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| sponsor       = {{Team|Panda}}
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| realname      = Andrew Nestico
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| location      = Ontario
| country       = Canada
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'''PracticalTAS''', sometimes referred to as simply '''PTAS''', is a Canadian mathematician who is a prominent member of the competitive ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' scene. He is a statistician and analyst for {{Team|Panda}}'s PGStats division and is responsible for the algorithm used for the first two seasons of the [[Panda Global Rankings Ultimate]], along with being in charge of the [[Melee Panda Global Rankings]]. He was previously an analyst for both [[SSBMRank]] and the [[Panda Global Rankings]]. PracticalTAS is also a member of the [[Universal Controller Fix]] team and the [[Melee Competition Committee]].

PracticalTAS is also a prominent ''Super Smash Bros.'' [[YouTube]] content creator. For ''Melee'', he primarily focuses on demonstrating tool-assisted gameplay, but has also published informative technical videos, world record progression videos, and tournament highlights. For ''Ultimate'', he primarily focuses on informative videos.

Outside of ''Smash'', PracticalTAS was also the "Rankings Expert" for the [[wikipedia:Dragon Ball FighterZ|Dragon Ball FighterZ]]-focused [https://panda.gg/blogs/pgstats/shenrons-snubs-pgrz-methods Panda Global Rankings Z].

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Canada Cup 2017}}||October 28th-30th, 2017||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|EGLX 2018}}||March 9th-11th, 2018||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Mango's Birthday Bash}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|EGLX 2018}}||March 9th-11th, 2018||&mdash;||33rd||{{Sm|Maria745}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/ultimate-ebs-x-zen-gaming-33/details Ultimate EBS x Zen Gaming #33]||August 13th, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Mango's Birthday Bash}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS Twitter page]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpowlBomny8H4P_WekOzkSQ/ YouTube channel]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/practicaltas Twitch channel]

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