How to avoid Brawl lag?

[MaxwellGT2000]

I've only had lag during a 4 player game with fazz and Ken everyone else was pretty much lag free, I mean I played TheSource and isn't he from New York? I mean I'm almost as south as you can go (and still be in the US) and had a 99.9% lag free match with him (It slowed down once for a second)

It's mostly connection, but if its similar to playing Smash on the N64 online its also a bit of items, stage effects, and movement, but I doubt its that big of a deal for real Wi-Fi connection over an emulator.