Smasher:Amsah

Amsah "Nihonjin"
Character info
Melee main	Sheik
Other Melee character	Fox
Project M main	Wolf
Personal and other info
Real name	Amsah D. Augustuszoon
Birth date	December 23, 1986
Location	Amsterdam
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional

For the similarly-named Japanese Yoshi player, see aMSa.

Amsah is a smasher from Amsterdam, The Netherlands who mains Sheik. He was formerly ranked first on the Dutch Power Rankings and was considered to be the second-best European smasher behind Armada in the 2009-2011 era, and is still considered one of the greatest European players of all time.

History

Amsah entered the Dutch Smash scene in March 2005. After seeing some videos of professional Japanese Sheik player Captain Jack, he claimed not be impressed by his skills in a now legendary post. Amsah attended Dutch Tournament 10 and played against Captain Jack in friendlies, but was 3-stocked multiple times (including being 3-stocked by Captain Jack's Mr. Game & Watch). Amsah did do surprisingly well in the tournament itself, however, where he took 9th place after losing to Kirby Squad and Marc.

However, Amsah soon started attending a number of following tournaments, in which he showed that he was making impressive progress in improving. Soon he was able to take on some of the best Dutch players at the time. He finished second at several tournaments, often losing to players such as Remen or Kirby Squad. He won his first tournament, JST4, in July 2005, defeating Utto in grand finals.

After this, Amsah's skill level skyrocketed and he managed to place higher than Remen at ATM2 in November 2005, thus claiming the title of the best Dutch smasher. However, he didn't play against Remen at any point during the tournament. Amsah finally managed to defeat Remen in tournament in February 2006, winning ATM3 and establishing himself as the best Dutch smasher.

This was not the end of Amsah's spectacular improvement. In April 2006, he took on Captain Jack again in grand finals at XTC3. Captain Jack still won, though the defeat was significantly closer than at DT10, with Amsah winning the first set of grand finals after coming out of the losers' bracket. In the summer of 2006, Amsah traveled to Sweden to attend The Renaissance of Smash 3, where he faced the best Swedish player of the time, Ek. They met in winners' finals, which was a close and intense set. The final match of the set, however, is regarded by many to be one of the greatest matches ever recorded. With the score tied 3-3, Ek managed to gain a two-stock lead whilst only taking 7% damage. Ek soon had a three-stock lead whilst at 140% damage. Amsah managed to start a comeback, taking two stocks off of Ek, though when Ek still had two fresh stocks, Amsah was on his last stock with 108% damage. This made it seem even more impossible to win, though Amsah's smart play allowed him to take Ek to his last stock. After barely surviving some of Ek's moves, Amsah managed to continue his comeback and win the match with 162% damage on his last stock. This became the origin of a popular European expression, 'pulling an Amsah'. Afterwards, Amsah defeated Ek once again in grand finals, and won the tournament. Amsah was considered by many to be the best player in Europe after RoS3.

In December 2006, Amsah got a chance to meet Captain Jack again, at JST5. He lost to Captain Jack in winners' finals, but after eliminating Ek in losers' finals, Amsah managed to win both sets of grand finals against Captain Jack, winning the tournament. In July 2007, Amsah also won The Renaissance of Smash 4, winning both sets of grand finals against Aldwyn. In February 2008, at Epita Smash Arena 2, Amsah defeated Japanese smasher Masashi in winners' semis, and then proceeded to once again defeat Captain Jack in both winners' finals and grand finals.

Amsah lost his title of the best European smasher in 2009. At SMASH ATTACK in April 2009, Amsah lost to Zgetto in winners' semis, and was then eliminated by Armada 0-4 in losers' finals. Shortly after, at Epita Smash Arena 3, he lost to Armada 0-4 once again in grand finals. After Armada attended GENESIS and placed 2nd, he said that Amsah would have also made it into top 3 if he had attended. Amsah proved this in January 2010, when he attended Pound 4. He managed to defeat top American players such as Jman and Zhu, and even managed to eliminate Armada 3-1 in losers' semis. He was then eliminated by Hungrybox 0-3 in losers' finals. Amsah's losses to Armada in European tournaments remained consistent, however, as he lost to Armada in grand finals 1-4 at Berlin Calling, 0-4 at Epita Smash Arena 4, and 0-4 at B.E.A.S.T. Amsah later attended Pound V and Apex 2012, where he placed 9th and 33rd in Melee singles, respectively.

Amsah soon became somewhat inactive in the European scene, only showing up to Dutch regional tournaments. He made his first international appearance in more than two years at Republic of Fighters 3, where he placed 9th in Melee singles. He also placed 3rd in doubles with Faab.

Notable tournament placings

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Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Dutch Tournament 10	March 5th-6th, 2005	9th
XTC2	May 3rd, 2005	9th
ATM1	September 17th, 2005	2nd	1st	MrSilver
ATM2	November 19th, 2005	1st	3rd	Helios
RoofSM		4th
ATM3	February 18th-19th, 2006	1st	2nd	Zeta
XTC3	April 15th-16th, 2006	2nd
The Renaissance of Smash 3		1st
TNOT		1st
ZEST	September 30th-October 1st, 2006	1st	1st	Zeta
JST5	December 2nd-3rd, 2006	1st
LostHost		1st	3rd	Rinda
Epita Smash Arena	April 7th-8th, 2007	1st
ZEST2	April 28th, 2007	1st	1st	Nnja
The Renaissance of Smash 4	July 3rd-6th, 2007	1st	2nd	Faab
Ushost3	September 8th, 2007	1st	3rd	Zeta
ZEST3	November 10th, 2007	1st	1st	Zeta
Epita Smash Arena 2	February 23rd-24th, 2008	1st	5th	Zeta
SMASH ATTACK	April 3rd-5th, 2009	3rd	2nd	Adam
Epita Smash Arena 3	April 11th-12th, 2009	2nd	3rd	Adam
Super Lion 4	August 7th-9th, 2009	1st	3rd	Adam
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	3rd	9th	Adam
ZEST5	May 1st, 2010	3rd	2nd	Remen
Epita Smash Arena 4	June 26th-27th, 2010	2nd	4th	Remen
B.E.A.S.T	January 7th-9th, 2011	2nd	2nd	Zgetto
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	9th	5th	Remen
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	33rd	13th	Ice
Avalon I	October 5th, 2013	3rd	2nd	Faab
Avalon II	November 9th, 2013	2nd	3rd	Marc
Avalon III	March 8th, 2014	3rd	3rd	Marc
Republic of Fighters 3	May 17th-18th, 2014	9th	3rd	Faab
Avalon IV	July 12th, 2014	1st	1st	Faab
Hall of Melee 5	August 16th, 2014	1st	3rd	Faab
Avalon V	September 6th, 2014	1st	2nd	Faab
Avalon VI	November 29th, 2014	2nd	4th	Ser
B.E.A.S.T 5	January 9th-11th, 2015	5th	9th	Jeapie

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
B.E.A.S.T 5	January 9th-11th, 2015	13th	—	—

Trivia

• Throughout his entire Smash career, Amsah's Sheik famously was never 4 stocked by anyone in any tournament match, though after nearly 10 years this streak finally came to an end at B.E.A.S.T 5, when Armada four stocked his Sheik with Peach during game 2 of their losers quarters set.
• Amsah is a vegan.
• He likes to team up with smashers who are far below his own skill level. For instance, he teamed up with his own friend Natta, Linkje and Utto's sister Rinda. These people function as 'tanks' for Amsah, giving him lives when he dies.
• He has a T-shirt that says 'Official SSBM whore' on the front and 'n00b' on the back, and nearly always wears it to tournaments.

External links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAeAlUmgLvM Amsah pulling an amazing comeback versus Ek at RoS3
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFGVy0aZWVc A different version of the first video with reactions afterwards