Editing Smasher:KDJ

{{Infobox Smasher
| name            = KoreanDJ
| image           = KoreanDJ.jpg
| mainssbm        = Marth
| 2ndmainssbm     = Fox
| otherssbm       = Sheik
| mainpm          = Mewtwo
| otherpm         = Zelda
| mainssb4        = Diddy Kong
| 2ndmainssb4     = Sheik
| crew            =
| former sponsors = [[Team Liquid]]
| rankingssbm     = [[SSBMRank 2014]]: 48th
| bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank 2007]]: 2nd
| winningsssbm    = ~$13,653.00
| alias           = KDJ
| realname        = Daniel Jung
| birthyear       = 1988
| birthmonth      = 3 
| birthday        = 23
| location        = Massachusetts
| country         = United States
}}

'''KDJ''' is a retired Korean-American [[smasher]] who was known to be one of the best {{SSBM|Sheik}} and {{SSBM|Fox}} players in the United States in the 2006-2007 era. He continued to enter and placed decently at ''[[Melee]]'' tournaments after becoming a {{SSBM|Marth}} main. He rose to fame by consistently placing in the top-8 of events during the [[MLG 2006 Pro Circuit]], becoming known for his Sheik play. He was also known for his notorious [[money match]]ing, in which he would repeatedly challenge top-level players to improve his own gameplay. KDJ shocked the ''Smash'' community when he defeated {{Sm|Ken}} 3-1, solidifying his position as one of the best ''Melee'' players in the world. During the 2006-2007 era, he was the only player known to have a positive record over Ken.

He first got into competitive play when training with {{Sm|Jinx|p=Melee}}, and then becoming a part of the Ninja Turtlez crew. His skill quickly increased, and after he surpassed all of the members of the crew, he began traveling to compete against the nation's best players. KDJ would go on to place well in several ''Melee'' tournaments over much of the next decade before he announced his retirement from competitive play in September 2015. 

KDJ was also one of the 16 players to be invited to participate in the [[E3 2014]]-held [[Super Smash Bros. Invitational]] tournament to play {{forwiiu}}, and was also one of the 7 players who had an episode dedicated to them in ''[[The Smash Brothers]]''.

==History==
KDJ started his national career with a 9th place finish at [[MLG New York Opener 2006]], only losing to {{Sm|Isai}} and {{Sm|Mew2King}}. He followed up by placing 4th at [[MLG Dallas 2006]], 5th at [[MLG Anaheim 2006]], and 7th at [[MLG Chicago 2006]]. He also placed 4th at [[Zero Challenge 2]], notably defeating {{Sm|PC Chris}} in winners' bracket.

However, his breakout performance occurred at MLG Orlando 2006, where he made it to winners' finals by defeating both Mew2King and Ken. He lost to {{Sm|Azen}} and then to {{Sm|ChuDat}} in losers' finals, placing 3rd. At [[MLG New York Playoffs 2006]], he defeated Mew2King before losing to Azen once again in winners' bracket, and then defeated Isai before losing to ChuDat in losers' bracket, placing 4th, and successfully qualifying for the MLG 2006 championship event.

KDJ eventually placed 2nd at [[MLG Las Vegas 2006]]. He defeated Mew2King and Ken in winners' bracket before losing to PC Chris in winners' finals, and then defeated Ken again in losers' finals before losing again to PC Chris in grand finals.

KDJ later attended [[Cataclysm 3]], where he placed 2nd, defeating {{Sm|Forward}}, PC Chris, and ChuDat in losers' bracket after losing to ChuDat in winners' semis. He lost to Mew2King in grand finals. He also won [[MLG Long Island 2007]] two months later, defeating ChuDat in winners' semis, and Mew2King in both winners' finals and grand finals. After not attending various nationals in the summer of 2007, he attended [[Viva La Smashtaclysm]] in November 2007, where he placed 3rd, losing to Azen in winners' quarters, and then sweeping through losers' bracket, defeating {{Sm|Chillin}}, {{Sm|Drephen}}, and Mew2King to make it to losers' finals, where he lost to ChuDat.

KDJ has won 3 out of 4 sets he has played against Ken, only dropping one set at Zero Challenge 2.

In early 2008, KDJ won the Worcester regional Nintendo sponsored ''[[Brawl]]'' tournament, playing as {{SSBB|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 {{Sm|DireVulcan}} of Deadly Alliance, who played Ike. However, he has not entered any ''Brawl'' tournaments or made an effort to develop his skill since.

In March 2009, KDJ placed 9th in both singles and doubles at [[Revival of Melee]]. It was his first time entering a major ''Melee'' tournament for over a year, since Viva La Smashtaclysm. After that, KDJ continued to play ''Melee'' locally, although not nearly to the same level as before.

On March 18th, 2014, [[Team Liquid]], a ''StarCraft 2'' and ''Dota 2'' eSports organization, signed KDJ and {{Sm|Ken}} up for their ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' team. KDJ has since made a comeback in the ''Melee'' community, resuming his career with decent placings at nationals, such as 17th at [[Apex 2014]], 13th at [[SKTAR 3]], 29th at [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], 17th at [[CEO 2014]], and 65th at [[EVO 2014]].

On November 21st, 2014, KDJ was revealed to be the true player behind the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiyVsXqg4KU "Karissa the Destroyer"] prank at GameStop, using {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}}. He missed much of the 2015 season because of hand injuries, and he would go on to conduct research on those types of injuries in the ''Smash'' community.

On September 28th, 2015, KDJ resigned from [[Team Liquid]] because of persistent wrist and hand pain, marking his retirement from competitive ''Smash''.<ref>http://www.teamliquidpro.com/news/2015/09/28/all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end</ref> [[Apex 2015]] ended up being his last tournament prior to his retirement, where he placed 33rd out of 1,037 entrants; KDJ had also planned on attending [[EVO 2015]], but due to "several circumstances" that came up last minute, he did not attend.

On August 3rd, 2016, KDJ announced he would be entering singles at the nearby [[Shine 2016]], making for his first appearance at a national in over a year.<ref>https://twitter.com/KDJ_Media/status/761022839323406336</ref> He cited improved feeling in his hands allowing him to participate and reconnect with the scene, if only on a "cameo appearance" basis.<ref>https://twitter.com/KDJ_Media/status/761030294300262400</ref><ref>
https://twitter.com/KDJ_Media/status/761031768149401600</ref><ref>
https://twitter.com/KDJ_Media/status/761032133364240384</ref>

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/koreandj-presents-100-positive-tourney-teen-center-at-9-2-05-in-west-newton-ma.52724/page-6#post-1007700 100% Positive]||September 2nd, 2005||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/the-mages-present-the-cataclysm-part-one-results-first-post.53560/#post-967314 The Cataclysm]||October 15th, 2005||9th||3rd||{{Sm|Yo-yo}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/azni-presents-nsa2-ma-tourney-feb18-19.62420/page-3#post-1226162 NSA2]||February 18th-19th, 2006||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Jinx|p=Melee}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060325064445/http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=60683 Cataclysm 2]||March 4th, 2006||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MLG New York Opener 2006]]||April 21st-23rd, 2006||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MLG Dallas 2006]]||May 19th-21st, 2006||4th||6th||{{Sm|JBlaze}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/kicking-off-the-summer-maine-smash-tournament-%C2%B3.71681/page-2#post-1450636 Maine Smash Tournament 3]||June 3rd, 2006||1st||1st||{{Sm|Leth}}
|-
|[[MLG Anaheim 2006]]||June 23rd-25th, 2006||6th||9th||{{Sm|Tope}}
|-
|[[MELEE-FC6]]||July 13th-15th, 2006||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MLG Chicago 2006]]||July 21st-23rd, 2006||7th||3rd||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[[Zero Challenge 2]]||August 15th-17th, 2006||4th||4th||Mew2King
|-
|[[MLG Orlando 2006]]||August 25th-27th, 2006||3rd||6th||JBlaze
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-6-dawn-of-the-knee-results.86716/ Maine Smash Tournament 6: Dawn of the Knee]||October 7th, 2006||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[MLG New York Playoffs 2006]]||October 13th-15th, 2006||4th||4th||JBlaze
|-
|[[MLG Las Vegas 2006]]||November 17th-19th, 2006||2nd||7th||JBlaze
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/fourth-ever-smash-tourny-in-connecticut-a-leisure-event-now-on-neals-site.89997/ IV.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.]||January 6th, 2007||1st||1st||{{Sm|Plank}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/oak-snf3-results-wtf-happened.94930/ OAK: SNF3]||January 20th, 2007||&mdash;||1st||JBlaze
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-9-results.97478/#post-2150487 Maine Smash Tournament 9]||February 17th, 2007||1st||1st||JBlaze
|-
|[[Cataclysm 3]]||March 3rd-4th, 2007||2nd||2nd||JBlaze
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-10-results.100523/ Maine Smash Tournament 10]||March 31st, 2007||1st||5th||{{Sm|Harvey Birdman}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/v-e-s-t-i-c-l-e-results-4-7-07.101254/ V.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.]||April 7th, 2007||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Tom|p=Melee}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/n-m-m-f-e-4-results.101718/ N.M.M.F.E. 4]||April 17th, 2007||1st||1st||JBlaze
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/maine-smash-tournament-11-results.102557/ Maine Smash Tournament 11]||April 28th, 2007||1st||1st||Jinx
|-
|[[MLG Long Island 2007]]||May 5th-6th, 2007||1st||4th||{{Sm|Cactuar}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/first-ever-mass-bi-weekly.104148/ First Ever Mass Bi-Weekly]||May 20th, 2007||1st||1st||Tom
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/camp-combo-2-results-6-2-2007-seekonk-ma.105465/ Camp Combo 2]||June 2nd, 2007||1st||1st||{{Sm|CWJAlex}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mmfe-4-5-results.107332/ M.M.F.E. 4.5]||June 23rd, 2007||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/monthly-mass-madness-3.110941/#post-2650151 Mass Madness 3]||July 28th, 2007||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mass-madness-4-results.116278/ Mass Madness 4]||September 8th, 2007||1st||2nd||{{Sm|th0rn}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mass-madness-5-results.119416/ Mass Madness 5]||October 6th, 2007||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Viva La Smashtaclysm]]||November 10th-11th, 2007||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|ChuDat}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mass-madness-10-p-a-r-l-n-o-c-k-framingham-ma-results.182175/ Mass Madness 10]||July 12th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mass-madness-13.209365/ Mass Madness 13]||December 7th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||9th||9th||{{Sm|Cort}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/worcester-ma-brawl-and-melee-04-05-2009-results.228964/ Worcester Tournament 4/5]||April 5th, 2009||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mass-maddness-16-results-shoutouts.237703/ Mass Madness 16]||June 14th, 2009||3rd||4th||{{Sm|Elen}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/mass-madness-26-june-4th-framingham-ma.305164/ Mass Madness 26]||June 4th, 2011||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||17th||33rd||{{Sm|SOLAR}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/game-underground-tournament-spectacular-results.328312/ GUTS]||September 28th-30th, 2012||1st||4th||{{Sm|Hayato}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/nsa-results-thread-108-entrants-boston-ma.342905/ Northeastern Smash Attack]||November 22nd, 2013||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||17th||9th||th0rn
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=349597 Game Over 5]||March 4th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/smashing-grounds-3-melee-singles.566/ Smashing Grounds 3]||March 6th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=350191 Game Over 6]||March 11th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Northeastern Smash Attack 2]]||March 29th, 2014||4th||2nd||{{Sm|Dazwa}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=352809 Game Over 10]||April 15th, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=353169 Mass Madness 12a]||May 10th, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=356515 PCX]||May 25th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||13th||9th||{{Sm|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||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=361797 Cold Hard Smash]||July 19th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[BUST]]||November 22nd, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||33rd||25th||Ken
|-
|[[Shine 2016]]||August 26th-28th, 2016||33rd||17th||Elen
|}


===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit#Worcestor|Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit Qualifier #3]]||March 1st, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit#Finals|Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit Finals]]||March 8th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/smashing-grounds-2-singles-pm.557/ Smashing Grounds 2]||February 19th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/smashing-grounds-3-pm-singles.565/ Smashing Grounds 3]||March 5th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/smashing-grounds-weekly-4-pm-singles.618/ Smashing Grounds 4]||March 12th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[CEO 2014]]||June 27th-29th, 2014||13th||7th||Ken
|}

==={{for3ds}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/game-over-36-smash-3ds.2495/ Game Over 36]||October 14th, 2014||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Super Smash Bros. Invitational]]||June 10th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2015|g=SSB4}}||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||65th||25th||{{Sm|Ken}}
|}

==Trivia==
*KDJ won a crystal-encrusted [[Wii]] with a special Super Smash Bros. design, an extra [[Wii Remote]] and [[Nunchuk]], a signed copy of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', an art piece inspired by the game, an HDTV, and a home theater system for winning the [[Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit#Finals|Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit Finals]]. He also won a $500 Best Buy gift card, a round-trip flight for two to the Finals, a three-day hotel stay, and a $200 voucher for the hotel for winning [[Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit#Worcestor|the Worcester qualifier]].
**The crystal-adorned Wii was valued at $4,000, and at some point sold to rare video game collectible selling website Combo Point for an undisclosed sum. In September of 2013, It briefly reappeared in an eBay auction for $20,000<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130928123620/http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-Swarovski-Crystal-Wii-SSBB-Tournament-Award-ONLY-1-IN-THE-WORLD-/200968141087 Crystal Wii placed on eBay]</ref>, but after it failed to garner any bids, it hasn't reemerged online since and the current whereabouts of the console are unknown.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXB8yd4nxgs Episode 6 of ''The Smash Brothers'', a competitive ''Melee'' documentary, which focuses primarily on KoreanDJ]

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