Smasher:Ryan Ford

Ryan "Ryan Ford" Ford "Unknown522"
Character info
Melee main	Fox
Other Melee characters	Sheik, Dr. Mario, Falco, Mario, Marth, Captain Falcon
Project M mains	Fox, Marth
Other Project M character	Ganondorf
Team info
Crew(s)	Earthroot Gaming
Former crews	A&C, Roundbit, The Blade Breakers
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	2017 SSBMRank: 32nd
Personal and other info
Real name	Ryan Ford
Birth date	June 5, 1990
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional

Ryan Ford (formerly known as Unknown522) is a Canadian Melee Fox main who is currently ranked 2nd on the Southern Ontario Power Rankings and is widely considered one of the country's best Fox players. Ford is currently ranked 2nd on the Ontario Melee Power Rankings and 32nd on the 2017 SSBMRank.

Biography

Controversies

Ford was banned from Melee tournaments in Canada for one year starting in November 2013, primarily due to his sometimes violent conduct at tournaments. He has also been banned from the Apex tournament series starting with Apex 2013, following an incident where he placed American smasher Inui in a choke-hold in response to his constant heckling at NEC 13, which reportedly involved a racial slur. Additionally, Ford caused further controversy with American smasher Mew2King in the semi-finals for Revival of Melee 5, in relation to splitting and accused bracket manipulation.

Return to Melee

After a long period of not attending tournaments and a discussion between Toronto's top players and TOs regarding his resolved anger issues, it was decided on March 14th, 2015 that the ban on Ryan Ford should finally be lifted and he was once again allowed to attend Ontario events. Despite being out of commission in tournaments for nearly a year and a half, he continued honing his Melee prowess throughout that entire period, and showed his progress by winning the first weekly he attended since his ban (with n0ne in attendance) and placing very high at SWEET XX and Smash @ York #7, keeping up with Ontario's other top players. During his down time, he also picked up new pocket characters, such as Mario, and since then has been going to various venues for friendlies, in addition to hosting his own friendlies, which are usually streamed on his Twitch account.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Clash of the Sauga 2	January 5th, 2008	5th	4th	RunawayFire
Pound 3	February 2nd-3rd, 2008	113th	9th	RaynEX
Combo Breaker	May 11th, 2008	1st	—	—
TGMTSBCO	June 7th-8th, 2008	17th	9th	RaynEX
Starfurry 3	February 21st, 2009	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Revival of Melee	March 7th-8th, 2009	33rd	13th	RaynEX
Starfurry 5	May 2nd, 2009	5th	3rd	RaynEX
Revival of Melee 2	November 21st-22nd, 2009	13th	9th	RaynEX
New Bark Town	December 12th, 2009	3rd	1st	RaynEX
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	33rd	13th	RaynEX
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	25th	5th	RaynEX
Revival of Melee 3	November 20th-21st, 2010	17th	9th	RockCrock
SWEET IV	December 4th, 2010	1st	—	—
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	13th	9th	RaynEX
Smash t'ill U Crash 2	August 20th, 2011	2nd	3rd	KirbyKaze
The Big House	October 22nd, 2011	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	9th	25th	I.B
Smash Till You Crash 3	June 2nd-3rd, 2012	3rd	2nd	Kage
IMPULSE	June 30th-July 1st, 2012	7th	4th	RaynEX
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	5th	3rd	DoH
Revival of Melee 5	November 17th-18th, 2012	2nd	4th	Weon-X
SWEET XII	March 30th, 2013	2nd	1st	Idea
Zenith 2013	June 1st-2nd, 2013	17th	3rd	PPMD
IMPULSE 2013	June 15th-16th, 2013	2nd	1st	Mango
Smash Till You Crash 4	August 24th-25th, 2013	1st	1st	Vwins
LAN WAR X	March 20th-22nd, 2015	1st	—	—
SWEET XX	April 4th, 2015	5th	2nd	n0ne
Smash @ York #7	April 11th, 2015	2nd	2nd	RaynEX
Smash at Sheridan 5/15	May 15th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Enthusiast Gaming Live	May 16th-17th, 2015	9th	1st	RaynEX
Get On My Level 2015	May 30th-31st, 2015	7th	3rd	RaynEX
EXP 2015	July 4th-5th, 2015	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Summit 2015	August 15th-16th, 2015	2nd	1st	RaynEX
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	33rd	25th	I.B
Canada Cup 2015	October 30th-November 1st, 2015	5th	2nd	RaynEX
Smash INTENSIFIES 2	November 28th-29th, 2015	3rd	1st	Kage
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	65th	25th	KirbyKaze
Frozen Phoenix	March 12th-13th, 2016	1st	2nd	Trulliam
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016	49th	17th	n0ne
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	April 29th-May 1st, 2016	17th	7th	n0ne
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	17th	7th	RaynEX
Summit 2016	August 6th-7th, 2016	4th	1st	Trulliam
DreamHack Montreal 2016	August 12th-14th, 2016	1st	1st	Kage
Smash ULtime: Le Troisième	September 16th-18th, 2016	1st	2nd	Legend
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	25th	17th	Trulliam
Canada Cup 2016	October 28th-30th, 2016	9th	2nd	Trulliam
LAN WAR X	November 26th-27th, 2016	2nd	—	—
Get Smashed at the Foundry 105	January 17th, 2017	2nd	—	—
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	97th	25th	G$
No Man's Lan 12	March 18th-19th, 2017	2nd	1st	Trulliam
The Come Up 2017	April 22nd, 2017	1st	1st	Kage
SWEET XXVIII	May 6th, 2017	5th	9th	Jamrun
Royal Flush	May 12th-14th, 2017	17th	9th	Professor Pro
UBC Melee Pre-Battle of BC 2 Weekly	June 1st, 2017	2nd	—	—
Battle of BC 2	June 3rd-4th, 2017	9th	1st	ChuDat
Saints Gaming Live	June 10th-11th, 2017	7th	5th	RaynEX
TGL Divided	July 8th, 2017	1st	—	—
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	17th	—	—
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st-23rd, 2017	7th	2nd	Colbol
Get On My Level 2017	July 28th-30th, 2017	9th	5th	Kage
Counterpick Summer	August 12th-13th, 2017	2nd	—	—
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	17th	9th	KirbyKaze
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	17th	25th	Trulliam
Canada Cup 2017	October 28th-30th, 2017	9th	3rd	Trulliam
Tipped Off 12	November 11th-12th, 2017	9th	2nd	n0ne
RISE Melee Regional	November 25th, 2017	1st	1st	Swedish Delight

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Summit 2016	August 6th-7th, 2016	—	3rd	Professor Pro

External links

• Twitter account
• Twitch channel
• SmashBoards Public Profile