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The '''Carolinas''' is a ''Smash'' region that encompasses the U.S. states of {{iw|wikipedia|North Carolina}} and {{iw|wikipedia|South Carolina}}, combined together into a single region due to bordering 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 {{Sm|PPMD}}, who became one of [[the Five Gods]] of ''Melee'', and {{Sm|ESAM}}, 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 {{Trn|Bad Moon Rising}} and {{Trn|Bad Moon Rising 2}}, {{Trn|Clash of the Carolinas|series}}, and {{Trn|Just Roll With It!|series}} attracting sizeable entrant numbers, including some from outside their region, and the tournament debuts of players such as {{Sm|Raz}} and {{Sm|Peabnut}}. 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, {{Trn|Patchwork|series}}. 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===
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!width="25%"|Tag!!Character(s)!!Best placement!!Notes
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|{{Sm|$mike|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[SSBMRank 2015]]: 85th||
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|{{Sm|Anarchy|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Greninja|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[LumiRank 2024.2]]: 68th||Originally from [[Newfoundland]], and went to university in South Carolina beginning in 2023.
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|{{Sm|Donquavious|USA}} (North Carolina/South Carolina)||{{Head|Greninja|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Greninja|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse]]: 122nd||
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|{{Sm|Endothia|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[LumiRank 2024.2]]: 126th||
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|{{Sm|ESAM|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Samus|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSB4|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[SSBMRank 2015]]: 81st<br>{{GameIcon|SSBB}} [[SSBBRank 2014]]: 6th<br>{{GameIcon|SSB4}} [[PGR v1]]: 14th||Originally from [[Florida]] and eventually moved back in 2015, but started his competitive career while residing in South Carolina.
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|{{Sm|Raz|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[SSBMRank 2022]]: 64th||Moved to [[Tristate Area|Pennsylvania]] in 2024.
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|{{Sm|lord narwhal|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Captain Falcon|g=SSB|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSB}} [[2017 64 League Rankings]]: 29th||
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|{{Sm|Mekos|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Lucas|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucas|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucas|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBB}} [[SSBBRank 2014]]: 69th<br>{{GameIcon|SSB4}} [[OrionRank 2017]]: 117th||
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|{{Sm|Panko|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[SSBMRank 2023]]: 68th||
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|{{Sm|Peabnut|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Mega Man|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Mega Man|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSB4}} [[OrionRank 2017]]: 85th<br>{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[UltRank Delta 2025]]: 10th||
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|{{Sm|PPMD|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[RetroSSBMRank 2012]]: 2nd||One of [[the Five Gods]] of ''Melee''.
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|{{Sm|Regalo|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Lucas|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucas|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[UltRank 2022]]: 97th||
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|{{Sm|RFang|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Pichu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[Fall 2019 PGRU]]: 45th||
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|{{Sm|Sharkz|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{PMHead|Ice Climbers|s=20px}}{{PMHead|Pit|s=20px}}{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[MPGR 2019]]: 93rd||
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|{{Sm|Toast|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[UltRank 2022]]: 67th||Originally from North Carolina, and went to university in [[Ohio]] during the height of his competitive activity.
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|{{Sm|Twitch|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[SSBMRank 2015]]: 62.5th||Accidentally omitted from the SSBMRank 2015, and would have been ranked 63rd.
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|{{Sm|Zasa|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}} [[SSBMRank 2025]]: 73rd||
|}

===Nationally ranked players===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Tag!!Character(s)!!Best placement!!Notes
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|{{Sm|Benny&TheJets|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|ROB|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[OrionRank North America Top 200]]: 134th||
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|{{Sm|Eldin|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Rosalina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[OrionRank North America Top 200]]: 199th||Moved to [[Thailand]].
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|{{Sm|NoTag|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Samus|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{GameIcon|SSBU}} [[OrionRank 2022/North America|OrionRank 2022 North America]]: 128th||Moved to South Carolina from [[Virginia]] in 2022.
|}

===Other notable players===
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!Tag!!Character(s)!!Notes
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|{{Sm|Kam Steele|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Fox|g=SSB4|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||Tournament organizer for the Just Roll With It! series.
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|{{Sm|Savestate|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Link|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||Responsible for discovering several notable Link techniques in ''Melee''.
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|{{Sm|SmashBob SquarePants|USA}} (South Carolina)||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||One of the best ''Melee'' players in South Carolina.
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|{{Sm|Zasa|USA}} (North Carolina)||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}||North Carolina's best ''Melee'' player in the post-[[Project Slippi]] era.
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==Tournaments==
:''See also: [[:Category:North Carolina tournaments]], [[:Category:South Carolina tournaments]]''

===Notable tournament series===
Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region. 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Tournament!!Games!!Type!!Status
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|{{Trn|Clash of the Carolinas|series}} (North Carolina/South Carolina)||{{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||Annual||Discontinued
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|{{Trn|Clemson Series Smash}} (South Carolina)||{{GameIcon|SSB}}{{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}{{GameIcon|P+}}||Monthly||Ongoing
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|{{Trn|Just Roll With It!|series}} (North Carolina)||{{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||Unscheduled||Discontinued
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|{{Trn|Patchwork|series}} (North Carolina)||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||Annual||Ongoing
|}

===Notable tournaments===
Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level. 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Tournament!!Date!!Entrants!!Supermajor!!Major!!Superregional!!Other
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|{{Trn|MLG Raleigh 2010}} (North Carolina)||August 27th-29th, 2010||148||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBB}}||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Bad Moon Rising}} (North Carolina)||March 14th-15th, 2015||220||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Bad Moon Rising 2}} (North Carolina)||July 1st, 2017||385||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Super FamiCon 2017}} (North Carolina)||November 17th-19th, 2017||516||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}{{GameIcon|SSB4-U}}||{{GameIcon|SSB}}{{GameIcon|PM}}
|-
|{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 11}} (North Carolina)||June 15th, 2019||359||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|2GG: Grand Tour - South Carolina}} (South Carolina)||June 15th-16th, 2019||209||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 12}} (North Carolina)||January 11th, 2020||426||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|The Peabnut Formal}} (North Carolina)||February 5th, 2022||223||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 2022}} (North Carolina)||July 16th-17th, 2022||294||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Rock the Winds}} (South Carolina)||March 25th-26th, 2023||168||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Patchwork}} (North Carolina)||July 15th-16th, 2023||318||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}
|-
|{{Trn|Patchwork 2024}} (North Carolina)||July 6th-7th, 2024||429||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}
|-
|{{Trn|RedShift: Singularity}} (North Carolina)||February 8th, 2025||154||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
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|{{Trn|Peabnut Homecoming}} (South Carolina)||March 8th, 2025||185||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||&mdash;
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|{{Trn|Patchwork 2025: All Patched Up!}} (North Carolina)||June 28th-29th, 2025||407||&mdash;||&mdash;||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}
|}

===Largest singles events===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank!!Tournament!!Date!!Game!!Attendance!!Winner!!Character(s)
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|'''1'''||{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 12}}||January 11th, 2020||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||419||{{Sm|Wrath|USA}}||{{Head|Sonic|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
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|'''2'''||{{Trn|Bad Moon Rising 2}}||July 1st, 2017||{{GameIcon|SSBM}}||369||{{Sm|Hungrybox|USA}}||{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
|'''3'''||{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 11}}||June 15th, 2019||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||352||{{Sm|Abadango|Japan}}||{{Head|Inkling|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''4'''||{{Trn|Patchwork 2024}}||July 6th-7th, 2024||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||330||{{Sm|MuteAce|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''5'''||{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 13}}||November 6th-7th, 2021||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||323||{{Sm|Lima|USA}}||{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''6'''||{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 2022}}||July 16th-17th, 2022||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||291||{{Sm|MuteAce|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''7'''||{{Trn|Patchwork 2025: All Patched Up!}}||June 28th-29th, 2025||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||289||{{Sm|Peabnut|USA}}||{{Head|Mega Man|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''8'''||{{Trn|Clash Of The Carolinas III}}||February 29th, 2020||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||287||{{Sm|Kola|USA}}||{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Snake|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''9'''||{{Trn|Patchwork}}||July 15th-16th, 2023||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||240||{{Sm|MuteAce|USA}}||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|-
|'''10'''||{{Trn|Just Roll With It! 10}}||February 9th, 2019||{{GameIcon|SSBU}}||242||{{Sm|Puppeh|USA}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Isabelle|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Pac-Man|g=SSBU|s=16px}}
|}

==See also==
*[[North Carolina Power Rankings]]
*[[South Carolina Power Rankings]]

{{Smash regions}}
[[Category:American regions]]
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