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Ultimate Local Winners: October 18-24, 2022

By Dara "Daramgar" M. Gar | 10/28/22

While the Ludwig Smash Invitational was the big event everyone had their eyes on this week, it didn’t stop hundreds of competitors from around the globe continuing to do what they do best. Let’s have a quick look at some of the recent notable events on this week’s edition of Ultimate Local Winners!

Western Hemisphere

Of course, MkLeo's
Byleth
Joker
win at the Ludwig Smash Invitational was the main event of the week. Check out our half-hour recap of the event below!
At 273 entrants, Viva la Smash in Mexico City was this week’s largest event in the world. AlanDiss
Snake
himself took the grand prize, placing over esteemed talent such as MKBigBoss
R.O.B.
, Cali
Sephiroth
Fox
Zero Suit Samus
, and Rox
Sheik
.
Thirty4
Olimar
took it all at Honeypot 4: Lost in the Woods in Davenport, Iowa. The return of this regional series attracted notable players like Comet
Fox
, Epic_Gabriel
R.O.B.
, and Skar
Cloud
, who placed 2nd through 4th, respectively.
Fall GatorLAN 2022 in Gainesville, Florida saw AwDaSea
Diddy Kong
making an incredible reverse 3-0 against TM7_ZAP
Bowser Jr.
Luigi
. Sebayee
Mr. Game and Watch
earned a respectable 3rd and Nerva
Palutena
4th.
At 101 entrants, Bourbon State Gaming: Double Barreled VI in Lexington, Kentucky saw Jin
Pyra/Mythra
as its victor. DarkShad
Shulk
took 2nd, PsyKoD
Ike
3rd, and Vult
Steve
4th.

Eastern Hemisphere

With 201 entrants, Sumabato 31 takes this week’s largest event of the Eastern Hemisphere. Taking place in Daito, Japan, Kome
Shulk
took it all over the likes of Miya
Mr. Game and Watch
Steve
Donkey Kong
, Yoshidora
Yoshi
, and Kaninabe
Fox
.
In the French city of Rennes, the country’s typical high-level players filled up the Top 4 of Excalibur III : Rebirth x Cadets de Bretagne, including NaetorU
Pichu
, Ogey
Captain Falcon
, TonyClackos
Roy
, and TSKFC
Ness
.
Jumping on over back to Japan, this time in Koshigaya, *deep breath* Koshisuma x Super Smash Brothers Shintoshin 1 took place. Takera
Ken
took 1st, MASA
Falco
Ness
2nd, Abadango
Palutena
Samus
3rd, and Gorioka
Joker
Pyra/Mythra
Sephiroth
Mewtwo
4th.
Finally, Nitox
Lucas
won BDE Last Stock over in Paris, Francis. Placing well as per usual, Flow
Roy
, Leon
Lucina
, and Raflow
Palutena
filled up the rest of the Top 4. 
You can find your least favorite Super Smash Bros. commentator Dara “Daramgar” M. Gar over on Twitter @daramgaria!