Dkrew
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The Dkrew is a Texas Smash crew based in Dallas, founded in 2002 by Silas Elias.
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The crew formed with the intent to create a tournament scene for Smash in Texas. At the time, competitive Smash was still in its infancy. When Silas traveled to Tournament Go 2, he became one of the first smashers to travel to an out of state tournament. Upon returning to Texas, Silas said "we can do that," and determined to bring competition to Texas.
Dkrew was the first Texas crew to travel around the state (and out of state) promoting Smash Brothers at small, fan-run events. Eventually, Scav took on the role of organizing the tournaments, and Silas that of promotion. After establishing a base community in Texas, the Dkrew decided to leverage Silas' influence in the community to run a national event, which came to be known as the Mother of All Smash Tournaments, or MOAST.
MOAST became an annual event, held in early January from 2003-2005. The Dkrew also holds an annual tournament at A-Kon, which is geared more towards casual play. Other recurring tournaments include Do a Barrel Roll, hosted by Dr. Drew and Chang-Sta, Chrismahannukkwanzikkah, a holiday tournament hoste by DoH, and Gaybar, hosted by Sintenal.
The Dkrew is still nominally together, but has mostly withdrawn from the smash community. While MOAST3 was a success (and the largest fan-run tournament when held,) MOAST4 has yet to be announced. Dr. DrewTheDragon currently mods the Southwest regional room, and Chang-Sta and Darkness of Heart are still active in the community. Scav is still active as well, but mostly in the non-tournament sections of Smashboards, modding the Brawl Rooms, Creative Minds and Backroom.
