Br0wn

Br0wn is a fighting game player who attends Bring More Setups. He uses Wii Fit, Belmont, and a vast variety of other (frequently bad) characters. He was ranked 9th overall in Ultimate for Fall 2021, 13th overall for Ultimate in Spring 2022, and 5th overall for Rivals of Aether in Spring 2022.

## History

Br0wn started playing video games in his early years on the Nintendo 64, with games like Mario 64, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, and Dr. Mario 64X, of course, receiving help along the way from his dad since he was 5. This love of games would continue through his early years, eventually culminating in getting a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl after playing it at a friend's house.

Playing Brawl remained a casual pursuit throughout his childhood. He played Ike and liked to use Up Smash only. He didn't know how to shield, or grab. Kinda a stupid kid ngl. This is how he played smash, even through the launch of Super Smash Bros 4, learning to grab and shield along the way. All of this would change however, when a friend would invite him to an event called Super Smash Con in 2015, where top level smash players would be playing on Sunday. This would be the first time Br0wn would ever hold a Gamecube controller, needing it to play friendlies, and it would not be his last.

A drive to compete was instilled in him from a young age, learning from his parents who would have heated grudge matches in Dr. Mario. This transferred over into Smash, as Br0wn at a young age always wanted to be the best smash player in his friend group. Teaching himself how to play Diddy Kong after a high school orchestra trip, he was brought to his very first tournament: Smash @ Bombproof's.

He would place 4th at the tournament, losing to Eroc in winners and DHB in losers, but this would only add fuel to the fire. He would off and on attend Bring More Setups at GMU Smash when he could get a ride, either from a friend or a parent. The results would be mixed at best, but it kept him coming back, not only to compete, but for the atmosphere of being around people who also liked to play Smash.

Br0wn has continued to compete in Smash Ultimate. He started out on Dr. Mario, switching to Wii Fit Trainer after a few weeks of seeing poor results, which seemed to work far better, keeping Doc for counterpicks. Of course, a pandemic hit shortly afterwards and forced everyone inside. Attempting to adapt to internet smash, Br0wn picked up Simon to abuse the bad connections of many a player, farming small wifi tournaments for easy stat padding.

Once offline returned, he began to compete in Cave and BMS tournaments again when possible.

## Outside Of Smash

Br0wn has competed in a numerous amount of other fighting games during high school, ranging from Vampire Savior (playing Lilith), Ultra Street Fighter IV (playing Guile), Melty Blood (playing Nero Chaos), and becoming a top player and owning the Discord server for Dong Dong Never Die.

Outside of competition, Br0wn plays many other fighting games, the sheer amount of which would be hard to fit into this wiki page. Gaming remains mostly a casual hobby for him, some of his favorite games are Pokemon HGSS, Marvel Vs Capcom 2, and recently Lego City Undercover.

He is a retired competitive Pokemon player. He was ranked top 100 for a brief period in Generation 6 Overused Single Battles in 2014 with a team of Landorus, Amoonguss, Starmie, Conkeldurr, Talonflame, and Mega Lopunny. He still plays pokemon casually occasionally, his favorite is Sigilyph.

Br0wn tries to listen to a music album he has never heard before at least once a day to learn all about music and help converse with people. Some of his all time favorite albums are Emmerdale by The Cardigans, Close to the Edge by Yes, and For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver. Send him album recommendations on Discord!

He transferred to GMU from Nova in 2021 as a Communication major. He balances this with work at Wegmans as a grocery stocker. This is why he is always tired and hungry at BMS.

## Interesting Facts

- All of his toes are double jointed

- He owns a plush of Peppa Pig

- He bought a copy of WarioWare DIY in 2020 not to make games, but to compose songs. His first cover was 'No Surprises' by Radiohead

- He is growing out his hair to donate to charity

- He once dubbed the High School DxD intro over with the Hawaii Five-O theme song. It fit surprisingly well

- His go-to drink on a Coke freestyle machine is Peach Lemonade

- An avid sports enjoyer, Br0wn cheers for the Ravens, Sharks, Nationals, and Mavericks.

- The best Mexican food he has ever eaten was in Wyoming

- In Toontown, he has collected every fish in the fishing mingame, including legendary rarities