Editing Smasher:Tantalus

{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Tantalus
| image         = TheTantalus.jpg
| alias         = TheTantalus
| mainpm        = Diddy Kong
| 2ndmainpm     = Fox
| otherpm       = Marth
| 2ndotherpm    = Mewtwo
| moreotherpm   = {{PM|Meta Knight}}
| mainssbb      = Meta Knight 
| otherssbb     = R.O.B.
| 2ndotherssbb  = King Dedede
| mainssb4      = R.O.B.
| otherssb4     = Cloud
| 2ndotherssb4  = Captain Falcon
| moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Fox}}, {{SSB4|Mario}}
| realname      = Scott Robertson II
| location      = Hampstead, Maryland
| country       = United States
| crew          = {{Team|VGBootCamp}}
}} 

'''Tantalus''' is a [[tournament organizer]], [[commentator]] and semi-pro player from Hampstead, Maryland who mains {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} in ''[[Brawl]]'' and {{SSB4|R.O.B.}} in ''[[Smash 4]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. He is a former member of {{Team|VGBootCamp}} and {{Team|Panda Global}}. He is best known for being a tournament organizer for many East Coast events, including the [[Smash @ Xanadu]] series and {{Trn|Super Smash Con|series}}, which in 2019 was the largest exclusive Smash Bros event in history, bolstering 3,659 attendees. Tantalus was ranked 9th on the final [[MD/VA Power Rankings|MD/VA Brawl Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 8th on the MD/VA Smash 4 Power Rankings. He is also a former and current WR speedrunner for various NES games.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/critical-hit-3-brawl-singles.614/?league=3 Critical Hit 3]||July 5th, 2008||81st||49th||Vanilla Waffle
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/cyberden-aug-30-1v1-2v2-ssbb-results.192197/ Cyberden August]||August 30th, 2008||33rd||9th||Vanilla Waffle
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/cyberden-columbia-md-sept-27-08-ssbb-1v1-2v2-results.196245/ Cyberden September]||September 27th, 2008||9th||13th||Vanilla Waffle
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/the-magfest-results-thread-smash-64-melee-brawl.213898/ MAGFest 7]||Jan 2nd, 2009||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Kornn|p=USA}}
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/omni-presents-xanadu-games.281168/ Omni Presents: Xanadu Games]||July 17th, 2010||33rd||9th||{{Sm|Seagull Joe}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/miami-sports-fans-tournament-lebanon-pa.273770/ TG Smash, Lebanon PA]|| May 1st, 2010||1st||1st||{{Sm|EE}}
|-
|[[KTAR 3]]||September 25th, 2010||30th||13th||{{Sm|Luigi King}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/vgbc-xanadu-results-baltimore-md-11-27-2010-d3-in-the-building.292402/ Baltimore Brawl]||November 27th, 2010||13th||9th||{{Sm|Deez|p=USA}}
|-
|[[Magfest 9]]||January 15th, 2011||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/hbcpga-jan-29-harrisburg-pa.296653/#post-12081983/ HBCPGA January]||January 29th, 2011||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Coney|p=USA}}
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||&mdash;||25th||Seagull Joe
|-
|[[KTAR 5]]||May 21st, 2011||65th||13th||{{Sm|NOID}}
|-
|{{b|SKTAR|tournament}}||July 14th-15th, 2012||65th||25th||{{Sm|Luckay}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/forum/topic.aspx?id=205843 Sa2vation]||January 26th, 2013||13th||2nd||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/xanadu-emerald-edition.336142/ Xanadu: Emerald Edition]||May 4th, 2013||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smash @ Xanadu|Smash @ Xanadu 8/27/13]]||August 27th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[KTAR 8]]||December 28th, 2013||25th||13th||{{Sm|EE}}
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||9th||&mdash;||
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/sax1021brawl S@X 67]||October 21st, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX11112014SSBB S@X 70]||November 11th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015|g=SSBB}}||August 6th-9th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Glitch 2]]||September 24th-25th, 2016||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Glitch 3]]||May 6th, 2017||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2017]]||August 10th-13th, 2017||129th||2nd||{{Sm|Coney}}
|-
|{{Trn|Smashadelphia 2018|g=SSBB}}||June 22nd-24th, 2018||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018|g=SSBB}}||August 9th-12th, 2018||17th||5th||{{Sm|Iota}}
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019|g=SSBB}}||August 8th-11th, 2019||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015|g=SSB4}}||August 6th-9th, 2015||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||65th||25th||{{Sm|Raziek}}
|-
|[[Smash the Record 2015]]||October 23rd-25th, 2015||49th||33rd||{{Sm|Nintendude}}
|-
|[[Pound 2016]]||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX05172016SSB4TEAMS S@X 150]||May 17th, 2016||&mdash;||3rd||{{Sm|Pink Fresh}}
|-
|[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||257th||65th||{{Sm|Zephyr}}
|-
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/Xanadu200Smash4 S@X 200]||May 2nd, 2017||65th||5th||Pink Fresh
|-
|{{b|Royal Flush|tournament}}||May 12th-14th, 2017||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 5|g=SSB4}}||September 29th, 2018||33rd||17th||{{Sm|BootEKing}}
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/the-magfest-results-thread-smash-64-melee-brawl.213898/ Magfest 7]||Jan 2nd, 2009||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-spring-arcadian/event/smash-64-singles/brackets/34370 The Spring Arcadian]||May 14th, 2016||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/xanadu-emerald-edition.336142/ Xanadu: Emerald Edition]||May 4th, 2013||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-spring-arcadian/event/project-m-singles/brackets/34368 The Spring Arcadian]||May 14th, 2016||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-280/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/415521/763758 S@X 280]||December 11th, 2018||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-284/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/504970/870375 S@X 284]||January 8th, 2019||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 6|g=SSBU}}||January 19th-20th, 2019||129th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 2019|g=SSBU}}||April 19th-21st, 2019||385th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-304/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/596524/991402 S@X 304]||May 28th, 2019||25th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World|g=SSBU}}||September 14th-15th, 2019||193rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Ultimate Fall Arcadian|g=SSBU}}||November 23rd, 2019||25th||13th||{{Sm|Lobos}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-345/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/774188/1245237 S@X 345]||March 10th, 2020||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-online-346/event/ultimate-singles-1/brackets/780078/1252743 S@X 346 Online]{{OnlineIcon}}||March 24th, 2020||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Comeback|g=SSBU}}||July 31st, 2021||49th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/TheTantalus Twitter account]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/thetantalus.115806/ SmashBoards account]
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