Smasher:Ryan Ford

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Ryan Ford "Unknown522"
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Character info
Melee main Fox
Other Melee characters Falco, Mario, Sheik, Pichu, Marth
Project M mains Fox, Marth
Other Project M character Ganondorf
Team info
Former crews A&C, Roundbit, The Blade Breakers
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2015 SSBMRank: 51st
Personal and other info
Real name Ryan Ford
Birth date (age 34)
Location Toronto, Ontario Canada
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional

Ryan Ford (formerly known as Unknown522) is a Canadian smasher and Fox main who is currently ranked 2nd on the Southern Ontario Power Rankings and is widely considered one of the country's best Fox players. Ford was also ranked as the world's 15th best smasher on the 2013 SSBM Player Rankings and on the 2015 SSBMRank as the 51st best in the world.

Biography

Controversies

Ford was banned from Melee tournaments in Canada for one year starting in November 2013, primarily due to his sometimes violent conduct at tournaments. He has also been banned from the Apex tournament series starting with Apex 2013, following an incident where he placed American smasher Inui in a choke-hold in response to his constant heckling at NEC 13. Additionally, Ford caused further controversy with American smasher Mew2King in the semi-finals for Revival of Melee 5, in relation to splitting and accused bracket manipulation.

Return to Melee

After a long period of not attending tournaments and a discussion between Toronto's top players and TOs regarding his resolved anger issues, it was decided on March 14th, 2015 that the ban on Ryan Ford should finally be lifted and he was once again allowed to attend Ontario events. Despite being out of commission in tournaments for nearly a year and a half, he continued honing his Melee prowess throughout that entire period, and showed his progress by winning the first weekly he attended since his ban (with n0ne in attendance) and placing very high at SWEET XX and Smash @ York #7, keeping up with Ontario's other top players. During his down time, he also picked up new pocket characters, such as Mario, and since then has been going to various venues for friendlies, in addition to hosting his own friendlies, which are usually streamed on his Twitch account.

Tournament placings

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Clash of the Sauga 2 January 5th, 2008 5th 4th RunawayFire
Pound 3 February 2nd-3rd, 2008 113th 9th RaynEX
Combo Breaker May 11th, 2008 1st
TGMTSBCO June 7th-8th, 2008 17th 9th RaynEX
Starfurry 3 February 21st, 2009 5th 2nd RaynEX
Revival of Melee March 7th-8th, 2009 33rd 13th RaynEX
Starfurry 5 May 2nd, 2009 5th 3rd RaynEX
Revival of Melee 2 November 21st-22nd, 2009 13th 9th RaynEX
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 33rd 13th RaynEX
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 25th 5th RaynEX
Revival of Melee 3 November 20th-21st, 2010 17th 9th RockCrock
SWEET IV December 4th, 2010 1st
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 13th 9th RaynEX
Smash t'ill U Crash 2 August 20th, 2011 2nd 3rd KirbyKaze
The Big House October 22nd, 2011 5th 2nd RaynEX
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 9th 25th I.B
Smash Till You Crash 3 June 2nd-3rd, 2012 3rd 2nd Kage
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 7th 4th RaynEX
The Big House 2 October 6th-7th, 2012 5th 3rd DoH
Revival of Melee 5 November 17th-18th, 2012 2nd 4th Weon-X
SWEET XII March 30th, 2013 2nd 1st Idea
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 17th 3rd PPMD
IMPULSE 2013 June 15th-16th, 2013 2nd 1st Mango
Smash Till You Crash 4 August 24th-25th, 2013 1st 1st Vwins
SWEET XX April 4th, 2015 5th 2nd n0ne
Smash @ York #7 April 11th, 2015 2nd 2nd RaynEX
Smash at Sheridan 5/15 May 15th, 2015 2nd
Enthusiast Gaming Live May 16th-17th, 2015 9th 1st RaynEX
Get On My Level 2015 May 30th-31st, 2015 7th 3rd RaynEX
Summit 2015 August 15th-16th, 2015 2nd 1st RaynEX
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 33rd 25th I.B
Smash INTENSIFIES 2 November 28th-29th, 2015 3rd 1st Kage
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 65th 25th KirbyKaze
Frozen Phoenix March 12th-13th, 2016 1st 2nd Trulliam
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 49th 17th n0ne
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo April 29th-May 1st, 2016 17th 7th n0ne
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 17th 7th RaynEX
DreamHack Montreal 2016 August 12th-14th, 2016 1st 1st Kage

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