Smasher:Andy O'Brien
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| AOB | |
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| Melee mains | Donkey Kong, Jigglypuff |
| Skill | Professional |
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| Real name | Andy O'Brien |
| Birth date | June 9, 1984 (age 24) |
| Location | Champaign, IL 
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Andy O'Brien, also known as AOB, is an American smasher well-known for being a prominent Jigglypuff and Donkey Kong player in his earlier days. In addition to producing several other videos since, Andy has also hosted Show Me Your Moves (SMYM) tournaments in his local Champaign, Illinois.
[edit] Background
Andy's first experience in competitive Smash was in March of 2003, when he and longtime friend Amorasaki attended Snexus 1. His claim to fame can be largely attributed to his performance at Flame of Bowser 1 in October 2003, where he breezed through then-notable players Asmog, Fusegen, and KishCubed, and came much closer to beating the reigning Midwest champs Eddie and Eduardo than anyone could have expected. His subsequent release of match videos and a widely-watched Jigglypuff demonstration video called PuffStuff at a time when comparatively few SSBM videos were available led to the common (and erroneous) belief that he was one of the better players nationwide. He became one of the first and most influential Jigglypuff idols, although his tournament performance was overshadowed in the early days by Zulu and KillaOR and later by KishPrime. From there he has experimented with several characters--primarily Donkey Kong, with whom he also enjoyed fame before being overshadowed by Bum.
2003 also saw impressive Home-run Contest achievements from Andy, including a total score of 100,380.6 feet. He held the Yoshi world record for a short time at 5129.7 feet.
His early roots within the competitive Smash community left Andy with a certain degree of influence in the Midwest tournament scene. He continues to host the Show Me Your Moves series, a tournament first held April 3rd, 2004 at the University of Illinois that has become a mainstay of Midwest tournaments.
