| The Big House 4 | |
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| Dates | October 4-5th, 2014 |
| Venue | Sheraton DTW Hotel |
| Address/City | 8000 South Merriman Romulus, Michigan 
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| Attendance | 709 |
| Entry fees | Melee singles: $10 Melee doubles: $10 per person Project M singles: $10 Project M doubles: $10 per person Venue: $30-35 |
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 winners
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1v1 Mango  Armada & Mew2King 2v2
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 winners
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 ZeRo 1v1 Mew2King & ZeRo 2v2
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The Big House 4 was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Project M national tournament held in Romulus, Michigan, on October 4-5th, 2014, hosted primarily by Juggleguy and Strong Bad. It is the most recent in The Big House series of tournament events, following The Big House 3. In addition to featuring professional smashers from the Midwest region such as Duck, Anther, Kels, VaNz, and Darkrain, the tournament also featured powerful out-of-region talent such as Mango, Mew2King, Hungrybox, Axe, Hax, Westballz, KirbyKaze, Plup, Colbol, SFAT, Lucky, Shroomed, MacD, Zhu, Bladewise, The Moon, Darrell, HugS, and Wizzrobe, as well as international talent such as Armada, Leffen, ZeRo, and Professor Pro.
The Big House 4 is the fourth-largest Melee tournament of all time (with 574 entrants) and the second-largest Project M tournament of all time (with 333 entrants); additionally, the event was the largest Midwest Melee tournament in history, surpassing the previous record set by MELEE-FC Diamond in 2007, and the tournament is also both the largest two-day Smash tournament of all time, as well as the largest to run round-robin pools.
The Big House 4 also marks an important ruleset update for Project M; amid growing concerns over average gameplay time in version 3.02, it was the first major tournament to use three stocks in Project M games instead of the previous standard of four.
Schedule
Friday, October 3rd
TBD
Saturday, October 4th
TBD
Sunday, October 5th
TBD
Melee Ruleset
- 4 stock, 8:00 minute timer.
- Items off.
- Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
- Master Hand is banned.
- Wobbling is banned.
- Stalling with Jigglypuff's Rising Pound or Peach's Peach Bomber is banned.
- Glitches such as Ice Climbers' freeze glitch and Mewtwo's Soul Breaker are banned.
- Dave's Stupid Rule is in effect.
- Life stealing is allowed in doubles.
- Friendly Fire is turned on in doubles.
- Pause is turned off.
Stage striking for neutral stages for the first match of the set is done in a "1221" fashion:
- First player strikes one stage.
- Second player strikes two stages.
- First player strikes one stage.
Stagelist
Neutral (Singles)
- Final Destination
- Yoshi’s Story
- Dream Land
- Battlefield
- Fountain of Dreams
Counterpick (Singles)
- Pokemon Stadium
Neutral (Doubles)
- Final Destination
- Yoshi’s Story
- Dream Land
- Battlefield
- Pokémon Stadium
Counterpick (Doubles)
- Kongo Jungle 64
Stage procedure
After each match:
- Winner announces stage ban (except in best-of-5 sets)
- Loser chooses counterpick stage
- Winner chooses their character
- Loser chooses their character
Project M Ruleset
- 3 stock, 8:00 minute timer.
- All items set to off and item frequency set to NONE.
- Input Assist set to off.
- Ties after the time limit are determined by stocks, then by percentage.
- Dave's Stupid Rule is in effect.
- Life stealing is allowed in doubles.
- Friendly Fire is turned on in doubles.
- Pause is turned off.
Stage Strike from Starters for the first match of the set in "1221" fashion:
- First player strikes one stage.
- Second player strikes two stages.
- First player strikes one stage
Stagelist
Starter
- Battlefield
- Dreamland
- Green Hill Zone
- Pokémon Stadium 2
- Smashville
Counterpick
- Final Destination
- Fountain of Dreams
- Lylat Cruise
- Skyworld
- Wario Ware, Inc.
- Yoshi’s Island: Brawl
Stage procedure
After each match:
- Winner announces two (2) stage bans
- Loser chooses counterpick stage
- Winner chooses their character
- Loser chooses their character
Results
Melee singles
(574 entrants)
Top 32 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mango |
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$2,296.00 |
| 2nd | Mew2King |
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$1148.00 |
| 3rd | Leffen |
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$861.00 |
| 4th | Armada |
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$574.00 |
| 5th | Hax |
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$287.00 |
| 5th | Lucky |
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$287.00 |
| 7th | Kels |
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$143.50 |
| 7th | Westballz |
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$143.50 |
| 9th | Axe |
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| 9th | Kalamazhu |
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| 9th | Hungrybox |
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| 9th | Plup |
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| 13th | Wizzrobe |
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| 13th | MacD |
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| 13th | Colbol |
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| 13th | The Moon |
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| 17th | Shroomed |
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| 17th | Nintendude |
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| 17th |  KirbyKaze |
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| 17th | SFAT |
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| 17th | Abate |
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| 17th | DJ Nintendo |
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| 17th | Hanky Panky |
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| 17th | Gravy |
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| 25th | RaynEX |
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| 25th | Bladewise |
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| 25th | Porkchops |
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| 25th | Dart |
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| 25th | Darkrain |
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| 25th | Zanguzen |
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| 25th | Zhu |
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| 25th | Duck |
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Melee doubles
(113 teams)
Top 16 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Armada |
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Mew2King |
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| 2nd | Hungrybox |
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Plup |
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| 3rd | Leffen |
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Hax |
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| 4th | MacD |
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VaNz |
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| 5th | Colbol |
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DoH |
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| 5th | Axe |
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SFAT |
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| 7th | Shroomed |
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HomeMadeWaffles |
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| 7th | Wizzrobe |
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Gahtzu |
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| 9th | DJ Nintendo |
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The Moon |
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| 9th | Mango |
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Scar |
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| 9th | Zhu |
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Cactuar |
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| 9th | Darkrain |
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Westballz |
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| 13th | Zanguzen |
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Kalamazhu |
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| 13th | Kels |
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Vro |
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| 13th | Tafokints |
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Redd |
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| 13th | Lucky |
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HugS |
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Project M doubles
(54 teams)
Top 8 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Mew2King |
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ZeRo |
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| 2nd | Wizzrobe |
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Plup |
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| 3rd | Junebug |
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Pink Fresh |
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| 4th | Oro?! |
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Ripple |
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| 5th | Armada |
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 Professor Pro |
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| 5th | Abate |
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KO Kingpin |
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| 7th | VaNz |
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Drephen |
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| 7th | Nintendude |
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Oracle |
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External links
- Original thread
- Facebook event
- Website
- Challonge page
- TBH4 Teaser Trailer
- TBH4 Trailer #2
- TBH4 Trailer #3