iBDW
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Character info
Melee main Fox
Retired Melee character Sheik
Project M mains Wolf, Fox
Team info
Sponsor(s) Panda
Former sponsor(s) Mentality Esports, Polar Ace
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2019 MPGR: 9th
Personal and other info
Real name Cody Schwab
Birth date (age 29)
Location New York City, New York United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Project M Professional

iBDW is a Melee smasher from Queens, New York, previously having attended college in Rochester, New York before graduating. He originally began competing out of curiosity for how far he could progress in late Spring of 2015, but after having difficulty finding practice in person he began grinding on Anther's Ladder, where he quickly rose to the top of the rankings. His play style makes heavy usage of Fox's up-air for juggles, his tilts and mobility for zoning and approaching, and quick out of shield options to create openings or end stocks. He is also famed for his heavy use of fulljumping to find openings and beat out approaches.

He is currently ranked 3rd on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 9th on the 2019 MPGR, and was formerly ranked 1st on the New York City Power Rankings.

In pools of Smash Summit 8, iBDW went 0-3 losing to Zain 1-3, Spud 2-3 and Ginger 1-3, earning himself the bottom seed in main bracket, but once in main bracket he would go on to beat S2J 3-0 before losing to Trif 2-3. In losers, iBDW would beat moky 3-2, Mango 3-1, aMSa 3-0, and Hungrybox 3-1, before finally falling to Wizzrobe 1-3, placing 4th.

On September 2021, after almost a year of exceptionally solid performances online, iBDW would claim his first ever major tournament win at Riptide. He defeated Hungrybox 3-1, and then Plup 3-2 and 3-1 in two back to back sets to win the tournament without dropping a set.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
We Tech Those November 14th-15th, 2015 9th
Shots Fired 2 March 5th-6th, 2016 9th 5th Pig
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 33rd
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 49th 17th Pig
Smash Valley IV September 10th, 2016 3rd 2nd Swedish Delight
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 65th 33rd Hungry Pigeon
Smash Corner 51 January 4th, 2017 1st 1st 2saint
Apollo January 7th-8th, 2017 13th 9th 2saint
Smash Valley V February 18th, 2017 9th 7th Ferriswheel
Apollo III March 11th, 2017 4th 5th R2DLiu
Shuffle: Battle of the Midwest April 1st-2nd, 2017 3rd 4th Cal
BoroughCon May 26th-27th, 2017 5th 3rd 2saint
Nebs After Dark 68 June 6th, 2017 1st
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 13th
Apollo VII July 1st, 2017 9th 3rd 2saint
The Tunes Tuesday 36 July 25th, 2017 1st
Tri-State Invitational August 5th-6th, 2017 9th
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 33rd 9th 2saint
Super AON September 24th, 2017 2nd 1st Animal
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 65th 25th Tai
Tipped Off 12 November 11th-12th, 2017 7th 5th Darktooth
Super AON December 9th, 2017 1st 3rd Hax
SCORPIUS January 6th, 2018 17th (DQ) 2nd 2saint
Emerald City 6 January 13th, 2018 13th 2nd 2saint
Pre-Genesis 5 Melee & Marvel January 17th, 2018 5th
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 33rd 33rd 2saint
Nebulous Melee 113 February 10th, 2018 3rd 1st mayb
Smash Valley: Lucky 7 February 17th, 2018 9th 5th mayb
Nebulous Melee 115 February 24th, 2018 2nd 2nd Kalvar
Apollo XII March 10th, 2018 2nd 1st 2saint
Maybulous! April 10th, 2018 9th
GEMINI April 14th, 2018 2nd 4th 2saint
Apollo XIII April 28th, 2018 3rd 5th dizzkidboogie
Pound Underground May 12th-13th, 2018 7th 7th Vortex
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 25th 9th Darktooth
OMEGA II June 16th-17th, 2018 4th 4th 2saint
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 13th 7th 2saint
Apollo XIV July 30th, 2018 2nd
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 13th 5th 2saint
The Big House 8 October 5th-7th, 2018 49th 13th 2saint
Fireside Open 2018 December 1st, 2018 1st 1st DJ Nintendo
Don't Park on the Grass 2018 December 15th-16th, 2018 9th 3rd Darkatma
NYXL Pop-Up! December 22nd, 2018 1st
Super Smashed Out IV December 30th, 2018 1st 1st 2saint
AGDQ 2019 January 10th, 2019 1st
Fight For Socal 2 January 26th, 2019 2nd 3rd Captain Faceroll
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 25th 7th Swedish Delight
The Script 2 February 16th-17th, 2019 4th 2nd G$
Phantom 2019 March 2nd-3rd, 2019 1st 1st SFAT
Full Bloom 5 March 23rd-24th, 2019 9th 2nd Rocky
The Scarlet Classic V April 14th, 2019 1st 1st Swedish Delight
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 17th 9th 2saint
Papercut May 11th, 2019 1st 1st 100 Grand
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 9th 4th Rocky
The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0 June 8th-9th, 2019 33rd 3rd Armada
Smash Summit 8 June 13th-16th, 2019 4th 3rd Hungrybox
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 4th 2nd Plup
Friday Night Turnip #125 July 27th-28th, 2019 5th Jisu
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 7th 7th dizzkidboogie
Shine 2019 August 23rd-25th, 2019 3rd 2nd Fiction
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 17th 3rd Fiction
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 7th 2nd Fiction
UCI Esports Conference October 10th, 2019 1st
Fight for SoCal 8 October 26th, 2019 2nd
The MMOM Memorial November 9th-10th, 2019 1st 1st 2saint
SteelCraft GG November 30th, 2019 7th Jisu
Melee @ Verdugo West #94: Genabis January 22nd, 2020 2nd
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 13th 5th Fiction
Saving Mr. Lombardi 2 February 1st, 2020 2nd
Smash Summit 9 February 13th-16th, 2020 5th
Pound Online   April 24th-26th, 2020 9th
Get On My Line 2020   July 18th-19th, 2020 2nd
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2   July 25th-26th, 2020 3rd
Untitled EC #27   September 15th, 2020 1st
Frame Perfect Series 2: ONLINE   September 19th, 2020 1st
THE CLG MIXUP   September 26th, 2020 2nd
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 1   October 11th, 2020 3rd
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 2   October 18th, 2020 3rd
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 3   October 25th, 2020 3rd
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 4   October 31st, 2020 5th
Frame Perfect Series 3: ONLINE   November 7th, 2020 1st
Smash Summit 10 Online   November 19th-22nd, 2020 3rd
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3   December 19th-20th, 2020 2nd
Galint Melee Open: Spring Edition   March 19th-21st, 2021 2nd
The Allston Melee Bender   April 3rd-4th, 2021 7th
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 1   April 11th, 2021 3rd
Pound 2021 Online: Melee Edition  June 26th-27th, 2021 1st
Smash Summit 11 July 15th-18th, 2021 5th
Riptide September 10th-12th, 2021 1st 3rd SFAT
SWT: NA East Melee Regional Finals October 30th-31st, 2021 2nd

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Shuffle: Battle of the Midwest April 1st-2nd, 2017 17th
U of R Monthly 10 May 4th, 2017 2nd
CGC 2017 May 6th-7th, 2017 9th 5th Sven

Trivia

  • When he was younger, his Xbox tag was "iBDoiNWorK" which he then shortened to iBDW upon coming into the competitive Smash scene. He has confirmed that it now stands for nothing, and iBDW usually prefers people refer to him by his name, Cody.
  • iBDW is colorblind, being a protanope (absence of red retinal photoreceptors, making him unable to see red and several shades of other colors).
  • iBDW has defeated 7 members of the 2019 MPGR top 8 in offline sets (all but Zain), defeating Mango, aMSa, and Hungrybox at Smash Summit 8, Leffen at Shine 2019, Wizzrobe at Smash Summit 9, Axe at Smash Summit 11, and Plup at Riptide.


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