Editing Smasher:Germ

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Germ
| image         = Germ.jpg
| mainssb4      = Mega Man
| mainssbb      = Wolf 
| mainssbm      = Link
| otherssbm     = Falco
| 2ndotherssbm  = 
| crew          = [[DBR]]
| bestresultssbm  = 17th / 192 at {{Trn|Zero Challenge 2|g=SSBM}}
| realname      = German Roverso
| birthdate     = 
| location      = Concord, CA
| country       = United States
}}

'''Germ''', formerly known as '''The GERM''', is an American ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' player from [[Northern California]], historically known to be one of the best {{SSBM|Link}} [[main]]s in the world during the [[golden age]] and co-founder of {{Trn|GENESIS|series}}. He is well known for his aggressively fast play style with Link and has achieved the most success as a Link main in tournaments. He is primarily well known in the competitive scene for putting together and editing [[DBR]]'s [[Evolution]], and for his part in the same video as a player. He also created {{YouTube|9TE4bIDlF8c|Linkology}} and {{YouTube|cMWYcVrljmA|The Hylian Nightmare}}, two supplementary Link videos. Germ has been playing ''Melee'' competitively since 2002.

Germ was formerly ranked 4th on the [[NorCal Power Rankings|NorCal Melee Power Rankings]] and was known as one of Northern California's top 10 players from 2006 to 2009. 

Despite still occasionally entering tournaments, Germ is now a freelance illustrator and a concept artist, and happily married to Jes Roverso, his wife since 2022.

==Rankings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
====[[NorCal Melee Power Rankings]]====
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Time period!!Rank!!Character(s)!!Notes
|-
|[[NorCal_Power_Rankings#September_26.2C_2006|September 26, 2006]]||&mdash;||4th||{{Head|Link|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[NorCal_Power_Rankings#January_11.2C_2009|January 11, 2009]]||&mdash;||5th||{{Head|Link|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[NorCal_Power_Rankings#July_22.2C_2009|July 22, 2009]]||&mdash;||7th||{{Head|Link|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|[[NorCal_Power_Rankings#June_2015|June 2015]]||&mdash;||17th||{{Head|Link|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||
|-
|}

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/comment/192840/#Comment_192840 707 Tournament]||March 13th, 2004||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Tournament Go 6|g=SSBM}}||August 21st-22nd, 2004||25th / 112||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MLG San Francisco 2005|g=SSBM}}||February 26th-27th, 2005||7th / 100+||5th||{{Sm|Mike Nasty}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=5 Champ Combo: NorCal Edition]||April 8th, 2006||5th||5th||{{Sm|The King}}
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Anaheim 2006|g=SSBM}}||June 23rd-24th, 2006||25th / 160||9th||{{Sm|Eddie}}
|-
|{{Trn|Zero Challenge 2|g=SSBM}}||August 15th-17th, 2006||17th / 192||9th||The King
|-
|[[NorCal Tournament]]||October 28th, 2006||9th / 129||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=105 UCLA Monthlies II]||March 24th, 2007||7th||7th||{{Sm|DieSuperFly}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=141 Super Smash Royale]||April 28th, 2007||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Zero Challenge 3|g=SSBM}}||July 20th-22nd, 2007||25th / 228||25th||{{Sm|Hella}}
|-
|{{Trn|Super Champ Combo|g=SSBM}}||September 29th-30th, 2007||97th||17th||Hella
|-
|{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit|g=SSBM}}||December 6th, 2008||9th||?||?
|-
|[[Mango Juice]]||March 21st, 2009||25th||17th||{{Sm|Zelgadis}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS|g=SSBM}}||July 10th-12th, 2009||25th / 290||13th||The King
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 4|g=SSBM}}||January 16th-18th, 2010||49th||33rd||{{Sm|HomeMadeWaffles}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 2|g=SSBM}}||July 15th-17th, 2011||?||33rd||The King
|-
|[[NorCal Regionals 2013]]||April 26th-28th, 2013||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2013|g=SSBM}}||July 10th-12th, 2013||139th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[LanHammer 2013]]||August 17th-18th, 2013||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Kings of Cali 3|g=SSBM}}||December 14th-15th, 2013||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2014|g=SSBM}}||January 17th-19th, 2014||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Next Episode]]||March 22nd-23rd, 2014||17th / 147||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Anaheim 2014|g=SSBM}}||June 20th-22nd, 2014||269th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2014|g=SSBM}}||July 11th-13th, 2014||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Do You Fox Wit It?]]|| November 15th-16th, 2014||25th / 211||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|I'm Not Yelling!|g=SSBM}}||April 11th-12th, 2015||49th / 316||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EVO 2015|g=SSBM}}||July 17th-19th, 2015||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-at-the-foundry-61/event/melee-singles/standings Get Smashed at the Foundry 61]||September 15th-16th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-42/event/melee-singles/overview Super Smash Sundays 42]||March 6th, 2016||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-at-the-foundry-85/event/melee-singles/overview Get Smashed at the Foundry 85]||March 29th-30th, 2016||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 5|g=SSBM}}||January 19th-21st, 2018||257th||97th||{{Sm|Alex19}}
|-
|{{Trn|Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition|g=SSBM}}||April 7th, 2018||17th / 182||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBM}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||&mdash;||65th||{{Sm|CJ}}
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 7|g=SSBM}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||385th||129th||{{Sm|Ragtime Mouse}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[AxisGaming]]||August 30, 2008||9th / 303||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://showdowngg.challonge.com/ShowdownSm4sh3 Showdown Sm4sh 3]||January 8th, 2015||7th / 39||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==Gameplay videos==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToeI7lbdd1I The Next Episode - Tai (Marth) Vs. The GERM (Link) - Pools]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZwOJ3dvCQ Kings of Cali 4 - KoopaTroopa895 (Mario) Vs. The GERM (Link) - Pools]

==Trivia==
*Germ created the official poster of {{Sm|Samox}}'s documentary, ''[[The Smash Brothers]]''.
*Germ is notable in ''Melee'' for having solo-Link's first top 8 placement at a [[Tournament#Locations_and_sizes|super-regional]] tournament, with his 7th place finish out of 100+ entrants at [[MLG San Francisco 2005]].

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Germ_Roverso Twitter account]
*[http://www.germroverso.com/ Personal website]

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