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'''Pound 4''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' [[national tournament]] hosted by {{Sm|Plank}} and {{Sm|TheTantalus}} from January 16th-18th, 2010, in Frederick, Maryland. With 347 entrants, it is the tenth-largest ''Melee'' tournament of all time, and held the record for being the largest ''Melee'' tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by [[EVO 2013]]'s 709 entrants. Pound 4 was the first tournament to have all of [[The Five Gods]] present.
'''Pound 4''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' [[national tournament]] hosted by {{Sm|Plank}} and {{Sm|TheTantalus}} from January 16th-18th, 2010, in Frederick, Maryland. With 347 entrants, it held the record for being the largest ''Melee'' tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by [[EVO 2013]]'s 709 entrants.
 
Pound 4 was the first tournament to have all of [[The Five Gods]] present. It was also the first US tournament for lots of European top players like {{Sm|Amsah}} or {{Sm|Overtriforce}}. For Sweden's {{Sm|Armada}} and {{Sm|Aniolas}}, who had previously attended [[GENESIS]], it was their 2nd US tournament.
 
Pound 4 was the last tournament (excluding sandbagging) at which {{Sm|Armada}} lost to players not considered to be Top 6 in the world up until [[EVO 2018]], being defeated by {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} in winners and {{Sm|Amsah}} in losers to place 4th.
 
There was also a {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} ditto round robin in honor of {{Sm|NES n00b}}, who died shortly before the tournament. It featured {{Sm|Darkrain}}, SilentSpectre, {{Sm|Scar}}, and {{Sm|Hax}}.
 
==Stagelist==
===''Melee''===
*Singles starters: [[Battlefield]], [[Final Destination]], [[Dream Land]], [[Yoshi's Story]], [[Fountain of Dreams]]
*Doubles starters: [[Battlefield]], [[Final Destination]], [[Dream Land]], [[Yoshi's Story]], [[Pokémon Stadium]]
*Singles counterpicks: [[Kongo Jungle]], [[Rainbow Cruise]], [[Brinstar]], [[Pokémon Stadium]]
*Doubles counterpicks: [[Kongo Jungle]], [[Rainbow Cruise]], [[Brinstar]]
 
[[Stage striking]] was used to decide the first stage of a set.
 
After a player/team's first loss of the set, they could choose one stage to ban for the rest of the set.
 
===''Brawl''===
*Starters: [[Battlefield]], [[Final Destination]], [[Smashville]], {{SSBB|Yoshi's Island}}, [[Lylat Cruise]]
*Counterpicks: [[Delfino Plaza]], [[Frigate Orpheon]], [[Halberd]], [[Rainbow Cruise]], [[Brinstar]], [[Pokémon Stadium]]
 
For the first game of a set, each side could strike a starter stage followed by random selection among the remaining starter stages.
 
After the first game, the winner could ban a stage, followed by the loser picking among the remaining starters and counterpicks. Curiously, the documented ruleset implies that no further stage bans would take place for the rest of the set, meaning that the loser of the first game would not get to ban a stage throughout the set.
 
The tournament also included a ''[[Brawl+]]'' side event with in-person same-day registration only. The stagelist for that side event was not documented.


==Results==
==Results==
===''Melee'' singles===
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' singles===
(347 entrants, three rounds of pools)<br>
(347 entrants)<br>
[[Media:Pound 4 Melee singles bracket.jpg|Bracket]]
[[Media:Pound 4 Melee singles bracket.jpg|Bracket]]
{|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|-
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|3rd||{{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|3rd||{{Sm|Amsah|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|4th||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|4th||{{Sm|Armada|Sweden}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|5th||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|5th||{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}}||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}{{Head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
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|17th||{{Sm|Remen|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|17th||{{Sm|Remen|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Luigi Ka-master|USA}}||{{Head|Luigi|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|17th||{{Sm|Ka-master|USA}}||{{Head|Luigi|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Zgetto|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
|17th||{{Sm|Zgetto|Netherlands}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||
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|}
|}


===''Melee'' doubles===
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' doubles===
(138 teams, one round of pools)<br>
(138 teams)<br>
[http://allisbrawl.com/brackets/bracket7349.gif Bracket]
[http://allisbrawl.com/brackets/bracket7349.gif Bracket]
{|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
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===''Brawl'' singles===
===''Ryan Roberts Memorial Tournament''===
(192 entrants, two rounds of pools)<br>
(4 entrants)
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!!!Darkrain!!SilentSpectre!!Hax!!Scar!!Final Score
|-
|'''Darkrain''' {{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||&mdash;||2-1||2-1||2-1||3-0, 7-3
|-
|'''SilentSpectre''' {{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||1-2||&mdash;||2-1||1-2||1-2, 4-5
|-
|'''Hax''' {{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||1-2||1-2||&mdash;||2-1||1-2, 4-5
|-
|'''Scar''' {{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||1-2||2-1||1-2||&mdash;||1-2, 4-5
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles===
(192 entrants)<br>
[[Media:Pound 4 Brawl singles bracket.jpg|Bracket]]
[[Media:Pound 4 Brawl singles bracket.jpg|Bracket]]
{|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|-
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|17th||{{Sm|Djlskascribble|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|17th||{{Sm|Djlskascribble|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Dekar|USA}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|17th||{{Sm|Dekar|USA|p=USA}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Fatal|USA}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|17th||{{Sm|Fatal|USA}}||{{Head|Snake|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
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|}


===''Brawl'' doubles===
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' doubles===
(78 teams)<br>
(78 teams)<br>
[http://allisbrawl.com/brackets/bracket7382.gif Bracket]
[http://allisbrawl.com/brackets/bracket7382.gif Bracket]
{|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|13th||{{Sm|Ksizzle|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Zucco|USA}}||{{Head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|13th||{{Sm|Ksizzle|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Zucco|USA}}||{{Head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|SmashG0D|USA}}||{{Head|Samus|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|lloD|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Fonz|USA}}||{{Head|Ganondorf|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Capem|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Will|USA}}||{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|KirinBlaze|USA}}||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Sago|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Fatboy|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Blackanese|USA}}||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Shugo|USA}}||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Dekar|USA|p=USA}}||{{Head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|lain|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Excel_Zero|Puerto Rico}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Ling Ling|USA}}||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|-
|17th||{{Sm|Inui|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||{{Sm|Snakeee|USA}}||{{Head|Zero Suit Samus|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
|}
|}


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[[Category:National tournaments]]
==Trivia==
[[Category:American tournaments]]
*The following European players attended Pound 4:
**{{Sm|Armada|c1=Peach|g=SSBM|Sweden}}
**{{Sm|Aniolas|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM|Sweden}}
**{{Sm|Amsah|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM|Netherlands}}
**{{Sm|Remen|c1=Fox|g=SSBM|Netherlands}}
**{{Sm|Zgetto|c1=Fox|g=SSBM|Netherlands}}
**{{Sm|Adam|c1=Falco|c2=Sheik|g=SSBM|Netherlands}}
**{{Sm|Faab|c1=Falco|c2=Sheik|g=SSBM|Netherlands}}
**{{Sm|Overtriforce|c1=Sheik|g=SSBM|Spain}}
**{{Sm|Strawhat Dahean|c1=Marth|g=SSBM|Spain}}
*Armada's losses to {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} & {{Sm|Amsah}} were his last losses to a player other than one of the Five Gods or {{Sm|Leffen}} until {{Sm|Swedish Delight}} at {{Trn|EVO 2018}} more than 8 years later.
**In May 2019, more than nine years after the tournament was hosted, it was discovered Armada and SilentSpectre's historic set was played on 0.9 [[launch rate]] rather that the standard 1.0.<ref>https://twitter.com/SSBM_Mafia/status/1129541988590788608</ref>
**Armada stated he was disappointed he would have to remember the set again and people would hold SilentSpectre's win as less legitimate.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnSYW-7O-A&t=</ref>
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
{{Pound}}
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Latest revision as of 23:22, November 19, 2023

Pound 4
Dates January 16th-18th, 2010
Venue The Null Building at the Frederick County Fairgrounds
Address/City 797 East Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland USA
Attendance 400+
Results
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mango 1v1
USA Mango & USA Lucky 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners USA ADHD 1v1
USA Mew2King & Canada Ally 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Plank, TheTantalus

Pound 4 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl national tournament hosted by Plank and TheTantalus from January 16th-18th, 2010, in Frederick, Maryland. With 347 entrants, it held the record for being the largest Melee tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by EVO 2013's 709 entrants.

Pound 4 was the first tournament to have all of The Five Gods present. It was also the first US tournament for lots of European top players like Amsah or Overtriforce. For Sweden's Armada and Aniolas, who had previously attended GENESIS, it was their 2nd US tournament.

Pound 4 was the last tournament (excluding sandbagging) at which Armada lost to players not considered to be Top 6 in the world up until EVO 2018, being defeated by SilentSpectre in winners and Amsah in losers to place 4th.

There was also a Captain Falcon ditto round robin in honor of NES n00b, who died shortly before the tournament. It featured Darkrain, SilentSpectre, Scar, and Hax.

StagelistEdit

MeleeEdit

Stage striking was used to decide the first stage of a set.

After a player/team's first loss of the set, they could choose one stage to ban for the rest of the set.

BrawlEdit

For the first game of a set, each side could strike a starter stage followed by random selection among the remaining starter stages.

After the first game, the winner could ban a stage, followed by the loser picking among the remaining starters and counterpicks. Curiously, the documented ruleset implies that no further stage bans would take place for the rest of the set, meaning that the loser of the first game would not get to ban a stage throughout the set.

The tournament also included a Brawl+ side event with in-person same-day registration only. The stagelist for that side event was not documented.

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(347 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mango   
2nd   Hungrybox  
3rd   Amsah  
4th   Armada  
5th   Mew2King    
5th   Jman  
7th   Lucky  
7th   Zhu  
9th   Tope  
9th   SilentSpectre  
9th   Dr. PeePee  
9th   Plank  
13th   Hax  
13th   DEHF  
13th   Darkrain  
13th   Linguini  
17th   Axe   
17th   Remen  
17th   Ka-master  
17th   Zgetto  
17th   Overtriforce  
17th   Silent Wolf  
17th   Kage  
17th   PC Chris   
25th   Cactuar  
25th   SwiftBass  
25th   Falcomist  
25th   ChuDat  
25th   Adam   
25th   Vidjogamer  
25th   Drephen  
25th   Kels  
33rd   Shroomed  
33rd   Scar  
33rd   HBK  
33rd   Lovage  
33rd   MacD  
33rd   I.B  
33rd   KirbyKaze  
33rd   G$   
33rd   Unknown522  
33rd   th0rn  
33rd   RaynEX  
33rd   Darc  
33rd   VaNz    
33rd   Strawhat Dahean  
33rd   HomeMadeWaffles  
33rd   Eggm  

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(138 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mango      Lucky  
2nd   Darkrain     SilentSpectre  
3rd   Dr. PeePee     LoZR  
4th   Darc     Hax  
5th   ChuDat     Vidjogamer  
5th   Armada     Aniolas  
7th   Vwins     Bam  
7th   Tope     Cyrain  
9th   Kage     PKMVodka  
9th   Drephen     4%  
9th   Reno     Cactuar  
9th   Adam     Amsah  
13th   Taj     Axe  
13th   Unknown522     RaynEX  
13th   Alukard     G$  
13th   HBK     Hazz  
17th   Lovage     Remen  
17th   Hungrybox     Uuaa  
17th   Strawhat Dahean     Overtriforce  
17th   Velynn     Pydoyk  
17th   Doll     Savedge  
17th   Lord HDL     Eval  
17th   Zgetto     Faab  
17th   HugS     Silent Wolf  

Ryan Roberts Memorial TournamentEdit

(4 entrants)

Darkrain SilentSpectre Hax Scar Final Score
Darkrain   — 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-0, 7-3
SilentSpectre   1-2 — 2-1 1-2 1-2, 4-5
Hax   1-2 1-2 — 2-1 1-2, 4-5
Scar   1-2 2-1 1-2 — 1-2, 4-5

Super Smash Bros. Brawl singlesEdit

(192 entrants)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   ADHD  
2nd   Mew2King  
3rd   Ally   
4th   Ksizzle   
5th   Shadow  
5th   Judge  
7th   Havok  
7th   Logic  
9th   Lee Martin   
9th   Seibrik  
9th   NinjaLink  
9th   lain  
13th   ChuDat  
13th   Malcolm  
13th   Vex Kasrani   
13th   DEHF  
17th   CO18  
17th   Sanoscy  
17th   Candy  
17th   AlphaZealot  
17th   Djlskascribble  
17th   Dekar  
17th   Fatal  
17th   Hunger  
25th   Atomsk  
25th   HAT   
25th   DMBrandon  
25th   Cable  
25th   Xzax  
25th   Infern Angelis  
25th   Ling Ling  
25th   Bizkit  
33rd   Jtails  
33rd   Smash64  
33rd   Dapuffster   
33rd   Y.b.M.  
33rd   Omni  
33rd   Stingers   
33rd   Junebug   
33rd   Bloodcross  
33rd   Jash  
33rd   Hyro  
33rd   Takeover  
33rd   Boss  
33rd   Mikey Lenetia  
33rd   Zucco  
33rd   Pierce7d  
33rd   NEO  

Super Smash Bros. Brawl doublesEdit

(78 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King     Ally  
2nd   Atomsk      Lee Martin   
3rd   ADHD     CO18  
4th   DMBrandon     Shadow  
5th   NinjaLink     Malcolm  
5th   ChuDat     Candy  
7th   Hunger     Judge  
7th   Boss     Logic  
9th   BMX      Takeover  
9th   Fatal     Koolaid  
9th   DEHF     Havok  
9th   Y.b.M.     AlphaZealot  
13th   Keitaro     Xzax  
13th   Korn     Slikvik   
13th   Cable     Jash  
13th   Ksizzle      Zucco  
17th   SmashG0D     lloD  
17th   Fonz      Capem  
17th   Will     KirinBlaze  
17th   Sago     Fatboy  
17th   Blackanese     Shugo  
17th   Dekar     lain  
17th   Excel_Zero     Ling Ling  
17th   Inui     Snakeee  

External linksEdit

TriviaEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ https://twitter.com/SSBM_Mafia/status/1129541988590788608
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnSYW-7O-A&t=


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