Spud | |
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Character info | |
Melee main | Marth |
Other Melee characters | Falco, Fox, Captain Falcon |
Smash 4 main | Zero Suit Samus |
Ultimate mains | Zero Suit Samus, Chrom |
Other Ultimate character | Fox |
Project M main | Fox |
Other Project M character | Ganondorf |
Team info | |
Former sponsor(s) | Dark Sided |
Former crews | Melee Hell, Sin Gaming |
Rankings and results info | |
Most recent ranking | 2019 MPGR: 38th Perth Power Rankings: 4th |
Personal and other info | |
Real name | Te Tuhi Kelly |
Location | Perth, Western Australia |
Miscellaneous info | |
Skill | Top professional Semi-professional (retired) Professional (retired) Professional (retired) |
Spud is a Marth player from New Zealand who is currently living in Perth, Australia. He is ranked 1st on the Australian Power Rankings, and 38th on the 2019 MPGR. He was also formerly ranked 1st on the New Zealand Power Rankings. His breakout performance was at BAM7, where he beat several of Australia's top players and upset Alex19 in a close 3-2 set to place 7th overall. He started playing Smash in 2014.
He made his US debut at The Big House 6. In round 2 pools he lost to 4% and Ryan_K to finish at 97th place.
At Don't Park on the Grass, he cruised through round 1 pools without dropping a game notably beating Rudolph in winners final of that pool. In round 2, he lost to Hungrybox 0-2, then beat Iceman 3-1 to make bracket. He then beat Mike Haze 3-1, before losing to The Moon 1-3 to finish at 17th place.
At another Pacific Northwest event, Bridgetown Hyper Blitz, he took first in singles, defeating several top 50 players, starting with n0ne, then Moky, then double eliminated Professor Pro 3-2 and 3-0 in Winners Finals and Grand Finals respectively. He also got second in doubles with MilkMan, defeating the team of n0ne and Moky in winners, but then losing the grands finals sets 0-3 and 2-3. A week later at Don't Park on the Grass 2018, Spud was on similar form, defeating Kalamazhu 3-0 to reach top 32 winners side, and then defeating SFAT 3-0 and Hax 3-1 to reach winners side top 8, where he lost 1-3 to S2J and 0-3 to Captain Faceroll.
Recently, he also defeated SFAT at Phantom 2019, a tournament where he placed 2nd.
On April 13th, 2017, Spud was signed by Dark Sided. On January 16th, 2021, Dark Sided announced that they had ceased operations.[1]
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
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Revival of Auckland 2 | December 1st, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
Southern X Up 2014 | December 9th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
Unibash 1 | April 10th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
More Forward Smash 6 | April 17th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
More Forward Smash 7 | May 15th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
Battle Arena Melbourne 7 | May 22nd-24th, 2015 | 7th | 17th | MojoMonkey |
Town & Sydney | July 10th-12th, 2015 | 5th | 5th | Jon_ass |
More Forward Smash 11 | September 11th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
Southern X Up 2015 | October 2nd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
Sector Z 3 | March 7th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Sundowns |
Sector Z 4 | March 21st, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Sundowns |
Battle Arena Melbourne 8 | May 13th-15th, 2016 | 2nd | 3rd | Sundowns |
Sector Z 5 | May 30th, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | Ajax |
Sector Z 7 | June 27th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Sector Z 8 | August 8th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Sector Z 9 | August 22nd, 2016 | 1st | 1st | NiGHTS |
OzHadou National 14 | August 26th-28th, 2016 | 1st | 3rd | Zorsy |
Sector Z 10 | September 5th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Niven |
DI Another Day 2 | September 8th-11th, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | Zhu |
The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 97th | 129th | Microsoft J |
Sector Z 12 | October 17th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | KIC |
Sector Z 13 | October 31st, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
Sector Z 14 | November 14th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Niven |
Tuk House 12/13 | December 13th, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
Tuk House 12/15 | December 15th, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
Don't Park on the Grass | December 17th-18th, 2016 | 17th | 17th | Aisengobay |
Bdawgs Castle IV | February 24th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
Battle Arena Melbourne 9 | May 12th-14th, 2017 | 1st | 9th | Ralphiki |
Beach Based Bonanza 4 | June 3rd, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
OzHadu Nationals 15 | September 15th-17th, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Splice |
Emerald City 6 | January 13th, 2018 | 3rd | 4th | Moky |
GENESIS 5 | January 19th-21st, 2018 | 65th | 49th | Calvin |
Battle Arena Melbourne 10 | May 18th-20th, 2018 | 3rd | 4th | Splice |
Bridgetown Hyper Blitz | December 8th, 2018 | 1st | 2nd | MilkMan |
The Parking Lot - Tuesday | December 11th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
The Parking Lot - Friday | December 14th, 2018 | 9th | — | — |
Don't Park on the Grass 2018 | December 15th-16th, 2018 | 5th | 17th | MojoMonkey |
Phantom 2019 | March 2nd-3rd, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
Battle Arena Melbourne 11 | May 17th-19th, 2019 | 1st | 4th | Splice |
The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0 | June 8th-9th, 2019 | 33rd | — | — |
Smash Summit 8 | June 13th-17th, 2019 | 13th | 7th | Wizzrobe |
Rostrata Rumble | June 22nd, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
Sunny Side Up | August 10th-11th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
Big Cheese 2 | December 7th-8th, 2019 | 1st | 1st | Sock |
Nimbus #69 | January 16th, 2020 | 3rd | — | — |
GENESIS 7 | January 24th-26th, 2020 | 33rd | — | — |
The Big House 10 | October 7th-9th, 2022 | 33rd | 7th | n0ne |
The Off-Season | October 15th-16th, 2022 | 9th | — | — |
Project M
Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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Revival of Auckland 2 | December 1st, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
DI Another Day 2 | September 8th-11th, 2016 | 13th (DQ) | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
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Strat Smash #2 | January 2nd, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
Ultimate Showdown #1 | January 5th, 2019 | 1st | — | — |
Strat Smash 30-01-2019 | January 30th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
Strat Smash 6-02-2019 | February 6th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
Phantom 2019 | March 2nd-3rd, 2019 | 17th | — | — |
Sunny Side Up | August 10th-11th, 2019 | 33rd | — | — |
Curtin Smashfest - 22nd July | July 22nd, 2020 | 1st | — | — |
Curtin Smashfest - 5th August | August 5th, 2020 | 1st | — | — |
Curtin Smashfest - 26th August | August 26th, 2020 | 1st | — | — |
Curtin Smashfest - 2nd September | September 2nd, 2020 | 1st | — | — |
Smash Bros in the CBD | September 20th, 2020 | 1st | — | — |