Smasher:RockCrock

RockCrock
Character info
Melee mains	Ganondorf, Donkey Kong
Other Melee characters	Captain Falcon, Fox
Smash 4 main	Bowser Jr.
Project M main	Sonic
Personal and other info
Real name	Dennis DiSilvestro
Birth date	May 27, 1989
Location	Fort Myers, FL
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Professional

RockCrock is a Ganondorf main from Ft. Myers, Florida. He is extremely knowledgeable about Melee, and of many players. He began his career in 2003 playing Fox, then moved to Ganondorf. He was considered to be arguably one of the best Ganondorf players in the United States, and recognized as one of the South's better players. He used to attend college at the University of Florida and went on to get a Master's degree at Florida Gulf Coast University. RockCrock was formerly ranked 8th on the Florida Melee Power Rankings in May 2014. As of right now, RockCrock is presumed to be on a hiatus due to his career as an occupational therapist.

History

RockCrock began playing Melee competitively in 2003 and quickly rose to become the best Fox player in Florida. He often trained with his brother Andrew (UberIce), Phanna, and the brothers DaShizWiz, KeepSpeedN, and SmashMac. Early after changing his main to Ganondorf, he often teamed with friend and fellow smasher QueenDVS, playing under the team name "ThunderSkullTip". He hosted many tournaments in his home town of Ft. Myers, FL, and earned the Tournament Director title on SmashBoards. He began attending the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL in Fall 2007, and played with the likes of Exarch, Derf, SubScorpion, and Harriettheguy. When Brawl came out, he tried to play as his favorite video game character, Sonic, but became very disheartened with the way that Brawl turned out, and now rarely plays it anymore. He then played Melee with a crew consisting of himself, Harriettheguy, BladeOfApollo, Raistlin, and other smashers in Gainesville. Because his usual team partner, QueenDVS went to the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, RockCrock often enters doubles with Harriettheguy as his teammate. He has also began to play Project M and mains Sonic in the game; However, he is dissatisfied of the recent lack of PM in Florida and the competitive scene in general because of the recent issues that have surrounded the mod & Nintendo.

Tournament attendance

RockCrock has attended many large tournaments, placing well at most, including the MLG series, Pound 3, Revival of Melee 1, GENESIS, Pound 4, and more recently POE3. He is recognized by the South as one of the regions' better players, and has never been absent from a regional crew battle at a national level tournament. He also travels to more local tournaments around Florida and Georgia, including the WATO and Gigabits Series in Orlando, Florida, and the Tipped Off series in Georgia. Nowadays, RockCrock doesn't travel too much to tournaments and plays in his local town in Fort Myers, Florida.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
MLG Orlando 2006	August 26th-27th, 2006	17th	13th	QueenDVS
GIGABITS	December 17th, 2006	25th	—	—
Pound 2	June 16th-17th, 2007	17th	7th	QueenDVS
FAST 1	July 17th-20th, 2008	9th	5th	QueenDVS
Revival of Melee	March 7th-8th, 2009	17th	9th	QueenDVS
GENESIS	July 10th-12th, 2009	33rd	7th	DaShizWiz
NOOB 1	February 20th, 2010	5th	3rd	Harriettheguy
NOOB 2	April 17th, 2010	5th	5th	QueenDVS
Revival of Melee 3	November 20th-21st, 2010	13th	9th	Unknown522
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	37th	17th	Harriettheguy
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	49th	—	—
CEO 2015	June 26-28th, 2015	49th	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
NOOB 4	March 30th, 2013	—	2nd	Harriettheguy
Paragon Orlando 2015	January 17th-18th, 2015	13th	—	—

Trivia

• RockCrock's name is not derived from the critter in Donkey Kong Country. In his own words: "The Orcs were my favorite race, so I did my best to create an intimidating name to match the savage ruthlessness of the Orcs. I came up with the idea that a crocodile strong enough to bite through rocks was pretty intimidating, so I went with RockCrock."

External links

• Paragon 2015 Armada vs RockCrock
• RockCrock's SmashBoards Profile
• RockCrock's YouTube Channel
• RockCrock The Crusher, RockCrock's Combo Video, created by Phanna
• Never Before Seen, a combo video created by RockCrock for the SmashBoards combo video contest, in which RockCrock tied for 1st place
• RockCrock & Linguini vs Kage & Chaddd, Epic Ganondorf Teams Set from Tipped Off 4, Duluth, Georgia, January 2008
• Do The RockCrock