Smasher:Plank
Plank | |
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Character info | |
Melee main | Sheik |
Other Melee character | Fox |
Brawl main | Meta Knight |
Project M mains | Sheik, Donkey Kong |
Other Project M characters | Fox, Meta Knight |
Personal and other info | |
Real name | Jonathan Graybeal |
Birth date | |
Location | Maryland |
Miscellaneous info | |
Skill | Top professional Top professional (retired) Top professional |
Plank, also known as Plairnkk, is a smasher who mains Sheik in Melee and Project M. He also played Meta Knight in Brawl, where he popularized the technique planking, so named after him. He was formerly ranked 14th on the MD/VA Melee Power Rankings and 15th on the MD/VA Project M Power Rankings. He was also ranked as a hidden boss on the 2015 SSBMRank.
Before 2011 Plank was one of MD/VA's most respected TO's, as he was the main TO for the Pound tournament series (Pound 4 was the largest Melee tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by EVO 2013). After Pound V he drew significant controversy after he announced that he would be unable to pay out the winners of the tournament due to financial issues he came across when hosting it. Nearly ten thousand dollars of prize money was lost, and the incident heavily stained the reputation of Plank, leading to Plank having been the only TO to have ever been placed on Smashboard's tournament organizer blacklist, as well as a hiatus of the Pound tournament series for nearly three years. However, Plank stated that he would be hosting Pound 2016, the sixth main event in the Pound tournament series after nearly three years, along with having paid the money from the event to most, if not all of the winners. Plank was removed from the blacklist after completely paying out the Pound V players in 2015.
Plank is a very solid Melee player in his own right; with his Sheik, he has taken sets off of players such as Chillin, Nintendude, I.B, The Moon, Mango, Abate, Kage, and more.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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MLG Long Island 2007 | May 5th-6th, 2007 | 9th | — | — |
Pound 2 | June 16th-17th, 2007 | 25th | 13th | Doll |
MELEE-FC Diamond | July 12th-14th, 2007 | 17th | 21st | Doll |
Super Champ Combo | September 29th-30th, 2007 | 33rd | — | — |
Viva La Smashtaclysm | November 10th-11th, 2007 | 33rd | — | — |
Pound 3 | February 2nd-3rd, 2008 | 17th | 9th | Chaddd |
Smashpocalypse V | March 22nd, 2008 | 5th | 2nd | Wife |
TGMTSBCO | June 7th-8th, 2008 | 17th | 2nd | Wife |
Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 9th | 4th | ChuDat |
Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 9th | 33rd | Chinesah |
CEO 2010 | June 5th-6th, 2010 | 7th | 7th | Chinesah |
Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 33rd | 17th | Eggm |
Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 33rd | 25th | Kels |
Bar Wars | October 26th, 2013 | 17th | 7th | G-regulate |
Pound V.5 | November 9th, 2013 | 7th | 5th | Chestie |
The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 33rd | — | — |
Justice 4 | October 11th, 2014 | 25th | — | — |
Why You Mad Wenbo 2 | February 7th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
Super Smash Con 2015 | August 6th-9th, 2015 | 33rd | — | — |
S@X 138 | February 24th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
S@X 151 | May 25th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd 2016 | 65th | — | — |
S@X 152 | June 1st, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
S@X 170 | October 5th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Atlantic Extravaganza | January 14th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
Super Smash Con 2017 | August 10th-13th, 2017 | 49th | — | — |
The Big House 7 | October 6th-8th, 2017 | 97th | — | — |
Xanadu - End of an Era | February 24th-25th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
S@X 243 | March 28th, 2018 | 9th | — | — |
S@X 244 | April 4th, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
S@X 248 | May 2nd, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
Pound Underground | May 12th-13th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
S@X 251 | May 23rd, 2018 | 9th | — | — |
S@X 252 | May 30th, 2018 | 9th | — | — |
S@X 256 | June 27th, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
Super Smash Con 2018 | August 9th-12th, 2018 | 97th | 33rd | Husband |
S@X 266 | September 5th, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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Critical Hit 3 | July 5th, 2008 | 7th | 5th | Nacker |
ChuDatz Final Biweekly | August 3rd, 2008 | 4th | 4th | Kanacker |
AxisGaming | August 30th, 2008 | 3rd | — | — |
Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 17th | 13th | ChuDat |
Project M
Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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Bar Wars | October 26th, 2013 | 17th | 4th | G-regulate |
Pound V.5 | November 9th, 2013 | 9th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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S@X 285 | January 15th, 2019 | 65th | — | — |
S@X 287 | January 29th, 2019 | 33rd | — | — |