![]() As a result of his studious training, KoDoRiN has become one of the best Marth mains in the world after only three years of major competition. “He answered it and I got better every time I asked.”Īdditionally, KoDoRiN takes monthly coaching sessions with PPMD to help him refine his gameplay and mentality. “I would just keep asking questions every time I didn’t know what happened with Marth,” KoDoRiN said. Even as SmashBoards has fallen out of popularity with the broader Smash community, KoDoRiN has remained an active participant this year alone, he has asked PPMD questions in the thread 18 times. To this day, PPMD actively responds to questions about Marth in a SmashBoards thread called “Carefully Ask PPMD about the Tiara Guy,” which was created by Charles “Cactuar” Meighen in 2007. On his road to becoming a top player, KoDoRiN utilized one particular resource better than perhaps any other Marth main: Melee god and former No. No, you kind of see what elements of improvement they did and see how that translates to you.” I’m not saying to copy what they did one-to-one. “A shortcut to improvement is seeing what other people did and it to yourself in your own way. “The thing that set me apart for a quick improvement route was that I just asked what other people did,” KoDoRiN said. When he began competing at Melee tournaments, he realized those same skills that helped him get better at math could help him improve as a competitive gamer as well. Their background of how they learned math not too different from mine.”Īs KoDoRiN opened himself up to seeking help and learned how to ask the right questions, his math grades steadily improved. It wasn’t because of the talent that I thought. ![]() “When my tutor gave me the blueprints on how to learn properly, like asking for help, it then hit me that the other people that are good at math also got tons of help. “Before, I was super defeatist because I didn’t know how to learn,” KoDoRiN said. However, his mindset changed when he got a tutor. KoDoRiN might not be so good at Melee now had he not been so bad at math in ninth grade.Īs a mediocre math student surrounded by classmates who seemed to be experts, KoDoRiN began to think he simply wasn’t cut out for the difficult subject. We're thrilled to announce our first Melee player, let's #ShowcaseGreatness together! /ZxeycDsPTw With FlyQuest’s support, the Marth main from Southern California continues to push toward his goal of becoming the best Melee player in the world. Since offline Smash events returned this summer, KoDoRiN has climbed from merely a fast-rising up-and-comer to an established top-level threat. KoDoRiN also participated under the banner of a professional esports organization, FlyQuest, for the first time at Smash Summit 12. In the process, he beat Cody “iBDW” Schwab, who went on to win Summit. Melee invitational by placing third at Mainstage 2021, where everyone in the top six qualified for Summit. ![]() KoDoRiN comfortably qualified for Beyond the Summit’s latest Super Smash Bros. ![]() KoDoRiN was only invited as a backup after Swedish Fox main Linus “Pipsqueak” Nordin couldn’t make it into the United States.īut, five months later, at Smash Summit 12, the circumstances were much different. He had finished in third place at Rollback Rumble: The Big One, where the top two finishers earned spots at Summit. John “KoDoRiN” Ko made it into Smash Summit 11 because of a lucky break.
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