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{{Infobox Smasher | {{Infobox Smasher | ||
| name | | name = Fly Amanita | ||
| image | | image = Fly amanita 2.png | ||
| mainssbm | | mainssbm = Ice Climbers | ||
| otherssbm | | otherssbm = Sheik | ||
| mainpm | | mainpm = King Dedede | ||
| otherpm | | otherpm = Sheik | ||
| rankingssbm | | rankingssbm = [[SSBMRank 2015]]: 30th | ||
| | | bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank 2011]]: 6th | ||
| realname = Jeremy Westfahl | |||
| realname | | location = Claremont, California | ||
| location | | country = United States | ||
| country | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Fly Amanita''' is an American [[smasher]] who | '''Fly Amanita''' is an American [[smasher]] who [[main]]s {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} with a strong Sheik secondary in ''[[Melee]]'', and is considered to be one of the best Ice Climbers players in the world, along with {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|Nintendude}}, {{Sm|dizzkidboogie}}, and {{Sm|Wobbles}}. Fly Amanita was formerly ranked 11th on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and 30th on [[SSBMRank 2015]]. He went on hiatus to focus on his math doctorate and has since unofficially retired, citing a lack of interest in competing. | ||
At [[EVO 2014]], Fly Amanita managed to place 7th in ''Melee'' singles. He defeated {{Sm|Ice}} 2-1 and {{Sm|Nintendude}} 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool before losing to {{Sm|Armada}} 0-2, and then defeated {{Sm|Chillin}} 2-0 in the losers' bracket to make into the top 8 bracket from losers'. In losers' top 8, he brought {{Sm|PPMD}} down to the last stock of game 3, but eventually lost 1-2. Fly Amanita's best placing ever was at [[Press Start]] placing 2nd losing 6-0 to {{Sm|Mango}}. | At [[EVO 2014]], Fly Amanita managed to place 7th in ''Melee'' singles. He defeated {{Sm|Ice}} 2-1 and {{Sm|Nintendude}} 2-0 in the winners' quarters pool before losing to {{Sm|Armada}} 0-2, and then defeated {{Sm|Chillin}} 2-0 in the losers' bracket to make into the top 8 bracket from losers'. In losers' top 8, he brought {{Sm|PPMD}} down to the last stock of game 3, but eventually lost 1-2. Fly Amanita's best placing ever was at [[Press Start]] placing 2nd losing 6-0 to {{Sm|Mango}}. | ||
Fly Amanita is also a former member of the Project M Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the {{PM|Ice Climbers}}. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in ''Project M'' tournaments, but rather uses {{PM|King Dedede}} instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at [[Apex 2014]]'s ''Project M'' event using only him. He was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings. | Fly Amanita is also a former member of the ''[[Project M]]'' Backroom, having assisted in the new redesign of the {{PM|Ice Climbers}}. Despite this, he does not use the Ice Climbers in ''Project M'' tournaments, but rather uses {{PM|King Dedede}} instead. He is considered one of the best King Dedede players in the world, and placed 5th at [[Apex 2014]]'s ''Project M'' event using only him. He was formerly ranked 2nd on the SoCal Project M Power Rankings. | ||
==Playstyle== | |||
Fly Amanita has been well-known to not be proficient at [[wobbling]], which somewhat limits his punishes at the highest level. This is because in a tournament setting, he typically cannot react to landing a grab quickly enough and will mess up the wobble timing, whereas he can continue his punish more organically with hand-off combos, which are ironically much more difficult technically than wobbling. However, he will refuse to enter majors that ban wobbling out of principle, notably not attending [[The Big House 4]]. | |||
To compensate for this, Fly Amanita developed strong fundamentals and a unique, unusual approach to the Ice Climbers' otherwise lackluster [[neutral game]]. At the beginning of his career, he built his game plan around completely shutting down his opponent's options, but has since developed a more well-rounded playstyle<ref name="Hi, this is Fly Amanita. AMA!">https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2bwelm/hi_this_is_fly_amanita_ama/cj9m5fs/</ref>. His [[Sopo]] is also known to be one of the best in the world, famously clutching out a win against {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} at [[Kings of Cali 3]]. | |||
==Tournament placings== | ==Tournament placings== | ||
===''Melee''=== | ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''=== | ||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner | ||
|- | |||
|{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit|g=SSBM}}||December 6th, 2008||7th||13th||{{Sm|Nate}} | |||
|- | |||
|[[Mango Juice]]||March 21st, 2009||—||25th||{{Sm|Azn Lep}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||25th||—||— | |[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||25th||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Don't Go Down There Jeff]]||December 18th-20th, 2010||5th||13th| | |[[Active Gamers]]||September 26th-27th, 2009||5th||4th||{{Sm|Julian}} | ||
|- | |||
|[[Pat's House]]||November 14th-15th, 2009||25th||—||— | |||
|- | |||
|[[R3]]||December 19th-20th, 2009||17th||3rd||{{Sm|Replicate}} | |||
|- | |||
|[[Good Shit German]]||July 24th-25th, 2010||7th||5th||Replicate | |||
|- | |||
|[[Don't Go Down There Jeff]]||December 18th-20th, 2010||5th||13th||Azn Lep | |||
|- | |||
|[[Winter Game Fest VI]]||January 22nd-23rd, 2011||3rd||—||— | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||13th||—||— | |[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||13th||—||— | ||
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|[[Kings of Cali 2]]||April 13th-14th, 2013||5th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}} | |[[Kings of Cali 2]]||April 13th-14th, 2013||5th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}} | ||
|- | |||
|[[NorCal Regionals 2013]]||April 26th-28th, 2013||5th||—||— | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||17th||—||— | |[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||17th||—||— | ||
|- | |||
|[[LanHammer 2013]]||August 17th-18th, 2013||3rd||—||— | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||2nd||—||— | |[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||2nd||—||— | ||
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|[[Tipped Off 11]]||November 7th, 2015||9th||—||— | |[[Tipped Off 11]]||November 7th, 2015||9th||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://start.gg/tournament/mayhem-26/brackets/12594/28972/96618 Mayhem 26]||April 23rd, 2016||5th||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-44/brackets/12728/33244/111571 Super Smash Sundays 44]||May 15th, 2016||3rd||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |[https://start.gg/tournament/super-smash-sundays-47/brackets/13923/50092/165487 Super Smash Sundays 47]||July 3rd, 2016||4th||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||49th||—||— | |[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||49th||—||— | ||
|- | |||
|[http://challonge.com/ccw32317 Claremont College Paid Weekly 3/22/17]||March 22nd, 2017||1st||—||— | |||
|} | |} | ||
===''Project M''=== | ===''[[Project M]]''=== | ||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner | ||
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|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||5th||—||— | |[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||5th||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | |[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/super-smash-sundays-project-m-singles-2-16-14.457/ Super Smash Sundays 2-16-2014]||February 16th, 2014||2nd||—||— | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th|||| | |[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||17th|||| | ||
|} | |} | ||
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''=== | |||
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''=== | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[AxisGaming]]||August 30, 2008||17th||—||— | |[[AxisGaming]]||August 30, 2008||17th||—||— | ||
|- | |||
|{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit|g=SSBB}}||December 6th, 2008||5th||4th||{{Sm|Hall}} | |||
|- | |||
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||49th||—||— | |||
|} | |} | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Southern California smashers]] | [[Category:Southern California smashers]] | ||
[[Category:Ice Climbers players (SSBM)]] | |||
[[Category:Sheik players (SSBM)]] | |||
[[Category:King Dedede players (PM)]] | |||
[[Category:Sheik players (PM)]] | |||
[[Category:VIP players]] | [[Category:VIP players]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Smashboards moderators]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Project M developers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Panelists]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Retired players]] | ||