Smasher:Ax
| Alex Schumacher "Ax" | |
|---|---|
| Character info | |
| Smash 64 mains | Link, Samus |
| Other Smash 64 characters | Luigi, Ness |
| Brawl mains | Pit, Ice Climbers |
| Other Brawl characters | Marth, Wario |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | SLAPAHO |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Alex Schumacher |
| Location | Iowa City, IA 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Amateur  |
Note: I am looking for casual challengers from around the wiki to test my mettle against. Submit a query on my talk page if you're looking for a couple of games.
Ax is an amateur smasher and member of the SLAPAHO crew. He has been playing Smash since the original, where he mained Link and Samus. He enjoys developing the metagame of low tier characters but understands that come tournament time it is necessary to play higher tiers.
He has participated in three tournaments, failing advance from the first round in the first two (with a loss to second place finisher Foghorn in the first, and a loss to DonkeyButt, the second place finisher in the second) and then placing third in a doubles tournament with SLAPAHO crewmate Clifton 'Palm Tree' Palmer.
On May 4, 2008, Ax became the first to document the SLAPAYO glitch, with SLAPAHO crewmate Foghorn.
Ax is an experienced competitive gamer, with his true gaming love being StarCraft (though Ax is proficient at Age of Empires 2, Warcraft III, and Rome: Total War) where he is known by the tags gorthak, semicolon, and Arrian. Ax claims that if not for StarCraft, he would be much worse at Brawl, because of the relative speeds at which both games are played. Ax can reach up to 300 APM (actions per minute [defined as a selection and issued order to a unit], five actions a second) at StarCraft, and regularly averages around half that amount throughout a game. As Ax improved at StarCraft, he began to play Brawl at a much faster pace which enabled him to preform various faster techs in Brawl such as Wing Dashing.
Initially, Ax played every character in Brawl, generally using random to select his character during matches, but has chosen Pit as his main. He can preform all advanced techs with Pit, including Arrow Looping, Wing Dashing, The Angelic Step, and the sliding Angel Ring.
The only gaming clan, crew, or other association Ax has ever been a part of is the SLAPAHO crew. Inter-crew play is often a matter of pride for Ax, because of the intense loyalty he feels to his crewmates.
Ax is also a professional Ekans Hoop Hurl player.
