Smasher:ChuDat
| Chu Dat | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Brawl main | Kirby |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Power Underwhelming, H2YL |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Daniel Rodriguez |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Falls Church, VA 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top Professional  |
Chu Dat is an American professional smasher who mainly uses the Ice Climbers and is widely regarded as the primary influential driving force for competitive Ice Climbers play in the community. He is currently ranked 2nd best in the United States according to the Smash Panel Power Rankings. In Brawl, he is one of, if not, the top Kirby user, and mains Kirby and Ice Climbers in Brawl+. As of February 2011, Chu officially announced his retirement from Smash.
Background
In addition to piquing the interests of the community at large about the Ice Climbers metagame, Chu has also spearheaded the local community in Northern Virginia by hosting "NoVa Bi-weekliez !" at his parents' home. The tournaments have attracted a wide variety of top level competition including Mew2King, Chillin and Azen.
Chu Dat has been known to frequently visit Southern California to spend time with the Hoang family, which includes Ken and Manacloud. Although he is situated primarily in the East, Chu Dat prefers to represent the West Coast due to his friendships and close ties to California.
External links
- Frostbite - An Ice Climbers combo video (gameplay featuring Chu Dat, presented by masterwumpus)
- OC-Chu (gameplay featuring Chu-Dat at OC2, presented by Nealdt)
