Smasher:KDJ
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| Korean DJ "KDJ" | |
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| Character info | |
| Melee mains | Marth, Fox, Sheik |
| Other Melee characters | Captain Falcon, Pichu |
| Brawl main | Sheik |
| Project M main | Zelda |
| Other Project M characters | Mewtwo, Marth, Luigi |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Team Liquid |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Daniel Jung |
| Location | Massachusetts 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional  |
KoreanDJ is a smasher who was known to be one of the best Sheik and Fox players in the United States. He was first known for his notorious money matching, where he would repeatedly challenge top-level players to improve his own gameplay. The start of his competitive career began at MLG New York 2006 winning the amateur tournament and beating Mew2King 3-0 in the pro tournament. KoreanDJ shocked the Smash world when he solidly defeated Ken 3-1 and made his bid as a real threat to the Smash hierarchy. He is the only player known to have more wins than losses over Ken.
While he has maintained a consistently high level of play the entire season, Orlando proved to be KoreanDJ’s breakout performance, eventually beating rivals Mew2King and PC Chris and then sending Ken to his earliest exit of the season. As one of the most skilled, enthusiastic and optimistic players out there, KoreanDJ continues to awe the rest of the smash community with his ever-increasing skill.
He first got into competitive play when training with Jinx, then working toward becoming part of the Ninja Turtlez crew. When he started playing with the crew, he was mostly all technical. He lacked mind game. However, he became increasingly better after each session. He took his play style to a whole other level by combining mind game with his fast reflexes and technical skills. After successfully climbing his way to becoming better than all the members including Krazyjones, he began traveling to compete against the nation's best players.
At tournaments
Received 2nd at MLG nationals in November 2006 and 1st at MLG Long Island in May 2007. However, he has not been showing up to any of the major tournaments recently, such as *pound* 2, FC-Diamond, and OC3. His most recent appearance at a major tournament was Viva La Smashtaclysm, where he placed 3rd.
He loves to money match.
He won the Worcester regional Nintendo sponsored Brawl Tournament as Sheik. His final match was against Compton of Deadly Alliance, who played Lucas.
He then won the New York City Grand Championship of the Nintendo sponsored Brawl tournament, defeating David from LA, then defeating Dire of Deadly Alliance, who played Ike. Although he did beat Dire in a huge upset it should be noted that many felt that Dire should have won due to the fact that KoreanDJ kept getting "lucky" with the items and that Dire was dominating the match until the items came into play. Once getting knocked into a "maxim tomato" and then a "heart container". His victory was secured when he got the "spicy curry" item. Yet his solid 2 stock victory may have not been due to luck.
As of March 7th and 8th, 2009, KDJ tied for 9th in both singles and doubles at Revival of Melee in Nanuet, NY. It was his first time playing Melee since MLG Long Island.
As of currently, he only plays Melee locally and is now currently starting to learn 2D and 3D fighting games such as Street Fighter 4, Persona 4 Arena, Tekken, and Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3. Still making a name for himself in these other fighting games, playing with local top players,SionHK and LuckyD. He also does violin covers of video game songs on Youtube.
On March 18, 2014, Team Liquid, a StarCraft 2 and Dota 2 eSports organization, signed KoreanDJ and Ken up for their Super Smash Bros. Melee team. He was also invited to participate in the E3 2014-held Super Smash Bros. Invitational tournament to play Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Notable tournament placings
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Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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| MLG New York Opener 2006 | April 21st-23rd, 2006 | 9th | ||
| MLG Dallas 2006 | May 19th-21st, 2006 | 4th | 6th | JBlaze |
| MLG Anaheim 2006 | June 23rd-25th, 2006 | 6th | ||
| MLG Chicago 2006 | July 21st-23rd, 2006 | 7th | 3rd | Mew2King |
| Zero Challenge 2 | August 15th-17th, 2006 | 4th | 4th | Mew2King |
| MLG Orlando 2006 | August 25th-27th, 2006 | 3rd | ||
| MLG New York Playoffs 2006 | October 13th-15th, 2006 | 4th | 4th | JBlaze |
| MLG Las Vegas 2006 | November 17th-19th, 2006 | 2nd | ||
| Cataclysm 3 | March 3rd-4th, 2007 | 2nd | ||
| MLG Smash Series: Long Island | May 5th-6th, 2007 | 1st | ||
| Viva La Smashtaclysm | November 10th-11th, 2007 | 3rd | ||
| Revival of Melee | March 7th-8th, 2009 | 9th | 9th | Cort |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 17th | 9th | th0rn |
| Game Over 5 | March 4th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smashing Grounds 3 | March 6th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Game Over 6 | March 11th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Northeastern Smash Attack 2 | March 29th, 2014 | 4th | 2nd | Dazwa |
| Game Over 10 | April 15th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| Mass Madness 12a | May 10th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — |
| PCX | May 25th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 13th | 9th | Ken |
| SSS Lock-In | June 14th-15th, 2014 | 9th | 5th | Ken |
| MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 29th | 9th | Ken |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 17th | 7th | Ken |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 65th | 5th | ZeRo |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 33rd | — | — |
| Smashing Grounds 2 | February 19th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smashing Grounds 3 | March 5th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smashing Grounds 4 | March 12th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 13th | 7th | Ken |
