Guzzler Guzzler
Melee Elitist
Before I recount my experience from yesterday I just want to thank everyone who came out, this was a pretty sweet turnout and despite a few minor hiccups I think the tournament went very well.
In an effort to maintain full transparency I'd like to just take this space to write about my perspective of how things happened yesterday since there seems to be some confusion about what exactly happened yesterday.
Anyway so it all started when Tyler and I met with Keidrick (the manager of Quarters) about 1-2 months ago, it was our first time there and we were really impressed with the larger room they had there. This room was not the one we used but instead the much larger one in the front, I'm not sure if everyone got a chance to see it but it was easily a few times larger than the room we ended up in and it even had a bar and a stage. Anyway, Keidrick was unfamiliar with the smash scene but he was very intrigued by the idea of having a smash tournament, he even wanted to team up with gamestop in order to advertise but unfortunately we never got the ball rolling on that. Regardless the turnout was more then what we could have hoped for.
Tyler and I made the agreement with Keidrick to host the tournament at Quarters on the 20th with a $5 venue fee (all going to Quarters) and he said in exchange for the venue fee people would also be entitled to playing Laser Tag.
Fast forward to the date of the tournament, on my way to the venue I get a call from Logan (one of the TO's) who tells me that him and Tyler have arrived at the venue and had begun to setup but they had moved us to the back three rooms, apparently H&R Block paid Quarters $3,000 to rent the bigger room that we had been promised. Compare that to the ~$250 Keidrick would have made off of us I really have no qualms with his decision since he still gave us a room to play in and waived the venue fee. Unfortunately the room we ended up in smelled like feet so we had to grab some febreze and lysol to take care of the smell and then move a bunch of tables and setups in there afterwards. It was a bit of tight fit but it was a FREE venue with plenty of accommodations so I can't complain.
In regards to laser tag I didn't even bother asking Keidrick about it once he waived the venue fee since we all came to play Smashbros. I remember only one person who took the time to ask me about the laser tag situation and he didn't even enter any of the four tournaments.
In the future I plan to have a scale for payout next tournament, basically this means the more entrants we have the more spread out the pot is. I had this idea last minute and didn't want to change the payout so late because I thought that would be unfair. However since most turnouts are around 20 I think 60/30/10 is fine for those. But once you get to ~50 it should definitely change, especially with a $10 entry fee. Also it is more than likely the next PM tournament I host will be 3 stock. Aside from that I can't think of anything else to mention. Thanks again to everyone who showed up, hope we can get even more people to come next time.
Also shout outs to everyone who helped me TO, Sean, Steven, Logan, Ben, Matthew, and Taylor you guys rock
Results:
All events had a $10 entry fee ($5 per person for teams)
Project M Singles - http://smashboards.com/rankings/the-peoples-tournament-project-m-singles.1618/event
48 Entrants
Top 8:
1. Drinking Food
2. Lee Martin
3. TaylorHJ
4. Magi_
5. V
5. Dope
7. TRC_Arcadian | Owl
7. Chkn
Project M Doubles
14 Entrants
1: Lee & V (Lee & V)
2: Team 2nd Place (Taylor HJ & Dope)
3: Water Temple (Magi & Hunter)
4: Drinking Causey (TC & DF)
5: Team 13 (Ram & Eric)
5: Henessy (Moiy & Bloo)
7: New Shroom Special (Trey and Tferg)
7: **** (Iceman & File)
9: Team MAgma (Leo & Satan)
9: Green for Shrek (Cats & M7)
9: Project Death (Lu1Dent Dan & Sean)
9: Risky Business (Risk & JDiz)
13: Captain Workout (Jman & Ooks)
13: Team Action Force (M & Stink)
Melee Singles - http://smashboards.com/rankings/the-peoples-tournament-melee-singles.1619/event
28 Entrants
Top 8:
1. TaylorHJ
2. Lee Martin
3. Dope
4. TRC_Arcadian | Owl
5. Eet
5. Brizz
7. Citrus
7. Shu
Melee Doubles
10 Teams
1: Lee + Taylor (Lee & TaylorHJ)
2: Owl + Dope (Owl & Dope)
3: OG Princesses (Eet & V)
4: Mandarin (Citrus & Xin)
5: The Birds and The Beams (Risk & VVB)
5: Scorpadorp Corp
7: TBD
7: Pika Wobble
9: Jam & Jelly
9: Peach Fuzz
In an effort to maintain full transparency I'd like to just take this space to write about my perspective of how things happened yesterday since there seems to be some confusion about what exactly happened yesterday.
Anyway so it all started when Tyler and I met with Keidrick (the manager of Quarters) about 1-2 months ago, it was our first time there and we were really impressed with the larger room they had there. This room was not the one we used but instead the much larger one in the front, I'm not sure if everyone got a chance to see it but it was easily a few times larger than the room we ended up in and it even had a bar and a stage. Anyway, Keidrick was unfamiliar with the smash scene but he was very intrigued by the idea of having a smash tournament, he even wanted to team up with gamestop in order to advertise but unfortunately we never got the ball rolling on that. Regardless the turnout was more then what we could have hoped for.
Tyler and I made the agreement with Keidrick to host the tournament at Quarters on the 20th with a $5 venue fee (all going to Quarters) and he said in exchange for the venue fee people would also be entitled to playing Laser Tag.
Fast forward to the date of the tournament, on my way to the venue I get a call from Logan (one of the TO's) who tells me that him and Tyler have arrived at the venue and had begun to setup but they had moved us to the back three rooms, apparently H&R Block paid Quarters $3,000 to rent the bigger room that we had been promised. Compare that to the ~$250 Keidrick would have made off of us I really have no qualms with his decision since he still gave us a room to play in and waived the venue fee. Unfortunately the room we ended up in smelled like feet so we had to grab some febreze and lysol to take care of the smell and then move a bunch of tables and setups in there afterwards. It was a bit of tight fit but it was a FREE venue with plenty of accommodations so I can't complain.
In regards to laser tag I didn't even bother asking Keidrick about it once he waived the venue fee since we all came to play Smashbros. I remember only one person who took the time to ask me about the laser tag situation and he didn't even enter any of the four tournaments.
In the future I plan to have a scale for payout next tournament, basically this means the more entrants we have the more spread out the pot is. I had this idea last minute and didn't want to change the payout so late because I thought that would be unfair. However since most turnouts are around 20 I think 60/30/10 is fine for those. But once you get to ~50 it should definitely change, especially with a $10 entry fee. Also it is more than likely the next PM tournament I host will be 3 stock. Aside from that I can't think of anything else to mention. Thanks again to everyone who showed up, hope we can get even more people to come next time.
Also shout outs to everyone who helped me TO, Sean, Steven, Logan, Ben, Matthew, and Taylor you guys rock
Results:
All events had a $10 entry fee ($5 per person for teams)
Project M Singles - http://smashboards.com/rankings/the-peoples-tournament-project-m-singles.1618/event
48 Entrants
Top 8:
1. Drinking Food
2. Lee Martin
3. TaylorHJ
4. Magi_
5. V
5. Dope
7. TRC_Arcadian | Owl
7. Chkn
Project M Doubles
14 Entrants
1: Lee & V (Lee & V)
2: Team 2nd Place (Taylor HJ & Dope)
3: Water Temple (Magi & Hunter)
4: Drinking Causey (TC & DF)
5: Team 13 (Ram & Eric)
5: Henessy (Moiy & Bloo)
7: New Shroom Special (Trey and Tferg)
7: **** (Iceman & File)
9: Team MAgma (Leo & Satan)
9: Green for Shrek (Cats & M7)
9: Project Death (Lu1Dent Dan & Sean)
9: Risky Business (Risk & JDiz)
13: Captain Workout (Jman & Ooks)
13: Team Action Force (M & Stink)
Melee Singles - http://smashboards.com/rankings/the-peoples-tournament-melee-singles.1619/event
28 Entrants
Top 8:
1. TaylorHJ
2. Lee Martin
3. Dope
4. TRC_Arcadian | Owl
5. Eet
5. Brizz
7. Citrus
7. Shu
Melee Doubles
10 Teams
1: Lee + Taylor (Lee & TaylorHJ)
2: Owl + Dope (Owl & Dope)
3: OG Princesses (Eet & V)
4: Mandarin (Citrus & Xin)
5: The Birds and The Beams (Risk & VVB)
5: Scorpadorp Corp
7: TBD
7: Pika Wobble
9: Jam & Jelly
9: Peach Fuzz
