Churro

Churro is a Smash player and Falco main who regularly attends Bring More Setups.

## Autobiography

### Younger Days

Michael "Churro" started playing Smash bros on the Nintendo 64 some time early in his childhood. He never remembered learning the game, just that by the time he was 4 years old, he had already known how to play a few games. The concept of maining a character was foreign to the child that couldn't even use the bathroom properly, yet he was comfortable playing the game casually to his hearts content (unless he was losing of course, then the console would get reset).

It wouldn't be until Melee was released that the fire of playing competitively would be ignited, at the hands of his cousin who mained Ness, simply because PK Fire to down throw looked really cool. Years later, in Brawl, he spent hours perfecting his Break the Targets times with as many characters he felt comfortable as, creating the jankiest custom stages, unlocking every possible cutscene in Subspace Emissary, completing event mode & the challenge board, doing whatever he could to feel like he was a super player at the game. Though only one of these dreams were realized, when he was done grinding Brawl, he went back to 64 & melee to take on as many Level 9 computers as possible & practice in those.

It wasn't until one otherwise insignificant day that, while going down YouTube rabbit holes of smash related videos, he stumbled across a video of a player named Esam (Pikachu) playing against another person named Chudat (Ice Climbers). Unbeknownst to him, he'd just been introduced to camping for the first time. Further down the rabbit hole, he realized that there were tournaments being held for people like him, who enjoyed Super Smash Brothers, & wanted to be the best player that anyone who was anyone would know. Once again, he strove to become better, then taking it to online wi-fi matches. Making friends in free-for-all, taunting for 3 minutes straight... wait this isn't how you're supposed to play the game. Either way, he *did* continue practicing. Eventually, a tournament was held at his high school. Though it was not a proper competitive tournament (Single elimination, BF or FD only, 3 stock, no timer/items), he still came out on top & felt some satisfaction.

### Glitch & the start of Smash 4

Stricter parenting as Churro got older led to him being unable to properly enjoy the release of Smash 4. Through other peoples' 3DS systems, he felt the smoothness of the game & how much more solid it felt, & how horrible Falco's down air was in comparison to the previous games. "How am I going to play him now?!" Churro thought, worried that his favorite move to spam had mutated itself into a literal dumpster fire. It wasn't until he'd gotten a job, stashed away some money, bought a 3DS & Smash 4 copy of his own that he'd be able to enjoy the game on his own. He grinded like normal, doing everything & anything on the hardest difficulty he could handle repeatedly, but also playing Smash Run because that mode was actually the most enjoyable thing since Kirby Air Ride. He did a popular challenge, featuring fighting against a Lv. 9 Ganondorf & a Lv. 9 Captain Falcon on FD with Team attack off, & won after a few hours.

A few years later, one day, there was a brand new big tournament announced in his area, Glitch. There were many names & faces strewn about that he recognized: Seagull Joe, MVD, Vikki Kitty, Mr. R, EE, & TKBreezy, who commended him for a well-chosen tag (Michael will remember that). It was in this tournament that Churro realized that, due to so much For Glory on the 3DS, he could no longer use a Gamecube controller, as his muscle memory would make him mistime techs & miss buttons entirely doing some inputs. Despite going 0-2 & having controller issues, he had a wonderful time, managed to reunite with his cousin, & enjoyed some hot dogs grilled at the back side of the venue.

## Tag Origins

Michael's sister was a troublemaker in high school, & so, administration needed a quick fix to pronounce a confusing last name. A teacher with a son on the football team had a very similarly spelt last name, where the "r" was a "ll", pronounced "chew-low". "Close enough," thought the main office collectively, "we'll say Churro!" and both children's friends collectively enjoyed the Hispanic food becoming the nickname of the Hispanic kids.

## Competitive History

Churro eventually purchased a Wii U on his own, hid it from his parents, & was able to hide the gamepad in his room for late night grinding sessions on For Glory. As a result, he had grown accustomed to the more unorthodox screen-controller combo, to the point where it had become his preferred method of playing. Once he had learned GMU had a Smash scene, he scoped it out around 2016 to then do well enough to be a legend of a meme. A random who came out of nowhere, using a low-tier character, playing on a bulky tablet, he was coined the nickname "Gamepad Falco"

Years later, towards the end of Smash 4, Churro started attending GMU tournaments more frequently & eventually made it onto the Power Rankings. He became a Tournament Organizer for the community during the early onset of the Covid-19 quarantine.