Editing Smasher:Ryan Ford

{{Infobox Smasher
| name            = Ryan Ford
| image           = unknown522.jpg
| mainpm          = Fox
| 2ndmainpm       = Marth
| otherpm         = Ganondorf
| mainssbm        = Fox
| otherssbm       = Sheik
| 2ndotherssbm    = Dr. Mario
| moreotherssbm   = {{SSBM|Falco}}, {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Marth}}, {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}
| former crews    = [https://www.facebook.com/Earthrootofficial/ Earthroot Gaming], A&C, Roundbit, The Blade Breakers
| crew            = 
| rankingssbm     = [[2019 MPGR]]: 71st
| bestrankingssbm = [[SSBMRank 2013]]: 15th
| bestresultssbm  = 7th / 402 at {{Trn|DreamHack Atlanta 2017|g=SSBM}}
| alias           = Unknown522
| realname        = Ryan Ford
| birthday        = 5
| birthmonth      = 6
| birthyear       = 1990
| location        = Toronto, Ontario
| country         = Canada
}}
'''Ryan Ford''' (formerly known as '''Unknown522''') is a Canadian ''[[Melee]]'' {{SSBM|Fox}} [[main]] who is widely considered one of the country's best Fox players. Ford is currently ranked 3rd on the [[Southern Ontario Melee Power Rankings]] and 71st on the [[2019 MPGR]]. He has wins on {{Sm|n0ne}}, {{Sm|Drephen}}, {{Sm|Jakenshaken}}, {{Sm|billybopeep}}, {{Sm|Fizz}}, {{Sm|MoG}}, {{Sm|Soonsay}}, and {{Sm|Wevans}}.

==Biography==
===Controversies===
Ford was [http://smashboards.com/threads/concerning-kirbykaze-and-unknown522.342033/ banned from ''Melee'' tournaments in Canada for one year starting in November 2013], primarily due to his sometimes violent conduct at tournaments and his domestic abuse aimed at {{Sm|KirbyKaze}}, who stated that Ryan had physically assaulted him upwards of six times on five separate instances while they were in an intimate relationship. He was also been banned from [[Apex (tournament series)|the Apex tournament series]] starting with [[Apex 2013]], following an incident where he placed American smasher {{Sm|Inui}} in a choke-hold in response to his constant heckling at NEC 13, which reportedly involved a racial slur. Additionally, Ford caused further controversy with American smasher {{Sm|Mew2King}} in the semi-finals for [[Revival of Melee 5]], in relation to splitting and accused [[bracket manipulation]].

===Return to ''Melee''===
After a long period of not attending tournaments and a discussion between Toronto's top players and TOs regarding his resolved anger issues, it was decided on March 14th, 2015 that the ban on Ryan Ford should finally be lifted and he was once again allowed to attend Ontario events. Despite being out of commission in tournaments for nearly a year and a half, he continued honing his ''Melee'' prowess throughout that entire period, and showed his progress by winning the first weekly he attended since his ban (with {{Sm|n0ne}} in attendance) and placing very high at [[SWEET XX]] and Smash @ York #7, keeping up with Ontario's other top players. During his down time, he also picked up new pocket characters, such as {{SSBM|Mario}}, and since then has been going to various venues for friendlies, in addition to hosting his own friendlies, which are usually streamed on his Twitch account.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=135096 Clash of the Sauga 2]||January 5th, 2008||5th||4th||{{Sm|RunawayFire}}
|-
|'''''[[Pound 3]]'''''||February 2nd-3rd, 2008||113th||9th||{{Sm|RaynEX}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=168405 Combo Breaker]||May 11th, 2008||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[TGMTSBCO]]||June 7th-8th, 2008||17th||9th||RaynEX
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=222653 Starfurry 3]||February 21st, 2009||5th||2nd||RaynEX
|-
|'''''[[Revival of Melee]]'''''||March 7th-8th, 2009||33rd||13th||RaynEX
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232618 Starfurry 5]||May 2nd, 2009||5th||3rd||RaynEX
|-
|'''[[Revival of Melee 2]]'''||November 21st-22nd, 2009||13th||9th||RaynEX
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/new-bark-town-an-oakville-tournament-results-thread.258352/ New Bark Town]||December 12th, 2009||3rd||1st||RaynEX
|-
|'''''[[Pound 4]]'''''||January 16th-18th, 2010||33rd||13th||RaynEX
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=264324 PWG - LBT2 Unity]||February 6th, 2010||4th||1st||RaynEX
|-
|'''''[[Apex 2010]]'''''||August 6th-8th, 2010||25th||5th||RaynEX
|-
|'''[[Revival of Melee 3]]'''||November 20th-21st, 2010||17th||9th||{{Sm|RockCrock}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=292907 SWEET IV]||December 4th, 2010||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[Pound V]]'''''||February 19th-21st, 2011||13th||9th||RaynEX
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=309364 Smash t'ill U Crash 2]||August 20th, 2011||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|KirbyKaze}}
|-
|[[The Big House]]||October 22nd, 2011||5th||2nd||RaynEX
|-
|'''''[[Apex 2012]]'''''||January 6th-8th, 2012||9th||25th||{{Sm|I.B}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=323363 Smash Till You Crash 3]||June 2nd-3rd, 2012||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Kage}}
|-
|[[IMPULSE]]||June 30th-July 1st, 2012||7th||4th||RaynEX
|-
|[[The Big House 2]]||October 6th-7th, 2012||5th||3rd||{{Sm|DoH}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 5]]||November 17th-18th, 2012||2nd||4th||{{Sm|Weon-X}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=335359 SWEET XII]||March 30th, 2013||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Idea}}
|-
|'''[[Zenith 2013]]'''||June 1st-2nd, 2013||17th||3rd||{{Sm|PPMD}}
|-
|[[IMPULSE 2013]]||June 15th-16th, 2013||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Mango}}
|-
|[[Smash Till You Crash 4]]||August 24th-25th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|Vwins}}
|-
|[[LAN WAR X]]||March 20th-22nd, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SWEET XX]]||April 4th, 2015||5th||2nd|||{{Sm|n0ne}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/say7m Smash @ York #7]||April 11th, 2015||2nd||2nd||RaynEX
|-
|[http://sheridansmash.challonge.com/imnotyelling Smash at Sheridan 5/15]||May 15th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Enthusiast Gaming Live]]||May 16th-17th, 2015||9th||1st||RaynEX
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2015]]||May 30th-31st, 2015||7th||3rd||RaynEX
|-
|[[EXP 2015]]||July 4th-5th, 2015||5th||2nd||RaynEX
|-
|[[Summit 2015]]||August 15th-16th, 2015||2nd||1st||RaynEX
|-
|'''''[[The Big House 5]]'''''||October 2nd-4th, 2015||33rd||25th||I.B
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2015]]||October 30th-November 1st, 2015||5th||2nd||RaynEX
|-
|[[Smash INTENSIFIES 2]]||November 28th-29th, 2015||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Kage}}
|-
|'''''[[GENESIS 3]]'''''||January 15th-17th, 2016||65th||25th||KirbyKaze
|-
|[[Frozen Phoenix]]||March 12th-13th, 2016||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Trulliam}}
|-
|'''[[Pound 2016]]'''||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||49th||17th||n0ne
|-
|'''[[Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo]]'''||April 29th-May 1st, 2016||17th||7th||n0ne
|-
|'''''[[Get On My Level 2016]]'''''||May 20th-22nd, 2016||17th||7th||RaynEX
|-
|[[Summit 2016]]||August 6th-7th, 2016||4th||1st||Trulliam
|-
|[[DreamHack Montreal 2016]]||August 12th-14th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Kage}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/smash-ultime-le-troisi-me-feat-ryan-ford-holy-and/event/melee-singles/brackets/70136 Smash ULtime: Le Troisième]||September 16th-18th, 2016||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Legend}}
|-
|'''''[[The Big House 6]]'''''||October 7th-9th, 2016||25th||17th||Trulliam
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2016]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||9th||2nd||Trulliam
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/lan-war-x-1000-pot-bonus-for-melee-smash-4/event/melee-singles/brackets/89518 LAN WAR X]||November 26th-27th, 2016||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-105-special-pre-genesis-4-foundry-event/event/melee-singles/brackets Get Smashed at the Foundry 105]||January 17th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[GENESIS 4]]'''''||January 20th-22nd, 2017||97th||25th||{{Sm|G$}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/smash-at-york-15-melee-wii-u-singles-waseda-doubles/event/melee-singles/brackets/123076/354197 Smash at York 15]||February 17th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[No Man's Lan 12]]||March 18th-19th, 2017||2nd||1st||Trulliam
|-
|[[Frozen Phoenix 2017]]||March 25th-26th, 2017||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Lucky}}
|-
|[https://t.polarity.gg/cfl-smackdown-123-melee CFL Smackdown 123]||April 17th, 2017||3rd||5th||{{Sm|Donb}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-come-up-2017-ontario-smash-regional/event/melee-singles/brackets/131047 The Come Up 2017]||April 22nd, 2017||1st||1st||Kage
|-
|[[SWEET XXVIII]]||May 6th, 2017||5th||9th||{{Sm|Jamrun}}
|-
|{{Trn|Royal Flush|g=SSBM}}||May 12th-14th, 2017||17th||9th||{{Sm|Professor Pro}}
|-
|[https://start.gg/tournament/downfall/event/melee-singles/overview Downfall]||May 20th, 2017||2nd||2nd||Trulliam
|-
|[http://challonge.com/ubcprebobc2 UBC Melee Pre-Battle of BC 2 Weekly]||June 1st, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Battle of BC 2]]||June 3rd-4th, 2017||9th||1st||{{Sm|ChuDat}}
|-
|[[Saints Gaming Live]]||June 10th-11th, 2017||7th||5th||RaynEX
|-
|[[TGL Divided]]||July 8th, 2017||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''''[[EVO 2017]]'''''||July 14th-16th, 2017||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''[[DreamHack Atlanta 2017]]'''||July 21st-23rd, 2017||7th||2nd||{{Sm|Colbol}}
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2017]]||July 28th-30th, 2017||9th||5th||Kage
|-
|[http://challonge.com/hccpsmps Counterpick Summer]||August 12th-13th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|'''[[Shine 2017]]'''||August 25th-27th, 2017||17th||9th||KirbyKaze
|-
|'''''[[The Big House 7]]'''''||October 6th-8th, 2017||17th||25th||Trulliam
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2017]]||October 28th-30th, 2017||9th||3rd||Trulliam
|-
|[[Tipped Off 12]]||November 11th-12th, 2017||9th||2nd||n0ne
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/rise-melee-regional/event/melee-singles/brackets/179587 RISE Melee Regional]||November 25th, 2017||1st||1st||{{Sm|Swedish Delight}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/apollo-xi/event/melee-singles/brackets/182004/466581 Apollo XI]||December 2nd, 2017||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|BIG KID}}
|-
|'''''[[GENESIS 5]]'''''||January 19th-21st, 2018||25th||7th||{{Sm|Bladewise}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-episode-iii-ssbm-smash4/event/melee-singles/brackets/214566 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode III]||February 24th-25th, 2018||1st||1st||Trulliam
|-
|'''[[EGLX 2018]]'''||March 9th-11th, 2018||7th||7th||Trulliam
|-
|{{Trn|Full Bloom 4|g=SSBM}}||March 24th-25th, 2018||33rd||4th||{{Sm|Crush}}
|-
|{{Trn|Aegis|g=SSBM}}||April 21st, 2018||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|moky}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-episode-iv-ssbm-smash4/event/melee-singles/brackets/231314 Revenge of the 6ix: Episode IV]||April 28th-29th, 2018||2nd||1st||moky
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2018|g=SSBM}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||17th||7th||Trulliam
|-
|{{Trn|Saints Gaming Live 2018|g=SSBM}}||June 9th-10th, 2018||2nd||2nd||Trulliam
|-
|{{Trn|Summer Storm|g=SSBM}}||July 14th-15th, 2018||1st||1st||{{Sm|W3EM}}
|-
|{{Trn|Shine 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 24th-26th, 2018||17th||13th||n0ne
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Montreal 2018|g=SSBM}}||September 7th-9th, 2018||5th||2nd||Trulliam
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 8|g=SSBM}}||October 5th-7th, 2018||49th||17th||{{Sm|ARMY}}
|-
|{{Trn|Canada Cup 2018|g=SSBM}}||October 26th-28th, 2018||9th||1st||moky
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/fight-for-socal/event/melee-singles/brackets/450749/804537 Fight For SoCal]||December 2nd, 2018||4th||2nd||{{Sm|OkamiBW}}
|-
|{{Trn|Wombo Combo: 10 Year Anniversary|g=SSBM}}||December 8th, 2018||5th||4th||{{Sm|Spark}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-parking-lot-feat-professor-pro-spud-nicki-frenzy-fatgoku/event/melee-singles-thursday-12-13/brackets/466010/823629 The Parking Lot - Thursday]||December 13th, 2018||4th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-parking-lot-feat-professor-pro-spud-nicki-frenzy-fatgoku/event/melee-singles-friday-12-14/brackets/481652/842537 The Parking Lot - Friday]||December 14th, 2018||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2018|g=SSBM}}||December 15th-16th, 2018||33rd||5th||moky
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-the-moon-strikes-back-january-19/event/melee-singles/overview Revenge of the 6ix: The Moon Strikes Back]||January 19th-20th, 2019||7th||1st||moky
|-
|{{Trn|Frostfire 2019|g=SSBM}}||January 26th-27th, 2019||2nd||1st||moky
|-
|{{Trn|LAN ETS 2019|g=SSBM}}||February 8th-10th, 2019||1st||1st||{{Sm|Marko}} 
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/toronto-stock-exchange-14/event/melee-singles/overview Toronto Stock Exchange #14]||March 2nd, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/kent-combo-99/event/melee-singles/brackets/555669/936058 Kent Combo 99]||March 15th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ksu-smash-presents-sapocalypse/event/melee-singles/brackets/557629/938486 Sapocalypse]||March 16th, 2019||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Dempt}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/geek-it-smash-tournament/event/melee-singles/overview GEEK-IT]||April 6th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/kent-combo-100-1/event/melee-singles/overview Kent Combo 100]||April 13th, 2019||2nd||2nd||Dempt
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/house-of-paign-21/event/melee-singles/overview House of Paign 21]||April 20th, 2019||5th||1st||{{Sm|Prince Abu}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/click-deez-nutz/event/melee-singles/overview Click Deez Nuts]||April 28th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-night-before-goml/event/melee-singles/overview The Night Before GOML]||May 11th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2019|g=SSBM}}||May 17th-19th, 2019||25th||3rd||moky
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/toronto-stock-exchange-16/event/melee-singles/overview Toronto Stock Exchange #16]||May 25th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/toronto-stock-exchange-17/event/melee-singles/overview Toronto Stock Exchange #17]||June 29th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/click-commander/event/melee-singles/overview Click Commander]||August 3rd, 2019||3rd||1st||moky
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/district-beta-melee/event/district-beta-melee-singles/overview District Beta Melee]||August 16th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Montreal 2019|g=SSBM}}||September 6th-8th, 2019||5th||2nd||{{Sm|Damian Tyson}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-of-waterloo-2/event/melee-singles/overview Battle of Waterloo]||September 14th, 2019||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Big House 9|g=SSBM}}||October 4th-6th, 2019||33rd||3rd||moky
|-
|{{Trn|Rising Stars at EGLX 2019|g=SSBM}}||October 18th-20th, 2019||7th||3rd||moky
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/down-to-clown-3/event/melee-singles/overview Down to Clown 3]||October 27th, 2019||1st||1st||{{Sm|JOATguy}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/toronto-stock-exchange-20/event/melee-singles/overview Toronto Stock Exchange #20]||November 2nd, 2019||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/bair-on-the-beltline-20/event/melee-singles/overview Bair on the Beltline 18]||November 13th, 2019||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Soap}}
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Atlanta 2019|g=SSBM}}||November 15th-17th, 2019||13th||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|{{Trn|Mango's Birthday Bash|g=SSBM}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||17th||4th||moky
|-
|{{Trn|Frostfire 2020|g=SSBM}}||February 1st-2nd, 2020||2nd||1st||Damian Tyson
|-
|{{Trn|Float|g=SSBM}}||February 8th, 2020||2nd||1st||Jamrun
|-
|[https://smashloft.challonge.com/ssbmmtl359 SmashLoft Melee Weekly #359]||February 12th, 2020||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|LAN ETS 2020|g=SSBM}}||February 14th-16th, 2020||1st||1st||{{Sm|Lunar Dusk}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/revenge-of-the-6ix-february-2020-edition/event/melee-singles/overview Revenge of the 6ix: February Edition]||February 29th, 2020||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-of-brampton-5/event/melee-singles/brackets/750055/1202864 Battle of Brampton 5]||March 14th, 2020||1st||1st||{{Sm|Coffeeblack}}
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Line 2020|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||July 18th-19th, 2020||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||December 19th-20th, 2020||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Get On My Level 2022|g=SSBM}}||July 1st-3rd, 2022||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Revenge of the 6ix: 2024 Test Launch|g=SSBM}}||March 2nd-3rd, 2024||5th / 29||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Ryan_Ford522 Twitter account]
*[https://twitch.tv/ryan_ford522 Twitch channel]
*[http://smashboards.com/members/unknown522.21791/ SmashBoards Public Profile]
*[https://smashboards.com/threads/greater-toronto-area-thread-the-other-other-other-other-other-other-other-other-pokemon-thread.89713/page-995#post-15856112 SmashBoards thread]

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