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'''The Big House 4''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Project M]]'' [[List of national tournaments|national tournament]] held in Romulus, Michigan, on October 4th-5th, 2014, hosted primarily by {{Sm|Juggleguy}} and {{Sm|Strong Bad}}. It is the most recent in The Big House series of tournament events, following [[The Big House 3]]. In addition to featuring professional smashers from the Midwest region such as {{Sm|Duck}}, {{Sm|Anther}}, {{Sm|Kels}}, {{Sm|VaNz}}, and {{Sm|Darkrain}}, the tournament also featured powerful out-of-region talent such as {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|Axe}}, {{Sm|Hax}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, {{Sm|Plup}}, {{Sm|Colbol}}, {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Lucky}}, {{Sm|Shroomed}}, {{Sm|MacD}}, {{Sm|Zhu}}, {{Sm|Bladewise}}, {{Sm|The Moon}}, {{Sm|Darrell}}, {{Sm|HugS}}, and {{Sm|Wizzrobe}}, as well as international talent such as {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Leffen}}, {{Sm|ZeRo}}, and {{Sm|Professor Pro}}. | '''The Big House 4''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Project M]]'' [[List of national tournaments|national tournament]] held in Romulus, Michigan, on October 4th-5th, 2014, hosted primarily by {{Sm|Juggleguy}} and {{Sm|Strong Bad}}. It is the most recent in The Big House series of tournament events, following [[The Big House 3]]. In addition to featuring professional smashers from the Midwest region such as {{Sm|Duck}}, {{Sm|Anther}}, {{Sm|Kels}}, {{Sm|VaNz}}, and {{Sm|Darkrain}}, the tournament also featured powerful out-of-region talent such as {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|Axe}}, {{Sm|Hax}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, {{Sm|Plup}}, {{Sm|Colbol}}, {{Sm|SFAT}}, {{Sm|Lucky}}, {{Sm|Shroomed}}, {{Sm|MacD}}, {{Sm|Zhu}}, {{Sm|Bladewise}}, {{Sm|The Moon}}, {{Sm|Darrell}}, {{Sm|HugS}}, and {{Sm|Wizzrobe}}, as well as international talent such as {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Leffen}}, {{Sm|ZeRo}}, and {{Sm|Professor Pro}}. | ||
The Big House 4 is the | The Big House 4 is the sixth-largest ''Melee'' tournament of all time (with 574 entrants) and the second-largest ''Project M'' tournament of all time (with 333 entrants); additionally, the event was the largest Midwest ''Melee'' tournament in history, surpassing the previous record set by [[MELEE-FC Diamond]] in 2007, and the tournament is also both the largest two-day ''Smash'' tournament of all time, as well as 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. | 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. | ||