Smasher:Ryan Ford

Ryan Ford "Unknown522"
Character info
Melee main	Fox
Other Melee characters	Sheik, Dr. Mario, Falco, Mario, Marth, Captain Falcon
Project M mains	Fox, Marth
Other Project M character	Ganondorf
Team info
Former crews	Earthroot Gaming, A&C, Roundbit, The Blade Breakers
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2019 MPGR: 71st
Best historical ranking	SSBMRank 2013: 15th
Best tournament result	7th / 402 at DreamHack Atlanta 2017
Personal and other info
Real name	Ryan Ford
Birth date	June 5, 1990
Location	Toronto, Ontario

Ryan Ford (formerly known as Unknown522) is a Canadian Melee Fox main who is historically considered one of the country's best Fox players. Ford was formerly ranked 1st on the Southern Ontario Melee Power Rankings and 71st on the 2019 MPGR, with his best historical ranking being 15th on the SSBMRank 2013. He was also an honorable mention on the RetroSSBMRank. He has wins on n0ne, Crush, Lucky, Soonsay, KirbyKaze, Drephen, HugS, The Moon, Wevans, Druggedfox, Prince Abu, and Swedish Delight.

Biography

Controversies

Ford was banned from Melee tournaments in Canada for one year starting in November 2013, primarily due to his sometimes violent conduct at tournaments and his domestic abuse aimed at KirbyKaze, who stated that Ryan had physically assaulted him upwards of six times on five separate instances while they were in an intimate relationship. He was also banned from the Apex tournament series starting with Apex 2013, following an incident where he placed American smasher Inui in a choke-hold in response to his constant heckling at NEC 13, which reportedly involved a racial slur. Additionally, Ford caused further controversy with American smasher Mew2King in the semi-finals for Revival of Melee 5, in relation to splitting and accused bracket manipulation.

Return to Melee

After a long period of not attending tournaments and a discussion between Toronto's top players and TOs regarding his resolved anger issues, it was decided on March 14th, 2015 that the ban on Ryan Ford should finally be lifted and he was once again allowed to attend Ontario events. Despite being out of commission in tournaments for nearly a year and a half, he continued honing his Melee prowess throughout that entire period, and showed his progress by winning the first weekly he attended since his ban (with n0ne in attendance) and placing very high at SWEET XX and Smash @ York #7, keeping up with Ontario's other top players. During his down time, he also picked up new pocket characters, such as Mario, and since then has been going to various venues for friendlies, in addition to hosting his own friendlies, which are usually streamed on his Twitch account.

Rankings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

RetroSSBMRank

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
RetroSSBMRank 2012	2012	HM

SSBMRank/MPGR

Ranking	Time period	Rank	Character(s)	Notes
SSBMRank 2013	January 2013 - December 2013	15th
SSBMRank 2015	January 2015 - December 2015	51st
SSBMRank 2016	January 2016 - December 2016	48th
Summer 2017 SSBMRank	December 2016 - June 2017	37th
SSBMRank 2017	December 2016 - December 2017	32nd
Summer 2018 MPGR	December 2017 - July 2018	23rd
MPGR 2018	December 2017 - December 2018	31st
MPGR 2019	December 2018 - December 2019	71st

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Clash of the Sauga 2	January 5th, 2008	5th	4th	RunawayFire
Pound 3	February 2nd-3rd, 2008	113th	9th	RaynEX
Combo Breaker	May 11th, 2008	1st	—	—
TGMTSBCO	June 7th-8th, 2008	17th	9th	RaynEX
Starfurry 3	February 21st, 2009	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Revival of Melee	March 7th-8th, 2009	33rd	13th	RaynEX
Starfurry 5	May 2nd, 2009	5th	3rd	RaynEX
Revival of Melee 2	November 21st-22nd, 2009	13th	9th	RaynEX
New Bark Town	December 12th, 2009	3rd	1st	RaynEX
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	33rd	13th	RaynEX
PWG - LBT2 Unity	February 6th, 2010	4th	1st	RaynEX
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	25th	5th	RaynEX
Revival of Melee 3	November 20th-21st, 2010	17th	9th	RockCrock
SWEET IV	December 4th, 2010	1st	—	—
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	13th	9th	RaynEX
Smash t'ill U Crash 2	August 20th, 2011	2nd	3rd	KirbyKaze
The Big House	October 22nd, 2011	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	9th / 318	25th	I.B
Smash Till You Crash 3	June 2nd-3rd, 2012	3rd	2nd	Kage
IMPULSE	June 30th-July 1st, 2012	7th	4th	RaynEX
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	5th	3rd	DoH
Revival of Melee 5	November 17th-18th, 2012	2nd	4th	Weon-X
SWEET XII	March 30th, 2013	2nd	1st	Idea
Zenith 2013	June 1st-2nd, 2013	17th	3rd	PPMD
IMPULSE 2013	June 15th-16th, 2013	2nd	1st	Mango
Smash Till You Crash 4	August 24th-25th, 2013	1st	1st	Vwins
LAN WAR X	March 20th-22nd, 2015	1st	—	—
SWEET XX	April 4th, 2015	5th	2nd	n0ne
Smash @ York #7	April 11th, 2015	2nd	2nd	RaynEX
Smash at Sheridan 5/15	May 15th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Enthusiast Gaming Live	May 16th-17th, 2015	9th	1st	RaynEX
Get On My Level 2015	May 30th-31st, 2015	7th	3rd	RaynEX
EXP 2015	July 4th-5th, 2015	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Summit 2015	August 15th-16th, 2015	2nd	1st	RaynEX
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	33rd	25th	I.B
Canada Cup 2015	October 30th-November 1st, 2015	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Smash INTENSIFIES 2	November 28th-29th, 2015	3rd	1st	Kage
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	65th	25th	KirbyKaze
Frozen Phoenix	March 12th-13th, 2016	1st	2nd	Trulliam
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016	49th	17th	n0ne
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	April 29th-May 1st, 2016	17th	7th	n0ne
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	17th	7th	RaynEX
Summit 2016	August 6th-7th, 2016	4th	1st	Trulliam
DreamHack Montreal 2016	August 12th-14th, 2016	1st	1st	Kage
Smash ULtime: Le Troisième	September 16th-18th, 2016	1st	2nd	Legend
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	25th	17th	Trulliam
Canada Cup 2016	October 28th-30th, 2016	9th	2nd	Trulliam
LAN WAR X	November 26th-27th, 2016	2nd	—	—
Get Smashed at the Foundry 105	January 17th, 2017	2nd	—	—
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	97th	25th	G$
Smash at York 15	February 17th, 2017	3rd	—	—
No Man's Lan 12	March 18th-19th, 2017	2nd	1st	Trulliam
Frozen Phoenix 2017	March 25th-26th, 2017	2nd	1st	Lucky
CFL Smackdown 123	April 17th, 2017	3rd	5th	Donb
The Come Up 2017	April 22nd, 2017	1st	1st	Kage
SWEET XXVIII	May 6th, 2017	5th	9th	Jamrun
Royal Flush	May 12th-14th, 2017	17th	9th	Professor Pro
Downfall	May 20th, 2017	2nd	2nd	Trulliam
UBC Melee Pre-Battle of BC 2 Weekly	June 1st, 2017	2nd	—	—
Battle of BC 2	June 3rd-4th, 2017	9th	1st	ChuDat
Saints Gaming Live	June 10th-11th, 2017	7th	5th	RaynEX
TGL Divided	July 8th, 2017	1st	—	—
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	17th	—	—
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st-23rd, 2017	7th / 402	2nd	Colbol
Get On My Level 2017	July 28th-30th, 2017	9th	5th	Kage
Counterpick Summer	August 12th-13th, 2017	2nd	—	—
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	17th	9th	KirbyKaze
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	17th	25th	Trulliam
Canada Cup 2017	October 28th-30th, 2017	9th	3rd	Trulliam
Tipped Off 12	November 11th-12th, 2017	9th	2nd	n0ne
RISE Melee Regional	November 25th, 2017	1st	1st	Swedish Delight
Apollo XI	December 2nd, 2017	2nd	3rd	BIG KID
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	25th	7th	Bladewise
Revenge of the 6ix: Episode III	February 24th-25th, 2018	1st	1st	Trulliam
EGLX 2018	March 9th-11th, 2018	7th / 181	7th	Trulliam
Full Bloom 4	March 24th-25th, 2018	33rd	4th	Crush
Aegis	April 21st, 2018	2nd	2nd	moky
Revenge of the 6ix: Episode IV	April 28th-29th, 2018	2nd	1st	moky
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th, 2018	17th	7th	Trulliam
Saints Gaming Live 2018	June 9th-10th, 2018	2nd	2nd	Trulliam
Summer Storm	July 14th-15th, 2018	1st	1st	W3EM
Shine 2018	August 24th-26th, 2018	17th	13th	n0ne
DreamHack Montreal 2018	September 7th-9th, 2018	5th	2nd	Trulliam
The Big House 8	October 5th-7th, 2018	49th	17th	ARMY
Canada Cup 2018	October 26th-28th, 2018	9th	1st	moky
Fight For SoCal	December 2nd, 2018	4th	2nd	OkamiBW
Wombo Combo: 10 Year Anniversary	December 8th, 2018	5th	4th	Spark
The Parking Lot - Thursday	December 13th, 2018	4th	—	—
The Parking Lot - Friday	December 14th, 2018	13th	—	—
Don't Park on the Grass 2018	December 15th-16th, 2018	33rd	5th	moky
Revenge of the 6ix: The Moon Strikes Back	January 19th-20th, 2019	7th	1st	moky
Frostfire 2019	January 26th-27th, 2019	2nd	1st	moky
LAN ETS 2019	February 8th-10th, 2019	1st	1st	Marko
Toronto Stock Exchange #14	March 2nd, 2019	1st	—	—
Kent Combo 99	March 15th, 2019	1st	—	—
Sapocalypse	March 16th, 2019	1st	2nd	Dempt
GEEK-IT	April 6th, 2019	1st	—	—
Kent Combo 100	April 13th, 2019	2nd	2nd	Dempt
House of Paign 21	April 20th, 2019	5th	1st	Prince Abu
Click Deez Nuts	April 28th, 2019	1st	—	—
The Night Before GOML	May 11th, 2019	1st	—	—
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	25th	3rd / 60	moky
Toronto Stock Exchange #16	May 25th, 2019	1st	—	—
Toronto Stock Exchange #17	June 29th, 2019	1st	—	—
Click Commander	August 3rd, 2019	3rd	1st	moky
District Beta Melee	August 16th, 2019	1st	—	—
DreamHack Montreal 2019	September 6th-8th, 2019	5th	2nd	Damian Tyson
Battle of Waterloo	September 14th, 2019	1st	—	—
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	33rd	3rd / 187	moky
Rising Stars at EGLX 2019	October 18th-20th, 2019	7th	3rd	moky
Down to Clown 3	October 27th, 2019	1st	1st	JOATguy
Toronto Stock Exchange #20	November 2nd, 2019	2nd	—	—
Bair on the Beltline 18	November 13th, 2019	2nd	1st	Soap
DreamHack Atlanta 2019	November 15th-17th, 2019	13th	1st	Mew2King
Mango's Birthday Bash	December 7th-8th, 2019	17th	4th	moky
Frostfire 2020	February 1st-2nd, 2020	2nd	1st	Damian Tyson
Float	February 8th, 2020	2nd	1st	Jamrun
SmashLoft Melee Weekly #359	February 12th, 2020	1st	—	—
LAN ETS 2020	February 14th-16th, 2020	1st	1st	Lunar Dusk
Revenge of the 6ix: February Edition	February 29th, 2020	2nd	—	—
Battle of Brampton 5	March 14th, 2020	1st	1st	Coffeeblack
Get On My Line 2020	July 18th-19th, 2020	17th	—	—
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3	December 19th-20th, 2020	25th	—	—
Get On My Level 2022	July 1st-3rd, 2022	25th	—	—
Revenge of the 6ix: 2024 Test Launch	March 2nd-3rd, 2024	5th / 29	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Summit 2016	August 6th-7th, 2016	—	3rd	Professor Pro

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