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{{redirect|JD|the Panamanian smasher|Smasher:JD (Panama)}}
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Joanna Dark
| name          = Joanna Dark
| image        =  
| image        =  
| main          = Falco
| mainssbm      = Falco
| 2ndmain      =  
| otherssbm    = Fox
| other        = Fox
| 2ndotherssbm  = Samus
| 2ndother     =  
| realname     = Jacques Hillaireau
| crew          =  
| birthday      = 22
| skill        = Professional
| birthmonth    = 4
| alias        =
| birthyear     = 1987
| realname      = Jacques
| location      = Montpellier, Occitanie
| birthdate     = April 22, 1987<br>''(age '''20''')''
| location      = Montpellier
| country      = France
| country      = France
  }}
  }}
'''Joanna Dark''' is a [[Falco]] player. Some people only know him as "JD" (especially in Europe), whereas in America, most people only know him as "Joanna Dark".
'''Joanna Dark''' is a {{SSBM|Falco}} player. Some people only know him as "JD" (especially in Europe), whereas in United States, most people only know him as "Joanna Dark". He used to be a world top 1P Mode player and one of the first European players to play in the United States.


He's from Montpellier, France, but has been living in Paris between September 2005 et June 2006. Then, he left for Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he trained for some times with Dutch smashers such as [[Amsah]], then he came back in Montpellier. He's currently living in Montpellier, France.
He is originally from Montpellier, France, living in Paris between September 2005 and June 2006. He lived in Amsterdam for some time, training with Dutch smashers such as {{Sm|Amsah}}, before returning to Montpellier.  


==History==
==History==
 
Joanna Dark started playing smash as the game was released. He attended his first [[tournament]] in September 2003, and won it. Since this day he has always been considered as one of the top French players. He first [[main]]ed {{SSBM|Samus}}, picking up Falco in 2004.
Joanna Dark started playing smash as the game was released. He attended his first [[tournament]] in September 2003, and won it. Since this day he has always been considered as one of the top French players. He first [[main]]ed [[Samus]], then, in 2004, he started playing [[Falco]], who was to become his main.
His last tournament in Europe was the [[B.E.A.S.T 7]] tournament in Sweden.


==Tournaments==
==Tournaments==
Joanna Dark attended almost every [[tournament]] in France, and many [[tournament]]s in Europe. He also went to the USA to attend [[0C2]]. Because of his presence during during more than 30 [[tournament]]s, he became one of the most well known players both inside and outside of France.
Joanna Dark attended almost every [[tournament]] in France, and many [[tournament]]s in Europe. He also went to the USA to attend [[0C2]]. Because of his presence during more than 30 [[tournament]]s, he became one of the most well known players both inside and outside of France. He is also the organizer of the [[Dirty South Tournament (France)|DST]] series.
 
He's also the organizer of the [[Dirty South Tournament (France)|DST]] series.
 
===2003===
*SSBM T3 : 1st
 
===2004===
*SSBM T4 : 7th
*Smashfest Toulouse 2004 : 2th
*[[Judgement Day]] : 4th
*[[Royal Treatment]] : 17th
*Téléthon 2004 : 2nd
 
===2005===
*[[FireFox Tournament]] : 1st
*Koopa Klaw Tournament : 2nd
*T-LAN 2005 : 1st
*[[RoS 2]] : 17th
*Twisted Hand Tournament : 1st
*[[Green Destination Tournament]] : 1st
*Tournoi de St Malo : 1st
*Don't Ever Hit Down : 5th
*[[FireFox Tournament 2]] : 5th
*[[ATM2]] : 3st
*[[Echoes of Melee]] : 2nd
*Téléthon 2005 : 2nd
*Fataliteam Tournament : 2nd
 
===2006===
*[[Rococco of Smash]] : 7th
*[[ATM2]] : 9th
*Game in Paris : 1st
*[[X-TC3]] : 13th
*[[Royal Destination Tournament]] : 3rd
*[[RoS 3]] : 17th
*[[Zero Challenge]] : 92th
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 3]] : 1st
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 4]] : 1st
*Game in Paris 3 : 4th
*[[JST5]] : 9th
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 5]] : 1st
 
===2007===
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 6]] : 1st
*[[LostHost]]: 13th
*[[SR2]] : 7th
*[[Epita Smash Arena]] : 7th
*[[ZEST2]] : 9th
*[[RoS 3]] : 7th
*Fataliteam Tournament 2 : 1st
*South Challenge : 1st
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 7]] : 1st
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 8]] : 2nd
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 10]] : 3rd
*[[Dirty South Tournament (France)|Dirty South Tournament 11]] : 1st
*[[Epita Smash Arena 2]] : 33rd


==Trivia==
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/ssbmt3/ SSBM T3]||September 27th-28th, 2003||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|SSBM T4||2004||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/smashfest-toulouse-2004/ Smashfest Toulouse 2004]||May 22nd-23rd, 2004||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Judgement Day]]||2004||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/royal-treatment/ Royal Treatment]||November 1st, 2004||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7359 T-Cube]||December 3rd, 2004||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/firefox-tournament/ FireFox Tournament]||February 19th, 2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7361 Koopa Klaw Tournament]||February 26th-27th, 2005||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|T-LAN 2005||2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Renaissance of Smash 2]]||2005||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/twisted-hand-tournament/ Twisted Hand Tournament]||July 23rd-24th, 2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/green-destination-tournament/ Green Destination Tournament]||August 6th-7th, 2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Tournoi de St Malo||2005||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7357 Don't Ever Hit Down]||September 10th-11th, 2005||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/firefox-tournament-2/ FireFox Tournament 2]||October 29th, 2005||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[ATM Tournament Series#ATM 2|ATM 2]]||November 19th, 2005||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=7360 T-Cube II]||December 4th-5th, 2005||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=198 Echoes of Melee]||December 11th, 2005||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/fataliteam-tournament/ Fatalitean Tournament]||December 17th-18th, 2005||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://www.angelfire.com/planet/rococo/episode01.htm Rococo of Smash]||January 4th-8th, 2006||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[ATM Tournament Series#ATM 3|ATM 3]]||February 18th-19th, 2006||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Game in Paris||2006||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[X-Treme Championship#X-TC3|X-TC3]]||April 15th-16th, 2006||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=1466 Royal Destination Tournament]||June 30th-July 1st, 2006||3rd||3rd||&mdash;
|-
|[[Rococo of Smash 2]]||2006||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Zero Challenge 2]]||August 15th-17th, 2006||65th||17th||{{Sm|Chesterr01}}
|-
|Dirty South Tournament 3||2006||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=1950 Dirty Smash Tournament 4]||October 7th, 2006||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|Game in Paris 3||2006||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[JST5]]||December 2nd-3rd, 2006||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=1921 Dirty Smash Tournament 5]||December 16th, 2006||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=1912 Dirty Smash Tournament 6]||February 10th, 2007||1st||4th||{{Sm|Baxon}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/losthost-results-are-up.93078/ LostHost]||March 17th, 2007||13th||5th||{{Sm|Ryuker}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=453 Smashers' Reunion 2]||March 31st-April 3rd, 2007||7th||7th||{{Sm|Efen}}
|-
|Smashers' Reunion 2 LT||March 31st-April 3rd, 2007||9th||5th||{{Sm|Tonberry}}
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena]]||April 7th-8th, 2007||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{h2|ZEST|ZEST2}}||April 28th, 2007||9th||5th||{{Sm|Makenshi}}
|-
|[[Rococo of Smash 3]]||2007||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/fataliteam-tournament-2/ Fataliteam Tournament 2]||July 14th-15th, 2007||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/south-challenge/ South Challenge]||August 4th-5th, 2007||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=321 Dirty South Tournament 7]||May 5th-27th, 2007||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=320 Dirty South Tournament 8]||September 15th, 2007||2nd||3rd||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=305 Dirty South Tournament 10]||November 3rd-4th, 2007||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://lefrenchmelee.fr/events/dirty-south-tournament-11/ Dirty South Tournament 11]||February 9th-10th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Epita Smash Arena 2]]||February 23rd-24th, 2008||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Cho}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/nst-2-spanish-tournament-barcelona-12-13-of-july.171934/#post-4893197 National Spanish Tournament 2]||July 12th-13th, 2008||2nd||4th||{{Sm|Marc}}
|-
|[[Smash Royale]]||July 25th-27th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Lion 4]]||August 7th-9th, 2009||17th||7th||{{Sm|Linguini}}
|-
|[[Smash Needs You]]||August 10th-12th, 2010||9th||17th||{{Sm|Coey}}
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T]]||January 7th-9th, 2011||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|B.E.A.S.T II|g=SSBM}}||August 11th-14th, 2011||&mdash;||25th||{{Sm|Niño}}
|-
|{{Trn|B.E.A.S.T 5|g=SSBM}}||January 9th-11th, 2015||97th||129th||{{Sm|Rondelle}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/last-6/event/melee-singles/brackets/56602 LAST VI]||July 30th-31st, 2016||9th||5th||{{Sm|Samjacobs1}}
|-
|{{Trn|Syndicate 2016|g=SSBM}}||September 10th-11th, 2016||65th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Eclipse 2]]||October 21st-23rd, 2016||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|B.E.A.S.T 7|g=SSBM}}||February 17th-19th, 2017||129th||33rd||{{Sm|Droopy}}
|}


* He's one of [[Captain Jack]]'s best European friend.
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
* He hates [[Falco]] and would never main him if not for his moveset.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
* He has been vice president and treasurer of SSBUP, the French [[SSBM]] Association.
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
* He's recognizable to his long dreadlocks.
|-
* He's addicted to Apple products.
|[[Smash Royale]]||July 25th-27th, 2008||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
* His gamer tag is the name of the protagonist of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Dark Perfect Dark].
|}


[[Category:Smashers]]
[[Category:Occitania smashers]]
[[Category:European smashers]]
[[Category:Falco players (SSBM)]]
[[Category:French smashers]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:Pros]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]
[[Category:Falco professionals]]
[[Category:Tournament directors]]

Latest revision as of 10:28, October 27, 2024

"JD" redirects here. For the Panamanian smasher, see Smasher:JD (Panama).
Joanna Dark
Character info
Melee main Falco
Other Melee characters Fox, Samus
Personal and other info
Real name Jacques Hillaireau
Birth date (age 37)
Location Montpellier, Occitanie France

Joanna Dark is a Falco player. Some people only know him as "JD" (especially in Europe), whereas in United States, most people only know him as "Joanna Dark". He used to be a world top 1P Mode player and one of the first European players to play in the United States.

He is originally from Montpellier, France, living in Paris between September 2005 and June 2006. He lived in Amsterdam for some time, training with Dutch smashers such as Amsah, before returning to Montpellier.

History[edit]

Joanna Dark started playing smash as the game was released. He attended his first tournament in September 2003, and won it. Since this day he has always been considered as one of the top French players. He first mained Samus, picking up Falco in 2004. His last tournament in Europe was the B.E.A.S.T 7 tournament in Sweden.

Tournaments[edit]

Joanna Dark attended almost every tournament in France, and many tournaments in Europe. He also went to the USA to attend 0C2. Because of his presence during more than 30 tournaments, he became one of the most well known players both inside and outside of France. He is also the organizer of the DST series.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
SSBM T3 September 27th-28th, 2003 1st
SSBM T4 2004 7th
Smashfest Toulouse 2004 May 22nd-23rd, 2004 2nd
Judgement Day 2004 4th
Royal Treatment November 1st, 2004 17th
T-Cube December 3rd, 2004 2nd
FireFox Tournament February 19th, 2005 1st
Koopa Klaw Tournament February 26th-27th, 2005 2nd
T-LAN 2005 2005 1st
The Renaissance of Smash 2 2005 17th
Twisted Hand Tournament July 23rd-24th, 2005 1st
Green Destination Tournament August 6th-7th, 2005 1st
Tournoi de St Malo 2005 1st
Don't Ever Hit Down September 10th-11th, 2005 5th
FireFox Tournament 2 October 29th, 2005 5th
ATM 2 November 19th, 2005 3rd
T-Cube II December 4th-5th, 2005 2nd
Echoes of Melee December 11th, 2005 2nd
Fatalitean Tournament December 17th-18th, 2005 2nd
Rococo of Smash January 4th-8th, 2006 7th
ATM 3 February 18th-19th, 2006 9th
Game in Paris 2006 1st
X-TC3 April 15th-16th, 2006 13th
Royal Destination Tournament June 30th-July 1st, 2006 3rd 3rd
Rococo of Smash 2 2006 17th
Zero Challenge 2 August 15th-17th, 2006 65th 17th Chesterr01
Dirty South Tournament 3 2006 1st
Dirty Smash Tournament 4 October 7th, 2006 1st
Game in Paris 3 2006 4th
JST5 December 2nd-3rd, 2006 9th
Dirty Smash Tournament 5 December 16th, 2006 1st
Dirty Smash Tournament 6 February 10th, 2007 1st 4th Baxon
LostHost March 17th, 2007 13th 5th Ryuker
Smashers' Reunion 2 March 31st-April 3rd, 2007 7th 7th Efen
Smashers' Reunion 2 LT March 31st-April 3rd, 2007 9th 5th Tonberry
Epita Smash Arena April 7th-8th, 2007 7th
ZEST2 April 28th, 2007 9th 5th Makenshi
Rococo of Smash 3 2007 7th
Fataliteam Tournament 2 July 14th-15th, 2007 1st
South Challenge August 4th-5th, 2007 1st
Dirty South Tournament 7 May 5th-27th, 2007 1st
Dirty South Tournament 8 September 15th, 2007 2nd 3rd
Dirty South Tournament 10 November 3rd-4th, 2007 3rd
Dirty South Tournament 11 February 9th-10th, 2008 1st
Epita Smash Arena 2 February 23rd-24th, 2008 33rd 9th Cho
National Spanish Tournament 2 July 12th-13th, 2008 2nd 4th Marc
Smash Royale July 25th-27th, 2008 1st
Super Lion 4 August 7th-9th, 2009 17th 7th Linguini
Smash Needs You August 10th-12th, 2010 9th 17th Coey
B.E.A.S.T January 7th-9th, 2011 17th
B.E.A.S.T II August 11th-14th, 2011 25th Niño
B.E.A.S.T 5 January 9th-11th, 2015 97th 129th Rondelle
LAST VI July 30th-31st, 2016 9th 5th Samjacobs1
Syndicate 2016 September 10th-11th, 2016 65th
Eclipse 2 October 21st-23rd, 2016 49th
B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th, 2017 129th 33rd Droopy

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Smash Royale July 25th-27th, 2008 25th