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{{Infobox Smasher
{{Infobox Smasher
| name          = Gnes
| name          = Greatness
| alias        = Gnes
| image        = Gnes.jpg
| image        = Gnes.jpg
| mainssb      =
| 2ndmainssb    =
| doublesmain  =
| otherssb      =
| 2ndotherssb  =
| main          =
| 2ndmain      =
| other        =
| 2ndother      =
| mainssbb      = Diddy Kong
| mainssbb      = Diddy Kong
| otherssbb    = Toon Link
| 2ndotherssbb  = Fox
| moreotherssbb = {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}, {{SSBB|Peach}}
| mainssb4      = Toon Link
| mainssb4      = Toon Link
| 2ndmainssb4  = Cloud
| 2ndmainssb4  = Cloud
| otherssb4    = Roy
| retiredssb4  = Roy
| 2ndotherssb4  = Shulk
| mainssbu      = Robin
| moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Mario}}
| rankingssbb  =  
| former crews  =
| bestresultssbb = 1st / 182 at {{Trn|MLG Dallas 2010|g=SSBB}}
| skillssbb    = Top professional
| bestresultssb4 = 7th / 169 at {{Trn|No Fun Allowed|g=SSB4}}
| skillssb4    = Professional
| rankingssbb  = [[2014 SSBBRank]]: 21st
| winningsssbb  = ~$14,159.60
| winningsssbb  = ~$14,159.60
| realname      = Keith Garmond
| realname      = Keith Garmond
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'''Gnes''' is a Diddy Kong player from Texas. Along with {{Sm|ADHD}} and {{Sm|Zinoto}}, the former of which he defeated at KTAR 4, he is considered to be one of the top three Diddy Kong players in the United States. He is currently ranked 2nd and 8th on the Texas ''Brawl'' Power Rankings and Houston ''Smash 4'' Power Rankings, respectively.
'''Greatness''', formerly '''Gnes''' (which is itself short for '''G'''reat'''nes'''s), is a smasher from Missouri City, Texas. He was most known for playing {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} in ''[[Brawl]]'', where he competed with {{Sm|ADHD}} for the title of best Diddy Kong main in the world for most of ''Brawl''{{'}}s competitive life, which he once defeated in the ditto at {{Trn|KTAR 4}}. He was ranked 2nd on the last Texas ''Brawl'' Power Rankings, and was ranked 21st on the [[2014 SSBBRank]], the final global ranking of ''Brawl'' before the release of ''Smash 4'', as the third highest Diddy main (after ADHD and {{Sm|Zinoto}}).
 
In ''[[Smash 4]]'', Greatness was a {{SSB4|Toon Link}} and {{SSB4|Cloud}} main, while he also played {{SSB4|Roy}} in early ''Smash 4'' at a strong level. While he was no longer the top player he was in ''Brawl'', he was formerly ranked 8th on the Summer 2016 Houston ''Smash 4'' Power Rankings, before then becoming inactive in ''Smash 4''{{'}}s later life, with him rarely entering singles after 2016.
 
In ''[[Ultimate]]'', he achieved solid regional-level results in the early metagame, maining {{SSBU|Robin}}. He primarily plays in doubles, though since the end of 2019 he has been largely inactive.


==Tournament placings==
==Tournament placings==
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|[[HOBO 10]]||September 6th, 2008||5th||3rd||Gea
|[[HOBO 10]]||September 6th, 2008||5th||3rd||Gea
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|[[WHOBO (tournament)|WHOBO]]||April 10th-12th, 2009 ||7th||5th||{{Sm|Fliphop}}
|[[WHOBO (tournament)|WHOBO]]||April 10th-12th, 2009 ||—||5th||{{Sm|Fliphop}}
|-
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232511 HOBO 16]||May 2nd, 2009||2nd||13th||Fliphop
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232511 HOBO 16]||May 2nd, 2009||2nd||13th||Fliphop
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|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||7th||5th||UltimateRazer
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||7th||5th||UltimateRazer
|-
|[[Nikefest 3]]||March 5th-6th, 2011||1st||1st||UltimateRazer
|-
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|[[WHOBO 3]]||March 18th-20th, 2011||17th||2nd||UltimateRazer
|[[WHOBO 3]]||March 18th-20th, 2011||17th||2nd||UltimateRazer
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|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=318154 HOBO 35]||February 11th, 2012||1st||1st||UltimateRazer
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=318154 HOBO 35]||February 11th, 2012||1st||1st||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/hobo-36-powered-by-gameover-video-games-full-results.319901/ HOBO 36]||March 17th, 2012||2nd||1st||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/hobo-37-project-whobo4-3-of-5-by-gameover-video-games-impulse-circuit-results.321111/ HOBO 37]||April 14th, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|Zori}}
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|[https://smashboards.com/threads/ascension-full-results.324693/ Ascension]||June 30, 2012||2nd||1st||{{Sm|PJ}}
|-
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|[[WHOBO 4]]||August 4th-5th, 2012||3rd||4th||UltimateRazer
|[[WHOBO 4]]||August 4th-5th, 2012||3rd||4th||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/ascension-3-results.329383/ Ascension 3]||November 3rd, 2012||3rd||2nd||Zori
|-
|-
|[[WHOBO 5]]||October 19th-20th, 2013||5th||1st||UltimateRazer
|[[WHOBO 5]]||October 19th-20th, 2013||5th||1st||UltimateRazer
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|-
|[[TGC 2]]||April 25th, 2015||9th||4th||{{Sm|Zori}}
|[[TGC 2]]||April 25th, 2015||9th||4th||{{Sm|Zori}}
|-
|[http://austinsmash4.challonge.com/CATITop32 Come and Take it!]||May 30th-31st, 2015||5th||5th||{{Sm|Dao}}
|-
|-
|[[TGC 3]]||June 20th, 2015||7th||3rd||Zori
|[[TGC 3]]||June 20th, 2015||7th||3rd||Zori
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|[http://austinsmash4.challonge.com/arfi12 Austin's Really Feeling It #12]||March 19th, 2016||5th||—||—
|[http://austinsmash4.challonge.com/arfi12 Austin's Really Feeling It #12]||March 19th, 2016||5th||—||—
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/cati-3-ft-larry-lurr-1000-pot-bonus-smash-4/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/28686/95540 CATI#3]||May 28th, 2016||7th||2nd||{{Sm|GrimTurtle}}
|[[TGC 7]]||April 9th, 2016||25th||5th||{{Sm|Espy}}
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/impact/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/50797 Impact]||July 9th, 2016||9th||4th||{{Sm|Jerm|p=United States}}
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/cati-3-ft-larry-lurr-1000-pot-bonus-smash-4/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/28686/95540 CATI#3]||May 28th, 2016||7th||2nd||{{Sm|GrimTurtle}}
|-
|[[Low Tier City 4]]||June 18th-19th, 2016||—||9th||{{Sm|MJG}}
|-
|[[TGC 8]]||June 4th, 2016||17th||2nd||GrimTurtle
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/impact/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/50797 Impact]||July 9th, 2016||9th||4th||{{Sm|Jerm}}
|-
|-
|[[Clutch City Clash]]||August 6th-7th, 2016||17th||7th||Fliphop
|[[Clutch City Clash]]||August 6th-7th, 2016||17th||7th||Fliphop
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/impact-2/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/81913/257424 Impact 2]||October 22nd, 2016||17th||2nd||{{Sm|Lucy}}
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/impact-2/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/81913/257424 Impact 2]||October 22nd, 2016||17th||2nd||{{Sm|Lucy}}
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/tgm-9-1000-pot-bonus-houston-tx-tltc-dkwill-trela/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/71733/228660 TGM 9]||December 3rd, 2016||5th||3rd||GrimTurtle
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/tgm-9-1000-pot-bonus-houston-tx-tltc-dkwill-trela/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/71733/228660 TGM 9]||December 3rd, 2016||5th||3rd||GrimTurtle
|-
|-
|[https://smash.gg/tournament/surgge/events/wii-u-singles/brackets/93682 SurGGe]||January 7th, 2017||25th||4th||{{Sm|Karna}}
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/surgge/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/93682 SurGGe]||January 7th, 2017||25th||4th||{{Sm|Karna}}
|-
|[[Austin's Really Feeling It 16]]||February 11th, 2017||—||3rd||Jerm
|-
|[[No Fun Allowed]]||March 4th, 2017||7th||5th||GrimTurtle
|-
|[http://smashunited.challonge.com/SFC85 Smash Fight Club 85]||March 12th, 2017||—||1st||{{Sm|ThisGuy}}
|-
|[[DreamHack Austin 2017]]||April 28th-30th, 2017||25th||7th||ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/battlegrounds-4/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/136243 Battlegrounds 4]||June 3rd, 2017||(DQ)||1st||ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/cati-4-smash-4-ft-1000-bonus-and-melee-southwest/event/wii-u-singles/brackets/162325 CATI #4]||October 14th, 2017||—||2nd||{{Sm|Trela}} 
|-
|[[Clutch City Clash 2]]||October 28th-29th, 2017||—||5th||ThisGuy
|-
|{{Trn|No Fun Allowed 2|g=SSB4}}||February 24th, 2018||—||3rd||ThisGuy
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Fight Club 3|g=SSB4}}||August 18th, 2018||—||5th||ThisGuy
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|TGC Returns}}||January 12th, 2019||17th||9th||{{Sm|ThisGuy}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/gogames360-smash-tournament-next-level/details GoGames360 - Smash Tournament - Next Level]||February 8th-10th, 2019||9th||2nd||{{Sm|UltimateRazer}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-1/details Playing with Fire 1]||March 8th-9th, 2019||33rd||9th||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-2-2/details Playing with Fire 2]||March 22nd-23rd, 2019||—||1st||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-3-1/details Playing with Fire 3]||April 5th-6th, 2019||—||5th||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-6/details Playing with Fire 6]||May 17th-18th, 2019||9th||2nd||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-9/details Playing with Fire 9]||June 28th, 2019||—||3rd||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-10-2/details Playing with Fire 10]||July 26th, 2019||—||2nd||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-12/details Playing with Fire 12]||August 23rd, 2019||17th||3rd||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|{{Trn|Standoff 2019}}||August 30th-September 1st, 2019||97th||13th||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/san-antonio-s-really-feeling-it/details San Antonio's Really Feeling It]||September 28th, 2019||49th||9th||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-15/details Playing with Fire 15]||October 18th, 2019||—||2nd||{{Sm|AvoiD}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-16/details Playing with Fire 16]||November 1st, 2019||—||4th||UltimateRazer
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/playing-with-fire-17/details Playing with Fire 17]||November 15th, 2019||—||3rd||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-playoffs-1/details The Playoffs]||September 19th-20th, 2021||65th||5th||Ol'ThisGuy
|-
|{{Trn|DreamHack Dallas 2023}}||June 2nd-4th, 2023||—||9th||{{Sm|Slaps}}
|}
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Gnes received the fourth biggest prize check in ''Smash'' tournament history by placing 1st at MLG Dallas 2010, earning $12,500, which was the biggest prize check for over 5 years before being surpassed by {{Sm|Hungrybox}}'s win at [[Battle of the Five Gods]], earning $13,000.
*Greatness won the biggest prize payout in ''Brawl''{{'}}s tournament history when he won MLG Dallas 2010, earning $12,500. This also stood as the biggest prize payout for any ''Smash'' tournament for over 5 years, before being surpassed by {{Sm|Hungrybox}}'s win at [[Battle of the Five Gods]], where he earned $13,000.
*His tag Gnes is short for Greatness.


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-interviews-gnes-2010-smash-national-champion Interview by MLG]
*[http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-interviews-gnes-2010-smash-national-champion Interview by MLG] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110106052816/http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-interviews-gnes-2010-smash-national-champion archive])
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXGFdr4KuSg Interview at APEX 2010]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXGFdr4KuSg Interview at APEX 2010]


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[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:VIP players]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]
[[Category:Back Room members]]

Latest revision as of 20:21, May 4, 2024

Greatness "Gnes"
Gnes.jpg
Character info
Brawl main Diddy Kong
Smash 4 mains Toon Link, Cloud
Retired Smash 4 character Roy
Ultimate main Robin
Rankings and results info
Best tournament result Super Smash Bros. Brawl 1st / 182 at MLG Dallas 2010
Super Smash Bros. 4 7th / 169 at No Fun Allowed
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Brawl ~$14,159.60
Personal and other info
Real name Keith Garmond
Birth date (age 35)
Location Missouri City, Texas United States

Greatness, formerly Gnes (which is itself short for Greatness), is a smasher from Missouri City, Texas. He was most known for playing Diddy Kong in Brawl, where he competed with ADHD for the title of best Diddy Kong main in the world for most of Brawl's competitive life, which he once defeated in the ditto at KTAR 4. He was ranked 2nd on the last Texas Brawl Power Rankings, and was ranked 21st on the 2014 SSBBRank, the final global ranking of Brawl before the release of Smash 4, as the third highest Diddy main (after ADHD and Zinoto).

In Smash 4, Greatness was a Toon Link and Cloud main, while he also played Roy in early Smash 4 at a strong level. While he was no longer the top player he was in Brawl, he was formerly ranked 8th on the Summer 2016 Houston Smash 4 Power Rankings, before then becoming inactive in Smash 4's later life, with him rarely entering singles after 2016.

In Ultimate, he achieved solid regional-level results in the early metagame, maining Robin. He primarily plays in doubles, though since the end of 2019 he has been largely inactive.

Tournament placings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
HOBO 8 July 26th, 2008 5th 4th Gea
HOBO 10 September 6th, 2008 5th 3rd Gea
WHOBO April 10th-12th, 2009 — 5th Fliphop
HOBO 16 May 2nd, 2009 2nd 13th Fliphop
HOBO 16 LT May 2nd, 2009 — 2nd Dphat
HOBO 18 September 5th, 2009 2nd 4th PhantomX
Winterfest December 18th-20th, 2009 5th 2nd UltimateRazer
WHOBO 2 April 2nd-4th, 2010 5th 2nd Dojo
MLG Columbus 2010 June 4th-6th, 2010 6th 3rd Dojo
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 13th 3rd UltimateRazer
MLG Dallas 2010 November 5th-7th, 2010 1st 3rd DEHF
KTAR 4 January 15th, 2011 2nd 1st Anti
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 7th 5th UltimateRazer
Nikefest 3 March 5th-6th, 2011 1st 1st UltimateRazer
WHOBO 3 March 18th-20th, 2011 17th 2nd UltimateRazer
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 4th 2nd UltimateRazer
LSC Championships November 12th, 2011 2nd 2nd UltimateRazer
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 9th 3rd UltimateRazer
HOBO 35 February 11th, 2012 1st 1st UltimateRazer
HOBO 36 March 17th, 2012 2nd 1st UltimateRazer
HOBO 37 April 14th, 2012 1st 1st Zori
Ascension June 30, 2012 2nd 1st PJ
WHOBO 4 August 4th-5th, 2012 3rd 4th UltimateRazer
Ascension 3 November 3rd, 2012 3rd 2nd Zori
WHOBO 5 October 19th-20th, 2013 5th 1st UltimateRazer
WHOBO MLG May 3rd-4th, 2014 3rd 1st UltimateRazer

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
TGC 2 April 25th, 2015 9th 4th Zori
Come and Take it! May 30th-31st, 2015 5th 5th Dao
TGC 3 June 20th, 2015 7th 3rd Zori
TGC 4 August 15th, 2015 17th 5th Zori
TGC 5 December 5th, 2015 25th 9th Fliphop
Austin's Really Feeling It #12 March 19th, 2016 5th — —
TGC 7 April 9th, 2016 25th 5th Espy
CATI#3 May 28th, 2016 7th 2nd GrimTurtle
Low Tier City 4 June 18th-19th, 2016 — 9th MJG
TGC 8 June 4th, 2016 17th 2nd GrimTurtle
Impact July 9th, 2016 9th 4th Jerm
Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th, 2016 17th 7th Fliphop
Impact 2 October 22nd, 2016 17th 2nd Lucy
TGM 9 December 3rd, 2016 5th 3rd GrimTurtle
SurGGe January 7th, 2017 25th 4th Karna
Austin's Really Feeling It 16 February 11th, 2017 — 3rd Jerm
No Fun Allowed March 4th, 2017 7th 5th GrimTurtle
Smash Fight Club 85 March 12th, 2017 — 1st ThisGuy
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 25th 7th ThisGuy
Battlegrounds 4 June 3rd, 2017 (DQ) 1st ThisGuy
CATI #4 October 14th, 2017 — 2nd Trela
Clutch City Clash 2 October 28th-29th, 2017 — 5th ThisGuy
No Fun Allowed 2 February 24th, 2018 — 3rd ThisGuy
Super Smash Fight Club 3 August 18th, 2018 — 5th ThisGuy

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
TGC Returns January 12th, 2019 17th 9th ThisGuy
GoGames360 - Smash Tournament - Next Level February 8th-10th, 2019 9th 2nd UltimateRazer
Playing with Fire 1 March 8th-9th, 2019 33rd 9th UltimateRazer
Playing with Fire 2 March 22nd-23rd, 2019 — 1st UltimateRazer
Playing with Fire 3 April 5th-6th, 2019 — 5th Ol'ThisGuy
Playing with Fire 6 May 17th-18th, 2019 9th 2nd UltimateRazer
Playing with Fire 9 June 28th, 2019 — 3rd Ol'ThisGuy
Playing with Fire 10 July 26th, 2019 — 2nd UltimateRazer
Playing with Fire 12 August 23rd, 2019 17th 3rd Ol'ThisGuy
Standoff 2019 August 30th-September 1st, 2019 97th 13th Ol'ThisGuy
San Antonio's Really Feeling It September 28th, 2019 49th 9th Ol'ThisGuy
Playing with Fire 15 October 18th, 2019 — 2nd AvoiD
Playing with Fire 16 November 1st, 2019 — 4th UltimateRazer
Playing with Fire 17 November 15th, 2019 — 3rd Ol'ThisGuy
The Playoffs September 19th-20th, 2021 65th 5th Ol'ThisGuy
DreamHack Dallas 2023 June 2nd-4th, 2023 — 9th Slaps

Trivia[edit]

  • Greatness won the biggest prize payout in Brawl's tournament history when he won MLG Dallas 2010, earning $12,500. This also stood as the biggest prize payout for any Smash tournament for over 5 years, before being surpassed by Hungrybox's win at Battle of the Five Gods, where he earned $13,000.

External links[edit]


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