Smasher:Andy

Andy Lawliet "Tero"
Character info
Melee mains	Fox, Sheik
Other Melee characters	Marth, Falco
Project M mains	Wolf, Meta Knight
Team info
Crew(s)	Game 5
Personal and other info
Location	BW
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Professional Professional

Andy or Andy Lawliet is a Melee player, tournament director and community leader from Germany who used to live in Sweden and was formerly known under the alias Tero. He started playing competitive Smash Bros. in 2007 and is known for being able to play a wide variety of the cast at a high level.

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 tournament logistics. He was also the main head behind the german national How Dair You and TO for the European Smash Circuit Event Helix in Berlin.

Community Work

Andy was a member of the Smash Back Room for both Melee and Brawl on SmashBoards, administrator and founder of the German Smash Boards, and a founding member of the streaming groups Salty Playground and Geeky Goon Squad. He was responsible for most rulesets and power rankings in the german community. Notably the initiative to change the German standard for Dave's Stupid Rule to "you can not pick your counterpick stage again if you won on it" which was then jokingly named Tero's Smart Rule (TSR). This version of a modified DSR was later adapted in other European countries as well.

Tournament Results

Prior to his retirement in late 2010 Andy was considered around a top 10 player in Germany with his best placing on the German Power Ranking being 6th (tied with Yomi). He managed to take sets from several top players including kJaB and had Game 5 situations with various of the then big 5 players (Ice, Luma, Pamaro, kJab, Ravenlord, Pasi) but ultimately never quite climbed to the top. Andy got awarded the title of "Germanys best team player" several years in a row for his Jigglypuff play in doubles while teaming with Yomi. The two were considered Germanys best team in 2008. Even after 2010 Andy was still able to achieve top 8 placements at german nationals.

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 Fort #1		Sept. 28, 2014	3rd	—	—
Smash im Pott 2		03/28/2015	7th	3rd	Yomi
NoTech Smash 1		June 6, 2015	7th	—	—

Trivia

• Andy became infamous in 2010 for timing out former 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.
• In the early days of PM (2.1 to 2.6) Andy got a lot of hate for abusing Sonics speed, dash dance and spin dash camping
• He is also known for being one of the few people constantly using the "Claw" Controller Grip
• A major part of is retirement was his inability to cope with tournament nerves and the frustration of not being able to even come close to his full potential in a tournament environment, other reasons were hand problems and prioritizing university stduies
• He stated several times that Wolf in Project M might be his favorite character out of any fighting game ever

External Links

• Twitter - Andys twitter account
• Twitch - Andys twitch stream