| The Big House 4 | |
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| Dates | October 4th-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 |
| Pot size(s) | Melee singles: $5,701 Melee doubles: $2,280 Project M singles: $3,330 Project M doubles: $1,040 |
| Results | |
 winners
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Mango 1v1 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 4th-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 570 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.
In the Melee singles bracket, after losing to Mew2King's Sheik 0-3 in winners' semifinals, Mango swept through losers' bracket, defeating Lucky 3-2 in losers' quarterfinals, Armada 3-1 in losers' semifinals, and Leffen 3-1 in losers' finals, finally beating Mew2King in two consecutive 3-1 sets of grand finals to win the tournament. Leffen reached winners' finals for the first time in a major American tournament, defeating top professional players such as Hungrybox and Armada; his performance has solidified his position among the best players of Melee. Hungrybox lost to Leffen 2-3 in winners' quarters, as well as to Lucky 1-3 in losers' bracket, unexpectedly finishing at 9th place, his worst tournament placing since 2007. A large amount of other upsets occurred in Melee singles, with Kels eliminating Axe 3-1 in losers' bracket to make it to top 8, and Kalamazhu making a long run through losers' bracket to secure 9th place, defeating KirbyKaze and MacD, before losing in an extremely close set 2-3 against Hax.
Schedule
Friday, October 3rd
9:00 PM: Venue opens
10:00 PM: Melee It On Me podcast
12:00 AM: Venue closes
Saturday, October 4th
9:00 AM: Venue opens
11:00 AM: Melee singles pools, Melee doubles pools, Project M singles pools
3:00 PM: Project M doubles pools
8:00 PM: Melee singles pools (2nd round), Project M singles pools (2nd round)
12:00 AM: Venue closes
Sunday, October 5th
9:00 AM: Venue opens
10:00 AM: Melee doubles bracket top 16, Project M singles bracket top 32
1:00 PM: Melee singles bracket top 32, Project M doubles bracket top 8
4:00 PM: Project M singles bracket top 8
7:00 PM: Melee singles bracket top 8
10:00 PM: Tournament ends
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
(570 entrants)
Top 32 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mango |
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$2,280 |
| 2nd | Mew2King |
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$1,140 |
| 3rd | Leffen |
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$855 |
| 4th | Armada |
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$570 |
| 5th | Hax |
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$285 |
| 5th | Lucky |
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$285 |
| 7th | Kels |
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$143 |
| 7th | Westballz |
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$143 |
| 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
(114 teams)
Top 16 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Armada |
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Mew2King |
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$1,026 ($513 each) |
| 2nd | Hungrybox |
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Plup |
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$456 ($228 each) |
| 3rd | Leffen |
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Hax |
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$342 ($171 each) |
| 4th | MacD |
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VaNz |
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$228 ($114 each) |
| 5th | Colbol |
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DoH |
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$114 ($57 each) |
| 5th | Axe |
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SFAT |
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$114 ($57 each) |
| 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 singles
(333 entrants)
Top 32 bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ZeRo |
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$1,332 |
| 2nd |  Professor Pro |
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$666 |
| 3rd | Mew2King |
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$444 |
| 4th | Junebug |
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$333 |
| 5th | Pink Fresh |
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$166.50 |
| 5th | Wizzrobe |
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$166.50 |
| 7th | Armada |
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$83.25 |
| 7th | Ripple |
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$83.25 |
| 9th | Coney |
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| 9th | Oracle |
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| 9th | Seibrik |
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| 9th | Oro?! |
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| 13th | Hungrybox |
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| 13th | DLA |
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| 13th | SFAT |
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| 13th | Axe |
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Project M doubles
(52 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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$520 ($260 each) |
| 2nd | Wizzrobe |
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Plup |
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$260 ($130 each) |
| 3rd | Junebug |
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Pink Fresh |
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$156 ($78 each) |
| 4th | Oro?! |
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Ripple |
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$104 ($52 each) |
| 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
- Results thread
- Facebook event
- Website
- Challonge page
- TBH4 Teaser Trailer
- TBH4 Trailer #2
- TBH4 Trailer #3
- Preceded by: The Big House 3