Hoang possesses the highest major tournament win-to-loss ratio of any "Super Smash Bros. Melee" player from 2003 to 2007. His three years of dominance earned him the nickname "The King of Smash" within the community. His primary character in the game is Marth, and his secondary is Fox. He received minor television coverage in MTV's "True Life: I'm a Professional Gamer". Ken retired in 2006. In 2012, he officially returned to the "Melee" scene. In 2014 he and fellow "Melee" veteran Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung joined Team Liquid as the team's first "Smash Bros." players.