Smasher:Plank

Plank
Character info
Melee main	Sheik
Other Melee character	Fox
Brawl main	Meta Knight
Project M mains	Sheik, Donkey Kong
Other Project M characters	Fox, Meta Knight
Personal and other info
Real name	Jonathan Graybeal
Location	Maryland
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional Top professional (retired) Top professional

Plank is a smasher who mains Sheik in Melee and Project M. He also played Meta Knight in Brawl, where he popularized the technique planking, so named after him. He is currently ranked 4th on the MD/VA Project M Power Rankings and 7th on the DMV Melee Power Rankings. He was also ranked as a hidden boss on the 2015 SSBMRank.

Before 2011 Plank was one of MD/VA's most respected TO's, as he was the main TO for the Pound tournament series (Pound 4 was the largest Melee tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by EVO 2013). After Pound V he drew significant controversy after he announced that he would be unable to pay out the winners of the tournament due to financial issues he came across when hosting it. Nearly ten thousand dollars of prize money was lost, and the incident heavily stained the reputation of Plank, leading to Plank having been the only TO to have ever been placed on Smashboard's tournament organizer blacklist, as well as a hiatus of the Pound tournament series for nearly three years. However, Plank stated that he would be hosting Pound 2016, the seventh event in the Pound tournament series after nearly three years, along with having paid the money from the event to most, if not all of the winners. As such, while he remains blacklisted in Smashboards, his reputation seems to have improved.

Plank is a very solid Melee player in his own right; with his Sheik, he has taken sets off of players such as Chillin, Nintendude, I.B, The Moon, Mango, Abate, Kage, and more.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
MLG Long Island 2007	May 5th-6th, 2007	9th	—	—
Pound 2	June 16th-17th, 2007	25th	13th	Doll
MELEE-FC Diamond	July 12th-14th, 2007	17th	21st	Doll
Pound 3	February 2nd-3rd, 2008	17th	9th	Chaddd
Apex 2009	May 9th-10th, 2009	9th	4th	ChuDat
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	9th	33rd	Chinesah
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	33rd	17th	Eggm
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	33rd	25th	Kels
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	7th	5th	Chestie
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	33rd	—	—
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 2/24	February 24th, 2016	2nd	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Critical Hit 3	July 5th, 2008	7th	5th	Nacker
AxisGaming	August 30th, 2008	3rd	—	—
Apex 2009	May 9th-10th, 2009	17th	13th	ChuDat

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	9th	—	—