Editing Smasher:Cactuar

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Cactuar
| image         = Cactuar.jpg
| mainssbm      = Fox
| 2ndmainssbm   = Marth
| crew          = Smash Practice
| former crews  = Splyce, [[Melee It On Me]], [[The Smash Affiliates]], The Mini-Bosses, Melee20XX
| rankingssbm   = 
| alias         = Cactus
| realname      = Charles Meighen
| birthday      = 6
| birthmonth    = 8
| birthyear     = 1987
| location      = Northern California
| country       = United States
 }}

'''Cactuar''' or less commonly '''Cactus''' is an American [[smasher]] who mains {{SSBM|Fox}} and {{SSBM|Marth}} in ''[[Melee]]''. He was formerly 71st on the [[2018 MPGR]] and was formerly ranked 5th and 6th on the [[Tristate Melee Power Rankings]] and [[NorCal Melee Power Rankings]], respectively.

On May 11th, 2017, Cactuar was signed by [[Splyce]] as their ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' coach.<ref>http://shoryuken.com/2017/05/11/spylce-signs-charles-cactuar-meighen-as-their-super-smash-bros-melee-coach/</ref>

==Gameplay and tournament activity==
An ex-{{SSBM|Marth}} main, Cactuar is now one of the top {{SSBM|Fox}} players in the region. He picked up Fox in 2008 for use in teams and eventually made the switch for singles as well. His smash roots are split between Northern NJ, where he was recruited by the crew "[[The Smash Affiliates]]" (TSA), and Philadelphia, where he went to Drexel University. At Drexel, he played with {{Sm|Pakman}}, who was familiar with the competitive scene and encouraged him to go to competitions in the Tri-State and MD/VA areas. 

Cactuar eventually became a training partner for {{Sm|Mew2King}}, who lived 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. Mew2King was determined to become the best Marth, and having a Marth training partner to practice the Marth ditto with became invaluable experience for his ultimate goal of overtaking {{Sm|Ken}}. The two eventually started teaming, having great success at local tournaments as well as on the national level. Cactuar eventually started taking breaks from the competitive scene, and recommended that {{Sm|Jman}} take his place. 

Now living in NorCal, Cactuar drifts in and out of the competitive scene, but is always ready to provide advice to anyone who asks for it, whether they are a fresh face to the competitive scene or a top 5 player. He is known for providing solid analysis of player styles, insight into player vs player manipulation, and tips on strengthening both the foundations of play ability and the necessary mindset to play competitively.

==Notable tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[MELEE-FC6]]||July 13th-15th, 2006||57th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SMASHTALITY 2]]||October 21st, 2006||5th||?||?
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/chu-dat-birthday-biweekly-1-27-results.95486/ ChuDat Birthday Biweekly 1/27]||January 27th, 2007||9th||5th||{{Sm|Doll}}
|-
|[[Cataclysm 3]]||March 3rd-4th, 2007||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MLG Long Island 2007]]||May 5th-6th, 2007||17th||4th||{{Sm|KoreanDJ}}
|-
|[[EVO East]]||May 25th-27th, 2007||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/smashtality-iii-results.105438/ SMASHTALITY III]||June 2nd-3rd, 2007||7th||5th||?
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/killa-fleet-nyc-bi-weeklys-results.105963/ Killa Fleet Biweekly 6/8]||June 8th, 2007||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Forward}}
|-
|[[Pound 2]]||June 16th-17th, 2007||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MELEE-FC Diamond]]||July 12th-14th, 2007||57th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Zero Challenge 3]]||July 20th-22nd, 2007||13th||13th||{{Sm|Vidjogamer}}
|-
|[[EVO World 2007]]||August 24th-26th, 2007||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/event.aspx?id=549 C3 September]||September 22nd, 2007||5th||5th||{{Sm|Sensei}}
|-
|[[Super Champ Combo]]||September 29th-30th, 2007||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Bob$}}
|-
|[[Viva La Smashtaclysm]]||November 10th-11th, 2007||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Pound 3]]||February 2nd-3rd, 2008||13th||7th||{{Sm|Eggz}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/smashpocalypse-results-a-melee-tournament.157194/ Smashpocalypse]||March 22nd, 2008||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/clash-of-the-titans-iii-results-5-31-6-1-melee-brawl.173620/ Clash of the Titans III]||May 31st-June 1st, 2008||3rd||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/the-greatest-melee-tourney-since-brawl-came-out-results.174894/ TGMTSBCO]||June 7th-8th, 2008||7th||5th||Eggz
|-
|{{Trn|ChuDatz Final Biweekly|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd, 2008||4th||1st||{{Sm|Azen}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/smashtality-iv-results.189352/ Smashtality IV]||August 16th-17th, 2008||2nd||7th||{{Sm|Scar}}
|-
|[[Event 52: Kansas]]||October 18th-19th, 2008||2nd||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/smashpocalypse-vi-december-13-philadelphia-anmc-circuit-event-2.210671/ Smashpocalypse VI]||December 13th, 2008||&mdash;||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||9th||9th||{{Sm|DaShizWiz}}
|-
|[[Apex 2009]]||May 9th-10th, 2009||5th||7th||{{Sm|Scar}}
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||17th||4th||{{Sm|Darkrain}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||7th||4th||{{Sm|Hungrybox}}
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||25th||9th||{{Sm|Reno}}
|-
|[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||25th||13th||{{Sm|Tag$}}
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||7th||13th||{{Sm|Eggm}}
|-
|{{Trn|Zenith 2011|g=SSBM}}||May 28th-29th, 2011||&mdash;||9th||Eggm
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 4]]||November 19th-20th, 2011||9th||5th||Reno
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||49th||17th||{{Sm|DoH}}
|-
|[[Zenith 2012]]||May 26th-27th, 2012||&mdash;||5th||DoH
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=321823 Civil War 4]||April 28th-29th, 2012||2nd (Split)||1st||{{Sm|PPMD}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 5]]||November 17th-18th, 2012||9th||3rd||{{Sm|KirbyKaze}}
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||33rd||25th||Reno
|-
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||33rd||5th||Reno
|-
|[[Pound V.5]]||November 9th, 2013||5th||4th||DoH
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 6]]||November 16th-17th, 2013||17th||5th||Reno
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||65th||17th||Reno
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||13th||9th||{{Sm|Zhu}}
|-
|[[NeoNebulous 7]]||March 29th, 2014||9th||3rd||Zhu
|-
|[[Fight Pitt IV]]||April 19th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://challonge.com/ssbmsingles5314 Squabbles]||May 3rd, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||17th||13th||Zhu
|-
|[[MLG Anaheim 2014]]||June 20th-22nd, 2014||29th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO 2014]]||July 11th-13th, 2014||49th||25th||Zhu
|-
|[[Zenith 2014]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2014||13th||3rd||Zhu
|-
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||33rd||9th||Zhu
|-
|[[KTAR XI]]||November 22nd, 2014||4th||25th||&mdash;<!--Solo team, presumably 1 controller per hand or 1v2-->
|-
|[[Paragon Orlando 2015]]||January 17th-18th, 2015||13th||9th||Zhu
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Nebulous 3]]||April 25th-26th, 2015||7th||5th||Zhu
|-
|[[Press Start]]||May 9th-10th, 2015||17th||5th||Reno
|-
|[[CEO 2015]]||June 26th-28th, 2015||33rd||5th||Zhu
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con]]||August 6th-9th, 2015||17th||17th||Zhu
|-
|[[Nebulous Prime 1]]||August 14th-16th, 2015||4th||5th||Reno
|-
|[[PAX Prime 2015]]||August 38th-30th, 2015||9th||4th||Zhu
|-
|[[HTC Throwdown]]||September 19th, 2015||9th||25th||Zhu
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||17th||9th||Zhu
|-
|[[Smash the Record 2015]]||October 23rd-25th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||33rd||17th||Zhu
|-
|[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/norcal-loves-teams/brackets/17287/67172/215453 NorCal Loves Teams]||September 10th, 2016||9th||4th||Reno
|-
|[[SSS: Blood For Blood]]||October 15th, 2016||17th||5th||{{Sm|Nintendude}}
|-
|[[Norcal Validated]]||January 14th, 2017||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||65th||17th||Zhu
|-
|[[Norcal Validated 2]]||February 11th, 2017||5th||2nd||Reno
|-
|{{b|Royal Flush|tournament}}||May 12th-14th, 2017||13th||9th||Reno
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-123/event/melee-singles/brackets/138155 Get Smashed 123]||June 20th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO 2017]]||July 14th-16th, 2017||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Shine 2017]]||August 25th-27th, 2017||65th||13th||Reno
|-
|[http://challonge.com/bgw18 BattleGateWay 18]||November 3rd, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/sss-blood-for-blood-2/event/melee-singles/brackets/183348/468435 SSS: Blood For Blood 2]||December 9th, 2017||5th||7th||Nintendude
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/spartan-3-norcal-melee/events Spartan 3]||January 6th, 2018||5th||1st||Reno
|-
|[[GENESIS 5]]||January 19th-21st, 2018||25th||9th||Reno
|- 
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/gator-games-monthly-2/event/melee-singles/brackets/200687 Gator Games Monthly #2]||February 3rd, 2018||2nd||1st||{{Sm|NMW}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/gator-games-monthly-3-1/event/melee-singles/brackets/209285 Gator Games Monthly #3]||March 3rd, 2018||5th (DQ)||3rd||Reno
|-
|{{Trn|Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition|g=SSBM}}||April 7th, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/emerald-city-7/event/melee-singles/brackets/415487 Emerald City 7]||September 29th, 2018||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Moky}}
|-
|{{Trn|The Mang0: Homecoming|g=SSBM}}||November 10th-11th, 2018||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Wombo Combo: 10 Year Anniversary|g=SSBM}}||December 8th, 2018||13th||5th||Reno
|-
|{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2018|g=SSBM}}||December 15th-16th, 2018||&mdash;||33rd||Reno
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/weds-night-fights-x-oakland-2019-s2ep02/event/melee-single/brackets/499499/863664 Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 S2E2]||January 9th-10th, 2019||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pre-Genesix|g=SSBM}}||January 31st, 2019||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBM}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||49th||9th||Reno
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/bonus-stage-20-smash-bros-melee/event/melee-singles/brackets/548581/926830 Bonus Stage #20]||February 28th, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Fight Pitt 9|g=SSBM}}||April 6th, 2019||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Lucky}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/people-s-tuesday-1/event/melee-doubles/brackets/579204/968034 People's Tuesday #1]||May 14th, 2019||&mdash;||2nd||{{Sm|Suzarya}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 9|g=SSBM}}||January 20th-22nd, 2023||33rd||33rd||Reno
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://challonge.com/sspmdoubles5314 Squabbles]||May 3rd, 2014||&mdash;||1st||{{Sm|ChuDat}}
|-
|[[KTAR XI]]||November 22nd, 2014||&mdash;||3rd||{{Sm|UltimaScout}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Chu's Biweekly]]||March 1st, 2008||5th||3rd||{{Sm|Eggm}}
|-
|[[Beyond the Limit 2]]||November 14th, 2009||13th||5th||{{Sm|Beat}}
|}

==Trivia==
*Commentators often comment on Cactuar's resemblance to Canadian actor {{s|wikipedia|Keanu Reeves}}, jokingly referring to him as Neo (after the main character in ''{{iw|wikipedia|The Matrix|franchise}}'', played by Reeves) or Keanu.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/cactussmash Twitter account]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/WSFLCactuar YouTube channel]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/cactuar.33598/ SmashBoards public profile]

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