this is a long post, so long story short... GO TO THE LANFEST. bring others if possible. if you don't know what i'm talking about, read the beginning of the 3rd paragraph below this and it should be apparent.
i'm going to make 2 points clear on their boards, probably tomorrow, and i hope i have some people's support.
1. If they host a smash tourney, people will come.
2. If they don't host a smash tourney, they will just be losing out on money.
these points give the impression that we are of a benefit to their community, which means they should probably help us out(i.e. tourneys and a place in lanfests in the future) and also gives us some kind of say within the community. keep in mind we are talking about a community capable of renting out marriott hall here(a much bigger accomplishment than anything we on smashboards have been able to come up with). of course, in order to make this true, we need people to actually come. fortunately, we just need 15 people and we've got a smash tourney, but the more people there are the better.
i imagine most of you know about the lanfest at the marriot on the 17th. anyone who cares about having fun with this game and brawl in a competitive sense, not to mention the growth of this community, should make a point to go to this thing if they choose to have a smash tournament, and to get as many people as possible(i'm not talking about trying your best to advertise, just tell people you know who might be interested about it) to come and sign up for the smash tournament.
if we get them to do this and have a profitable turnout it will also make it easier for them to host said future events for various reasons which i am now too tired to expound upon here. either way, the benefit of having more than one person/locale(we already have wayne's world) willing to host tournaments is obvious, and in addition, it would help our community's growth.
i feel like a fool for writing this because almost all of you are probably planning on going anyways, or at the very least don't need this much convincing