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Tournament:Pound 4

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Pound 4
Dates January 16th-18th, 2010
Venue The Null Building at the Frederick County Fairgrounds
Address/City 797 East Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland USA
Attendance 400+
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mango 1v1
USA Mango & USA Lucky 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners USA ADHD 1v1
USA Mew2King & Canada Ally 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Plank, TheTantalus

Pound 4 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl national tournament hosted by Plank and TheTantalus from January 16th-18th, 2010, in Frederick, Maryland. With 347 entrants, it held the record for being the largest Melee tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by EVO 2013's 709 entrants.

Pound 4 was the first tournament to have all of The Five Gods present. It was also the first US tournament for lots of European top players like Amsah or Overtriforce. For Sweden's Armada and Aniolas, who had previously attended GENESIS, it was their 2nd US tournament.

Pound 4 was the last tournament (excluding sandbagging) at which Armada lost to players not considered to be Top 6 in the world up until EVO 2018, being defeated by SilentSpectre in winners and Amsah in losers to place 4th.

There was also a Captain Falcon ditto round robin in honor of NES n00b, who died shortly before the tournament. It featured Darkrain, SilentSpectre, Scar, and Hax.

Stagelist[edit]

Melee[edit]

Stage striking was used to decide the first stage of a set.

After a player/team's first loss of the set, they could choose one stage to ban for the rest of the set.

Brawl[edit]

For the first game of a set, each side could strike a starter stage followed by random selection among the remaining starter stages.

After the first game, the winner could ban a stage, followed by the loser picking among the remaining starters and counterpicks. Curiously, the documented ruleset implies that no further stage bans would take place for the rest of the set, meaning that the loser of the first game would not get to ban a stage throughout the set.

The tournament also included a Brawl+ side event with in-person same-day registration only. The stagelist for that side event was not documented.

Results[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles[edit]

(347 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Mango JigglypuffHeadSSBM.pngFalcoHeadSSBM.png
2nd USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png
3rd Netherlands Amsah SheikHeadSSBM.png
4th Sweden Armada PeachHeadSSBM.png
5th USA Mew2King MarthHeadSSBM.pngFoxHeadSSBM.pngSheikHeadSSBM.png
5th USA Jman FoxHeadSSBM.png
7th USA Lucky FoxHeadSSBM.png
7th USA Zhu FalcoHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Tope SheikHeadSSBM.png
9th USA SilentSpectre CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Dr. PeePee FalcoHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Plank SheikHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Hax CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
13th USA DEHF FalcoHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Darkrain CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Linguini GanondorfHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Axe PikachuHeadSSBM.pngFalcoHeadSSBM.png
17th Netherlands Remen FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Ka-master LuigiHeadSSBM.png
17th Netherlands Zgetto FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th Spain Overtriforce SheikHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Silent Wolf FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th Canada Kage GanondorfHeadSSBM.png
17th USA PC Chris FoxHeadSSBM.pngFalcoHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Cactuar FoxHeadSSBM.png
25th USA SwiftBass FoxHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Falcomist FalcoHeadSSBM.png
25th USA ChuDat IceClimbersHeadSSBM.png
25th Netherlands Adam FalcoHeadSSBM.pngSheikHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Vidjogamer PeachHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Drephen SheikHeadSSBM.png
25th USA Kels FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Shroomed DrMarioHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Scar CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA HBK MarthHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Lovage FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA MacD PeachHeadSSBM.png
33rd Canada I.B MarthHeadSSBM.png
33rd Canada KirbyKaze SheikHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA G$ MarthHeadSSBM.pngFoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd Canada Unknown522 FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA th0rn FalcoHeadSSBM.png
33rd Canada RaynEX FoxHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Darc JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA VaNz JigglypuffHeadSSBM.pngPeachHeadSSBM.pngSheikHeadSSBM.png
33rd Spain Strawhat Dahean MarthHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA HomeMadeWaffles DrMarioHeadSSBM.png
33rd USA Eggm FoxHeadSSBM.png

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles[edit]

(138 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Mango JigglypuffHeadSSBM.pngFalcoHeadSSBM.png USA Lucky FoxHeadSSBM.png
2nd USA Darkrain CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png USA SilentSpectre CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
3rd USA Dr. PeePee FalcoHeadSSBM.png USA LoZR FoxHeadSSBM.png
4th USA Darc JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Hax CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png
5th USA ChuDat IceClimbersHeadSSBM.png USA Vidjogamer PeachHeadSSBM.png
5th Sweden Armada PeachHeadSSBM.png Sweden Aniolas SheikHeadSSBM.png
7th Canada Vwins PeachHeadSSBM.png Canada Bam FalcoHeadSSBM.png
7th USA Tope SheikHeadSSBM.png USA Cyrain FoxHeadSSBM.png
9th Canada Kage GanondorfHeadSSBM.png Canada PKMVodka MarthHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Drephen SheikHeadSSBM.png USA 4% FoxHeadSSBM.png
9th USA Reno SheikHeadSSBM.png USA Cactuar FoxHeadSSBM.png
9th Netherlands Adam SheikHeadSSBM.png Netherlands Amsah MarthHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Taj MarthHeadSSBM.png USA Axe PikachuHeadSSBM.png
13th Canada Unknown522 FoxHeadSSBM.png Canada RaynEX FoxHeadSSBM.png
13th USA Alukard SheikHeadSSBM.png USA G$ MarthHeadSSBM.png
13th USA HBK MarthHeadSSBM.png USA Hazz FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Lovage FoxHeadSSBM.png Netherlands Remen FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Hungrybox JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Uuaa FoxHeadSSBM.png
17th Spain Strawhat Dahean MarthHeadSSBM.png Spain Overtriforce SheikHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Velynn JigglypuffHeadSSBM.png USA Pydoyk FalcoHeadSSBM.png
17th USA Doll PeachHeadSSBM.png USA Savedge SheikHeadSSBM.png
17th Puerto Rico Lord HDL LinkHeadSSBM.png Puerto Rico Eval PeachHeadSSBM.png
17th Netherlands Zgetto FoxHeadSSBM.png Netherlands Faab FalcoHeadSSBM.png
17th USA HugS SamusHeadSSBM.png USA Silent Wolf FoxHeadSSBM.png

Ryan Roberts Memorial Tournament[edit]

(4 entrants)

Darkrain SilentSpectre Hax Scar Final Score
Darkrain CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-0, 7-3
SilentSpectre CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png 1-2 2-1 1-2 1-2, 4-5
Hax CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-2, 4-5
Scar CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png 1-2 2-1 1-2 1-2, 4-5

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles[edit]

(192 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA ADHD DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
2nd USA Mew2King MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
3rd Canada Ally SnakeHeadSSBB.pngMetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
4th USA Ksizzle MetaKnightHeadSSBB.pngLucarioHeadSSBB.png
5th USA Shadow MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
5th USA Judge MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
7th USA Havok MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
7th USA Logic OlimarHeadSSBB.png
9th USA Lee Martin LucarioHeadSSBB.pngMetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
9th USA Seibrik MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
9th USA NinjaLink DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
9th USA lain IceClimbersHeadSSBB.png
13th USA ChuDat KirbyHeadSSBB.png
13th USA Malcolm WarioHeadSSBB.png
13th USA Vex Kasrani KingDededeHeadSSBB.pngBowserHeadSSBB.png
13th USA DEHF FalcoHeadSSBB.png
17th USA CO18 KingDededeHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Sanoscy MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Candy SnakeHeadSSBB.png
17th USA AlphaZealot DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Djlskascribble MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Dekar DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Fatal SnakeHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Hunger WarioHeadSSBB.png
25th USA Atomsk KingDededeHeadSSBB.png
25th USA HAT KingDededeHeadSSBB.pngWarioHeadSSBB.png
25th USA DMBrandon MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
25th USA Cable DonkeyKongHeadSSBB.png
25th USA Xzax MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
25th USA Infern Angelis SnakeHeadSSBB.png
25th USA Ling Ling KingDededeHeadSSBB.png
25th USA Bizkit SnakeHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Jtails DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Smash64 NessHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Dapuffster JigglypuffHeadSSBB.pngDiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Y.b.M. KirbyHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Omni MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Stingers MetaKnightHeadSSBB.pngROBHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Junebug LucarioHeadSSBB.pngDonkeyKongHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Bloodcross MarthHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Jash ToonLinkHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Hyro ToonLinkHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Takeover SnakeHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Boss LuigiHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Mikey Lenetia PeachHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Zucco LucarioHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA Pierce7d MarthHeadSSBB.png
33rd USA NEO MarthHeadSSBB.png

Super Smash Bros. Brawl doubles[edit]

(78 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st USA Mew2King MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png Canada Ally SnakeHeadSSBB.png
2nd USA Atomsk KingDededeHeadSSBB.pngWarioHeadSSBB.png USA Lee Martin MetaKnightHeadSSBB.pngLucarioHeadSSBB.png
3rd USA ADHD DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png USA CO18 KingDededeHeadSSBB.png
4th USA DMBrandon MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png USA Shadow MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
5th USA NinjaLink DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png USA Malcolm WarioHeadSSBB.png
5th USA ChuDat KirbyHeadSSBB.png USA Candy SnakeHeadSSBB.png
7th USA Hunger WarioHeadSSBB.png USA Judge MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
7th USA Boss LuigiHeadSSBB.png USA Logic OlimarHeadSSBB.png
9th USA BMX WarioHeadSSBB.pngMetaKnightHeadSSBB.png USA Takeover SnakeHeadSSBB.png
9th USA Fatal SnakeHeadSSBB.png USA Koolaid PitHeadSSBB.png
9th USA DEHF FalcoHeadSSBB.png USA Havok MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
9th USA Y.b.M. KirbyHeadSSBB.png USA AlphaZealot DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png
13th USA Keitaro FalcoHeadSSBB.png USA Xzax MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
13th USA Korn MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png USA Slikvik WarioHeadSSBB.pngPeachHeadSSBB.png
13th USA Cable DonkeyKongHeadSSBB.png USA Jash ToonLinkHeadSSBB.png
13th USA Ksizzle MetaKnightHeadSSBB.pngLucarioHeadSSBB.png USA Zucco LucarioHeadSSBB.png
17th USA SmashG0D SamusHeadSSBB.png USA lloD PeachHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Fonz GanondorfHeadSSBB.pngLucarioHeadSSBB.png USA Capem MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Will DonkeyKongHeadSSBB.png USA KirinBlaze MarioHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Sago MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png USA Fatboy MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Blackanese MrGame&WatchHeadSSBB.png USA Shugo FalcoHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Dekar DiddyKongHeadSSBB.png USA lain MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png
17th Puerto Rico Excel_Zero PeachHeadSSBB.png USA Ling Ling KingDededeHeadSSBB.png
17th USA Inui MetaKnightHeadSSBB.png USA Snakeee ZeroSuitSamusHeadSSBB.png

External links[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • The following European players attended Pound 4:
  • Armada's losses to SilentSpectre & Amsah were his last losses to a player other than one of the Five Gods or Leffen until Swedish Delight at EVO 2018 more than 8 years later.
    • In May 2019, more than nine years after the tournament was hosted, it was discovered Armada and SilentSpectre's historic set was played on 0.9 launch rate rather that the standard 1.0.[1]
    • Armada stated he was disappointed he would have to remember the set again and people would hold SilentSpectre's win as less legitimate.[2]

References[edit]