Smasher:Technicals

Technicals "XFaZeLiNkX"
Character info
Smash 4 main	Fox
Retired Smash 4 character	Toon Link
Personal and other info
Real name	Brandon Jackson
Location	Oklahoma
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Upper mid level

Technicals is a YouTuber from Las Vegas, Nevada, who initially was a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Fox player, where he was formerly ranked 8th on the Las Vegas Smash 4 Power Rankings. He would later gain notoriety for his series of YouTube videos covering the misconduct allegations within the competitive Smash community from 2020 and onwards. Technicals began uploading YouTube videos in 2015, with a few of his videos focused on creating guides for Toon Link in Smash 4, often referring to himself as "XFaZeLiNkX". He would also upload several gameplay videos of Smash 4 on his side channel, which has since gone inactive.

Overview

One of the first videos of his modern content was one where he criticizes JK's actions after an incident involving an attempted vehicular homicide towards several people including Technicals, Charliedaking, and S2H in November 2017. This was a follow-up from a Twitlonger that Technicals released, which reported the incident and resulted in JK's ban from locals in the Las Vegas scene. At the time of the video's upload, JK was allowed back into the Las Vegas Smash 4 community, following the community backroom unbanning him, believing that he changed, while Technicals argues that he hasn't, citing his unapologetic nature, self-centered belief of being safe with other players, and lack of communication with the victims.

Technicals would eventually branch out into commentary and rant style videos, with many centered around criticizing other smashers or investigating the cases of smashers embroiled in controversy. Technicals would go on to criticize Ally, ESAM, false, and several other players. He would also cover topics such as tamim's accusations of pedophilia in the Smash community. Some of these videos are now unlisted, such as his commentary on Pierce. The first video from Technicals to gain significant traction was a video on ESAM in 2020, which was a follow-up from a previous video he did in 2018 that criticized his content and his beliefs within the community. In this video, he accuses ESAM of hypocrisy for calling out other figures within the community for inappropriate behavior such as racism and sexism, despite ESAM's past behavior being very similar. This video prompted ESAM to make a response video apologizing for his behavior back then, and would later apologize to MJG and FOW for promoting false claims about them as well.

Technicals would gain further notoriety for his series of YouTube videos covering the misconduct allegations within the competitive Smash community in 2020. Several videos involve ZeRo, due to Jisu repetitively spreading misinformation about the allegations against them, and he would later make a case for ZeRo being innocent of several of these accusations, but later took the video down after Jisu threatened to sue him if didn't comply. He later interviewed players such as ANTi regarding the allegations made towards him, and cover controversies surrounding Sky Williams and CaptainZack. He would also advocate for Samsora and Nairo's bans, and make videos criticizing other figureheads in the community, such as VGBootCamp, then for WaDi's ban later, although the latter claimed he retired and will not return in the Smash community. He also collaborates with another Smash YouTuber known as theFranChise as well as appearing in videos from other YouTubers, such as, now controversial figure since 2024, MamaMax during the #PickASideYouTube movement and EmpLemon for his rant about the Nintendo fanbase.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Hero to ZeRo	November 5th-7th, 2016	129th / 1019	—	—
Battle on the Strip	November 12th-20th, 2016	61st / 235	—	—
2GGT: ZeRo Saga	December 16th-18th, 2016	97th / 361	33rd / 105	Brosinex
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	481st / 1508	—	—
2GGC: SCR Saga	August 19th-20th, 2017	129th / 301	—	—
2GGC: West Side Saga	September 9th, 2017	193rd / 300	—	—
Rise 2018	March 17th-18th, 2018	73rd / 150	13th / 42	Brosinex
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	March 24th-25th, 2018	25th / 154	—	—

Controversy

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Following his actions, Technicals has made himself relevant towards not only the Super Smash Bros. community, but also any franchises featuring a competitive scene, including the entire fighting game community. As such, there has been a mixed reception from both his fans and communities as controversies appeared alongside his actions.

External links

• YouTube channel
• Twitter account

Gameplay videos

• BKO | AC vs Tsugi | Technicals - Pools - Battle for Vegas
• Rise 2018 Wave 2 Pools - Stroder (Greninja) vs Technicals (Fox)
• Technicals (Toon Link) vs. Fow (Ness) - Wii U Grand Finals - S4M
• CaiusRed (Shulk) vs. Technicals (Toon Link) - Wii U Winners Round 2 - S4M
• 2GGT: ZeRo Saga - AC + Charliedaking (Red) Vs. Brosinex + Technicals (Blue) Doubles Winners