Player Profile #3 XYK

Player Name: XYK
Character(s): Luigi
First Tournament: [Unknown, has been playing since v3.02]
Description: An import from the MD/VA region, XYK attends graduate school in Columbus and now lives here. A newer star of the Project M scene after his groundbreaking win on Junebug at We Tech Those, he is a high flying Luigi player that prides himself on his highly practiced technical movement. In supplement to his movement, XYK has many setups to test his opponent's knowledge of Luigi's options and rocks a mean ledge dash decision tree that frustrates players used to trapping others there.

Notable Results or Average Placings: Let's get the elephant out of the room first: XYK has beaten Junebug, who is considered a contender for strongest PM player period at the moment. That aside, he has beaten Twisty, Dirtboy, Bstuk, baconpancakes, Drephen and Marshall.

Locally, he often finishes in 3rd place, behind Hanky Panky and Drephen but has won his fair share of tournaments as well. Pushing those above him closer and closer to the brink, XYK has become a serious contender for strongest in the area.

Current Conflicts: Aside from the top two players in Columbus, XYK will sporadically drop sets to players who are ranked lower than him on the PR. However, this has mostly been contained to a small handful of players. If anything, his weakness seems to run parallel to his characters own. Zoning, patience and the ability to force him to slow down his gameplay in ways that make him feel uncomfortable. This has been demonstrated both locally and outside of the area.