The summer of smash might be over, but the high-octane action sure isn’t. The 4th installment of the Big House series, hosted by MIOM | Juggleguy, will be one of the most exciting tournaments of the year with an astonishing ~570 entrants, making it the 4th largest tournament in Melee history. P4K EMP Armada, C9.Mango, Crs.Hungrybox, and P4K EMP Mew2King are all in attendance and in strong contention to win it all. Nipping at their heels are Leffen, MOR|Axe, VGBC|Hax, and a slew of other strong players. Once a modest regional, The Big House has spread its wings and influence with a global presence. The tournament will feature multiple rounds of pools and several awesome streams to satisfy your Melee and Project M cravings. Along with top level talent, The Big House 4 will feature an all-star lineup of commentators such as Scar, Toph, HomeMadeWaffles, TKBreezy, TheCrimsonBlur, and Webs.
Overview
The Big House 4
October 4-5, 2014
Romulus, MI
TBH4 Website
Smashboards Thread
Facebook event
- EVO 2014 (970 entrants)
- EVO 2013 (696 entrants)
- Apex 2014 (620 entrants)
- The Big House 4 (570 entrants)
- Pound 4 (347 entrants)
- Apex 2013 (336 entrants)
- MLG Anaheim 2014 (325 entrants)
- Apex 2012 (318 entrants)
- Genesis (290 entrants)
- Zenith 2014 (281 entrants)
The Players
| Notable Entrants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Mango |
  Armada |
 Mew2King |
 Hungrybox |
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| Leffen |
Hax |
 Axe |
Lucky |
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 Westballz |
 Plup |
Colbol |
 Shroomed |
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| SFAT |
 Nintendude |
 KirbyKaze |
HugS |
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| Zhu |
The Moon |
 Wizzrobe |
Bladewise |
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| MacD |
Duck |
 Abate |
VaNz |
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| Darkrain |
Kels |
Darkatma |
Cactuar |
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| RaynEX |
 DJ Nintendo |
 Professor Pro |
Darrell |
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| DoH |
Redd |
Dart |
 Bizzarro Flame |
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| Scar |
Tafokints |
Toph |
Hyuga |
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Question marks remain once again over the past few months. Mango took a break after his amazing run over the summer, winning both MLG and Evo. Armada, seeping from his losses, wants to avenge the summer and show that he’s the best. Hungrybox has had an amazing run over the past few months, taking the last few sets over Mew2King and has the mini-advantage over Armada. Mew2King, focusing his attention on Smash 4, hasn’t looked like his usual self in the past few months. Will he show up like he did at The Big House 3?
Aside from the gods, a slew of top level talent from around the world will be present in Michigan. Hailing from Europe, Leffen and Professor Pro aim to make noise in the bracket. From the West Coast, Axe, Westballz, SFAT, MacD, Hugs, Lucky, Bladewise, and Shroomed are in attendance. Florida players such as Plup, Colbol, Wizzrobe, and Gahtzu want to show how deep their region is. The East Coast also comes in full force with Hax, The Moon, Nintendude, DJ Nintendo, Zanguzen, DoH, Zhu, Cactuar, and several others. Defending their own turf, Midwest players, Kels, Darkrain, Duck, Abate, Darkatma, Dart, Frootloop, and VaNz all want to show that their region is no joke. Needless to say, this tournament will be unbelievably stacked with one of the deepest player pools in history.
Stream and Viewing Info
The Big House 4 will be featuring three concurrent streams all weekend:
Schedule (All Eastern Standard Time)
Tournament Schedule (all EST)
Stream Schedule (all EST)
http://www.umsmash.com/wp-content/uploads/TBH4_MeleeStreamMatches.pdf
Commentary Schedule (all EST)
Pools and Brackets
Thanks to online paid pre-registration, pools have been created ahead of time and can be viewed at the official tournament Challonge page.
* Melee Singles Pools (Phase 1)
64 round robin pools of 9 players each, top 3 advance to second round of Pools. Entrants will play in one of four waves.
* Melee Singles Pools (Phase 2)
8 bracket pools of 24 players each, top 4 advance to top 32 bracket (half from winners and half from losers).
* Melee Singles Bracket
Top 32 double elimination bracket will determine the winner.
* Melee Doubles Pools (Phase 1)
4 bracket pools of ~30 teams each, top 4 advance to top 16 bracket (half from winners and half from losers).
* Melee Doubles Bracket
Top 16 double elimination bracket will determine the winner.
Tafo’s Predictions
1. Crs.Hungrybox
2. P4K EMP Armada
3. P4K EMP Mew2King
4. C9 Mang0
5. Shroomed
5. Leffen
7. MOR | Axe
7. Hax
By carefully projecting results using the phase transition formulas in the tournament’s pools PDF, here are my predictions for the Top 32 final bracket:
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I’m so ready for the armada vs Hbox rematch! I think leffen might have an awnser for hbox though so we might not get it.
When your only vaguely nationally threatening player is Duck (maybe?) I think we can conclusively say that your region IS a joke. Sorry, Midwest.