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Florida is a Smash region that encompasses the U.S. state of Florida, located in the southeastern United States. Florida is often split up into different subregions, the most important ones being Central Florida, which includes Tampa and Orlando, and South Florida, which includes Miami. North Florida has Jacksonville, and Southwest Florida has Cape Coral.

As one of the most popular destinations for conventions in the country, Florida has been home to one of the largest and most active tournament scenes, particularly after the release of Brawl. It is known as one of the strongest Melee regions in the United States, as the home of Hungrybox and Plup, two of the best players in the world, and many other nationally ranked players. Florida also hosts a strong and active Smash 4 and Project M scene. During Brawl's competitive lifetime, Florida was known as one of the "big four" regions along with New York/New Jersey, SoCal, and Texas as one of the four strongest regions in the country, most famously home to ESAM, one of the best players in the world.

Florida is host to CEO, one of the world's premiere fighting game events, and several major MLG events have been hosted in Orlando. In the grassroots scene, Florida was known for hosting the Smash the Record charity events, as well as other stacked majors such as the Cirque series.

SmashersEdit

See also: Category:Florida smashers

The following players are currently or were previously ranked. Their highest placement is listed.

Globally ranked playersEdit

Tag Character(s) Best placement Notes
  8BitMan        SSBBRank 2014: 86th
  PGR v1: 47th
  Spring 2019 PGRU: Area 51
  Aaron      PGR v2: 37th
  UltRank 2022: 30th
Known as dyr in Smash 4.
  Akir     SSBMRank 2023: 90th
  Anathema     UltRank 2022: 23rd
  AwDaSea     LumiRank 2024.2: 132nd
  BeastModePaul      LumiRank 2024.2: 30th
  ChocoTaco     OrionRank Mid-Year 2022: 150th
  ChunkyKong     UltRank 2022: 71st
  Colbol     SSBMRank 2014: 10th Currently resides in Georgia.
  Dath      PGRU v2: 32nd
  Day     PGR v2: 38th
  Dominator     LumiRank 2024.2: 112th
  ESAM          SSBMRank 2016: 68th
  PGR v1: 14th
  OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 18th
Resided in South Carolina for most of Brawl and in Oklahoma in late-Smash 4 and early-Ultimate.
  Epic_Gabriel     OrionRank 2022: 142nd
  Equilateral     SSBMRank 2024: 86th
  Forrest      MPGR 2019: 65th
  PMRank 2016: 6th
Also known as MrLz
  Gahtzu     MPGR 2018: 27th
  Goblin      OrionRank 2019: 34th
  Hungrybox        MPGR 2019: 1st
  Jake     UltRank 2022: 33rd
  JAVI ON EARTH     OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 101st
  JChu     SSBMRank 2024: 93rd
  King Momo     2017 SSBMRank: 75th
  Kobe     OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 39th
  Komodo     SSBMRank 2024: 76th
  Krudo     SSBMRank 2024: 18th
  Manny      SSBBRank 2014: 68th
  PGR v4: 23rd
Banned from competitive play.
  Master Raven       SSBBRank 2014: 95th
  Mew2King           SSBMRank 2017: 4th
  SSBBRank 2016-2017: 12th
  OrionRank 2016: 19th
Widely considered the greatest Smash player of all-time and one of the Five Gods. Moved to Florida in 2015.
  MOF     SSBMRank 2024: 30th
  Morpheus     OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In: 98th
  MuteAce       OrionRank 2018: 88th
  OrionRank 2019: 23rd
Currently resides in Texas; these placements are his highest while living in Florida.
  MVD      SSBBRank 2016-2017: 6th
  PGR v1: 21st
Moved to Oklahoma in 2018.
  Myran      PGRU v3
  Spring 2019 PGRU: 13th
  Nick Riddle       SSBBRank 2014: 32nd
  PGR v1: 49th
  OverLade       SSBBRank 2014: 57th Known as RedHalberd in Brawl.
  OG Kid     SSBMRank 2024: 97th
  Panda     SSBMRank 2024: 31st
  Plup       MPGR 2018: 4th Currently resides in Oregon.
  prof      SSBMRank 2016: 24th
  Purple Guy       SSBBRank 2014: 77th Known as ScaryLB in Brawl.
  Riku     LumiRank Mid-Year 2023: 81st-90th
  Ryo        SSBBRank 2014: 43rd
  PGR v1: 45th
  saj     PGRU v2: 40th
  Salem         SSBBRank 2016-2017: 3rd
  PGR v4: 2nd
  OrionRank 2019: 17th
Moved to Florida from Tristate in 2016. Currently banned from most events.
  Samsora      OrionRank 2018: 12th
  Fall 2019 PGRU: 2nd
Banned from most regions and remains inactive.
  Sean      OrionRank 2017: 74th
  OrionRank 2022: 128th
Known as Cashmere in Smash 4.
  Seibrik         SSBBRank 2014: 45th
  Shaky      SSBBRank 2014: 34th Moved out of Florida by the start of Smash 4.
  TM7_ZAP     LumiRank 2024.2: 76th
  Uncivil ninja     OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 135th
  Voo     SSBMRank 2023: 76th
  Wevans     SSBMRank 2024: 41st
  Wizzrobe        MPGR 2019: 5th Currently resides in Texas.

Nationally ranked playersEdit

Tag Character(s) Best placement Notes
  Akashic     OrionRank North America Top 200: 137th
  Blank     OrionRank North America Top 200: 89th
  Tachyon      OrionRank North America Top 200: 99th
  Vinny G      OrionRank North America Top 200: 63rd

Other notable playersEdit

Tag Character(s) Notes

TournamentsEdit

See also: Category:Florida tournaments

Notable tournament seriesEdit

Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region.

Tournament Games Type Status
CEO        Annual Ongoing
Cirque   Biannual Ongoing
Frame Perfect Series        Unscheduled Discontinued
GatorLAN       Biannual Ongoing
Litvitational   Biannual Ongoing
Luminosity Makes Moves Miami    Annual Ongoing
NOOB    Unscheduled Discontinued
Smash Conference      Unscheduled Discontinued
Smash the Record     Annual Discontinued

Notable tournamentsEdit

Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level.

Tournament Date Entrants Supermajor Major Superregional Other
MLG Orlando 2006 August 26th-27th, 2006 176+  
FAST 1 July 17th-20th, 2008 150+    
MLG Orlando 2010 April 16th-18th, 2010 184  
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 262+   
Paragon Orlando 2015 January 17th-18th, 2015 451      
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 512+   
Frame Perfect Series November 21st, 2015 195     
Tampa Never Sleeps 6 February 27th-28th, 2016 300+     
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 1,488    
Smash Conference LXIX January 7th, 2017 406     
Frame Perfect Series 2 March 18th-19th, 2017 379      
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 727    
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017 866    
Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th, 2017 367   
CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018 1,091       
Smash Conference United January 5th-6th, 2019 393     
Ultimate Gamer Miami March 9th-10th, 2019 212  
Come to Papa 3 April 27th-28th, 2019 611       
CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019 1,386    
CEO Dreamland 2020 March 13th-15th, 2020 970       
InfinityCON Tally 2021 June 5th-6th, 2021 422  
CEO 2021 December 3rd-5th, 2021 777  
Smash World Tour 2021 Championships December 17th-19th, 2021 718    
CEO 2022 June 24th-26th, 2022 834    
Let's Make Moves Miami October 28th-30th, 2022 476  
CIRQUE du CFL April 23rd, 2023 118  
CEO 2023 June 23rd-25th, 2023 701   
"Lit"vitational September 22nd, 2023 16  
CIRQUE Du CFL 2 September 23rd, 2023 174  
Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023 October 27th-29th, 2023 458    
Litvitational 2 March 8th, 2024 16  
Cirque Du CFL 3 March 9th-10th, 2024 224  
The Luminosity Invitational April 20th, 2024 10  
CEO 2024 June 28th-30th, 2024 553   
Luminosity Invitational 2: Back to School September 27th-29th, 2024 16  
Litvitational 3 October 18th, 2024 16  
Cirque 4 October 19th-20th, 2024 148  
Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2024 November 1st-3rd, 2024 534    
Platfight Gaming Championships December 13th-15th, 2024 171    

Largest singles eventsEdit

Rank Tournament Date Game Attendance Winner Character(s)
1 CEO 2019 June 28th-30th, 2019   1,164   MkLeo  
2 CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016   906   ANTi     
3 CEO 2018 June 29th-July 1st, 2018   679   MkLeo     
4 CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016   678   Hungrybox  
5 CEO 2017 June 16th-18th, 2017   611   ZeRo  
6 CEO 2023 June 23rd-25th, 2023   513   Dabuz    
7 CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015   512   ZeRo   
8 CEO Dreamland 2020 March 13th-15th, 2020   506   Samsora   
9 CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015   483   Leffen  
10 Let's Make Moves Miami October 28th-30th, 2022   476   acola  

See alsoEdit