How History was made at Pound 2022

established in 2006 the esteemed pound tournament series returned for its eighth mainline edition with a fresh coat of paint and a back to school type aesthetic which served as perfect foreshadowing for the events that unfolded this past weekend coming off the heels of genesis 8 and serving as a precursor for low tide city 2022 pound 2022 tested the mental stamina of all its competitors and opened up unique opportunities to many up-and-coming players to make themselves known how did they all fare it's hard to speak on behalf of roughly 433 players but we can recap the weekend's biggest highlights [Music] grand finals pitted two close friends and even closer rivals against each other with william gluteny blade of solar esports coming from winners and t1's leonardo mk leo lopez coming from the losers bracket marking the 20th and 21st times in ultimate's history that the two titans crossed paths in tournament their 19th matchup came in winter semis roughly an hour in change prior where gluto defeated leo 3-1 gluteny uncorked zero to death on mk leo to kick things off striking first blood just 16 seconds into the set yet mk leo repaid the favor with a shield break on his last stock and almost delivered a second that would have sealed a devastating game 1 comeback instead he had to settle for the gentleman's sweep taking games 2 through 4 in roughly 13 minutes time a swift 3-1 reset for mk leo's favor not only reset the bracket but also seemed to reset the mood of the entire finals going forward up 2-1 in the second set another mk leo tournament win seemed inevitable especially as he was mounting yet another comeback in game four in uncanny fashion not to be bested gluteny pulled off a couple of insanely clutch wafts allowing him to tie up the set then clinch pound 2022 to secure the first north american major of his career thanks to a comeback of his own in game 5. as with any victory of this magnitude it required some hefty lifting gluteny's run saw him go up against john numbers axiom xl sonics de buzz light and of course mk leo thrice coming out victorious in all but the first set of grand finals side note gluteny now has six set wins over mk leo the second most of any player in the field behind only mars with eight even if leo does own a substantial 15-6 lead across their competitive history second is rarely ever a good consolation prize in a scene as stacked as this one but winning genesis 8 about a week ago will certainly help ease the pain for mk leo his run was more of a marathon than a walk in the park as he matched up against ned attorier cosmos sonics riddles and light and even with all the talent laid out in front of him he only played one game five the entire weekend and it took the winner of the tournament in the final set of the whole weekend to pull that off mdva is easily one of paris light ramirez's most comfortable settings and a bronze medal at pound 2022 serves as further proof for a long while it looked even as though he would cruise to victory but in classic fox mcleod fashion everything was under control until it wasn't light flew through winter's bracket beating the likes of dark wizzy lancelot jackal and riddles without a single game dropped a back and forth set with gluteny looked to be the final checkpoint before reaching grand finals from winner's side especially after gluto went to set clinching perry punish and light connected what appeared to be a set winning bear alas he was sent to the losers finals waiting room after a crushing defeat in game five then had the rug pulled out from under him by mk leo in a 1-3 loss michael riddles kim putting canada on his back and representing the great north is a welcome sight considering the character crisis he encountered at the end of 2021 with a healthy mix of kazuya and terry riddles punched his ticket into top eight by way of brute force dropping one game to bacon and sweeping mercury icy mist and gacked after falling victim to light and winter semis he immediately rebounded with a narrow 3-2 victory over zomba before falling to mk leo and loser semis but not without throwing a number up on the scoreboard the artist formerly known as cashmere sean bergeron has been on a dream journey for most traveling from region to region across the country in a quest for uh enlightenment power sick falcon clips in any event his time in mdva concluded at the beginning of the month but the opportunity to return and show out one more time was just too great and show out he did finishing seventh out of 433 entrants with solo captain falcon totaling a seed performance rating of plus 5 and securing wins on tilde suarez takera bacon apollo kage and cosmos are all impressive and are an immediate indicator of skill but that won't be what people remember from sean's pound 2022 run the madman plays from that weekend will be what hits the memory banks first like this revoking of dr mario's medical license oh wow sean was one of seven players in top 32 to record a seed performance rating of plus three and his run was undoubtedly the most explosive the falcon punch heard round the world ended the run of the only other player to get a plus 5 spr bacon who continues to make a strong case as the best doctor mario player in the world winning five winners bracket sets in a row without dropping a game to make his way into top 24 before falling to riddles and sean bacon's best win of the bracket came over d-dog the second time in a row bacon has sent new york's prodigal steve to losers the first being a much much more tense 2-1 win at glitch 8.5 dm benefited from tweaks dq but he still had to do some work to make his way to a plus 4 spr he did it primarily behind his 3-2 upset win over fellow new englander naito sharp the 31st offline set between the two according to our database and the 20th in the past year nito sharp had the heavy advantage in the matchup of late with an 8 to 2 advantage in their past 10 sets dating back to push the limit 13's losers finals back in august 2021. dm was able to take it in a set that featured six characters three from each player ending a heart-pounding last hit game where dm's pikachu triumphed over naito sharp's joker a number of players reached the plus 3 spr mark including a few we've already covered in the champion gluteny and 4th place finisher riddles beyond them sonic's turned in his best performance yet at an offline tournament of at least 400 players at fifth place and tied his best spr in a major going all the way back to his 25th place finish at the first ever pgru event genesis 6. he did so through a huge losers run taking down puppet myron jackal and gakt on route to fifth place achieving his first major top eight after coming agonizingly close at ceo where he fell at ninth to esam three more players in top 32 reached the plus three spr mark ling's 9th place finish in plus 3 spr both marked his best performance since riptide where he finished 9th out of 1024 with a plus 4 spr one could argue his pound performance was stronger though after falling to pinkfresh in just his third match of the tournament ling dashed the hopes of many an international smash fan as he went on a five set losers run with wins over mr e of us and france now of japan capitan sito from the dominican republic omart from the dr as well and lancelot from finland picking up wins over four different countries and five if you count both of mysteries and three different continents in the process lancelot finland's best player and one of europe's best krom players made a run to 17th he benefited from louis money's disqualification but took out some solid players on the way to his plus three spr including one of mdva's best ridleys in creepa a more contested title than you may imagine canadian falco blanc and spectral the michigan lucina player who sent jake to losers in round one pools finally we end with jordan louisiana's current number one and a wario and donkey kong player who continues to make bigger splashes than expected at mdva majors jordan's results just keep improving jordan placed 49th at glitch infinite with a plus 3 spr this time around seated for 65th jordan outplaced expectations yet again picking up a huge upset with his wario over pinkfresh's minmin to advance into top 32 and earn another plus three spr dating back to ceo 2021 where he finished 65th as the 172nd seed jordan has now outplaced his seed by at least two rounds at three straight majors don't overlook him next week at low tide city speaking of which our coverage of this wild spring of smash bros doesn't end here we'll have more on the crazy action that was pound 2022 on the channel this week and be sure to subscribe to keep up with everything you need to know from next weekend's low tide city and beyond thanks for watching if you want more content like this please check out pgstats.com and follow us for more information this is ben komona and if you want to keep up with me check me out on 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Length: 9min 47sec (587 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 26 2022