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{{disambig2|the player '''Dan Salvato'''|the player formerly known as '''Dan'''|Smasher:Super Dan}}
{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Dan Salvato
| name          = Dan Salvato
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| mainssbm      = Link
| mainpm        = Link
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| mainssbu      = Link
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| crew          = [[Rutgers Maylay]]
| crew          = [[Rutgers Maylay]]
| skillssbm    = Professional <small>(retired)</small>
| alias        = Internet Explorer
| alias        = Internet Explorer
| realname      = Dan Salvato
| realname      = Dan Salvato
| birthday      =
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| location      = New Jersey
| location      = New Jersey
| country      = United States
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'''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]].
'''Dan Salvato''', formerly known as '''Internet Explorer''', was the best ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Link}} player in New Jersey, 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 fairly 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. Salvato was also a developer on the Project M Development Team and works on [[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]].
As of 2015, he has retired from playing Smash in favor of progressing Splatoon's competitive field, but is still working on 20XX Tournament Edition.<ref>[http://ask.fm/dansalvato/answer/129490878851]</ref>


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.
==Notable tournament placings==
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|[[Zenith 2012]]||May 26th-27th, 2012||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Zenith 2012]]||May 26th-27th, 2012||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Zenith 2014]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2014||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Smash 'N' Splash 2|g=SSBM}}||June 11th-12th, 2016||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2016]]||June 17th-19th, 2016||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Apex 2016]]||June 17th-19th, 2016||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|MomoCon 2019|g=SSBM}}||May 23rd-26th, 2019||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 2: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}||September 19th, 2020||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}||November 7th, 2020||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE|g=SSBM}}||January 16th, 2021||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}


===''[[Project M]]''===
===''Project M''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|GENESIS 6|g=SSBU}}||February 1st-3rd, 2019||1025th (DQ)||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
|}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.twitch.tv/dansalvato Twitch channel]
*[http://www.twitch.tv/dansalvato Twitch.tv Channel]
*[http://www.twitter.com/dansalvato Twitter account]
*[http://www.twitter.com/dansalvato Twitter account]


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*Dan Salvato also speedruns various games, and currently holds three world records for ''Yoshi's Story''.<ref>https://www.speedrun.com/user/dansalvato</ref>
*Dan Salvato also speedruns various games, and currently holds two world records for ''Yoshi's Story''.{{fact}}
*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."
*He is also the Project Manager for the [http://www.frankerfacez.com FrankerFaceZ] extension for Twitch.
*Dan Salvato is also the creator of FrankerFaceZ, an external Twitch emote provider.


== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Retired players]]
[[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]]
[[Category:VIP contributors]]
[[Category:Livestream commentators]]
[[Category:Livestream commentators]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Retired players]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

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