Team:DBR

DBR
Members	The Germ (Link) Zelgadis (Fox) The King (Jigglypuff) Hella (Peach) Bob$ (Dr. Mario) DSF (Sheik) SilentSpectre (Captain Falcon) Tang (Fox) Sidefx (Ice Climbers)
Former members	Perpetual Zero Sultan Of Samitude Mike Nasty (Samus) Clod Zero (Captain Falcon) Tatakai (Falco)

Death By Rape, more commonly known as DBR, is a Smash crew from Concord, California famous for their combo videos. They are most commonly regarded as one of the most highly skilled crews in the Northern California region, and are also famous for hosting one of the largest smash tournaments of all time, GENESIS.

Fame

DBR launched into the public eye after releasing a series of combo videos. Though they were released individually (by such titles as Shined Blind, Overdose, and The Hylian Nightmare), people eventually began to speak of them collectively, as the "DBR videos." For a while their videos were in high demand at GameFAQs and SmashBoards, and DBR became idols to many newcomers. This admiration caught some backlash from players who believed DBR members were overhyped and not truly very good.

Videos

• Evolution (featuring all members then in DBR)
• The Hylian Nightmare featuring the GERM
• Linkology feat. the GERM
• Death from Above feat. Clod Zero
• Overdose feat. Bob Money
• Rollout feat. the King
• Shined Blind feat. Zelgadis
• Silence feat. SilentSpectre

Criticism

Despite their success in creating entertaining and flashy combo videos, the crew has been criticized for many reasons. Many of their detractors made allegations towards them in the past, most notoriously from skeptical players posting on GameFAQs or Smash World Forums, stating that almost all of their combo videos were staged and the combos done in them were not possible in a normal match, as they required a total lack of player skill to fall into them. For example, some cited that in SilentSpectre's Captain Falcon combo video, "Silence," the player in question used a massive amount of Raptor Boosts into Knee Smashes; competent players in tournament, they argued, would not be hit by Raptor Boosts at all, and would instead either DI out of the move or capitalize on Falcon's ending lag and punish accordingly. Despite these attacks, many members from the crew still attest that all of their combos are real and done in serious settings, with the tournament results to back up their claims. The crew has also been criticized for having an inappropriate name; many are turned away from the group just by looking at their handle, "Death By Rape," which suggests a huge lack of maturity amongst the members as it implies that they do not know about the serious negative social connotations of the phrase they use as their title. Due to this, some immediately look down on the group as immature or unacceptable, despite the members' histories as relatively amicable people who are friendly with many top Smashers and help set up large tournaments for the Melee community.

This group had also been on the receiving end of massive amounts of hate after one of their players, Zelgadis, stole $6,000 from the GENESIS 2 prize pool. When caught, Zelgadis did not immediately confess, but rather tried to hide his actions until his own crew eventually called the police on him to return the money; Zelgadis still refused to back down, however, as he tried to claim that it was an accident until further questioning. The rest of the crew asserted that they did not endorse this action and that they hoped it would not stain their reputation, but to this day Death By Rape is still largely infamous for this scandal which ended up staining not only their reputation, but the reputation of the entire Melee community as a whole.