Nebulous Launches Tristate Melee Circuit

New York City's Nebulous Gaming has recently announced the Tri-State region's first ever Super Smash Bros. Melee circuit, The Tri-State Circuit.

Players in the circuit will be divided into four regions: New York State, New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut. The top three highest-ranking players in each region will earn a spot in a 16-man invitational at the end of the circuit, as will four more players who earn enough points. Circuit points can be earned at King of the Jungle VI, Ghost Pepper Smash, Apollo IV (pre-registration only) and Frame Trap House 13, as well as Hall of Gaming and AON's weekly and monthly events, respectively.

You can expect to see the following players competing in the circuit:

New York City

• James "Swedish Delight" Liu
• Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch
• Jacob "JFlex" Pinto
• Kyle "dizzkidboogie" Athayde
• Aziz "Hax$" Al-Yami
• Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" William Pilar
• Gordon "G$" Connell
• Cody "iBDW" Schwab
• Alex "Beerman" Ucles
• Evan "Animal" James

New York State

• Alex "Captain Smuckers" Cottrell
• Bryan "Kaeon" Somaiah
• Toussaint "2saint" Turnier
  
• Jake "Jmook" DiRado Arvonio
  
• Erik "Manalord" Garb

New Jersey

• Kilmer "Mayb" Varela
• Devin "Zealous5000" Ou
• Nico "Ryobeat" Rodriguez

Connecticut

• Anthony "Slox" Detres
• Tim "Phantom Renegade" Tilley
• Tyler "Lint" Auger

The tournament will be held at Nebulous Gaming NYC and is slated to have a $1,000 pot bonus. If you want to see Tri-State's biggest tournament of the year, tune in to the Nebulous stream at 5:00 PM ADT on August 5th.
Nebulous Gaming is the home of esports and TCG events in New York City. They host weekly tournaments for Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. and Project M. You can find out more about them here.