Shroomed "DaJuan 'Energy' McDaniel"
Shroomed IMT.jpg
Character info
Melee mains Sheik, Marth
Other Melee characters Captain Falcon, Mario
Retired Melee character Dr. Mario
Ultimate main Sonic
Other Ultimate character Ike
Project M mains Mario, Sonic
Team info
Sponsor(s) Morituri Esports
Former sponsor(s) Immortals
Former crews Macro Micro Gaming, Winterfox
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee SSBMRank 2023: 45th
Best historical ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee SSBMRank 2013: 7th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$16,116
Personal and other info
Real name DaJuan McDaniel
Birth date (age 33)
Location San Jose, California United States

Shroomed is a top professional Melee player, originally from Richmond, California and currently residing in San Jose, California, who mains Sheik and Marth, and is widely considered to be the best Dr. Mario player of all time. Despite Dr. Mario's status as a mid-tier character, Shroomed was able to perform exceptionally well with him, shown by his victories over renowned smashers such as Leffen, KirbyKaze, and Overtriforce. He consistently finished in the top 8 of big name tournaments such as Apex 2013 and EVO 2013 with only Dr. Mario; however, after an uncharacteristically low placement at Apex 2014, Shroomed decided to switch his main to his former secondary Sheik.

Shroomed is currently ranked 2nd on the NorCal Melee Power Rankings and 45th on the SSBMRank 2023.

He joined the Winterfox team on July 16th, 2015[1] and left on December 7th, 2016[2]. He then joined the Immortals team on December 22nd of the same year.[3] He and Immortals eventually parted ways on October 8th, 2018.[4] Over a year later, Shroomed would sign with Morituri Esports on November 4th, 2019. [5]

Tournament placingsEdit

Super Smash Bros. MeleeEdit

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner Earnings
A Day at the ZHU August 31st, 2008 17th 13th Ian
Mango Juice March 21st, 2009 17th 9th Alan
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 65th 6th Julian
R3 December 19th-20th, 2009 5th $10
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 33rd 33rd Alan
Good Shit German July 24th-25th, 2010 9th 4th LunInSpectra
Don't Go Down There Jeff December 18th, 2010 13th 3rd Alan
Winter Game Fest VI January 22nd-23rd, 2011 7th 5th Alan
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 9th 9th Scar
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 6th 9th Alan $209
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 7th 13th Alan $169
Rule 6: NorCal Regional July 29th, 2012 3rd 1st SFAT $135
MELEE-FC10R Legacy August 12th-14th, 2012 13th 7th SFAT
Kings of Cali November 10th, 2012 4th 5th Zhu $114
Apex 2013 January 11th, 2013 5th 3rd PewPewU $163
Kings of Cali 2 April 13th-14th, 2013 3rd 5th Fly Amanita $162
NorCal Regionals 2013 April 26th-28th, 2013 33rd
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 7th $348
LanHammer 2013 August 17th-18th, 2013 9th
Kings of Cali 3 December 14th-15th, 2013 3rd 7th Alan $279
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 13th 5th S2J
SoCal Regionals 2014 February 28th-March 2nd, 2014 5th 5th S2J
The Next Episode March 22nd-23rd, 2014 4th 3rd SilentSpectre $115
NorCal Regionals 2014 April 18th-20th, 2014 2nd
Northwest Majors VI May 2nd-4th, 2014 4th 2nd SFAT $15
Pat's House 2 May 24th-25th, 2014 7th 5th Azusa
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 9th 3rd SFAT
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 13th 3rd S2J
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 17th 7th S2J
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 17th 7th HomeMadeWaffles
Do You Fox Wit It? November 15th-16th, 2014 7th 4th Alan
Pacific Northwest Regional December 20th-21st, 2014 3rd 1st (Split) SFAT $837
Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 7th 2nd SFAT $91
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 7th 9th S2J $452
NorCal Regionals 2015 April 3rd-5th, 2015 3rd
I'm Not Yelling! April 11th-12th, 2015 9th 2nd Armada
Press Start May 9th-10th, 2015 7th 7th S2J $250
Smash at Sheridan 5/15 May 15th, 2015 1st
Enthusiast Gaming Live May 16th-17th, 2015 1st 3rd Weon-X $644
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 5th 1st Armada $117
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 25th 9th Alan
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 13th
HTC Throwdown September 19th, 2015 7th 9th Alan $353
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 5th 3rd Alan $908
Smash Summit November 7th-8th, 2015 5th 4th S2J $1,481
DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26th-29th, 2015 7th 2nd MacD $400
Oakland's Very Own: Back II Back January 2nd, 2016 3rd 2nd Alan
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 17th 5th Alan $75
PAX Arena January 29th-31st, 2016 9th 1st SFAT
Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 11th
Super Smash Sundays 43 April 17th, 2016 5th
Smash Summit 2 April 21st-24th, 2016 5th 5th Westballz $1,166
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 7th 4th Armada $153
Smash 'N' Splash 2 June 11th-12th, 2016 4th 1st S2J $459
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 5th 5th Alan $101
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 9th
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 5th 9th Westballz $188
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 9th 2nd MacD $108
NorCal Loves Teams September 10th, 2016 1st 2nd Alan
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 13th 9th Alan
SSS: Blood For Blood October 15th, 2016 33rd
Smash Summit 3 November 3rd-6th, 2016 7th 5th The Moon $648
Smash the Record 2016 November 11th-14th, 2016 2nd Silent Wolf
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th, 2016 13th 5th S2J $89
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 17th 5th Alan $75
Boss Rush: Shroomed February 11th, 2017 2nd 1st Tai
The NorCal Classic February 25th, 2017 3rd
Frame Perfect Series 2 March 18th-19th, 2017 5th 2nd S2J $142
Full Bloom 3 March 25th, 2017 9th 3rd S2J
Smash Rivalries April 8th-9th, 2017 9th 4th S2J
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 17th 4th S2J
Royal Flush May 12th-14th, 2017 5th 3rd S2J $415
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 4th 3rd S2J $1,348
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 9th
Get Smashed 123 June 20th, 2017 65th (DQ)
GENESIS: RED July 9th, 2017 3rd 3rd S2J $387
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 17th
FUSE July 16th, 2017 4th S2J
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 7th 5th S2J
Norcal Validated 4 September 23rd, 2017 1st 1st Reno
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017 5th $1,200
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 13th 3rd S2J
Smash Summit 5 November 2nd-5th, 2017 13th 4th SFAT
SSS: Blood For Blood 2 December 9th, 2017 1st 17th Alan $576
The Holiday Bash Smash Invitational December 15th-17th, 2017 4th 1st PewPewU $1,000
Spartan 3 January 6th, 2018 1st 5th Alan
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 25th 5th S2J $50
Gator Games Monthly #3 March 3rd, 2018 17th (DQ) 1st Alan
The Mango March 18th, 2018 33rd 3rd S2J
Full Bloom 4 March 24th-25th, 2018 13th 3rd S2J
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition April 7th, 2018 5th $174
Get On My Level 2018 May 18th-20th, 2018 13th 5th Lucky
Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 17th 4th S2J
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 17th 17th S2J
Runback 2018 July 14th-15th, 2018 4th 1st S2J
EVO 2018 August 3rd-5th, 2018 25th
Shine 2018 August 24th-26th, 2018 7th 3rd S2J
The Big House 8 October 5th-7th, 2018 25th 17th (DQ) S2J
The Mang0: Homecoming November 10th-11th, 2018 9th 7th S2J
Four Stock Friday #130 January 11th, 2019 3rd 1st Kalamazhu
Four Stock Friday #131 January 18th, 2019 1st
Fight For SoCal 2 January 26th, 2019 5th 2nd Westballz
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 97th 4th S2J
Battle of BC 3 March 30th-31st, 2019 7th 3rd S2J
Get On My Level 2019 May 17th-19th, 2019 17th 1st S2J
Smash 'N' Splash 5 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 9th 2nd S2J
Low Tier City 7 July 12th-14th, 2019 5th 3rd S2J
Mainstage September 20th-22nd, 2019 33rd 2nd S2J
North Bay Masters September 28th, 2019 1st 2nd Alan
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 33rd 9th S2J
Mango's Birthday Bash December 7th-8th, 2019 13th 3rd S2J
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 7th 7th S2J $79
Smash Summit 9 February 13th-16th, 2020 17th $381
Pound Online  April 24th-26th, 2020 25th
THE CLG MIXUP  September 26th, 2020 5th $50
Smash Summit 10 Online  November 19th-22nd, 2020 17th
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3  December 19th-20th, 2020 13th
Four Loko Fight Night  March 6th-7th, 2021 13th
Low Tide City 2021 October 1st-3rd, 2021 13th
Mainstage 2021 November 12th-14th, 2021 65th 1st S2J
GENESIS 8 April 15th-17th, 2022 49th 9th S2J
Nightlife: Level Up! August 25th, 2022 3rd
Ludwig Smash Invitational Last Chance Qualifier October 21st, 2022 Top 8
Ludwig Smash Invitational October 21st-23rd, 2022 29th
GENESIS 9 January 20th-22nd, 2023 33rd 5th S2J
The NorCal Classic 2 March 25th, 2023 4th 2nd S2J
Battle of BC 5 May 19th-21st, 2023 17th 3rd S2J
GENESIS X February 16th-18th, 2024 33rd / 1,544 4th / 305 SFAT ???

Project MEdit

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 25th

Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 0 Pilot January 11th, 2019 33rd 5th Kalamazhu
The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 1 Beginning January 18th, 2019 25th
The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 3 Homecoming February 8th, 2019 33rd
The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 6 Faker March 1st, 2019 13th
The Ultimate Adventure: Episode 9 9 Minutes Late 9 No-Shows 9 Blaster Balls March 22nd, 2019 17th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Come on and Ban 22 June 18th, 2015 49th

TriviaEdit

  • Shroomed tends to be the subject of several memes in the Smash community;
    • At Smash Summit 2, Shroomed revealed that his "real name" is DaJuan Energy McDaniel, and he and SFAT made a short on the reveal.
    • I'm Not Yelling! was named after a brief speech from Shroomed at a Get Smashed at the Foundry weekly where he yelled this phrase whenever someone told him to stop yelling.
    • It is often joked that Shroomed only takes Melee seriously or levels up whenever he needs to qualify for an event, as he often takes hiatuses from competing while seemingly always retaining peak competitive shape.[6] Examples of this include Shroomed qualifying for multiple Smash Summits, the Slippi Champions League, and the Ludwig Smash Invitational.
    • Shroomed is noted to have a very bright smile, which occasionally elicits sponsors from oral care companies beside his tag.
  • Shroomed is the first smasher to take a set off of Mew2King in a Melee Sheik mirror match.
  • At the Ludwig Smash Invitational, Shroomed played Franz (widely regarded as the current best Dr. Mario player) in a Doc mirror match, losing 3-0.

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Super Smash Bros. MeleeEdit

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