Tournament:Pound (series): Difference between revisions

'''Pound''' is a [[tournament]] series initially held on a yearly basis, mainly in Maryland or Virginia. The first tournament in the series was held in January of 2006 and was organized and founded by {{Sm|Chinesah}}. The tournament organizer and owner for all subsequent Pound tournaments until [[Pound 2016]] has been {{Sm|Plank}}, though {{Sm|Tantalus}} became a TO alongside Plank starting with Pound 4. {{Sm|JCaesar}} and {{Sm|Nintendude}} helped Plank and Tantalus with tournament organizing at [[Pound V.5]] and [[Pound 2016]] respectively. The tournament was originally exclusively for ''[[Melee]]'', but this exclusivity ended in [[Pound 4]] with the introduction of ''[[Brawl]]''. The series is now owned and ran by [[VGBC]].

At [[Pound V]], Plank was unable to pay most of the top placing players due to financial issues he came across while hosting the tournament.<ref>[https://smashboards.com/threads/pound-v-melee-results-and-shoutouts-thread.298145/page-18#post-12313739 *Pound* V Melee Results and Shoutouts Thread - Imortant Post]. Smashboards forums. Retrieved 2017-1-20</ref> This resulted in Plank being placed on the [[Smashboards]] Tournament Organizer blacklist<ref>[https://smashboards.com/threads/tournament-organizer-blacklist.299170/ Tournament Organizer Blacklist]. Smashboards forums. Retrieved 2017-1-20.</ref> and a 2 and a half year hiatus of the Pound series until [[Pound V.5]], which occurred on November 9th, 2013. It wasn't until November 18th, 2015 that Plank finally paid off the top placing players of Pound V, and he was removed from the Smashboards Tournament Organizer blacklist. After another hiatus, the Pound series returned in 2016 with [[Pound 2016]], the first mainline tournament since 2011. Pound 2016 ended up being the 12th largest ''[[Smash 4]]'' tournament, the 11th largest ''Melee'' tournament, and the 10th largest ''[[Smash 64]]'' tournament with 1610 overall entrants.

On February 24th, 2018, [[VGBC]] announced {{Trn|Pound Underground}}, being held on May 12th-13th, 2018. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyKGX6hbhV8 Pound Underground announcement]</ref>

On December 31st, 2019, [[VGBC]] announced Pound 2020, being held on April 3rd-5th, 2020. <ref>[https://twitter.com/pound_series/status/1212063248830357504 Pound 2020 announcement]</ref> It was going to be the first Platinum tier stop on the [[Smash World Tour 2020|2020 Smash World Tour]] for ''Ultimate'' and the second for ''Melee''. The event was canceled March 12th, 2020 due to the [[2019-20 COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive play|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/SmashWorldTour/status/1238147882668175361 Smash World Tour statement]</ref> As a replacement, on April 6th they announced {{Trn|Pound Online}} as part of the  {{Trn|The Quarantine Series|series}} to be held from April 24th-26th, 2020.<ref>[https://twitter.com/pound_series/status/1247240853850030081 Pound Online announcement]</ref>

| [[Pound (tournament)|Pound]] || January 28th, 2006 || 60 || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}

| [[Pound 2]] || June 16th-17th, 2007 || 201+ || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}

| [[Pound 3]] || February 2nd-3rd, 2008 || 220+ || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}

| [[Pound 4]] || January 16th-18th, 2010 || 400+ || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSBB}}

| [[Pound V]] || February 19th-21st, 2011 || 300+ || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSBB}}

| [[Pound 2016]] || April 2nd-3rd, 2016 || 1610 || {{GameIcon|SSB64}}{{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}

| {{Trn|Pound 2019}} || April 19th-21st, 2019 || 1745 || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}

| [[Pound V.5]] || November 9th, 2013 || 95 || {{GameIcon|SSBM}} {{GameIcon|PM}}  

| [[Pound Underground]] || May 12th-13th, 2018 || 216 || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}  

| {{trn|Pound Online}} || April 24th-26th, 2020 || 5579 || {{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}

|[[Pound 2016]]||107||Daniel Hoyt||{{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn|Canada}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Kirby|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|tacos|USA}}||{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Kirby|g=SSB|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSB|s=20px}}