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| {{disambig2|the player '''Dan Salvato'''|the player formerly known as '''Dan'''|Smasher:Super Dan}} | | {{smasherbeta |
| {{Infobox Smasher
| | | name = Internet Explorer |
| | name = Dan Salvato | |
| | image = internetexplorer.jpg | | | image = internetexplorer.jpg |
| | mainssbm = Link | | | mainssbm = Link |
| | mainpm = Link | | | mainpm = Link |
| | mainssbu = Link | | | 2ndmainssbm = |
| | crew = [[Rutgers Maylay]] | | | crew = [[Rutgers Maylay]] |
| | alias = Internet Explorer | | | skill = Professional (''Melee'')<br>Top professional (''Project M'') |
| | | alias = IE6 |
| | realname = Dan Salvato | | | realname = Dan Salvato |
| | | birthday = |
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| | location = New Jersey | | | location = New Jersey |
| | country = United States | | | country = United States |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Dan Salvato''', previously known as '''Internet Explorer''', is a former professional 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]]'' {{PM|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]].
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| | '''Internet Explorer''' is the best link player in New Jersey, one of the best ''Melee'' {{SSBM|Link}} players in the United States, and is also considered one of the best ''[[Project M]]'' {{PM|Link}} players in the world. He is known for his high technical precision and development of new Link meta. He was one of the founding members of [[Rutgers Maylay]] as an undergraduate. |
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| 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]].
| | == Trivia == |
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| Outside of ''Smash'', he is best known as the creator of ''{{s|wikipedia|Doki Doki Literature Club!}}'', a 2017 visual novel that quickly gained mass popularity upon release.
| | *Internet Explorer is a developer on the ''Project M'' team. |
| | *Internet Explorer also speedruns various games, and currently holds two world records for ''Yoshi's Story''. |
| | *Internet Explorer programmed and developed http://frankerfacez.com/ |
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| ==Tournament placings== | | ==External links== |
| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[[Zenith 2012]]||May 26th-27th, 2012||33rd||—||—
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| |[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||257th||—||—
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| |[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||7th||—||—
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| |[[Zenith 2014]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2014||49th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 2|g=SSBM}}||June 11th-12th, 2016||65th||—||—
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| |[[Apex 2016]]||June 17th-19th, 2016||13th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|MomoCon 2019|g=SSBM}}||May 23rd-26th, 2019||25th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 2: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}||September 19th, 2020||33rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}||November 7th, 2020||25th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}||January 16th, 2021||33rd||—||—
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| ===''[[Project M]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||13th||—||—
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| |[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||9th||—||—
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| |[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||25th||—||—
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| |}
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBU}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||1025th (DQ)||—||—
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| == External links ==
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| *[http://www.twitch.tv/dansalvato Twitch channel]
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| *[http://www.twitter.com/dansalvato Twitter account]
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| == Trivia ==
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| *Dan Salvato also speedruns various games, and currently holds three world records for ''Yoshi's Story''.<ref>https://www.speedrun.com/user/dansalvato</ref>
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| *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."
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| *Dan Salvato is also the creator of FrankerFaceZ, an external Twitch emote provider.
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| == References ==
| | *[http://www.twitch.tv/dansalvato Twitch.Tv Profile]* |
| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Retired players]]
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| [[Category:New Jersey smashers]] | | [[Category:New Jersey smashers]] |
| [[Category:Link players (SSBM)]] | | [[Category:Link professionals (SSBM)]] |
| [[Category:Link players (PM)]] | | [[Category:Link professionals (PM)]] |
| [[Category:VIP contributors]]
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| [[Category:Livestream commentators]] | | [[Category:Livestream commentators]] |
| [[Category:Programmers]]
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