Editing Smasher:KoRoBeNiKi

| crew          = [[PPS]]

| former crews  = [[iXi]], Fatal 5, SB

| location      = Fair Lawn, New Jersey

'''KoRoBeNiKi''', more commonly called '''Koro''' due to ease of pronunciation, is a [[smasher]] from Northern New Jersey. He is primarily known for helping to form the most recent [[tier list]] in '''Smash 64''' and for being one of the more active early [[Project64k|Kailera]] ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' 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 and is known for his contributions to 64 on [[Reddit]] and SmashWiki and in the 64 community is known distinctly for his terrible puns (where Koropuns is a used term for said bad jokes in the community.)

 

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. He started off as a Luigi main with Roy as a secondary. At Smashtality 2 in October 2006, he met {{sm|Sensei}} and {{sm|Isai}} and got 5 stocked by both of them and learned of the more 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.

 

He discovered online ''Smash 64'' in 2007 along with another fellow smasher, MattNF. Due in part to being a good friend of the latter, who was a member of [[PPS]], he was allowed in the [[crew]] by {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}}. Prior to this, he was a member of [[iXi]], maining a lackluster 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 iXi and still remains friends with several old school online players. KoRo used to be one of the top keyboard players though this can be contributed to the very low level of play back then compared to today. He currently barely plays online as he is stuck on Wi-fi and he can't get used to delay while playing on controller.

In ''Smash 64'', he uses {{SSB|Yoshi}} as his [[main]] and used to use a {{SSB|Captain Falcon}} as his pocket character for certain specialty matchups. Otherwise, he uses {{SSB|Fox}}, {{SSB|Samus}}, and {{SSB|Pikachu}} occasionally. 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 gotten slightly better. He is well known for his particularly good egg usage and n-air placements for both his main and old main and specializes in the puff matchup after years of experience teaming with MattNF along with Mario/Luigi. Subsequently, his best win was {{Sm|Yunque}} at Shine 2018 and he also has a positive record vs {{Sm|Czar}}. He primarily uses Yoshi, {{SSB|Luigi}}, Samus, and {{SSB|Pikachu}} for doubles and his worst characters by far are {{SSB|Link}} and {{SSB|Jigglypuff}}. 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 loses entirely to low tier mains (such as the_maafia) and top level players (such as {{Sm|clubbadubba}} and {{Sm|Lord Narwhal}}. KoRo plays "claw" using the normal 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 regular controller only when he doesn't have his primary controller at local events or when his hands are bothering him.

He used to use a keyboard adapter developed by {{Sm|Dajial}} for a while offline but now uses a golden Hori with a lodgenet stick installed by {{sm|JimmyJoe}}. On Hori, he doesn't use A for almost all his Aerials but rather uses 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 ironically similar to JimmyJoe who designed his controller.) He is currently ranked 4th on the New York City Power Rankings in both the current and prior power rankings and plays weekly on Monday nights in Union Square along with occasional events on Wednesday run by Wiseacre in North Haledon, New Jersey and the rare regionals/majors he enters. Outside of entering locals, he has helped TO and has run recent events.

On [[Smashboards]], he was a long time contributor until the large majority of the community moved over to the SSB64 Community [[Facebook]] page. 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 ran by him, {{sm|Pidgezero one}}, and several moderators. This eventually resulted in the current tier list seen today. He also wrote articles for the smash 64 scene but he has been inactive in writing since early 2019.

===''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 mains {{SSBM|Luigi}} in ''Melee'' still 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 Jigglypuffs/Foxes he has teamed with such as the now ranked {{Sm|2Saint}}. At his peak in early/middle 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. Due to [[Project Slippi]]'s rollback netcode making his Wifi connection lagless, he plays rarely under #668 using [[keyboard]] and is tempted to buy a new controller.

===Other Smash Games===

When he played ''Brawl'' he mained {{SSBB|Luigi}} and {{SSBB|Mr. Game and Watch}}. At his highest peak, he was in the top 150 on the AllisBrawl wifi ladder. However, he never had a good placement offline though this was partially due to New Jersey/New York scene being the top scene in the country in the early years of the game. He disliked the dominance of {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} as well as the King Dedede matchup and also also disliked the speed of the game and gradually gave up playing smash all together until melee and smash 64 brought him back. While he argues for the games existence and for how in depth the game is (mostly as a Devil's Advocate,) he dislikes the game immensely. His one notable result was 9th in AllBrawl a 4 player FFA event designed by DMBrandon and Keitaro with random stages and items with top two advancing at Apex 2012, where he won over players such as Ally and Nairo before being eliminated the next round by Ally (again) and TheReflexWonder. His best matchups were {{SSBB|Olimar}} and {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}}.

In ''[[Project M]]'', he mains Luigi and Samus with various secondaries such as Yoshi and Ganondorf (primarily for Warioware shenanigans) and he also used to play online occasionally on [[Anther's Ladder]] though on 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. He also has shown strength as with the other games in doubles where he teams primarily with KeyChain, an NYC ranked King D3/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.

KoRo barely played ''[[Smash 4]]'' 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 picked up Bowser from playing friendlies while waiting for a 64 tournament at nebulous to start.

Similarly in ''[[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 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 Luigi in the game because of his new grab mechanic as he generally doesn't like characters with tethers but he likes a game a lot. As with the other newer games, his least favorite aspect by far is the buffer system.

|{{Trn|Shine 2018}}||August 24th-26th, 2018||9th||—||—

|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}||August 8th-11th, 2019||57th||25th||MattNF

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