

With tournament placings dating from early 2003, Chu has been a part of every major landmark in Melee’s history. He bounced around from Fox, Kirby, Pikachu, Young Link, and Jigglypuff before finally deciding to main Ice Climbers, and did so while shouldering the honor of his region and crew at every event he attended.Īdorning ChuDat’s accolades are over a decade’s worth of top 10 placings across multiple Smash titles.

Known for being confident in his ability to compete with the best of players using a myriad of the game’s lower tiered characters, the Virginia native helped instill the regional pride that lingers in Smash’s culture to this day. ”Ī part of the first well-known “crew,” H2YL (Ha Ha You Lose), ChuDat and company represented the East Coast in crew battles, out-of-state tournaments, and rap diss tracks. Nowadays, it's hard to get into the top 8, and there's about 50 really good players out there. I played in basements, and the community was a lot smaller. Outside the game, I was never really asked for my autograph, people didn't ask to take pictures with me, there wasn't a live stream so matches were recorded and uploaded days later. “Back then, people fell for my tricks a lot more and generally weren't picking up on my habits. With a hand to the chin, a “Yayuhhzz” for the fans, and a new team, ChuDat aims to climb to new heights. While most players from his era are either retired or saw brief renaissances, Chu is still making waves in the upper levels of the current meta, and doing it more consistently than ever. Despite having one of the lengthiest careers that Melee has ever seen, a few things separate Chu from the rest of the old school pack. A mainstay in the Super Smash Brothers Melee community since its earliest days, he is a pioneer for one of the most controversial and hard to understand characters in the game. In addition to membership in the New York State Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association, Chris is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers.Few players have proven that they have the ability to endure and adapt in Smash-an ever-changing game since its inception-as much as Daniel “ChuDat” Rodriguez. A real estate investor in the acquisition of an existing defaulted mortgage loan secured by eight multifamily properties in New York City and subsequent workout to convey four of the properties to our client and three of the properties to a third-party buyer, with the remaining property conveyed to the principals of the existing borrower and a mezzanine lender.A real estate developer in the acquisition of a foreclosing lender’s project mortgage foreclosure judgment and auction bid and related acquisition financing for property in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan.A real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition of an existing mortgage loan and subsequent deed-in-lieu transfer of an office building in Midtown Manhattan.A real estate investor in the acquisition of retail shopping centers in Hilton Head, S.C.A real estate investment trust in the acquisition of warehouse and distribution centers in New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania.A publicly-traded real estate investment trust in the acquisition of a development site in North Bergen, New Jersey.A real estate investor in the acquisition and leaseback from a big-box retailer of eight stores in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire and North Carolina.A sovereign wealth fund in the sale of a limited-service hotel in New Jersey.

