Editing Smasher:KoRoBeNiKi

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = KoRoBeNiKi
| image         =
| mainssb       = Yoshi
| otherssb      = Captain Falcon
| 2ndotherssb   = Fox
| mainssbm      = Luigi
| 2ndmainssbm   = Sheik
| otherssbm     = Ganondorf
| 2ndotherssbm  = Samus
| mainpm        = Luigi
| 2ndmainpm     = Samus
| otherpm       = Yoshi
| 2ndotherpm    = Charizard
| former crews  = [[PPS]], [[iXi]], Fatal 5
| rankingssb   = [[New York City Power Rankings]]: 4th
| alias         = KoRo?
| alias2        = A Glass of Scott
| realname      = Glenn Cabasso
| birthday      = 1
| birthmonth    = 8
| birthyear     = 1990
| location      = Brooklyn, New York
| country       = USA
}}

'''KoRoBeNiKi''', much more commonly called and known as '''Koro''' due to ease of pronunciation, is a mostly retired [[smasher]] originally from Fair Lawn, New Jersey who now lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is primarily known for helping to form the most recent [[tier list]] in the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and for being one of the more active early [[Project64k|Kailera]] ''Smash 64'' players. He was also one of the original [[Back Room]] members on [[SmashBoards]] which created the current community ruleset published by {{Sm|Nintendude}}. He was originally one of the top keyboard players in ''64'' before switching over to Hori, and is known for his contributions to ''64'' on [[Reddit]] &mdash; where he is still active &mdash; and SmashWiki, and in the ''64'' community, is known distinctly for his puns (where Koropuns was a used term for said bad jokes in the community).

==Early Period, 2005-2007==
He started off as a ''[[Melee]]'' player, finding competitive play and joining SmashBoards under a former account known as [http://smashboards.com/members/wavedasher.20985/ wavedasher] in 2005 along with a friend of his, MattNF. His first major event was [[The Smash Affiliates]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uGvRM-JeyI Smashtality] back in 2006, with his first loss being to {{Sm|HBK}}. He started off as a Luigi main with {{SSBM|Roy}} as a secondary, and he didn't have notable placings outside of taking games occasionally with lucky [[Green Missile]] misfires, but never full sets. At Smashtality 2 in October 2006, after a surprising one-game win in pools vs. {{Sm|Mew2King}}'s {{SSBM|Mr. Game & Watch}} with a misfire, he met {{sm|Sensei}} and {{sm|Isai}} and got 5-stocked by both of them, learning of the competitive ''64'' scene. He kept on going with the ''Melee'' scene, but due to TSA's venue being moved to New York after Smashtality III in 2007, he was no longer attending events.

===Early Online Play===
He discovered online ''Smash 64'' in 2007 after hearing about it from MattNF. Due in part to being a good friend of the latter, who was a member of [[PPS]], he was allowed quickly in the [[crew]] by {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}}. Prior to this, he was a member of [[iXi]], maining a lackluster {{SSB|Donkey Kong}} with a generic Captain Falcon secondary originally under the tag METAL DK. He eventually switched to Yoshi after entering and winning a Yoshi ditto tournament hosted by Stoned from the old iXi crew, and still remains friends with several old school online players. KoRo used to be one of the top keyboard players and overall top online players, though he contributes this entirely to the very low level of play back then compared to today (with people missing L-cancels and not camping, among other things). He is currently inactive online, as he is usually stuck on Wi-fi and he can't get used to delay while playing with a controller, not wanting to switch back to a keyboard.

==2012-Present==

===''Smash 64''===
In ''Smash 64'', he uses {{SSB|Yoshi}} virtually exclusively in tournament sets as his [[main]]. He used to use a {{SSB|Captain Falcon}} as his pocket character for certain specialty matchups. Otherwise, he used to use {{SSB|Fox}}, {{SSB|Samus}}, and {{SSB|Pikachu}} in certain locals. He switched to Yoshi only offline in early 2019 in bracket to help with his inconsistencies and to force himself to learn certain matchups, and his placings have become more consistent. He was potentially going to be on the low end of [[2019-2020 Smash 64 Power Rankings]], but they were not immediately published due to community laziness, and he personally did not attend enough events. He is well-known for his particularly good [[Egg Throw]] usage and n-air placements for both his main and old main, and specializes in the {{SSB|Jigglypuff}} matchup after years of experience teaming with MattNF along with {{SSB|Mario}}/Luigi. Subsequently, his best win was {{Sm|Yunque}} at Shine 2018 using Captain Falcon, and he also has a very positive record vs. {{Sm|Czar}}, with his first loss in tournament vs. any Mario player in the entirety of his ''Smash 64'' career being {{Sm|HAMMERHEART}} at one of the Quarterly Rapports (with his only Luigi loss being {{Sm|KD3}} at a local in New Jersey). He primarily uses Yoshi, {{SSB|Luigi}}, and {{SSB|Pikachu}} for [[doubles]], and his worst character by far is {{SSB|Link}}. Due to years of experience playing online, he uses the vast majority of the cast on a high level, and this can be seen particularly in low tiers, where he got 25th at the current largest low tier event at [[Let's Go!]] and similar placings at [[Keystoned II]], with losses entirely to low tier mains (such as {{sm|the_maafia}}) and top level players (such as {{Sm|clubbadubba}} and {{Sm|Lord Narwhal}}). KoRo plays "claw" using the normal [[Nintendo 64 controller]], being used to holding it that way for puzzle games such as ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', and had one notable tournament entry at Apex 2012, where he learned to play this way during the tournament after being sent to loser's bracket. He's otherwise entered rarely with a regular controller only when he doesn't have his primary controller or when his hands have started to bother him at the now-closed locals.

He used to use a keyboard adapter developed by {{Sm|Herbert Von Karajan}} for a while offline, and for a long time, he used a golden Hori with a lodgenet stick installed by {{sm|JimmyJoe}}, but this was recently replaced in mid-2020 due to the stick malfunctioning. On Hori, he doesn't use A for almost all his aerials, instead using the shoulder buttons, but this results in occasional bad grabs. He has had very close sets vs. top players, but is known for his inconsistency (which is notably similar to JimmyJoe, who designed his old main controller). He is currently ranked 4th on the inactive New York City Power Rankings in both the current and prior power rankings, having played weekly prior on Monday nights in Union Square at the now closed Offside Tavern along with occasional events on Wednesday run by Wiseacre/Neil in North Haledon, New Jersey, and the rare regionals/majors he enters. Outside of entering locals, he had helped as a [[tournament organiser]], including running pools at the sparse majors he attends, and has helped run events such as helping with seeding rarely or occasionally running DarkHorse's stream at events such as SSC and otherwise. Since the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], his local scene closed, and he has been very inactive, only appearing in sparse tournaments, with his last major being [[Super Smash Con 2022]] after not practicing, where he both did poorly in singles and happened to be in a pool where several players upset their seeding as well, such as {{sm|Miniohh!}}. In doubles, he teamed for the first time with Floridian player Griffith, with the teams being Yoshi and Luigi or Yoshi and Pikachu, and was seeded 33rd outside of top 32, being seeded the 5th seed in pools. In pools, they won an upset vs. MasterHandJob and {{sm|Razz}}, making it out of pools, also being the only team to take a game vs. {{sm|Alvin}} and {{sm|Joshi}} starting in Loser's Top 32 after finishing 3rd with a 4-3 record. They won a minor upset over 32nd seed {{sm|The Protagonist}} and his brother Dad in Loser's Round 1 before losing to 16th seed and 9th place finishers Lord Narwhal and {{sm|Jayden Murphy}}, getting 17th place overall. Since then, due to work, apathy, and lack of a car, he's been essentially retired outside of very rare ''Smash'' events at a friend's house.

He recently appeared for the first time in two and a half years at the Paterson, New Jersey regional ''PYAT 4'', or Prototype 4 Year Anniversary Tournament, hosted by Neilstradamus as well as {{sm|cagt}}. Seeded 18th out of the 26 players, KoRo was seeded to drown in his RR pool as the 5th seed with the top 4 advancing. After losing to the top 3 seeds &mdash; {{sm|Josh Brody}}, {{sm|MHJ}}, and {{sm|Heny935}} &mdash; while taking games vs. the latter two, he pulled off a minor seeding upset vs. a player who he had won against several times prior, White Jesus, who is now known by {{sm|Couchsachraga}}, to make it out of the pool going 3 and 3. In Winner's Rd 1, he lost to {{sm|Mercy}}'s Pikachu 2-0. He then pulled off an upset vs. the semi-retired {{sm|Fireblaster}} in a very close Yoshi ditto 2-1, including winning the first game with 220% on his last stock and winning his first head-to-head set against him out of 4 tries before losing to Heny again, though this time, 2-0 for 9th place. KoRo also played [[Smash Remix]] in a tournament for the first time, having played friendlies in said game prior. He primarily used Young Link outside of losing one game with Bowser in winners and one game with Ganondorf in losers. After going 0-2 as expected in Remix doubles with {{sm|capos}}, he entered singles, which was originally designed as a triple-elimination bracket, but turned into a wonky double elimination event where a few players got to play an extra second loser's set based on seeding. After losing via cheese to {{sm|Bloogo}}'s Sonic 2-1, he won vs. {{sm|The Yid}}'s Wolf 2-0 before winning vs. both TDs going 2-0 vs. {{sm|Neil}}'s Falco and 2-1 vs. {{sm|cagt}}'s Sheik before finally losing to {{sm|Razz}}'s Banjo & Kazooie 2-0, getting 9th just like in regular singles. As per usual, outside of playing, he helped enter results and run the stream.

===Remix And Other 64 Activities===

On [[SmashBoards]], he was a long-time contributor until the large majority of the community moved over to the SSB64 Community [[Facebook]] page due to a variety of issues with both moderators and active trolls in the scene. KoRo was a member of the 64 backroom, which closed due to spam and overall uselessness outside of the new stage list. After Apex 2015, he kick-started a new tier discussion thread, which resulted in a voting topic run by him, {{sm|Pidgezero one}}, and several moderators. This eventually resulted in the current tier list seen today, though players in more recent years have clamored to see an update. This is in particular to switch Fox and Yoshi's placements, and it is common to see this correction done on Twitch streams when people ask about the best characters. He also wrote articles for the ''Smash 64'' scene, but he has been retired from writing since early 2019.

In [[Smash Remix]], he uses Young Link primarily with a Bowser and Ganondorf secondaries, among other characters, and finds the game very fun, but is mostly inactive as per every other game in the series.

===''Melee''===
KoRo got back into ''Melee'' around Apex 2012, but was in a state of rust. He started to attend more events, but until {{Sm|Hectohertz}}'s weeklies in 2014 at [[Nebulous]], he was semi-inactive. At NeoNebulous 23, he traded for {{sm|Lambchops}}'s controller. He still mains {{SSBM|Luigi}} in ''Melee'', and welcomes the [[20XX]] movement. He is mainly known for his unusually high rate of misfires, and has taken games off of {{sm|Hax}}, {{sm|VanZ}}, and several other more well-known/better players thanks to them. He prefers doubles, and has had some strong placements, particular with B3N, a local Falcon main, as well as several Jigglypuff/Fox players he has teamed with such as the now-ranked {{Sm|2Saint}}. At his peak in early/mid-2016, he was on the cusp of the unranked players getting top 5 consistently in amateur brackets, but placed too poorly in arcadians due to his inconsistency and struggle in the Marth/Falco matchup. His last ''Melee'' event for a long time was at the last Nebulous, as his controller was lost and/or stolen, though he had a very good time otherwise. His last stock taken was aptly with a misfire vs. a local Ganondorf named Big Daddy Ganon. After several years of inactivity, he attended one of the earlier [[Hax's Nightclub]]/HNCs run by {{Sm|Hax$}} due to convenience and to support the scene, winning one set but losing the remaining two using an old partially broken controller. He has since attended a few events, mostly to see old friends in the community, usually going 1-2 or 0 and 2 borrowing one of the TO's controllers, but is essentially retired.

===Other Smash Games===
When he played ''Brawl'', he mained {{SSBB|Luigi}} and {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}. At his highest peak, he was in the top 150 on the [[All is Brawl]] Wi-Fi {{b|ladder|matchmaking}}. However, he never had a good placement offline, though this was partially due to the New Jersey/New York scene being the top scene in the United States in the early years of the game. He disliked the dominance of {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}, as well as the {{SSBB|King Dedede}} matchup, and also also disliked the speed of the game, and gradually gave up playing ''Smash'' altogether until ''Melee'' and ''Smash 64'' brought him back. While he argues for the game's existence and for how in-depth the game is (mostly as a Devil's Advocate), he dislikes the game immensely and blames it for the partial death of the scene during that period. His one notable result was 9th in AllBrawl, a 4-player FFA event designed by DMBrandon and {{sm|Keitaro}} with random stages and items, with top two advancing at Apex 2012, where he won over players such as {{sm|Ally}} and {{sm|Nairo}} before being eliminated in the next round by Ally (again) and {{sm|TheReflexWonder}}. His best matchups were {{SSBB|Olimar}} and {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}}.

In ''[[Project M]]'', he mained Luigi and Samus with various secondaries such as Yoshi and Ganondorf (primarily for [[WarioWare, Inc.]] shenanigans), and he also used to play online occasionally on [[Anther's Ladder]], though with a keyboard. He specializes in the Ivysaur and Snake matchups. As with ''Brawl'', he didn't have super strong placements in singles, though his losses were usually to top-level threats outside of consistent losses to people maining sword-wielding characters such as Marth (as in ''Melee'') and Ike. He has also shown strength as with the other games in doubles, where he used to team primarily with KeyChain, an NYC-ranked King Dedede/Wario main. They have taken sets from much more well-known doubles teams, most notably one of the most well-known Midwest teams {{sm|Dirtboy}} and {{sm|Ripple}} the day before Supernova, as well as teams featuring players such as {{sm|Malachi}} and {{sm|Phresh}}. He is currently inactive from Project M due to Nebulous closing, but occasionally entered events at Super Smash Con until 2019 and has been inactive since the release of [[Project+]].

KoRo barely played {{forwiiu}} as he has not bought a Wii U. However, he had tried it before and enjoyed some of the changes, but he disliked some of the floaty nature. He did not enter a tournament in the history of that game, but tried it and played {{SSB4|Bowser}} during friendlies while waiting for a 64 tournament at Nebulous to start.

Similarly with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', KoRo does not own a Switch. However, he has entered a small local which was at the same time as a ''64'' event. He quickly found {{SSBU|Ganondorf}} to be his best character, and won all three sets he played before having to leave, relying on reads and the new parry mechanic. He personally hates {{SSBU|Luigi}} in the game because of his new grab mechanic, as he generally doesn't like characters with tethers, but he likes the game a lot. As with the other newer games, his least favorite aspect by far is the buffer system, and if it was customizable, he would potentially play the game more, but isn't particularly interested.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Smashacre]]||July 7th, 2007||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smashacre]]||October 6th, 2007||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||&mdash;||65th||{{Sm|Mers}}
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||193rd||49th||{{Sm|Eikelmann}}
|-
|[[Smashacre Gluttony]]||August 10th, 2013||25th||9th||{{Sm|Klit}}
|-
|Nebulous 11||August 23rd, 2014||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Nebulous Xmas||December 27th, 2014||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=339897 Smashacre Gluttony]||August 10th, 2013||9th||7th||{{Sm|TBA}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=343794 Smashacre Frostbite]||December 7th-8th, 2013||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Zenith 2014]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2014||17th||9th||{{Sm|Shears}}
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||49th||17th||{{Sm|MattNF}}
|-
|[[Nebulous Prime 2]]||September 14th, 2015||4th (DQ)||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Pound 2016]]||April 2nd-April 3rd, 2016||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||97th||33rd||{{Sm|JAMJAR}}
|-
|[[SuperBoomed]]||October 22nd 2016||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://quarterlyrapport.challonge.com/qr4ssb64 Quarterly Rapport 4]||March 4th, 2017||9th||5th||{{Sm|Capos}}
|-
|[[Let's Go!]]||April 28th-30th, 2017||72nd||25th||{{Sm|Horbie}}
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2017]]||August 10th-13th, 2017||49th||25th||LimeSodaa
|-
|[[Keystoned II]]||March 10th-11th, 2018||35th||13th||{{Sm|Hoofy}}
|-
|{{Trn|Shine 2018|g=SSB}}||August 24th-26th, 2018||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSB}}||August 8th-11th, 2019||57th||25th||MattNF
|-
|[https://challonge.com/Wisehouse3bracket Wise House 3]||April 17th, 2021||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2022|g=SSB}}||August 11th-14th, 2022||157th||17th||Griffith
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/prototype-4-year-anniversary-tournament-pyat4/events PYAT 4]||September 21st, 2024||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;

|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Viridian City 8]]||October 23rd, 2010||49th||17th||{{Sm|TKBro}}
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||9th (only in AllBrawl)||97th||{{Sm|King Funk}}
|}
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||257th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=61751 SmashBoards public profile]
*[http://smashboards.com/rankings/korobeniki.61751/user Smashboards rankings]
*[http://www.smashladder.com/player/9687/korobeniki Anther Ladder profile]
*[https://challonge.com/users/pps_koro/tournaments Challonge profile]

==Gameplay videos==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOMP7Qjz8Fs Korobeniki vs {{sm|Moyashi}}, the top Kirby from Japan back when using a keyboard]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw9Q2x8SE6w vs. {{sm|Firo}}]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX1cn4_mmHU PM doubles example]

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