okay guys thanks for the tips. me and my brother have always played like this and i know if i go to these tourneys i will learn more things. I remember having a series of friendly matches with earl and he always beat me because he told me i overused the spotdodge and he could easily find a way to counter it. that was a LONG time ago, probably a full year. I have not been to one of these tourneys since january last year. (except for the manifest one, i entered and cosplayed as ike)
I've only just recently started playing mario, i go through different main characters all the time. I like to use Mario, R.O.B, Ike, King dedede and sometimes marth. I don't focus on playing one character because whenever i play brawl i always go random because we always play for fun and random matches. If i took the time to focus on one or two characters. It may be a bit easier.
I don't live in melbourne so I can't come to every tourney but I will come to the ones I can.
I can also bring a tv + brawl setup + hacked brawl for some lols