Texas is a Smash region that encompasses the U.S. state of the same name. Due to the significant travel time it takes to traverse across the large state, Texas is further divided into smaller subregions, surrounding its largest cities: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin.

Texas was home to a significant Super Smash Bros. Melee scene since the game's early competitive life, notably hosting the major events MOAST 3 and MLG Dallas 2006. However, the region became better known for being one of the big four Super Smash Bros. Brawl regions (along with the Tristate Area, Southern California, and Florida) for most of Brawl's competitive lifespan thanks to the WHOBO series and the performances from players such as Gnes, Trela, and Ultimate Razer. Though the inactivity of its players right before the release of Super Smash Bros. 4 weakened the region, it continued to grow throughout the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tournament series such as Low Tier City and the appearances of many larger esports events in Texas, including DreamHack and PAX Arena. As such, the region became known for hosting some of the strongest Super Smash Bros., Smash 4 and Project M scenes in the United States, with many players rising to the national spotlight during this time, such as Cosmos, Lima, Sethlon, tacos, and Zero. Though it weakened once again in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after the decline or absence of the region's best Smash 4 players, the post-COVID-19 pandemic period saw the region rebound thanks to the rise of new players such as Salt in Melee and SHADIC in Ultimate, as well as MuteAce moving to Texas during this time.

Smashers

See also: Category:Texas smashers

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

Globally ranked players

Tag Character(s) Best placement Notes
  ~CP9~     PMRank 2022: 42nd
  Albert     MPGR 2019: 37th
  Arc     SSBMRank 2014: 81st
  Arsenals     PMRank 2019: 41st
  Bananas     MPGR 2018: 19th
  Beastly     LumiRank 2024.2: 99th
  billybopeep     MPGR 2019: 52nd
  Bo      2021-2022 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 41st
  Brr     OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 124th
  Caveman      RetroSSBMRank 2005: HM
  chickenman400     SSBMRank 2022: 34th Formerly known as bobby big ballz.
  Cosmos     OrionRank 2017: 29th Moved to Ohio in mid-2017 and last competed as a Texas player that year.
  CTG     2018 64 League Rankings: 17th
  Denti        2024 SSBBRank: 19th
  Dishier Wand     2019-2020 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 59th
  Dojo      SSBBRank 2014: 41st
  Espy     SSBBRank 2014: 65th
  Fearless     PMRank 2019: 19th
  Gnes     SSBBRank 2014: 21st
  Jay-R     2018 64 League Rankings: 53rd
  Illmatic     SSBBRank 2014: 73rd
  Karna     PGR v5: Area 51
  Lima      OrionRank 2018: 8th
  LumiRank 2024.2: 15th
  Luck     PMRank 2018: 32nd
  Megafox      PGR v1: 44th
  MuteAce     LumiRank 2024.1: 17th Moved to Texas from Florida in 2021.
  NaCl     2018 64 League Rankings: 26th
  Niko     UltRank 2022: 56th
  Palpa     SSBMRank 2022: 77th
  Salt     SSBMRank 2023: 14th
  SDJ     SSBMRank 2023: 29th
  SFOP     SSBMRank 2022: 26th
  SHADIC     LumiRank 2024.1: 7th
  Skeleton     LumiRank 2024.2: 60th
  SKG      2018 64 League Rankings: 30th
  Skinny the Pooh     LumiRank 2023: 118th
  Snowy     MPGR 2019: 100th
  tacos      2019-2020 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 6th
  Teaser     OrionRank 2022: 134th Attends university in Georgia; originally from Texas
  Trela       SSBBRank 2014: 27th
  OrionRank 2016: 20th
  Ultimate Razer      SSBBRank 2014: 31st
  Uncle mojo     MPGR 2018: 80th Currently banned.
  Weedwack      2019-2020 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 39th
  Wizzrobe     2023 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 7th
  SSBMRank 2023: 9th
Resided in Texas in 2022 and the first half of 2023 before moving back to Florida.
  Wobbles     SSBMRank 2016: 30th Competed in Texas from 2014-2016.
  Xerzal     LumiRank 2024.2: HM (101-150)
  yonni     OrionRank 2022: 69th
  Zero      2018 64 League Rankings: 7th

Nationally ranked players

Tag Character(s) Best placement Notes

Other notable players

Tag Character(s) Notes
  Sethlon   Known as one of the best Roy mains and one of the best players in the United States.

Tournaments

See also: Category:Texas tournaments

Notable tournament series

Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region.

Tournament Games Type Status
Austin's Really Feeling It   Monthly
DreamHack Austin    Annual Discontinued
DreamHack Dallas    Annual Ongoing
Forte    Annual Discontinued
Hitstun   Unscheduled Discontinued
HOBO    Weekly Discontinued
Low Tier City/Low Tide City        Annual Discontinued
No Fun Allowed       Annual Discontinued
Rise 'N Grind    Annual On hiatus
Shockwave    Weekly Ongoing
Super Smash Fight Club     Unscheduled Discontinued
TGC       Bimonthly Discontinued
WHOBO    Annual Discontinued

Notable tournaments

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

Tournament Date Entrants Supermajor Major Superregional Other
MOAST 3 January 15th-16th, 2005 128+ β€”   β€” β€”
MLG Dallas 2006 May 19th-20th, 2006 144+   β€” β€” β€”
WHOBO 1 April 10th-12th, 2009 140+ β€”   β€” β€”
WHOBO 2 April 2nd-4th, 2010 100+ β€”   β€” β€”
MLG Dallas 2010 November 5th-7th, 2010 182   β€” β€” β€”
WHOBO 3 March 18th-20th, 2011 139+ β€”   β€”  
WHOBO 4 August 4th-5th, 2012 96+ β€” β€”   β€”
WHOBO 5 October 19th-20th, 2013 76+ β€” β€”      
Low Tier City 2 August 16th-17th, 2014 121+ β€” β€”   β€”
Forte 2 December 20th-21st, 2014 227+ β€” β€”    β€”
Aftershock March 28th-29th, 2015 161+ β€” β€”     
Low Tier City 3 August 1st-2nd, 2015 436 β€”      β€”
Hitstun 3 December 12th, 2015 ~50 β€”   β€” β€”
PAX Arena January 29th-31st, 2016 ~600 β€”     β€”
TGC 6 February 6th, 2016 400+ β€” β€”   β€”
Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 20th   β€” β€” β€”
DreamHack Austin 2016 May 6th-8th, 2016 398 β€”   β€” β€”
Low Tier City 4 June 8th-9th, 2016 436 β€”      β€”
Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th, 2016 618 β€” β€”     β€”
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017 1,030 β€”    β€” β€”
Low Tier City 5 August 5th-6th, 2017 436 β€”       
Clutch City Clash 2 October 28th-29th, 2017 430 β€” β€”      
Hitstun 5 December 9th-10th, 2017 53 β€”   β€” β€”
PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 January 12th-14th, 2018 16 β€”   β€” β€”
No Fun Allowed 2 February 24th, 2018 474 β€” β€”      
DreamHack Austin 2018 June 1st-3rd, 2018 613 β€” β€”    β€”
OpTic Arena June 8th-10th, 2018 94 β€” β€”   β€”
Low Tier City 6 July 27th-29th, 2018 738 β€”       β€”
Super Smash Fight Club 5 November 10th, 2018 146 β€” β€”   β€”
DreamHack Dallas 2019 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 597 β€” β€”    
Low Tier City 7 July 12th-14th, 2019 1,027 β€”       
Standoff 2019 August 30th-September 1st, 2019 257 β€” β€”   β€”
Smashtoberfest October 26th, 2019 76 β€” β€”   β€”
Shipwrecked October 2nd, 2021 90 β€”   β€” β€”
Low Tide City 2021 October 1st-3rd, 2021 1,406   β€”    
Low Tide City 2022 April 29th-May 1st, 2022 693 β€”   β€”   
Rise 'N Grind August 19th-21st, 2022 483 β€”   β€” β€”
Smashtoberfest 2022 September 16th-17th, 2022 64 β€” β€”   β€”
Lost Tech City 2022 September 30th-October 2nd, 2022 610 β€”      
The Off-Season October 15th-16th, 2022 113 β€” β€”   β€”
Low Tide City 2023 May 13th-14th, 2023 705 β€” β€”    
The Off-Season 2 September 23rd-24th, 2023 299 β€”    β€” β€”
SmashtoVerfest September 29th-30th, 2023 72 β€” β€”   β€”
Rise 'N Grind 2023 October 13th-15th, 2023 712 β€”   β€”  
The Back Hit March 18th, 2023 104 β€”   β€” β€”
King of Bombs 2024 February 3rd, 2024 196 β€” β€”   β€”
SSBU Open at CECC May Madness 2024 May 4th-5th, 2024 217 β€” β€”   β€”
Low Tide City 2024 May 11th-12th, 2024 679 β€” β€”    
Comicpalooza Fight Club 2024 May 25th, 2024 121 β€” β€”   β€”

Largest singles events

Rank Tournament Date Game Attendance Winner Character(s)
1 Low Tide City 2021 October 1st-3rd, 2021   1,101   MkLeo   
2 Low Tide City 2022 April 29th-May 1st, 2022   561   Sparg0   
3 Low Tide City 2023 May 13th-14th, 2023   536   MuteAce  
4 Low Tide City 2024 May 11th-12th, 2024   495   Dabuz    
5 DreamHack Dallas 2019 May 31st-June 2nd, 2019   491   MuteAce  
6 Rise 'N Grind August 19th-21st, 2022   466   MkLeo  
7 Rise 'N Grind 2023 October 13th-15th, 2023   443   Miya  
8 DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th, 2017   438   Hungrybox  
9 Lost Tech City 2022 September 30th-October 2nd, 2022   418   Marss  
10 TGC 6 February 6th, 2016   400 β€” β€”

See also