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- This article is about the player Dan Salvato. For the player formerly known as Dan, see Smasher:Super Dan.
Dan Salvato, previously known as Internet Explorer, is a former smasher from New Jersey. He was known as one of the best Melee Link players in the United States, and was also considered one of the best Project M Link players in the world. He is known for his high technical precision and development of a new Link metagame. He was one of the founding members of Rutgers Maylay as an undergraduate. Salvato was also a developer on the Project M Development Team and he is currently the lead developer of 20XX Tournament Edition.
Dan Salvato retired from playing Smash in 2015, though he has infrequently attended tournaments for Melee since, still using Link; he has since continued to work on 20XX Tournament Edition, adding in additional features such as Universal Controller Fix.
Outside of Smash, he is best known as the creator of Doki Doki Literature Club!, a 2017 visual novel that quickly gained mass popularity upon release.
Tournament placings[edit]
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Zenith 2012 |
May 26th-27th, 2012 |
33rd / 92 |
— |
—
|
| Apex 2013 |
January 11th-13th, 2013 |
257th / 336 |
— |
—
|
| KTAR 7 |
July 6th-7th, 2013 |
7th / 25 |
— |
—
|
| Zenith 2014 |
August 2nd-3rd, 2014 |
49th / 281 |
— |
—
|
| Smash 'N' Splash 2 |
June 11th-12th, 2016 |
65th / 459 |
— |
—
|
| Apex 2016 |
June 17th-19th, 2016 |
13th / 159 |
— |
—
|
| MomoCon 2019 |
May 23rd-26th, 2019 |
25th / 117 |
— |
—
|
Frame Perfect Series 2: ONLINE |
September 19th, 2020 |
33rd / 155 |
— |
—
|
| Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE |
November 7th, 2020 |
25th / 224 |
— |
—
|
| Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE |
January 16th, 2021 |
33rd / 183 |
— |
—
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| Zenith 2013 |
June 1st-2nd, 2013 |
13th / 45 |
— |
—
|
| KTAR 7 |
July 6th-7th, 2013 |
9th / 23 |
— |
—
|
| Apex 2014 |
January 17th-19th, 2014 |
25th / 382 |
— |
—
|
| Tournament |
Date |
1v1 Placement |
2v2 Placement |
Partner
|
| GENESIS 6 |
February 1st-3rd, 2019 |
1,025th (DQ) / 2,105 |
— |
—
|
- Dan Salvato also speedruns various games, and currently holds three world records for Yoshi's Story.[1]
- There is an Easter egg in Doki Doki Literature Club! referencing Project M. When the game is loading, the warning screen may say "PM died for this."
- Additionally, there's now-unused dialogue of Monika briefly talking about Project M, before stopping herself out of confusion.
- Dan Salvato is also the creator of FrankerFaceZ, an external Twitch emote provider.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
13th / 159 at Apex 2016 
25th / 382 at Apex 2014
