Tournament:WHOBO 4

WHOBO 4
Dates	August 4th-5th, 2012
Venue	Dave and Busters
Address/City	6010 Richmond Avenue Houston, Texas
Results
winners	ESAM 1v1  Trela &  Ally 2v2  Shaky Mid+Low Tier 1v1  Mr. Doom &  Ally Mid+Low Tier 2v2

WHOBO 4 was a Super Smash Bros. Brawl national tournament held by Xyro on August 4-5, 2012. It is the 4th event in the WHOBO series. WHOBO 4 was the first American national to feature Meta Knight banned from both singles and doubles. Xyro intended for WHOBO 4 to be the last tournament in the WHOBO series and the last Brawl tournament he will ever host. Due to encouragement however, Xyro continued to host with two HOBO tournaments, WHOBO 5, and WHOBO MLG.

Ruleset

WHOBO 4 used the Unity Ruleset Version 2.1

General Gameplay Rules

• 3 Stocks
• 8 Minute Time Limit
• Items set to "Off" and "None"
• Pause set to "Off"
• Meta Knight is banned in both Singles and Doubles - in the event Meta Knight is used via random character select, the match shall be restarted on the same stage until Meta Knight is not present.
• All infinites and chain grabs are legal.
• There is a 50 Ledge Grab Limit for all characters. If a game goes to time and one player goes over the Ledge Grab Limit for their character, they will automatically lose the game. If both players exceed their Ledge Grab Limit, then this rule is ignored.
• The act of stalling is banned: stalling is intentionally making the game unplayable: Such as becoming invisible, continuing infinites, chain grabs, or uninterruptible moves past 300%, and reaching a position that your opponent can never reach you.
• Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
• If the Ledge Grab Limit does not declare one player the winner, the winner will be declared by what the game says in all situations, except for when players are presented with sudden death:
• In the event of a match going to time, the winner will be determined by who has less percent (stock difference still takes priority but will be shown in the results screen).
• If the match ends with both players dying at the same time (either coincidentally or via suicide move) or if time ran out with both players at equal percent, a one stock three minute rematch will be played on the same stage. For a tie-breaker match, a Ledge Grab Limit of 18 is used for all characters.
• Team Attack set to "On"
• Life stealing is allowed.
• In the event of a game reaching the time limit, if a single player on a team exceeds their Ledge Grab Limit, that team loses. If one or more players on both teams exceed their Ledge Grab Limit, then the Ledge Grab Limit rule is ignored.
• In the event of a game going to time and the Ledge Grab Limit can not determine a winner and both teams have an equal amount of combined stocks, then whichever team has a lower combined percent is declared the winner.
• If a player is using the character Pokémon Trainer, Lucario, or Sonic, either team may request that team colors be changed to make it easier to tell the difference between team players.

Stage List

Starter	Counterpick
Battlefield	Halberd
Castle Siege	Brinstar
Final Destination	Delfino Plaza
Lylat Cruise	Pokémon Stadium 2
Pokemon Stadium	Rainbow Cruise
Smashville	Frigate Orpheon
Yoshi's Island

Results

Singles

(96 entrants)
Bracket image

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ESAM
2nd	Ally
3rd	Gnes
4th	Atomsk
5th	Ryo
5th	Will
7th	Shaky
7th	Nick Riddle
9th	Kain
9th	Reflex
9th	UltimateRazer
9th	Seibrik
13th	Trela
13th	Illmatic
13th	Pj
13th	MVD
17th	Pwii
17th	Mc PeePants
17th	Inui
17th	Player-1
17th	Kismet
17th	Y.b.M.
17th	MJG
17th	Dojo
25th	Jerm
25th	Denti
25th	Fliphop
25th	Espy
25th	Mikeray
25th	Tesh
25th	DRN
25th	Zekey

Doubles

(39 teams)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Trela		Ally
2nd	ESAM		MVD
3rd	Nick Riddle		Shaky
4th	UltimateRazer		Gnes
5th	Kain		Kismet
5th	Chibo		Yoshq
7th	Reflex		Seibrik
7th	Fae		Bio
9th	Denti		Infinity
9th	DRN		ScaryLB59
9th	Y.b.M.		Infern
9th	Ryo		True Blue
13th	Asa		Z
13th	Zekey		Sync
13th	Mar		Mc PeePants
13th	Esca		Dphat

Mid+low tier singles

(63 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Shaky
2nd	Mc PeePants
3rd	Espy
4th	Reflex
5th	Pwii
5th	Ryo
7th	Will
7th	Chibo

Low+mid tier doubles

(28 teams)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mr. Doom		Ally
2nd	Reflex		Will
3rd	K Prime		Espy
4th	Inui		Pwii
5th	Esca		Gnes
5th	Kain		Zeton
7th	ESAM		Shaky
7th	Ryo		True Blue

External links

• SmashBoards thread
• AllisBrawl page
• Official trailer
• Results thread