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NJ, they had melee there in September as well but I suck at it. I don't really know of anyone who plays competitive Melee (besides people from the tournament who I believe live out of state)
Also yes lolbrawl
I entered one in Brawl as Wolf and lost to a guy in Round 2 who used randoms lol (Ness and Peach) then in the losers' bracket I used Lucario and lost to G&W in Round 4
I don't think that's terrible for my first tournament though
i got my wifi back so i can battle online again.lol only problem i have no pokemon and the pokemon i do have i need to ev train them. are you have any new vids up iv been home in like 2 days