Smasher:Rickety
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| Rickety | |
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| Brawl main | Marth |
| Melee mains | Marth, Sheik |
| Crew(s) | San Diego Love! ♥ The Temecula Boys Team Harmony Team Kirra |
| Skill | Semi Professional |
| Additional info | |
| Real name | Rickety Ramos-Castillo |
| Birth date | April 2, 1987 |
| Location | San Diego, California 
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Rickety (born April 2, 1987) is an American smasher, currently living in San Diego, California. His main character since his debut into the tournament scene has been Marth in singles and Sheik in doubles. Rickety is considered one of friendliest players in San Diego, always trying to help newcomers to the game to help them avoid what he experienced when he first began playing. Aside from his personal achievements, Rick was the founding member of Team Harmony. He is currently a member of the San Diego Love! ♥ crew.
[edit] Biography
Rickety first began smashing competitively in 2002, where he hosted tournaments at a friends house adjacent to the local high school. This series of monthly tournaments after class came to be known as the King of the High School series, and was the starting point of Rickety's competitive smash career. Inspired by videos of the Punch Crew and the matches between Ken and Azen, Rickety's interest in the game only continued to grow, and by 2003, hoped to become an active member of the community himself. However, the San Diego smash scene was totally nonexistent at the time, so a disheartened Rickety decided to play Capcom Vs SNK 2 competitively instead.
In 2005, fueled by the MELEE-FC3 regional crew battle videos, Rickety returned to the smash community and found a tournament held at another high school. Out of over the eighty entrants, Rickety placed 5th. That December, Rickety met Edrees, and together met up with CAOTIC on his first night in America and played together. The three vowed to create a strong San Diego scene in 2006.
Rickety became close friends with CAOTIC, and eventually in the Summer of 2006, participated the SoCal Road Trip, a nine day trip from San Diego to Canada. Throughout the trip, they were housed by various smashers along the coast, including Hyugaricdeau, t0mmy and t1mmy, and the SKYPAL house.
In addition to being a staff member for OC3, Rickety has since become close friends with Ken, ManaCloud, and the rest of the Socal Elite 4.
In the weeks after OC3, Rickety became close friends with Chu Dat, PC Chris, and milktea while he housed them in the week before Evo West. Together, along with local San Diego friend WayChu, they formed a crew known as Team Kirra.
At Super Champ Combo, Rickety surprised everyone when he defeated his smash hero, Azen, in his pool. Rickety, moved with emotion, began to tear up, and embraced him.
[edit] Trivia
- Due to his flowery nature, bubbly personality, love of the Beatles, and vegan lifestyle, Rickety is often referred to as everything from a "Hippie" to "that one metro gay guy". Rick takes it as a compliment.
- Rick is widely known for his excessive use of hearts and smileys when posting on Smashboards, as well as constantly referring to people/places/things as "too cute"
- Due to most of his posts and shout-outs being excessively long, many San Diego players started adopting the phrase, to "Pull a Rickety", whenever someone makes a long post.
