Plague von Karma

<center>'''Edit Count'''</center>
{{Editcount}}
{{Infobox Smasher
|name=[[File:PlagueSigImage.png|20px]]<span style="color: #e68;">Plague von Karma</span>[[File:PlagueSigImage.png|20px]]
|image=PlagueProfile.png
|mainssbu=King K. Rool
|2ndmainssbu=Terry
|mainssb4=Ryu
|2ndmainssb4=Bowser
|mainssbb=Bowser
|2ndmainssbb=Wolf
|mainssbm=Bowser
|2ndmainssbm=Roy
|mainssb=Yoshi
|2ndmainssb=Pikachu
|mainpm=Roy
|skill=Semi-Professional
|location=Llandrindod Wells, Powys
|country=Wales
}}

Hey, I'm an Ex-Smash Labber! I used to hang around the SmashCords Discords; while there, I was an administrator in the Terry Discord and Community Organizer in the King K. Rool Discord. I also labbed a few other characters sometimes, such as {{SSBU|Donkey Kong}} and {{SSBU|Duck Hunt}}. I also used contribute to [https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/plague-von-karma.236353/ Smogon] as a moderator, one of the largest competitive Pokemon Communities. 

On SmashWiki, I'm basically the guardian of the {{SSBU|King K. Rool}} page on this website because nobody else is gonna keep that thing up to standard. I also contributed heavily to his moveset pages, [[Command Input Special Moves]], and [[Arcade controller]]. I spend time making Overviews on various moveset pages and providing technical/competitive information too. This game is very interesting from a mechanics standpoint and I like to share what I learned.

==Mainspaced Articles==
* [[Armor]] - Page reconstruction proposition, accepted and beamed up.
* [[Arcade controller]] - Part of solving a move proposal.
* [[Passive armor]] - Replacement for the Tough Guy page to suit Kazuya and other fighters with similar mechanics.
* [[Crownerang]] - A revamp of the page designed to resolve issues with K. Rool's techniques occupying so many pages.
* [[List of armoured attacks (SSBU)]]
* [[List of armoured attacks (SSB4)]]
* [[List of armoured attacks (SSBB)]]
and an absolute ton of moveset pages!

==Unplayable character documentation==
In 2021, I published [[Forum:Further_documentation_on_unplayable_characters|a proposal regarding documenting unplayable characters]] on SmashWiki. This was passed in early 2023, and I have since dedicated myself to making the pages for each of them. This list, with its redlinks, is basically my checklist. If you wish to help, by all means do, but contact me @plague_von_karma on Discord.

===Character Slot-bearing Unplayables===
These characters can be controlled through simple character codes;
* [[Metal Mario (SSB)]]
* [[Giant Donkey Kong (SSB)]]
* [[Giga Bowser (SSBM)]]
* [[Male Wire Frame (SSBM)]]
* [[Female Wire Frame (SSBM)]]
* [[Red Alloy (SSBB)]]
* [[Yellow Alloy (SSBB)]]
* [[Green Alloy (SSBB)]]
* [[Blue Alloy (SSBB)]]
* [[Giga Bowser (SSBU)]]  

===Brawl Bosses===
These characters can be controlled through a special debug code that enables P4's boss control;
* [[Rayquaza (SSBB)]]
* [[Duon (SSBB)]]
* [[Galleom (SSBB)]]
* [[Ridley (SSBB)]]
* [[Meta Ridley (SSBB)]]
* [[Petey Piranha (SSBB)]]
* [[Porky (SSBB)]]
* [[Tabuu (SSBB)]]

===To be revised===
These pages are from before the new policy was established and need revamping to work akin to the above completed pages. 
* [[Master Hand (SSBM)]]
* [[Crazy Hand (SSBM)]]
* [[Master Hand (SSBB)]]
* [[Crazy Hand (SSBB)]]
* [[Master Hand (SSB4)]]
* [[Crazy Hand (SSB4)]]
* [[Master Hand (SSBU)]]
* [[Crazy Hand (SSBU)]]

===Characters of dubious playability===
All of these characters are programmed as items and don't appear to have debug codes that make them playable (a la Brawl bosses). Thus, more research is required. It is likely that this could involve large-scale modding of the game beyond the scope of a simple CSS mod, which resultantly falls outside the scope of the project. Possible, but just needs more than any of the above characters. If they lack any debug codes that would make them playable, then it's dead in the water to me.
* [[Master Core (SSB4)]]
* [[Galleom (SSBU)]]
* [[Rathalos (SSBU)]]
* [[Galeem (SSBU)]]
* [[Dracula (SSBU)]]
* [[Ganon (SSBU)]]
* [[Marx (SSBU)]]
* [[Dharkon (SSBU)]]

===Indistinguishables===
These characters appear to not necessarily be "unplayables," and thus need further research to vet them;
* [[Fighting Polygon Team]] - Same physics, hitboxes, and everything, but may need further checks to see if they are like the Japanese versions of the characters. But from what I can tell, they pull from the same data. Naming convention would likely be how the 64 community does it (eg. "Polygon Mario"). 
* [[Fighting Mii Team]] - Seemingly just Mii Fighters and I don't see them being worth investigating regardless.

==Resources==
I used to spend a lot of time looking at scripts, using Ruben's KO Calculator and stuff like that. I find it fun labbing outside of Smash to theorycraft more effectively. Obviously tests in-game are done as well though! '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x9rMZxCweuDRyj-QrQyreX4h1n61MljF-qG3y47iF3A/edit?usp=sharing Here's my main resource hub.]''' I keep absolutely everything I do on there, although there are links to more lab repos for specific characters among other things, so it can get a bit messy...

I do similar things for Pokemon, especially RBY!

==Tournament placings==
I sometimes play in tournaments; often WiFi ones, but sometimes offline. They're nothing extravagant and the tours are often small-ish scale. I'm considering participating in more. I only really go to tourneys if a friend is there. My most notable win would be Nabster at Smash Quarter, I guess, but he's not like, ridiculously high level. There are definitely more tourneys than just these, especially in regards to Brawl, but I can't find any records. 

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement
|-
|Smash @ Staffs|| c.2017 || Unknown 
|-
|}
Very unsure on the date for this, all I know is it was the first one and I went 0-2 with Pichu lol

==={{for3ds}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement
|-
|[https://challonge.com/NWCRankings3DS NWC 3DS Ranking Tournament]{{OnlineIcon}}||August 11, 2015 ||5th
|-
|[https://challonge.com/NWCEvent2 NWC No-Item Fox Only Event]{{OnlineIcon}}||c.2015||Unknown
|-
|[https://challonge.com/playah Shads Stream Tourney 2 playah]{{OnlineIcon}}||c.Jan 2016||Unknown
|-
|[https://challonge.com/NMSJ7 Nino Magical Smashing Jerk #7]{{OnlineIcon}}||c.Jan 2018||3rd
|-
|[https://challonge.com/Nino_Orbs Nino's Magical Smashing Jerk! Orb Battles!]{{OnlineIcon}}||c.2018||Unknown
|-
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
A lot of this is missing due to going to irl events and the like. 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement
|-
|[https://challonge.com/NWC_Ranking_WiiU NWC Wii U Ranking Tournament]{{OnlineIcon}}||c.2015||Unknown
|-
|[https://challonge.com/risenrankingsWiiU The Risen Rankings Tournament (Smash Singles WiiU)]{{OnlineIcon}}||c.2016||7th
|-
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement
|-
|IG Presents Smash Circuit #1 @Cyberzone We're Back Baby!{{OnlineIcon}}||20th Jan 2019||9th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/manchester-conquest-5-minimo-s-mega-adventure Manchester Conquest 5: MiniMo's Mega Adventure]||5th Oct 2019||65th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/smash-quarter-141 Smash Quarter 141]||10th Oct 2019||17th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/mass-mutiny-the-road-to-smash-games/details Mass Mutiny: The Road to Smash Games]{{OnlineIcon}}||16th Nov 2019||5th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/lockdown-8 Lockdown #8]{{OnlineIcon}}||15th Apr 2020||13th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/dollhouse-diorama-hub DollHouse Diorama #1]{{OnlineIcon}}||15th Apr 2020||9th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/mist-valley-cup/events Mist Valley Cup]{{OnlineIcon}}||18th Apr 2020||17th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/no-problem-7-1 No Problem #7]{{OnlineIcon}}||29th Apr 2020||4th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/the-great-garlic-showdown-4-2-0-2 The Great Garlic Showdown #4 (2.0)]{{OnlineIcon}}||21st May 2020||3rd
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/doll-house-diorama-23 DollHouse Diorama #23]{{OnlineIcon}}||27th May 2020||33rd
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/the-line-11-unlocked The Line #11 Unlocked]{{OnlineIcon}}||12th June 2020||49th
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/nexus-fight-club-15-w-35-prize-pool-eu-only/details Nexus Fight Club #15 w/ £35 PRIZE POOL (EU ONLY)]{{OnlineIcon}}||20th July 2021||13th
|-
|}