Tournament:Pound 4

Pound 4
Dates	January 16th-18th, 2010
Venue	The Null Building at the Frederick County Fairgrounds
Address/City	797 East Patrick Street Frederick, Maryland
Attendance	400+
Results
winners	Mango 1v1  Mango &  Lucky 2v2
winners	ADHD 1v1  Mew2King &  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 someone other than Mango, Hungrybox, Mew2King, Leffen, PPMD, Plup, or Swedish Delight in his competitive career, those players being SilentSpectre in winners and Amsah in losers.

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.

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, 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

Melee singles

(347 entrants, three rounds of pools)
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

Melee doubles

(138 teams, one round of pools)
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 Tournament

(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

Brawl singles

(192 entrants, two rounds of pools)
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

Brawl doubles

(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 links

• Smashboards thread
• Melee results thread
• Brawl results thread
• Nintendo Dojo page

Trivia

• The following European players attended Pound 4:
  •  Armada 
  •  Aniolas 
  •  Amsah 
  •  Remen 
  •  Zgetto 
  •  Adam 
  •  Faab 
  •  Overtriforce 
  •  Strawhat Dahean 
• Armada's losses to SilentSpectre & Amsah were his last losses to a player other than one of the Five Gods or Leffen until Swedish Delight at 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.
  • Armada stated he was disappointed he would have to remember the set again and people would hold SilentSpectre's win as less legitimate.