Spud
Spud.jpg
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 Super Smash Bros. Melee 2019 MPGR: 38th
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Perth Power Rankings: 4th
Personal and other info
Real name Te Tuhi Kelly
Location Perth, Western Australia Australia
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Super Smash Bros. 4 Semi-professional (retired)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Professional (retired)
Project M 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
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
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
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

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Super Smash Bros. Melee