Smasher:Vinnie

Vinnie is a smasher from Long Island, New York who mains in Brawl and dual-mains  and  in Smash 4. Vinnie was originally known as PGN or 1337PGN back when he first started entering tournaments. He was ranked 5th on the final Tristate Brawl Power Rankings, and 36th on the Panda Global Rankings 100; he was also formerly ranked 4th on the 2016-2017 SSBBRank, and 9th on the 2014 SSBBRank. In 2012, Vinnie traveled to Japan for an international tournament,, where he took Grand Finals to last game of the last set, barely losing to. In Brawl, he was considered to be the best Ice Climbers player in the United States and the best player in the world when he was fully active. Vinnie generally uses the word "Viva!" as his in-game tag (for VivaTheSaturn a fellow friend/Mr. Game & Watch main).

Additionally, Vinnie was one of the first players to take a set off of, managing to defeat a combination of ZeRo's Sheik and 3-2 in the first set of grand finals at  (although ZeRo ended up winning the second set 3-1 using Diddy Kong).