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| {{Infobox Smasher | | {{Smasher Infobox |
| | name = Spud | | | name = Spud |
| | image = Spud.jpg | | | image = Spud.png |
| | mainssbu = Zero Suit Samus
| | | mainssbm = Marth |
| | 2ndmainssbu = Chrom
| | | crew = Sin Gaming |
| | otherssbu = Fox
| | | former crews = [[Melee Hell]] |
| | mainssb4 = Zero Suit Samus
| | | skillssbm = Professional |
| | mainssbm = Marth | | | alias = |
| | otherssbm = Falco | | | realname = |
| | 2ndotherssbm = Fox
| | | birthdate = |
| | moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}
| | | location = New Zealand |
| | mainpm = Fox
| | | country = New Zealand |
| | otherpm = Ganondorf
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| | former sponsors = [https://www.darksided.pro/ Dark Sided]
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| | former crews = [[Melee Hell]], Sin Gaming | |
| | rankingssbm = [[SSBMRank 2022]]: 61st | |
| | rankingssbu = [[Perth Power Rankings]]: 4th | |
| | realname = Te Tuhi Kelly | |
| | birthdate = 1998 | |
| | location = Perth, Western Australia | |
| | country = Australia | |
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| '''Spud''' is a {{SSBM|Marth}} player from New Zealand who is currently living in Perth, Australia. He is currently ranked 61st on the [[SSBMRank 2022]] and was formerly ranked 1st on the [[Australian Power Rankings]]. He was also formerly ranked 1st on the [[New Zealand Power Rankings]]. His breakout performance was at [[BAM7]], where he beat several of Australia's top players and upset {{Sm|Alex19}} in a close 3-2 set to place 7th overall. He started playing ''Smash'' in 2014. | | '''Spud''' is a {{SSBM|Marth}} player from New Zealand. He is currently ranked 1st in the [[New Zealand Melee Power Rankings]]. After his breakout performance at BAM7 where he beat several of Australia's top players and upset {{Sm|Alex19}} in a close 3-2 set to place 7th overall, he is also considered the best Smasher in all of Oceania. He started playing ''Smash'' in 2014.<ref>https://youtu.be/pO4bYFxyQDY?t=5m30s</ref> |
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| He made his US debut at {{Trn|The Big House 6}}. In round 2 pools he lost to {{Sm|4%}} and {{Sm|Ryan_K}} to finish at 97th place.
| | ==Tournament placements== |
| | | ===''Melee''=== |
| At {{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass}}, he cruised through round 1 pools without dropping a game notably beating {{Sm|Rudolph}} in winners final of that pool. In round 2, he lost to {{Sm|Hungrybox}} 0-2, then beat {{Sm|Iceman}} 3-1 to make bracket. He then beat {{Sm|Mike Haze}} 3-1, before losing to {{Sm|The Moon}} 1-3 to finish at 17th place.
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| At another Pacific Northwest event, [https://www.start.gg/tournament/bridgetown-hyper-blitz/event/melee-singles/brackets/407898/754035 Bridgetown Hyper Blitz], he took first in singles, defeating several top 50 players, starting with {{Sm|n0ne}}, then {{Sm|Moky}}, then double eliminated {{Sm|Professor Pro}} 3-2 and 3-0 in Winners Finals and Grand Finals respectively. He also got second in doubles with {{Sm|MilkMan}}, defeating the team of n0ne and Moky in winners, but then losing the grands finals sets 0-3 and 2-3. A week later at {{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2018}}, Spud was on similar form, defeating {{Sm|Kalamazhu}} 3-0 to reach top 32 winners side, and then defeating {{Sm|SFAT}} 3-0 and {{Sm|Hax}} 3-1 to reach winners side top 8, where he lost 1-3 to {{Sm|S2J}} and 0-3 to {{Sm|Captain Faceroll}}.
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| He also defeated SFAT at {{Trn|Phantom 2019}}, a tournament where he placed 2nd.
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| On April 13th, 2017, Spud was signed by [http://darksided.pro/ Dark Sided]. On January 16th, 2021, Dark Sided announced that they had ceased operations.<ref>https://twitter.com/DarkSided/status/1350626765346140160</ref>
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| ==Tournament placings== | |
| {{results|Project M, SSB4, and Ultimate}}
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''=== | |
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner |
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| |[http://challonge.com/RoA2Melee Revival of Auckland 2]||December 1st, 2014||2nd||—||—
| | |[[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]]||May 22nd-24th, 2015||7th||—||— |
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| |[http://challonge.com/SXUPBackUp Southern X Up 2014]||December 9th, 2014||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/UB1_M_Rekey Unibash 1]||April 10th, 2015||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/MFS6_Singles More Forward Smash 6]||April 17th, 2015||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/MFS7_Singles More Forward Smash 7]||May 15th, 2015||2nd||—||—
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| |[[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]]||May 22nd-24th, 2015||7th||17th||MojoMonkey | |
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| |[http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/tandsmeleetop32 Town & Sydney]||July 10th-12th, 2015||5th||5th||{{Sm|Jon_ass}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/MFS11_Singles More Forward Smash 11]||September 11th, 2015||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/Sxutop16ssbm Southern X Up 2015]||October 2nd, 2015||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/sw_sector_z_3 Sector Z 3]||March 7th, 2016||1st||1st||Sundowns
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_4 Sector Z 4]||March 21st, 2016||1st||1st||Sundowns
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| |[[Battle Arena Melbourne 8]]||May 13th-15th, 2016||2nd||3rd||Sundowns
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_5 Sector Z 5]||May 30th, 2016||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Ajax}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_7 Sector Z 7]||June 27th, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/sw_sectorz_8 Sector Z 8]||August 8th, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_9 Sector Z 9]||August 22nd, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|NiGHTS}}
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| |{{Trn|OzHadou National 14|g=SSBM}}||August 26th-28th, 2016||1st||3rd||{{Sm|Zorsy}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_10 Sector Z 10]||September 5th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Niven}}
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/di-another-day-2-a-western-australian-major/brackets/13251/70410/224901 DI Another Day 2]||September 8th-11th, 2016||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Zhu}}
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 6|g=SSBM}}||October 7th-9th, 2016||97th||129th||{{Sm|Microsoft J}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/sectorz12_singles Sector Z 12]||October 17th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|KIC}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_13_singles Sector Z 13]||October 31st, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/sector_z_14_singles Sector Z 14]||November 14th, 2016||1st||1st||Niven
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| |[http://challonge.com/tuk1213 Tuk House 12/13]||December 13th, 2016||5th||—||—
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| |[http://challonge.com/Tuk1215 Tuk House 12/15]||December 15th, 2016||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass|g=SSBM}}||December 17th-18th, 2016||17th||17th||{{Sm|Aisengobay}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/Bdawgscastle4 Bdawgs Castle IV]||February 24th, 2017||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 9|g=SSBM}}||May 12th-14th, 2017||1st||9th||{{Sm|Ralphiki}}
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| |[http://challonge.com/BeachBonanzaFourMelee Beach Based Bonanza 4]||June 3rd, 2017||1st||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ozhadou-nationals-15/event/melee-singles/brackets/150413 OzHadu Nationals 15]||September 15th-17th, 2017||1st||1st||{{Sm|Splice}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/emerald-city-6/event/melee-singles/brackets/178366 Emerald City 6]||January 13th, 2018||3rd||4th||{{Sm|Moky}}
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 5|g=SSBM}}||January 19th-21st, 2018||65th||49th||{{Sm|Calvin}}
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| |{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 10|g=SSBM}}||May 18th-20th, 2018||3rd||4th||Splice
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/bridgetown-hyper-blitz/event/melee-singles/brackets/407898/754035 Bridgetown Hyper Blitz]||December 8th, 2018||1st||2nd||{{Sm|MilkMan}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-parking-lot-feat-professor-pro-spud-nicki-frenzy-fatgoku/event/melee-singles-tuesday-12-11/brackets/466008/823627 The Parking Lot - Tuesday]||December 11th, 2018||17th||—||—
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| |[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||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Don't Park on the Grass 2018|g=SSBM}}||December 15th-16th, 2018||5th||17th||MojoMonkey
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| |{{Trn|Phantom 2019|g=SSBM}}||March 2nd-3rd, 2019||2nd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Battle Arena Melbourne 11|g=SSBM}}||May 17th-19th, 2019||1st||4th||Splice
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| |{{Trn|The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0|g=SSBM}}||June 8th-9th, 2019||33rd||—||— | | |Town & Sydney||July 10th-12th, 2015||5th||5th||{{Sm|Jon_ass}} |
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| |{{Trn|Smash Summit 8|g=SSBM}}||June 13th-17th, 2019||13th||7th||{{Sm|Wizzrobe}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/rostrata-rumble/event/melee-singles/overview Rostrata Rumble]||June 22nd, 2019||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Sunny Side Up|g=SSBM}}||August 10th-11th, 2019||1st||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Big Cheese 2|g=SSBM}}||December 7th-8th, 2019||1st||1st||{{Sm|Sock}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/nimbus-69/event/melee-singles/brackets/733898/1181214 Nimbus #69]||January 16th, 2020||3rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|GENESIS 7|g=SSBM}}||January 24th-26th, 2020||33rd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|The Big House 10|g=SSBM}}||October 7th-9th, 2022||33rd||7th||{{Sm|n0ne}}
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| |{{Trn|The Off-Season|g=SSBM}}||October 15th-16th, 2022||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational Last Chance Qualifier|g=SSBM}}||October 21st, 2022||Top 8||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational|g=SSBM}}||October 21st-23rd, 2022||29th||—||—
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| ===''[[Project M]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[https://challonge.com/RoA2PM Revival of Auckland 2]||December 1st, 2014||2nd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|DI Another Day 2|g=PM}}||September 8th-11th, 2016||13th (DQ)||—||—
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
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| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/strat-smash-2/event/strats-mid-week-smash/brackets/486650/848512 Strat Smash #2]||January 2nd, 2019||1st||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/bigwinsmash-ultimate-showdown-1/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/476211/835756 Ultimate Showdown #1]||January 5th, 2019||1st||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/strat-smash-30-01-2019-1/event/strats-mid-week-smash/brackets/507509/873418 Strat Smash 30-01-2019]||January 30th, 2019||2nd||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/strat-smash-6-02-2019/event/strats-mid-week-smash/brackets/524987/894576 Strat Smash 6-02-2019]||February 6th, 2019||2nd||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Phantom 2019|g=SSBU}}||March 2nd-3rd, 2019||17th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Sunny Side Up|g=SSBU}}||August 10th-11th, 2019||33rd||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/curtin-smashfest-22nd-july/event/curtin-smashfest-22nd-july/overview Curtin Smashfest - 22nd July]||July 22nd, 2020||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/curtin-smashfest-5th-august/event/curtin-smashfest-5th-august/overview Curtin Smashfest - 5th August]||August 5th, 2020||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/smashfest-26th-august/event/curtin-smashfest-26th-august/overview Curtin Smashfest - 26th August]||August 26th, 2020||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/smashfest-2nd-september/event/curtin-smashfest-2nd-september/overview Curtin Smashfest - 2nd September]||September 2nd, 2020||1st||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/murdoch-presents-smash-bros-in-the-cbd-smash-ultimate-tournament/event/ultimate-singles/overview Smash Bros in the CBD]||September 20th, 2020||1st||—||—
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| ==External links==
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| *[https://twitter.com/spudssbm Twitter account]
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| ==Gameplay videos==
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C89NrY3ZhU Spud vs Alex 19]
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| *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbzv7reTMIA Spud vs SFAT]
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Retired players]]
| | {{smasher-stub}} |
| [[Category:New Zealand smashers]] | | [[Category:New Zealand smashers]] |
| [[Category:Western Australian smashers]]
| | [[Category:Marth professionals (SSBM)]] |
| [[Category:Marth players (SSBM)]] | |
| [[Category:Zero Suit Samus players (SSBU)]]
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| [[Category:Chrom players (SSBU)]]
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