the thing about TO is that we are really working hard to get recognized, and Joe/Gi were really aiming for RoS to be that first tourney to get Ontario hyped up and recognized. i have no beef with tin or what he did, but i am not going to lie as a third party who just sees the thread, i feel like tin's took hype away from joe's tourney; even if it was not intentional. there was already a blog posted about this on AiB and that blog was recommended, while none of the numerous blogs hyping RoS got that attention.
Using the word "national," and setting up a 2-day event with round 1 and round 2 pool system, making it MK banned, and having this in the summer which is a "better" time for tourneys all contribute to taking hype away from joe's tourney. tin should have posted the thread after RoS was over forreal, because travelling out of region is not easy or enjoyable to do, and many americans might not be up for doing that twice, which is why they might choose to go to only one tourney; that may being this one, taking away from joe's.
plus in general its kind of a **** move to promote your tourney when another BIG one is going to happen in just 2 weeks. youre basically taking away attention and hype from it, and for what purpose? this is in 5 months, the thread really couldnt have waited a couple more weeks? i just dont see the reason in when this thread was posted, it could easily have waited. what was the impulse (no pun intended) to post it right now? especially since, as joe said, not that much has been confirmed yet.
just my 2 cents though tin knows i love him, joe knows i love him, and if i could i would attend both. i am super hyped for both though, even made a ****en song to hype RoS, **** might even make a song to hype this out too cause i love our scene and i WANT people to come to BOTH tourneys.