That and the fact, to me, he didn't look very impressive. Mainly his Falco is what bothered me. All those wasted grabs....
In LT's defense, he wasn't playing well that day and as far as I can tell, he doesn't really know how to fight Bowser. He also doesn't main Falco...
LT is currently considered the best player in the state because he's been winning the tournaments for a while now. He's a good player that uses the top tier characters and isn't afraid to CP, you do the math.
EDIT: And besides, no offense, but being the best in Hawaii... doesn't carry alot of weight. It's one of those states you know is cool and stuff, but you don't really think about it... at all, since nothing happens there. >.>
lol, I can see where you're coming from. As an isolated region, Hawaii definitely is it's own metagame and it's difficult to compare its players to the ones on the mainland. In fact, it'd be tough to believe that Hawaii is any good at all, since we don't really play anyone who's recognized as a good player on a regular basis.
However, our once a year tournament where OoS players come down to play is almost here (shameless HSI plug comin' up):
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=233888 (come to the HSI)
I'm not gonna lie, last year we got beat down pretty hard by PC Chris (yeah, I know he doesn't play Brawl anymore). Most of our smashers were very new to competitive smash back then, so the majority of us obviously weren't ready for a seasoned pro like PC. That being said, a year's gone by since then and hopefully things have changed. With PhantomX already confirmed and NinjaLink potentially coming as well, we'll be able to test ourselves against notable mainland players once again.
From what I hear, the Hawaii smashers are eager to put their skills to the test against the incoming players. Will we succeed in winning our own tournament? Probably not, but you never know. Heck, even I might stop sandbagging long enough to attempt to win if I get paired against an OoS player late in brackets.
So what's my point? I don't have one. Come to the HSI...