Smasher:Delphiki
| Delphiki | |
|---|---|
| Character info | |
| Melee main | Ice Climbers |
| Other Melee character | Pichu |
| Brawl mains | Ice Climbers, Zero Suit Samus |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | TeamScape |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Richard Cappel |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Sacramento, California 
|
Delphiki is a professional Ice Climbers player from Sacramento, CA, and a member of the crews TeamScape and Nova. He has traveled and competed up and down the West Coast numerous times competing in Melee. His tournament results consistently place him among the top 30% of Smashers on the West Coast. In Brawl, he continues to main the Ice Climbers, with the addition of Zero Suit Samus. Delphiki was ranked 16th on the NorCal Melee Power Rankings, and 2nd on the Sacramento Melee Power Rankings.
Contributions[edit]
Delphiki has written a guide on competitive smash play which focuses on the fluidity and nature of the metagame. It explains the nature of the metagame as related to characters, tournament rules, the community, and the individual player. He has also created a guide to playing the Ice Climbers at a competitive level, featured on AllisBrawl.com.
In addition to guides, Delphiki also maintains a blog on All is Brawl which covers Smash theory among other topics.
Most tournaments in the Sacramento community were organized or co-organized by Delphiki. In addition to local tournaments, Delphiki was a staff member at Super Champ Combo, and has aided TOs at a number of other major tournaments, including OC3 (for which he aided with funding), and the NorCal Ultimate Biweekly.
Delphiki is an administrator at nealdt's AllisBrawl.
Tournament placings[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyde's Manly Smashfest V | February 27th, 2007 | 4th | — | — |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 127th | — | — |
| Kings of Cali 4 | July 5th-6th, 2014 | 17th | 9th | Catnip |
| Do You Fox Wit It? | November 15th-16th, 2014 | 25th | 13th | Mikkuz |
| Super Nebulous 3 | April 25th-26th, 2015 | 25th | 17th | Warwick Foe |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 186th | — | — |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 193rd | 97th | DRGN |
| The Golden Bair 4 | April 3rd, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| SSS: Blood For Blood | October 15th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
| Cafe Colonial Finale | November 13th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AxisGaming | August 30, 2008 | 65th | — | — |
