Tournament:The Big House 4

The Big House 4 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Project M national tournament held in Romulus, Michigan, on October 4th-5th, 2014, hosted primarily by and. In addition to featuring professional smashers from the Midwest region such as, , , , and , the tournament also featured powerful out-of-region talent such as , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , as well as international talent such as , , , and.

The Big House 4 currently stands as one of the largest Project M tournaments to date, with 333 entrants for Project M; additionally, the event was the largest Midwest Melee tournament at the time, surpassing the previous record set by MELEE-FC Diamond in 2007, and the tournament was also the largest to run round-robin pools.

Amid growing concerns over average gameplay time in version 3.02, The Big House 4 was the first major tournament to use three stocks in Project M games instead of the previous standard of four.

In the Melee singles bracket, after losing to 's 0-3 in winners' semifinals,  swept through losers' bracket, defeating  3-2 in losers' quarterfinals,  3-1 in losers' semifinals, and  3-1 in losers' finals, finally beating  in two consecutive 3-1 sets of grand finals to win the tournament. reached winners' finals for the first time in a major American tournament, defeating top professional players such as and ; his performance solidified his position among the best players of Melee. Hungrybox lost to Leffen 2-3 in winners' quarters, as well as to Lucky 1-3 in losers' bracket, unexpectedly finishing at 9th place, his worst tournament placing since 2007. A large amount of other upsets occurred in Melee singles, with eliminating  3-1 in losers' bracket to make it to top 8, and  making a long run through losers' bracket to secure 9th place, defeating  and, before losing in an extremely close set 2-3 against.

Schedule
Friday, October 3rd

9:00 PM: Venue opens 10:00 PM: Melee It On Me podcast 12:00 AM: Venue closes

Saturday, October 4th

9:00 AM: Venue opens 11:00 AM: Melee singles pools, Melee doubles pools, Project M singles pools 3:00 PM: Project M doubles pools 8:00 PM: Melee singles pools (2nd round), Project M singles pools (2nd round) 12:00 AM: Venue closes

Sunday, October 5th

9:00 AM: Venue opens 10:00 AM: Melee doubles bracket top 16, Project M singles bracket top 32 1:00 PM: Melee singles bracket top 32, Project M doubles bracket top 8 4:00 PM: Project M singles bracket top 8 7:00 PM: Melee singles bracket top 8 10:00 PM: Tournament ends

Melee Ruleset

 * 4 stock, 8:00 minute timer.
 * Items off.
 * Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
 * is banned.
 * Wobbling is banned.
 * Stalling with 's Rising Pound or 's Peach Bomber is banned.
 * Glitches such as ' freeze glitch and 's Soul Breaker are banned.
 * Dave's Stupid Rule is in effect.
 * Life stealing is allowed in doubles.
 * Friendly Fire is turned on in doubles.
 * Pause is turned off.

Stage striking for neutral stages for the first match of the set is done in a "1221" fashion:
 * 1) First player strikes one stage.
 * 2) Second player strikes two stages.
 * 3) First player strikes one stage.

Neutral (Singles)

 * Final Destination
 * Yoshi’s Story
 * Dream Land
 * Battlefield
 * Fountain of Dreams

Counterpick (Singles)

 * Pokémon Stadium

Neutral (Doubles)

 * Final Destination
 * Yoshi’s Story
 * Dream Land
 * Battlefield
 * Pokémon Stadium

Counterpick (Doubles)

 * Kongo Jungle 64

Stage procedure
After each match:
 * 1) Winner announces stage ban (except in best-of-5 sets)
 * 2) Loser chooses counterpick stage
 * 3) Winner chooses their character
 * 4) Loser chooses their character

Project M Ruleset

 * 3 stock, 8:00 minute timer.
 * All items set to off and item frequency set to NONE.
 * Input Assist set to off.
 * Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
 * Dave's Stupid Rule is in effect.
 * Life stealing is allowed in doubles.
 * Friendly Fire is turned on in doubles.
 * Pause is turned off.

Stage Strike from Starters for the first match of the set in "1221" fashion:
 * 1) First player strikes one stage.
 * 2) Second player strikes two stages.
 * 3) First player strikes one stage

Starter

 * Battlefield
 * Dreamland
 * Green Hill Zone
 * Pokémon Stadium 2
 * Smashville

Counterpick

 * Final Destination
 * Fountain of Dreams
 * Lylat Cruise
 * Skyworld
 * Wario Ware, Inc.
 * Yoshi’s Island: Brawl

Stage procedure
After each match:
 * 1) Winner announces two (2) stage bans
 * 2) Loser chooses counterpick stage
 * 3) Winner chooses their character
 * 4) Loser chooses their character

Melee singles
(574 entrants) Top 32 bracket

Melee doubles
(114 teams) Top 16 bracket

Project M singles
(333 entrants) Top 32 bracket

Project M doubles
(52 teams) Top 8 bracket