6
MD Branch Active Members - 1
ME Branch Active Members - 2
NY Branch Active Members - 9
PA Branch Active Members - 9
NC Branch Active Members - 1
Total # of Members - 42
Pending - 1
Affiliates -
- CyberConXion
- King of the Couch Crew
- Team Arlington
- The Human Stampede
- web2zone
- Killer Fleet
- The Mages
- Virtual Rush [[http://www.virtualrush.net]]
Sensei (Level 2)
Copycat (Level 1)
Mission Statement and Recruitment
Salutations, smashers. We are The Smash Affiliates, an up and coming East Coast crew!
We're not a strict, overly pretentious crew - as you can see, we're a really friendly and laid back group. And as a group, we all plan on becoming stronger players without losing that sense of fun we have in the game. You'll find us around mostly the northern NJ area, as well as part of the NYC scene as well. We also have branches at PA and NC, so if you live close to those areas, you're more than welcome to join!
As of now, the main branch open registration is closed. The reason for this is that we have a fair amount of members in our crew, and too many people have been signing up, then either never show up, or aren't who we are looking for. I apologize for any inconvenience and to anyone who might have wanted to join. Registration may open again in the future, so stay with us for any updates! Applicants who are currently on the pending list are still able to apply, but have the end of September to go through the application. Otherwise, we are forced to purge you from the list.
Instead, we now have special invitations. We are primarily looking for Peach players, but we may invite anyone to our liking. We're also looking for friendly, open minded people that just like to hang around and have fun. You don't even have to be extremely skilled at the game, though we do ask that you have atleast some good knowledge about the game itself, including advanced techniques and experience in tournaments. As you can see, we don't ask for much. The only real pre-requisites to joining TSA are knowing how to play the game and having a good sense of humor.
Of course, while we all like to hang around and even make fun of each other, we pride ourselves in learning more about the game itself and teaching each other the different ways of improving. Even if open registration is closed, we may have our eye on you. For better chances of joining, try and show us that you can be someone who can be part of the crew.
If someone gets a special invitation, they will receive it in the form of a private message. Please reply with another private message with the following information:
- Tell us a little bit about yourself
- Your primary and secondary characters
- Why you want to join
- A name of a previous crew, if applicable, that we can go to as a reference, as well as the reason why you left or were booted from the crew.
Even if you do get specially invited, you may still be rejected. If we reject you, don't take it personally. We may feel that you don't fit in with our crew's sense of humor and friendship even if you are a good person, or, in honesty, you aren't yet skilled/knowledgeable enough about the game yet. To be quite frank, I don't want the crew wasting time teaching new recruits how to play the game. When you apply, we assume that you know how to play the characters you've chosen as your primaries, as well as playing the game on a competitive level, and we shouldn't have to teach you anything concerning the basics and common known advanced techniques. This is to ensure that we don't have to backtrack and we can all keep improving while being on similar levels of skill. But don't worry - I'll usually keep a record of everyone who applies, and if you can improve in the future, we may possibly invite you somewhere along the line.
If you do get recruited, you'll be in the crew for a trial basis of 2 months in the section of the roster called New Recruits,, where we further gauge your skill against our crew members and keep track of your ranking in tournaments. Try to be as active as you can by participating in tournaments, crew meetings, and adding discussion to any sort of business we have. But, for the most part, just enjoy being with us, because we usually just kick back and laugh the whole way through anything we do. After the 2 months, we'll change the roster a bit and see about where to place you. Most new recruits start off as an Alternate.
I believe that is all of the boring rules and regulations for now. Good luck, and I hope to see you as part of our crew!
Note - The branches in other regions may have varying recruitment policies. Please send a private message to those leaders for more information.
News
5/23/2006 - We have two new official recruits: Emblem Lord (though he's technically in our crew from the start) and Public Enemy No. 1 Also, with summer approaching, it's time to try and get all the members together in one spot and start organizing. . We'll figure things out in terms of who is or isn't in the actual active roster. It's time to get bigger and stronger! TSA 4 LIFE!
5/25/06 - Added locations for our members. Also, as Emblem Lord mentions, we might be meeting this Sunday. However, it's a bit short notice, so if you can't make it, that's fine. HBK, if you need a ride, I can give one to you.
We'll plan some more meetings in the summer as time goes on. We have some things to talk about. See you guys then.
6/01/06 - Just to make it official, we are going to have smash crew meetings every Sunday at 6:00 in Emblem Lord's house. By now, everyone who is in the crew should know where that is. People who need rides, please let me know. If you can't make it that week, let me know about that too. Otherwise, I would expect all of you to try and be there.
6/8/06 - I've decided to add a new section to the roster simply named "Pending." This lists those who have shown an interest in joining the crew, and will be evaluated at the next crew meeting. I wish the people who are in this list the best of luck, and I hope to be welcoming you in the crew soon!
6/13/06 - Introducing Gundam Kitty, the crew mascot. He'll pwn you over and over.
6/15/06 - We have an official "TSA" banner that you can put on your sigs, found at http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5615/tsa31yn.gif Thanks to Muz for the incredible work!
6/21/06 - I've added the Mission Statement and Recruitment section that goes over a bit of our crew and how to join. Pending applicants, please follow the regulations I've written out. Good luck!
6/25/06 - Congratulations to our new Recruits! I officially welcome Sensei, Do2young, and Cactuar into TSA! Getting bigger and stronger, baby!
7/14/06 - Should have been something I posted a week ago, but we came through with our first official crew battle against HRP! 6 on 6 crew battle with PE. 1 as our alternate, the stakes were $1 and having the members of the losing crew sign their names on the bill. We won with 7 stocks left, and our MVP for the battle is Cactuar, who held on through and wrecked through 2 of their members and knocked out 2 more stocks from his third opponent before finally losing! Be sure to congratulate him for doing a job well done! I've got the bill on me now and, yes, I'm planning on framing it. TSA is getting stronger and better! Let's keep kicking some ***!
Thanks to Doyoung2win for these pictures of our victory:
Our prize dollar with the signatures of HRP members:
Group photo (with exception of copy, hbk, sensei and raptorhawk ):
7/30/06 - On KOTC July 29th, 10 members of TSA showed up, with Muz coming in late. The only missing member we had was Cactuar. We completely dominated that tournament, with the top four players being me, Emblem Lord, Sensei, and Raptor Hawk in that order, and the "TSA Leaders" team consisting of me and Emblem Lord taking first place in doubles. Hot IMO!
I'm also taking out Odin from our inactive list - he is now officially out of the crew.
7/31/06 - The Smash Affiliates & CyberConXion Present: SMASHTALITY
Also, Raptorhawk is officially part of the crew! I am merging both the Starter and Alternate sections into one Active Member list, and Doyoung2win, Sensei, and Cactuar are going to be placed here from now on.
8/20/06 - Smashtality was simply fantastic! We had over 53 people show up for singles, with the pot reaching $1,060 before the store's cut! Amazing!
Special congratulations to Team Rainbow, who consisted of Cactuar and WoZ, who took 5th and had the highest ranking team in the tournament from our crew. Also congratulations to Emblem Lord, Cactuar, and HBK who took 9th and are the top three in our crew for the tournament!
We now have a special section in Video Discussion for 1v1 videos. Click on the link and post your own videos if you have any. I know Do and Cactuar have a few on youtube!
Overall, great job everyone, and thanks for helping out! You guys are the best, and I couldn't have done it without any of you!
8/29/06 - We have a new second-in-command! Or is it two?
Muz has been elected as the new second-in-command/Team Captain of TSA! He's done so much for this crew, and Emblem Lord was happy to hand him the position. I say it was something well deserved!
I don't want to leave Mud out of it, though, as I imagine he had some part in helping Muz and the crew. Should I give it to both of them? My twin right hands. Amazing.
As for Emblem Lord and his ex-role as a second-in-command:
Also, we're planning our next Smashtality in October, perhaps the 21st. Be on the lookout for it!
Finally, the biggest news of all is that we are closing the open registration for TSA, as we've gathered many members, and the ones who apply either never show up to the meetings, or don't meet the crew's needs at the moment. Instead, we have reverted to special invitations only until futher notice. Please check the Recruitment section for more details.
8/30/06 - Cactuar and Public Enemy #1 have been re-assigned on the roster as acting leaders of the branches they belong to. Pakmanoncrack has also been added under the PA Branch as second-in-command. TSA is getting bigger and badder.
9/10/06 - With the school year in place, we've decide to switch the meeting days with Sunday to Saturday. I know some of you are inconvienced by that, but when the majority of our members can meet and play. On days where there are tournaments being held, the meeting will happen after the tournament either at the venue itself, or wherever the agreed meeting place is. If no tournament, we all meet at 6 PM somewhere. With that in mind, let's kick some *** for the rest of the year as we prepare for SMASHTALITY 2.
9/24/06 - TSA is now in the Smashwiki, found here:
http://www.smashwiki.com/wiki/The_Smash_Affiliates
I'll continue to update and fix the format, as it continues to grow. Stay tuned and keep an eye for more information!
9/26/06 - A bit of a late notice, but Sensei is also hosting his 64 SSB tournament the day after SMASHTALITY. You can find it here:
TSA and CCX Present: The Reckoning Oct 22
Go and support it imo.
10/23/06 - SMASHTALITY 2 Results
Thanks for your help, guys. Though the event took longer than it should have, I appreciated everyone who showed up and gave a helping hand, especially to Mud and Muz who vastly did some work for pools! TSA is way too hot!
10/31/06 - Happy Halloween, TSA! I've made some changes to the format of our roster - I hope it looks better than it did before!
I've moved Sneak and AngelCX into the main roster, but I've also unfortunately placed RaptorHawk into the Inactive Section for lack of appearances in tournaments and meetings. Come see us sometime, dude!
12/06/06 - New Motto: Do the WoZ Tang
12/17/06 - Small update - changed the format at the top of the roster for links. Also added Sensei's Tournament
Happy Holidays, TSA!
3/06/07 - I'm gonna have to take RaptorHawk off for now until I hear from him. Sorry dude! Meanwhile, tell more people about our biweeklies! Also, Cactuar got 7th at Cataclysm 3! So freakin' hot and amazing.
3/26/07 - We have a new member! Let's all welcome Crismas into the crew! Better watch out - just because she's a girl doesn't mean she won't kick your butt! Getting bigger and badder, baby!
5/02/07 - Scar has been officially added to the roster! Let's all welcome TSA Philly's newest member! God, we're freakin incredible!
6/04/07 - June 4th, 2007 - Score! AngelCX has confirmed that CCX will be giving us our sponsored ride to FC!
They've held their side of the bargain - now we need to hold up ours.
We're going to be doing monthly tournaments at CCX called SMASHACRE. I've already talked about the T-shirts that we'll need to make with both our TSA designs and CCX's logo. We also need our players in TSA to train hard this month for FC. We still need a vehicle that can actually get us there, preferably a van.
This month, we'll be extremely busy. Let's get serious and pull off something incredible.
Right now, I need a list of people from the crew who are actually going.
List of people for FC*
- Warrior of Zarona
*Will be updated at the top of the first post
6/11/07 - TSA's newest member is pockyD! Ice Climbers in your face, baby! Man, how incredible can it get?!
07/23/07 - Official FC Placings are up!
Crews -
TBA
Teams -
Cactuar + DarknessofHearts - TBA
ViciousMistress + Doyoung2win - 33rd
Warrior of Zarona + Copycat - 33rd
Sensei + Raptorhawk - 33rd
PockyD + D.Disciple - 65th
Sneak8288 + Dread101 - 65th
Scar + CashMooney - 113th
Singles -
Sensei - 41st
Warrior of Zarona - 49th
Cactuar - 57th
PockyD - 81st
Doyoung2win - 81st
Copycat - 97th
Raptorhawk - 129th
Sneak8288 - 129th
Scar - 193rd
Official 0C3 Placings are up!
Crews -
East Coast and a gay peach (Mew2King, Cactuar, PC Chris, Chu Dat, Vidjo) - 1st
Teams -
Vidjo + Cactuar - 13th
Singles -
Cactuar - 13th
Keep in mind what rankings you have now. If you're not satisfied, then let's train harder and move up that placement. Let's all keep getting stronger, baby! GG to TSA!
8/20/07 - Welcome our newest member, Keitaro! Also, Copycat is our newest second in command, at least until Muz comes back. Let's rock.
8/22/07 - Let's welcome TehChocobo into the PA Branch! And since PockyD has gone back to school in PA, he will also be moved to that branch. Man, we're so incredible.
8/31/07 - Let's welcome Velocity into the TSA PA ranks! He'll be sharing Pacman on Crack's second-in-command status.
Assimilation of WRATH Leader = Complete. *insert maniacal laugh*
10/10/07 - Warning! Here comes a new arrival! teh_spamerer now joins the cast!
TSA CT will probably happen, Brookman. We'll talk about it.
10/23/2007 - We're going to be making some big changes with the crew. First off, we're adding Crew Benefits for the main branch, and other branches can follow in suit should they choose to. If you'd like to know what those benefits are, please come to the meetings when we have them for more details. I'll be adding a new section that keeps track of members who have been rewarded with these benefits, starting with Sensei (2) and Copycat (1). Congratulations!
We're also adding TSA NY with Heart Break Kid as its leader! We'll be adding some NY smashers soon, so if you live in NY and are interested, please get in contact with HBK!
Please check the updated list for people going to VLS! I'm sure we should have enough people for the ride, as well as the vehicles needed to get there.
Let's rock, folks!
10/25/07 - A total of 8 new members have been added, including those from TSA NY as well as our brand new TSA CT Branch! Welcome to all the new members of TSA!
10/25/07 - We're going to have to backtrack on TSA NY's roster until further notice. Until then, let's welcome TSA CT!
11/09/07 - TSA NY's official roster is up! With 8 new members, TSA's total member count is 31! Insane!
11/13/07 - Wesley joins TSA PA's ranks! An all new level of fantastic!
2/18/08 - He's actually been with us for awhile, but I want to introduce Classic Yayo into the crew! Let's all give him a hearty and sexy welcome!
2/23/08 - TSA has a new mascot! Introducing milktea, bringing it down with asian cuteness! LOL A/S/L ANYONE?
5/07/08 - FINALLY updated the first post. Sort of.
I've made the changes to the roster as needed, but I still need the following information.
Mog, Slikvik, And Roykid - I need to know what your roster information is. It should include your locations as well as your primaries and secondaries. If you'd like to include profiles to Myspace or Facebook, please let me know. Pocky, I need to know where you live in California.
Secondly, I've added a new section under everyone's roster information: Brawl characters. I need to know what characters you are currently maining for Brawl. It should look something like this:
- Warrior of Zarona (Union, NJ) [[Myspace]]
Melee:
Primary Characters - Fox, Falco, Zelda
Secondary Characters - Jigglypuff, Ice Climbers, Sheik, Kirby, Dr. Mario
Brawl:
Primary Characters - Zelda, Snake
Secondary Characters - Pokemon Trainer, Fox
06/06/08 - So yeah, dot eater was supposed to be in the crew like months ago. Now he's in, let's give him a warm welcome!
8/29/2008 - New crew motto: <b>Recruiting a team of smashers with attitude.</b> I've also created the TSA Blog! The first blog talks about the rumors spreading around about TSA and what TSA's future will be. Be sure to check it out regularly for any official and exciting news about the crew!
09/25/08 - I've created a social group for TSA found by clicking here. It's important that everyone joins this group, so please do so and check it every so often. If I can't make any future announcements to everyone by our meetings, I'll do it here from now on. You're also free to discuss any opinions or concerns you may have. I've sent some people invitations, but if you haven't received one, then please simply join the group. Smashboards is going through a major change, and TSA may be along for the ride, so I advise not to miss out on this.
12/09/12 -The Smash Affiliates Present: SMASH-URRECTION! *working title*