Tristate Area

The Tristate Area refers to a Smash region centered on southeastern New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania (more specifically, the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas); the region borders and/or overlaps with parts of Upstate New York, the Connecticut portion of New England, Pittsburgh/Northeast Ohio, and Maryland/Virginia. While conventionally the Tristate Area refers only to the , the competitive Super Smash Bros. community also includes in the term the and other parts of eastern Pennsylvania, while usually excluding western Connecticut.
Anchored by NYC and Philadelphia, two of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the densely populated Tristate Area has accordingly grown into one of the largest Smash regions in the country, particularly for Smash 4. It was also home to the largest Brawl community in North America during the game's peak levels of activity. Dedicated TOs, such as and , combined with easy access to the NYC area's major airports, have helped the Tristate Area develop into the Smash hub it has become today. With the prominence of the series, the region was even considered the unofficial center of grassroots activity; however, with the decline of Apex and the rise of new supermajors in other parts of the United States, the Tristate Area has lost its status as the undisputed most important Smash region. Nevertheless, the region remains one of the strongest regions in all of competitive play, featuring many of Smashs best players, including , , , , and , and maintaining a large and active tournament scene thanks to the and series, both of which took Apex's place as Tristate's premier tournament series.
==Smashers==
:See also: :Category:New York smashers, :Category:New Jersey smashers, :Category:Pennsylvania smashers
The following players are currently or were previously ranked. Their highest placement is listed.
===Globally ranked players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
(New York) 	 	MPGR 2019: 35th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 46th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	PGR v1: 20th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2016-2017: 2nd 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 53rd 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2017: 19th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 8th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2018-2019: 2nd PGR v2: 9th OrionRank 2019: 93rd 	
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2020-2022: 15th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2016-2017: 13th OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 102nd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2023: 36th 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: HM (101-150) 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2023: 23rd 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2023: 18th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	OrionRank Mid-Year 2022: 143rd 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2019: 20th 	
(New York) 	 	MPGR 2019: 42nd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: HM (101-150) 	
(New York/Pennsylvania)	 	SSBMRank 2023: 25th 	
 	 	2023 SSBBRank: 8th 	Founder of CLASH Tournaments, one of the largest Smash streaming groups in the early 2010s.
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2023: 1st 	
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2020-2022: 5th OrionRank 2018: 3rd OrionRank 2019: 7th	
(New York) 	 	MPGR 2018: 59th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 58th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2014: 39th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 39th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 69th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	PMRank 2023: 1st 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 92nd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	PMRank 2016: 11th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2018: 11th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 54th PGR v1: 35th 	Moved to Ohio in 2017.
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 138th 	Also known as ZeroTwoNone.
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 48th 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank 2016: 86th Spring 2019 PGRU: 46th PMRank 2016 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2016: 7th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2013: 6th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2016: 17th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	OrionRank 2022: 30th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 59th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 37th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 81st 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 146th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 91st 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 96th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	OrionRank 2019: 81st 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2017: 91st 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 80th 	Known as the tournament director of the and tournament series.
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 81st 	
(New Jersey) 	 	2024 SSBBRank: 6th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2017: 19th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 95th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2019: 1st 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 90th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	Spring 2019 PGRU: 43rd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	2024 SSBBRank: 10th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 42nd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2008: 1st SSBBRank 2014: 5th 	Widely considered the greatest Smash player of all-time and one of the Five Gods. Moved out of Tristate in 2014.
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 68th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	OrionRank Mid-Year 2022: 132nd 	
(New York) 	 	PGR v2: 18th Spring 2019 PGRU: 38th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2019: 25th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2018-2019: 1st PGR 100: 2nd Fall 2019 PGRU: 4th 	
(New York/New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 12th PGR v1: 34th 	Moved to SoCal in 2016.
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 77th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2019: 33rd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 42nd 	
(New York) 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2006: 3rd 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 107th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2023: 7th 	
(New York) 	 	UltRank 2022: 80th 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 44th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 45th 	Moved to Pennsylvania from South Carolina in 2024.
(New York) 	 	MPGR 2018: 26th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	PGR v5: 35th Spring 2019 PGRU: 18th 	
(New York) 	 	MPGR 2019: 73rd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 18th OrionRank 2016: 8th 	Moved to Florida in 2016.
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 66th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	PMRank 2023: 15th 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank 2018: 42nd Spring 2019 PGRU: 25th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 9th 	
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2017: 14th 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank Mid-Year 2022: HM 	
(New York) 	 	Spring 2019 PGRU: 49th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2016: 11th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	PMRank 2018: 2nd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 14th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 33rd 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 29th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	OrionRank 2019: 2nd 	One of the greatestUltimate players of all-time. Resided in the Midwest in Smash 4 and the first half of 2019.
(New York) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In: 74th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBBRank 2018-2019: 13th 	
(New York) 	 	SSBBRank 2016-2017: 4th PGR v1: 18th 	
(New York) 	 	MPGR 2018: 96th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 37th 	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 29th 	Moved out of Tristate at the start of Smash 4
(Pennsylvania) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 132nd 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2014: 46th 	
(New Jersey) 	 	SSBMRank 2017: 98th 	
 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 3rd 	Although originally from Chile, ZeRo spent much of his Brawl career living in the Tristate Area, where he quickly rose to become one of the best players in the world.
(New York) 	 	PMRank 2016: 32nd 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2024.1: 14th 	
===Nationally ranked players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
(New York) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 152nd	
(Pennsylvania) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 83rd 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 112th 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 116th 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 129th 	
(New York) 	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 107th 	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 171st	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 144th	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 56th 	
(New Jersey/New York)	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 129th	
(New York) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 191st	
(New Jersey) 	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 195th 	
===Other notable players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Notes
(New York) 	 	The best Melee Donkey Kong play in the golden age and remains one of the most recognizable Donkey Kong players.
(New York) 	 	One of the most famous Smash commentators. Currently banned.
(New Jersey) 	 	Nairo's brother. One of the best Brawl players in Tristate at his prime.
(New York City)	 	An old school player renowned for playing a variety of characters.
(Long Island) 	 	One of the most famous Melee commentators who lived in New York during most of his Smash career.
==Tournaments==
:See also: :Category:New York tournaments, :Category:New Jersey tournaments, :Category:Pennsylvania tournaments
===Notable tournament series===
Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region. 
Tournament 	Games	Type 	Status
(New Jersey) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(New York) 	 	Monthly 	Discontinued
(Pennsylvania) 	 	Weekly 	Ongoing
(New York) 	 	Weekly 	Ongoing
(New York/New Jersey)	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New York) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New York) 	 	Weekly/Monthly	Ongoing
(New Jersey) 	 	Biannual 	Ongoing
(New Jersey) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(Pennsylvania) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New Jersey) 	 	Unscheduled 	Discontinued
(New York) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New York) 	 	Weekly 	Discontinued
(New York) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(New Jersey) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New Jersey) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Pennsylvania) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New York) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(New York) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Pennsylvania) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
/ (New York) 	 	Weekly/Monthly	Ongoing
(New York) 	 	Annual 	
 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
===Notable tournaments===
Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level. 
Tournament 	Date 	Entrants	Supermajor	Major 	Superregional	Other
(New York) 	October 24th, 2004 	??? 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	February 25th-26th, 2006 	32+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	April 21st-23rd, 2006 	143+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	October 13th-14th, 2006 	208+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	May 5th-6th, 2007 	71+ 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	March 7th-8th, 2009 	136+ 	 	—	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	February 7th-8th, 2009 	249+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	May 9th-10th, 2009 	200+ 	— 	 	— 	
(New York) 	November 21st-22nd, 2009 	159+ 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	August 6th-8th, 2010 	400+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	November 20th-21st, 2010 	168+ 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	May 21st, 2011 	116 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	May 28th-29th, 2011 	83 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	August 14th, 2011 	130+ 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	October 30th, 2011 	58 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	November 19th-20th, 2011 	110+ 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	January 6th-8th, 2012 	1,000+ 	 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	May 26th-27th, 2012 	92+ 	— 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	June 2nd, 2012 	58 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	July 14th-15th, 2012 	140+ 	— 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	November 17th-18th, 2012 	110+ 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	December 22nd, 2012 	??? 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	January 5th, 2013 	38 	— 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	January 11th-13th, 2013 	500+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	June 1st-2nd, 2013 	120+ 	— 	 	 	
(New Jersey) 	August 3rd-4th, 2013 	141 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	July 6th-7th, 2013 	55+ 	— 	—	 	
(New York) 	November 16th-17th, 2013 	110+ 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	December 28th, 2013 	60+ 	— 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	January 17th-19th, 2014 	700+ 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	March 8th-9th, 2014 	110+ 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	May 31st-June 1st, 2014 	250+ 	 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	August 2nd-3rd, 2014 	418+ 	— 	 	 	
(New Jersey) 	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	1,600+ 	 	 	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	February 28th-March 1st, 2015 	194+ 	— 	 	— 	
(New York) 	April 25th-26th, 2015 	218 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	August 14th-16th, 2015 	200+ 	— 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	August 22nd-23rd, 2015 	160+ 	— 	—	 	
(Pennsylvania)	November 14th-15th, 2015 	160+ 	— 	 	— 	
(New Jersey) 	March 5th-6th, 2016 	368 	— 	 	 	—
(New York) 	March 27th, 2016 	196 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	April 16th, 2016 	172 	— 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	May 7th, 2016 	289 	— 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	June 11th, 2016 	428 	— 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	June 17th-19th, 2016 	500+ 	— 	—	 	
(Pennsylvania)	July 23rd-24th, 2016 	110 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	September 3rd, 2016 	193 	— 	—	 	
(New York) 	October 22nd-23rd, 2016 	88 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	October 28th-30th, 2016 	314 	 	—	 	
(New Jersey) 	November 19th, 2016 	493 	— 	 	— 	
(New York) 	January 7th-8th, 2017 	161 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	February 18th, 2017 	134 	— 	 	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	March 11th-12th, 2017 	68 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	April 1st-2nd, 2017 	192 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	May 12th-14th, 2017 	515 	— 	 	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	June 23rd-25th, 2017 	263 	— 	—	 	
(New York) 	November 3rd-5th, 2017 	61 	— 	—	 	—
(Pennsylvania)	January 13th-14th, 2018 	248 	— 	 	— 	
(Pennsylvania)	February 3rd, 2018 	242 	— 	—	 	—
(Pennsylvania)	February 17th, 2018 	315 	— 	—	 	
(Pennsylvania)	March 10th-11th, 2018 	96 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	March 31st, 2018 	273 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	April 7th, 2018 	101 	— 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	June 16th-17th, 2018 	140 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	July 7th-8th, 2018 	269 	— 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	July 29th, 2018 	26 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	July 29th-30th, 2018 	173 	— 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	December 22nd, 2018 	171 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	December 29th, 2018 	504 	— 	 	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	March 9th, 2019 	219 	— 	—	 	—
(Pennsylvania)	March 9th-10th, 2019 	41 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	March 16th-17th, 2019 	410 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	April 6th, 2019 	222 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	April 14th, 2019 	219 	— 	—	 	
(New York) 	June 15th, 2019 	235 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	July 19th-21st, 2019 	505 	— 	 	— 	
(New York) 	November 2nd, 2019 	148 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	November 9th, 2019 	229 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	January 3rd-5th, 2020 	655 	 	—	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	March 14th-15th, 2020 	50 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	June 12th, 2021 	16 	— 	—	 	—
(Pennsylvania)	June 19th-20th, 2021 	42 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	January 7th-9th, 2022 	690 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	March 12th-13th, 2022 	757 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	May 7th, 2022 	200 	— 	—	 	—
(Pennsylvania)	March 19th-20th, 2022 	56 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	November 18th-20th, 2022 	1,087 	— 	 	 	
(New York) 	December 30th-31st, 2022 	16 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	January 6th-8th, 2023 	791 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	February 11th, 2023 	129 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	March 10th-12th, 2023 	1,075 	 	 	— 	—
(Pennsylvania)	March 18th-19th, 2023 	72 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	July 8th-9th, 2023 	240 	— 	—	 	—
(Pennsylvania)	October 6th, 2023 	133 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	November 11th, 2023 	259 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	January 5th-7th, 2024 	915 	 	—	— 	—
(New Jersey) 	March 15th-17th, 2024 	1,183 	 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	October 26th, 2024 	295 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	October 26th, 2024 	129 	— 	—	 	—
(New York) 	December 7th-8th, 2024 	16 	— 	 	— 	—
(New York) 	January 3rd-5th, 2025 	861 	 	—	— 	—
(New York) 	January 19th, 2025 	8 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	January 25th, 2025 	127 	— 	—	 	—
(New Jersey) 	February 2nd 	48 	— 	—	 	—
===Largest singles events===
Rank	Tournament	Date 	Game	Attendance	Winner	Character(s)
1 	 	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	 	1,037 	 	
2 	 	January 5th-7th, 2024 	 	891 	 	
3 	 	January 3rd-5th, 2025 	 	832 	 	
4 	 	January 6th-8th, 2023 	 	791 	 	
5 	 	March 12th-13th, 2022 	 	749 	 	
6 	 	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	 	734 	 	
7 	 	March 15th-17th, 2024 	 	714 	 	
8 	 	January 3rd-5th, 2020 	 	650 	 	
9 	 	January 17th-19th, 2014 	 	629 	 	
10 	 	March 10th-12th, 2023 	 	619 	 	
==See also==
*Tristate Power Rankings
*New Jersey Power Rankings
*New York City Power Rankings
*NY/NJ Project M Power Rankings
*Philadelphia Power Rankings
Category:American regions