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| 2ndotherssbb  = King Dedede
| 2ndotherssbb  = King Dedede
| mainssb4      = R.O.B.
| mainssb4      = R.O.B.
| otherssb4    = Diddy Kong
| otherssb4    = Cloud
| 2ndotherssb4  = Captain Falcon
| 2ndotherssb4  = Captain Falcon
| moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Fox}}, {{SSB4|Mario}}, {{SSB4|Mega Man}}
| moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Fox}}, {{SSB4|Mario}}
| skillssbb    = Pro-amateur
| skillssb4    = Semi-professional
| realname      = Scott Robertson II
| realname      = Scott Robertson II
| location      = Hampstead, Maryland
| location      = Hampstead, Maryland
| country      = United States
| country      = United States
| crew          = [[VGBootCamp]]
| crew          = {{Team|VGBootCamp}}
| crew2        = Video Gamerz
}}  
}}  


'''Tantalus''' is a commentator from Hampstead, Maryland who mains {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} in ''Brawl'' and {{SSB4|R.O.B.}} in ''Smash 4''. He is a member of [[VGBootCamp]]. He is best known for being a tournament organizer for many East Coast events, including the [[Smash @ Xanadu]] series. Tantalus was ranked 9th on the final [[MD/VA Power Rankings|MD/VA Brawl Power Rankings]] and was formerly ranked 15th on the MD/VA Smash 4 Power Rankings.
'''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==
==Tournament placings==
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!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 3]]||September 25th, 2010||33rd||13th||{{Sm|Luigi King}}
|[https://smashboards.com/rankings/events/critical-hit-3-brawl-singles.614/?league=3 Critical Hit 3]||July 5th, 2008||81st||49th||Vanilla Waffle
|-
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||—||25th||{{Sm|Seagull Joe}}
|[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||—||—
|-
|[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||—||—
|-
|[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||—||25th||Seagull Joe
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 5]]||May 21st, 2011||65th||13th||{{Sm|NOID}}
|[[KTAR 5]]||May 21st, 2011||65th||13th||{{Sm|NOID}}
|-
|-
|Sa2vation||January 26th, 2013||13th||2nd||{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|{{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||—||—
|-
|-
|[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||25th||—||—
|[[KTAR 7]]||July 6th-7th, 2013||25th||—||—
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|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||9th||—||
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||9th||—||
|-
|-
|Smash @ Xanadu 10/21/14||October 21st, 2014||2nd||—||—
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/sax1021brawl S@X 67]||October 21st, 2014||2nd||—||—
|-
|-
|Smash @ Xanadu 11/11/14||November 11th, 2014||2nd||—||—
|[http://vgbootcamp.challonge.com/SatX11112014SSBB S@X 70]||November 11th, 2014||2nd||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015|g=SSBB}}||August 6th-9th, 2015||17th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Glitch 2]]||September 24th-25th, 2016||5th||—||—
|[[Glitch 2]]||September 24th-25th, 2016||5th||—||—
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|[[Super Smash Con 2017]]||August 10th-13th, 2017||129th||2nd||{{Sm|Coney}}
|[[Super Smash Con 2017]]||August 10th-13th, 2017||129th||2nd||{{Sm|Coney}}
|-
|-
|{{Trn|Smashadelphia 2018}}||June 22nd-24th, 2018||5th||—||—
|{{Trn|Smashadelphia 2018|g=SSBB}}||June 22nd-24th, 2018||5th||—||—
|-
|{{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||—||—
|}
|}


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


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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
!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||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-spring-arcadian/event/smash-64-singles/brackets/34370 The Spring Arcadian]||May 14th, 2016||7th||—||—
|-
|-
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||9th||—||—
|[[Smashadelphia 2017]]||June 23rd-25th, 2017||9th||—||—
|}
===''[[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||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-spring-arcadian/event/project-m-singles/brackets/34368 The Spring Arcadian]||May 14th, 2016||33rd||—||—
|}
===''[[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||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-284/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/504970/870375 S@X 284]||January 8th, 2019||25th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 6|g=SSBU}}||January 19th-20th, 2019||129th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/bamboo-battle-brawls-birthday/event/1v1/brackets/550106/928864 Bamboo Battles - Brawl's Birthday Bash]||March 8th, 2019||1st||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 2019|g=SSBU}}||April 19th-21st, 2019||385th||—||—
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/ultimate-xanadu-304/event/ultimate-singles/brackets/596524/991402 S@X 304]||May 28th, 2019||25th||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World|g=SSBU}}||September 14th-15th, 2019||193rd||—||—
|-
|{{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||—||—
|-
|[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||—||—
|-
|{{Trn|The Comeback|g=SSBU}}||July 31st, 2021||49th||—||—
|}
|}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/TheTantalus Tantalus's Twitter account]
*[https://twitter.com/TheTantalus Twitter account]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/thetantalus.115806/ SmashBoards account]
*[https://smashboards.com/members/thetantalus.115806/ SmashBoards account]
[[Category:Maryland smashers]]
[[Category:Maryland smashers]]
[[Category:Livestream commentators]]
[[Category:Livestream commentators]]
[[Category:Tournament directors]]
[[Category:Tournament organizers]]
[[Category:R.O.B. professionals (SSB4)]]

Latest revision as of 12:13, August 28, 2024

Tantalus "TheTantalus"
TheTantalus.jpg
Character info
Brawl main Meta Knight
Other Brawl characters R.O.B., King Dedede
Smash 4 main R.O.B.
Other Smash 4 characters Cloud, Captain Falcon, Fox, Mario
Project M mains Diddy Kong, Fox
Other Project M characters Marth, Mewtwo, Meta Knight
Team info
Crew(s) VGBootCamp
Personal and other info
Real name Scott Robertson II
Location Hampstead, Maryland United States

Tantalus is a tournament organizer, commentator and semi-pro player from Hampstead, Maryland who mains Meta Knight in Brawl and R.O.B. in Smash 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is a former member of VGBootCamp and Panda Global. He is best known for being a tournament organizer for many East Coast events, including the Smash @ Xanadu series and Super Smash Con, 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 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[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Critical Hit 3 July 5th, 2008 81st 49th Vanilla Waffle
Cyberden August August 30th, 2008 33rd 9th Vanilla Waffle
Cyberden September September 27th, 2008 9th 13th Vanilla Waffle
MAGFest 7 Jan 2nd, 2009 2nd 1st Kornn
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 97th — —
Omni Presents: Xanadu Games July 17th, 2010 33rd 9th Seagull Joe
TG Smash, Lebanon PA May 1st, 2010 1st 1st EE
KTAR 3 September 25th, 2010 30th 13th Luigi King
Baltimore Brawl November 27th, 2010 13th 9th Deez
Magfest 9 January 15th, 2011 1st — —
HBCPGA January January 29th, 2011 3rd 1st Coney
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 — 25th Seagull Joe
KTAR 5 May 21st, 2011 65th 13th NOID
SKTAR July 14th-15th, 2012 65th 25th Luckay
Sa2vation January 26th, 2013 13th 2nd ZeRo
Xanadu: Emerald Edition May 4th, 2013 5th — —
KTAR 7 July 6th-7th, 2013 25th — —
Smash @ Xanadu 8/27/13 August 27th, 2013 2nd — —
KTAR 8 December 28th, 2013 25th 13th EE
KTAR 9 March 22nd, 2014 9th —
S@X 67 October 21st, 2014 2nd — —
S@X 70 November 11th, 2014 2nd — —
Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 17th — —
Glitch 2 September 24th-25th, 2016 5th — —
Glitch 3 May 6th, 2017 2nd — —
Smashadelphia 2017 June 23rd-25th, 2017 3rd — —
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 129th 2nd Coney
Smashadelphia 2018 June 22nd-24th, 2018 5th — —
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 17th 5th Iota
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 33rd — —

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 33rd — —
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 65th 25th Raziek
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-25th, 2015 49th 33rd Nintendude
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 97th — —
S@X 150 May 17th, 2016 — 3rd Pink Fresh
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 257th 65th Zephyr
S@X 200 May 2nd, 2017 65th 5th Pink Fresh
Royal Flush May 12th-14th, 2017 49th — —
Glitch 5 September 29th, 2018 33rd 17th BootEKing

Super Smash Bros.[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Magfest 7 Jan 2nd, 2009 1st — —
The Spring Arcadian May 14th, 2016 7th — —
Smashadelphia 2017 June 23rd-25th, 2017 9th — —

Project M[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Xanadu: Emerald Edition May 4th, 2013 13th — —
The Spring Arcadian May 14th, 2016 33rd — —

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
S@X 280 December 11th, 2018 13th — —
S@X 284 January 8th, 2019 25th — —
Glitch 6 January 19th-20th, 2019 129th — —
Bamboo Battles - Brawl's Birthday Bash March 8th, 2019 1st — —
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 385th — —
S@X 304 May 28th, 2019 25th — —
Glitch 7 - Minus World September 14th-15th, 2019 193rd — —
The Ultimate Fall Arcadian November 23rd, 2019 25th 13th Lobos
S@X 345 March 10th, 2020 17th — —
S@X 346 OnlineOnline March 24th, 2020 33rd — —
The Comeback July 31st, 2021 49th — —

External links[edit]

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