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'''Aldwyn McCloud''', mostly known as Aldwyn, is an Italian [[smasher]] and is hailed to be the best regionally | '''Aldwyn McCloud''', mostly known as Aldwyn, is an Italian [[smasher]] and is hailed to be the best regionally. Although he is mostly known for his [[Falco]], he plays [[Fox]] as a main character too. Many people claimed his [[Fox]] is actually better, but Aldwyn usually sticks to [[Falco]] during big events as he says playing Fox requires a higher level of concentration which might more easily result in a loss of focus. He also likes to play as [[Captain_Falcon_%28SSBM%29|Captain Falcon]], [[Sheik]] and [[Marth]]. | ||
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There is some debate amongst the regional community as to whether or not Aldwyn is a better overall smasher than his local rival Seretur. Often considered a moot point (especially amongst the players themselves), Aldwyn's recent tournament results generally place him at the top.Seretur on the other hand won all of the most important Italian tournaments that took place prior to '''ST2''' and placed 7th at '''RoS3''' in Sweden (July 2006), another very big tournament in Europe. | There is some debate amongst the regional community as to whether or not Aldwyn is a better overall smasher than his local rival Seretur. Often considered a moot point (especially amongst the players themselves), Aldwyn's recent tournament results generally place him at the top.Seretur on the other hand won all of the most important Italian tournaments that took place prior to '''ST2''' and placed 7th at '''RoS3''' in Sweden (July 2006), another very big tournament in Europe. | ||
Things | Things have been changing since '''AoM1''' (April 2007) where both tournament and friendlies results show a little tendency of Aldwyn winning over Seretur. | ||
Ranking Aldwyn on the world smash scene still remains pretty difficult as he never traveled outside Europe and only joined 3 European big tournaments. However his placements at JST5 in Holland and RoS4 in Sweden had him being considered a high level smasher throughout Europe. Outside of Europe he is less known, primarily due to a lack of videos featuring his gameplay. | Ranking Aldwyn on the world smash scene still remains pretty difficult as he never traveled outside Europe and only joined 3 European big tournaments. However his placements at JST5 in Holland and RoS4 in Sweden had him being considered a high level smasher throughout Europe. Outside of Europe he is less known, primarily due to a lack of videos featuring his gameplay. | ||
After RoS4, probably his best performance, he began a slow decline caused both by the improvement of his European rivals and his inactivity which eventually lead to a full year of pause from smash (2008). | |||
He started playing again in the beginning of 2009, not taking the game as seriously as before, but still playing every now and then. | |||
While Aldwyn himself no longer considers himself to be European top5 worth (or at least claiming it is debatable), pretty much everyone in the Italian community considers his regional supremacy to be unaffected by his period of inactivity (with the exception of his main rival '''Seretur''', with the claim that too much time has passed since the last time the two of them played). On the European scene, he is still feared by most people as a dangerous opponent, opinion supported by Aldwyn's constant 1st placing in pools and top seeding. | |||
In the 18 months arc between half 2006 and fall 2007, Aldwyn has been widely acknowledged as the best Falco in Europe. Nowadays, although the majority of Europe considers '''CalleW''' from Sweden to be the best Falco in Europe, some people still claim Aldwyn deserves the title (though CalleW won a set from Aldwyn 3-0 in the beginning of 2008). Aldwyn himself remained neutral in the debate, on one hand recognizing his last defeat in tournament against the Swedish player, on the other hand claiming that he still understands and exploits the strenghts of his character better than his Swedish rival. | |||
==Style== | ==Style== | ||
Aldwyn | Aldwyn used to train with '''Tosxychor''', another Italian SSBM player who happened to be Aldwyn's best friend. However, he soon began to think the time he spent on SSBM wasn't enough and he therefore decided to train using [[CPU]]s. After his period of pause, he strongly reduced the time spent on smash, limiting his activity to tournaments (mostly in Italy) and random smashfests also due to '''Tosxychor''''s complete retirement from the scene after Brawl's relase. | ||
For those who have been able to play him, Aldwyn is considered to be a smart player, however several players and Aldwyn himself claim that his real strength resides in his technical speed. Aldwyn's | For those who have been able to play him, Aldwyn is considered to be a smart player, however several players and Aldwyn himself claim that his real strength resides in his technical speed. Aldwyn's gameplay is a balance between technical devices and strategical skills. The claim of the Italian player is that Falco and Fox are characters that unlike others requires extreme speed to be played competitively, therefore demanding high technical skills from the player. However, focusing too much on being fast will often result in acting too recklessy which, still according to aldwyn's opinion, is the main mistake that backfires on most of Fox/Falco mains both in USA and Europe. | ||
Aldwyn often plays better in friendlies rather than in tournament matches, having concentration problems during big events. He cares more about an overall view of the skills and the players rather than of tournament results, however he is also known for disliking losing. | Aldwyn often plays better in friendlies rather than in tournament matches, having concentration problems during big events. He cares more about an overall view of the skills and the players rather than of tournament results, however he is also known for disliking losing. | ||
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Aldwyn hates cheap playing, especially chain grabs and "spamming". He therefore usually bans [[Final Destination]] against most players. Although the majority of [[Falco]] players tend to prefer the venue, Aldwyn's movement-based playstyle actually results in Final Destination ''not'' working to his advantage, as he prefers closer spaces and platforms with which to land heavier combos. | Aldwyn hates cheap playing, especially chain grabs and "spamming". He therefore usually bans [[Final Destination]] against most players. Although the majority of [[Falco]] players tend to prefer the venue, Aldwyn's movement-based playstyle actually results in Final Destination ''not'' working to his advantage, as he prefers closer spaces and platforms with which to land heavier combos. | ||
Aldwyn likes the Japanese playing style, trying to imitate Hiko's and [[Thunders]]' play. He also likes Helios' and Remen's Foxes and PC Chris' [[Falco]]. | Aldwyn likes the Japanese playing style, trying to imitate Hiko's and [[Thunders]]' play. He also likes Helios' and Remen's Foxes and PC Chris' [[Falco]]. | ||
Aldwyn used to almost always team with Tosxychor in Italian tournaments. Since Chor's retirement, he doesn't have a fix team mate anymore. During European events, he instead often changed team mate usually trying to build as much balanced and well working teams as possible using the available Italians of the event. This resulted in him getting 7th place at RoS3 (July 2006, with Seretur), 5th place at JST5 (December 2006, with Chor), 5th place at SMACK (March 2009, with Dax) still going nowhere near winning any big team tournament in Europe. On the Italian scene he instead usually dominates teams as well, sometimes even teaming with computer players for fun during friendlies. | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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Aldwyn McCloud, mostly known as Aldwyn, is an Italian smasher and is hailed to be the best regionally. Although he is mostly known for his Falco, he plays Fox as a main character too. Many people claimed his Fox is actually better, but Aldwyn usually sticks to Falco during big events as he says playing Fox requires a higher level of concentration which might more easily result in a loss of focus. He also likes to play as Captain Falcon, Sheik and Marth.
Background
He began playing the game during 2005, well after the majority of the players in the area had been playing, therefore he had to develop a solid understanding of the advanced game in order to even compete.
He received the first introduction to the professional aspects of the game when he met the French players Joanna Dark and Doraki, along with Helios from Sweden at the EoM tournament, which took place in Italy in December 2005. From then on, Aldwyn would train seriously in order to compete on the smash scene.
Aldwyn won the 2 biggest Italian tournaments to date: ST2 (June 2006) and EoM2 (September 2006). He proved to be a dangerous opponent on the wider European scene by placing 5th at JST5 in Holland (December 2006) and 2nd at RoS4 (July 2007).
Best Italian smasher?
There is some debate amongst the regional community as to whether or not Aldwyn is a better overall smasher than his local rival Seretur. Often considered a moot point (especially amongst the players themselves), Aldwyn's recent tournament results generally place him at the top.Seretur on the other hand won all of the most important Italian tournaments that took place prior to ST2 and placed 7th at RoS3 in Sweden (July 2006), another very big tournament in Europe.
Things have been changing since AoM1 (April 2007) where both tournament and friendlies results show a little tendency of Aldwyn winning over Seretur.
Ranking Aldwyn on the world smash scene still remains pretty difficult as he never traveled outside Europe and only joined 3 European big tournaments. However his placements at JST5 in Holland and RoS4 in Sweden had him being considered a high level smasher throughout Europe. Outside of Europe he is less known, primarily due to a lack of videos featuring his gameplay.
After RoS4, probably his best performance, he began a slow decline caused both by the improvement of his European rivals and his inactivity which eventually lead to a full year of pause from smash (2008).
He started playing again in the beginning of 2009, not taking the game as seriously as before, but still playing every now and then.
While Aldwyn himself no longer considers himself to be European top5 worth (or at least claiming it is debatable), pretty much everyone in the Italian community considers his regional supremacy to be unaffected by his period of inactivity (with the exception of his main rival Seretur, with the claim that too much time has passed since the last time the two of them played). On the European scene, he is still feared by most people as a dangerous opponent, opinion supported by Aldwyn's constant 1st placing in pools and top seeding.
In the 18 months arc between half 2006 and fall 2007, Aldwyn has been widely acknowledged as the best Falco in Europe. Nowadays, although the majority of Europe considers CalleW from Sweden to be the best Falco in Europe, some people still claim Aldwyn deserves the title (though CalleW won a set from Aldwyn 3-0 in the beginning of 2008). Aldwyn himself remained neutral in the debate, on one hand recognizing his last defeat in tournament against the Swedish player, on the other hand claiming that he still understands and exploits the strenghts of his character better than his Swedish rival.
Style
Aldwyn used to train with Tosxychor, another Italian SSBM player who happened to be Aldwyn's best friend. However, he soon began to think the time he spent on SSBM wasn't enough and he therefore decided to train using CPUs. After his period of pause, he strongly reduced the time spent on smash, limiting his activity to tournaments (mostly in Italy) and random smashfests also due to Tosxychor's complete retirement from the scene after Brawl's relase.
For those who have been able to play him, Aldwyn is considered to be a smart player, however several players and Aldwyn himself claim that his real strength resides in his technical speed. Aldwyn's gameplay is a balance between technical devices and strategical skills. The claim of the Italian player is that Falco and Fox are characters that unlike others requires extreme speed to be played competitively, therefore demanding high technical skills from the player. However, focusing too much on being fast will often result in acting too recklessy which, still according to aldwyn's opinion, is the main mistake that backfires on most of Fox/Falco mains both in USA and Europe.
Aldwyn often plays better in friendlies rather than in tournament matches, having concentration problems during big events. He cares more about an overall view of the skills and the players rather than of tournament results, however he is also known for disliking losing.
Aldwyn hates cheap playing, especially chain grabs and "spamming". He therefore usually bans Final Destination against most players. Although the majority of Falco players tend to prefer the venue, Aldwyn's movement-based playstyle actually results in Final Destination not working to his advantage, as he prefers closer spaces and platforms with which to land heavier combos.
Aldwyn likes the Japanese playing style, trying to imitate Hiko's and Thunders' play. He also likes Helios' and Remen's Foxes and PC Chris' Falco.
Aldwyn used to almost always team with Tosxychor in Italian tournaments. Since Chor's retirement, he doesn't have a fix team mate anymore. During European events, he instead often changed team mate usually trying to build as much balanced and well working teams as possible using the available Italians of the event. This resulted in him getting 7th place at RoS3 (July 2006, with Seretur), 5th place at JST5 (December 2006, with Chor), 5th place at SMACK (March 2009, with Dax) still going nowhere near winning any big team tournament in Europe. On the Italian scene he instead usually dominates teams as well, sometimes even teaming with computer players for fun during friendlies.
Trivia
- Aldwyn never plays for money, claiming that the fun of playing is supposed to be the real and only objective.
- Unlike a lot of SSBM players who care more about the Tier list position rather than the character himself, Aldwyn's main Falco is also his favorite Nintendo character along with Metaknight. He is also a fan of the Zelda series characters (especially Ganondorf), Mario and Luigi, DK and C.Falcon. He also seems to dislike Princess Peach, asserting (like many other players) that Peach is an anagram for "cheap".
- Aldwyn's best friend out of Italy is Joanna Dark. Together, with Seretur, they share the use of Falco and each of them significantly contributed to the development of the style of the others.
