Smasher:Andy

G5 Andy "Tero"
Character info
Melee main	Fox
Other Melee characters	Sheik, Marth
Project M mains	Wolf, Diddy Kong
Other Project M character	Ike
Team info
Crew(s)	Game 5
Personal and other info
Location	BW
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Professional

Andy (also G5 Andy, previously known as Tero) is a Melee and Project M player and tournament director from Germany who also used to live in Sweden. He started playing competitive Smash Bros. in 2007 and is a member and co-founder of the crew Game 5.

Competition

During his active time his peak placings were 1st in his states BW Power Rankings and tied for 6th in the German Melee Power Ranking. He actively stopped playing in 2010 and dropped out of the German Power Ranking. However as shown at Osmash in 2014 and SiP2 in 2015 he is still able to place top 10 at german nationals. Being a former multi character main he switched to solo Fox in 2013, but is still able to play nearly any viable character at a decent level, mainly having a strong Marth and Sheik for counterpicks. Yomi and Andy used to be considered one of the best teams in Germany after winning SFK2 in 2008, they were also considered a threat for a lot of european top teams taking out Ice/Pamaro, Makenshi/JD, Marc/Utto among others.

Tournament Director

Together with Yomi, he hosted the European major Smash Royale in 2008, which earned the title "Best European Tournament 2008". Andy also co-hosted nearly every German national from 2007 onwards (for example SMASH ATTACK or the Osmash Series), usually taking the primary part in seeding players, creating brackets and enforcing people to play their matches so that the tournament can finish on time.

Community Work

Andy was a member of the Smash Back Room for both Melee and Brawl on Smash World Forums, administrator on German Smash Boards, and a founding member of the streaming groups Salty Playground and Geeky Goon Squad. He was also responsible for most rule sets and power rankings in the german community. Notably he made the initiative to change the German standard for Dave's Stupid Rule and called it Tero's Smart Rule for fun. This version of modified DSR was later adapted in other European countries as well. Andy and fellow Melee players from Freiburg founded the organisation NoTech Gaming to improve the quality of their tournaments.

Tournament Results

Tournament	Country	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Team Partner
RtB2		08/31/2007	13th	3nd	Yomi
XFZ		12/28/2007	3rd	1st	Yomi
Epita Smash Arena 2		02/23/2008	65th	17th	Yomi
TSL2		04/16/2008	9th	2nd	Yomi
Smash Royale		07/27/2008	7th	4th	Yomi
TSL3		08/09/2008	13th	3rd	Yomi
SMASH ATTACK		04/03/2009	49th	13th	Yomi
Epita Smash Arena 3		04/11/2009	25th	9th	Yomi
OSTS:A		20/11/2009	17th	4th	Yomi
TSL5		02/19/2010	25th	5th	Makkura
Berlin Calling		04/02/2010	17th	9th	Yomi
Smash Needs You		08/16/2010	17th	7th	Yomi
B.E.A.S.T 4		02/17/2014	49th	25th	Kadano
OSmash#4		04/19/2014	9th	7th	Pasi
Republic of Fighters 3		05/18/2014	33rd	17th	Beat
Resurrection		06/20/2014	9th	7th	Stivo
Smash im Pott 2		03/28/2015	7th	3rd	Yomi

(Only notable events are listed.)

Trivia

• Andy became infamous for timing out Swedish top player Pepito with Jigglypuff while still having 4 stocks left. This match lead to a heated-up debate whether or not planking should be banned or limited in Melee.
• He is also known for being one of the few people constantly using the "Claw" Controller Grip

External Links

• Twitter - Andys public profile
• Smash World Forums - Andys public profile
• German Smash Boards - Andys public profile
• All is Brawl - Andys public profile