Carolinas

The Carolinas is a Smash region that encompasses the U.S. states of and , combined together into a single region due to their close proximity to each other and constant crossovers between their individual Smash scenes. The region borders Maryland/Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the south. Tournament activity primarily takes place in North Carolina, especially in Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and the three cities' corresponding metropolitan areas, though South Carolina also has notable tournament activity in their portion of the Charlotte metropolitan area, Charleston, and Charleston's corresponding metropolitan area.
Due to being sandwiched between the larger MD/VA and Georgia/Florida regions, the Carolinas had a smaller scene compared to other American regions in early competitive play. Despite their smaller activity, the early 2010s saw the rise of several Smashers in the region, most notably , who became one of the Five Gods of Melee, and , a Florida native whose tournament career began while he went to university in South Carolina. The scene eventually became one of the fastest-growing scenes in the 2010s, with notable tournaments and tournament series such as and , , and attracting sizeable entrant numbers, including some from outside their region, and the tournament debuts of players such as and . The release of Ultimate especially saw the scene flourish like never before, thanks to greater success from the Just Roll With It! series and its spiritual successor, . As such, though the Carolinas remain smaller than the United States' historically largest scenes, their growth throughout the 2010s has made them formidable in competitive play.
==Smashers==
:See also: :Category:North Carolina smashers, :Category:South Carolina smashers
The following players are currently or were previously ranked. Their highest placement is listed.
===Globally ranked players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
(North Carolina) 	 	SSBMRank 2015: 85th 	
(South Carolina) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 68th 	Originally from Newfoundland, and went to university in South Carolina beginning in 2023.
(North Carolina/South Carolina)	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 122nd 	
(North Carolina) 	 	LumiRank 2024.2: 126th 	
(South Carolina) 	 	SSBMRank 2015: 81st SSBBRank 2014: 6th PGR v1: 14th	Originally from Florida and eventually moved back in 2015, but started his competitive career while residing in South Carolina.
(South Carolina) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 64th 	Moved to Pennsylvania in 2024.
(North Carolina) 	 	2017 64 League Rankings: 29th 	
(North Carolina) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 69th OrionRank 2017: 117th 	
(South Carolina) 	 	SSBMRank 2023: 68th 	
(South Carolina) 	 	OrionRank 2017: 85th LumiRank 2024.2: 42nd 	
(North Carolina) 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2012: 2nd 	One of the Five Gods of Melee.
(North Carolina) 	 	UltRank 2022: 97th 	
(South Carolina) 	 	Fall 2019 PGRU: 45th 	
(North Carolina) 	 	MPGR 2019: 93rd 	
(North Carolina) 	 	UltRank 2022: 67th 	Originally from North Carolina, and went to university in Ohio during the height of his competitive activity.
(North Carolina) 	 	SSBMRank 2015: 62.5th 	Accidentally omitted from the SSBMRank 2015, and would have been ranked 63rd.
===Nationally ranked players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
(South Carolina)	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 134th	
(South Carolina)	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 199th	Moved to Thailand.
(South Carolina)	 	OrionRank 2022 North America: 128th 	Moved to South Carolina from Virginia in 2022.
===Other notable players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Notes
(North Carolina)	 	Tournament organizer for the Just Roll With It! series.
(North Carolina)	 	Responsible for discovering several notable Link techniques in Melee.
(South Carolina)	 	One of the best Melee players in South Carolina.
(North Carolina)	 	North Carolina's best Melee player in the post-Project Slippi era.
==Tournaments==
:See also: :Category:North Carolina tournaments, :Category:South Carolina tournaments
===Notable tournament series===
Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region. 
Tournament 	Games	Type 	Status
(North Carolina/South Carolina)	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(South Carolina) 	 	Monthly 	Ongoing
(North Carolina) 	 	Unscheduled	Discontinued
(North Carolina) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
===Notable tournaments===
Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level. 
Tournament 	Date 	Entrants	Supermajor	Major 	Superregional	Other
(North Carolina)	August 27th-29th, 2010 	148 	— 	 	— 	—
(North Carolina)	March 14th-15th, 2015 	220 	— 	—	 	—
(North Carolina)	July 1st, 2017 	385 	— 	—	 	—
(North Carolina)	November 17th-19th, 2017	516 	— 	—	 	
(North Carolina)	June 15th, 2019 	359 	— 	—	 	—
(South Carolina)	June 15th-16th, 2019 	209 	— 	—	 	—
(North Carolina)	January 11th, 2020 	426 	— 	—	 	—
(North Carolina)	February 5th, 2022 	223 	— 	—	 	—
(North Carolina)	July 16th-17th, 2022 	294 	— 	—	 	—
(South Carolina)	March 25th-26th, 2023 	168 	— 	—	 	—
(North Carolina)	July 15th-16th, 2023 	318 	— 	—	 	
(North Carolina)	July 6th-7th, 2024 	429 	— 	 	— 	
(North Carolina)	February 8th, 2025 	154 	— 	—	 	—
===Largest singles events===
Rank	Tournament	Date 	Game	Attendance	Winner	Character(s)
1 	 	January 11th, 2020 	 	419 	 	
2 	 	July 1st, 2017 	 	369 	 	
3 	 	June 15th, 2019 	 	352 	 	
4 	 	July 6th-7th, 2024 	 	330 	 	
5 	 	November 6th-7th, 2021	 	323 	 	
6 	 	July 16th-17th, 2022 	 	291 	 	
7 	 	February 29th, 2020 	 	287 	 	
8 	 	July 15th-16th, 2023 	 	240 	 	
9 	 	February 9th, 2019 	 	242 	 	
10 	 	March 14th-15th, 2015 	 	220 	 	
==See also==
*North Carolina Power Rankings
*South Carolina Power Rankings
Category:American regions