Cobrevolution
Smash Master
chibo said on fb they plan on having 96 tournament tv's available at any time. i wrote a response: https://www.facebook.com/events/137...d=1484644335094187&offset=0&total_comments=45
starting 64 at 4pm after 6 hours in the venue is dumb. start at noon with round robin pools, make melee and brawl bring their own TV's, and refuse to give your tv's to other games because you brought it to play YOUR game on. staff can't complain about lack of setups if everyone brings a bunch.
"you are bringing your TV for the tournament staff to use, not just for your game."
don't be dumb.
the tournament staff cannot take your property away from you. if you bring a FULL SETUP for 64 and the staff says "we have enough 64 setups, i think we should use the tv for melee" you have every right to decline and use YOUR own property for YOUR setup for YOUR game.
it just so happens that people are generally nice enough to let the other communities use their stuff.
the issue, chibo, is that we're currently being given 4 hours to run 2 32 man brackets, then another 4 hours to run 2 more. we are then being given ~4 hours of stream time, for top8.
what that conveys to me is that top 8 will take about as long as a full local tourney, because it's basically the same amount of allotted time. that is, quite simply, not the case.
with round robin pools, they can easily be started two hours earlier, at 2pm. most people are already going to be there really early to play anyway, and if the venue opens at 10am, but 64 doesn't start til 4, that's 6 hours of just dead time used for friendlies/crews/warmups.
that time can be spent getting through round robin pools. there is very clearly enough time. further, if we're allotted almost four hours of stream time, we can get top 8 or even top 12 to fill that all up.
i am not saying i do not want friendlies or crews or OC teams. i'm saying there is PLENTY of time available.
don't be dumb.
the tournament staff cannot take your property away from you. if you bring a FULL SETUP for 64 and the staff says "we have enough 64 setups, i think we should use the tv for melee" you have every right to decline and use YOUR own property for YOUR setup for YOUR game.
it just so happens that people are generally nice enough to let the other communities use their stuff.
the issue, chibo, is that we're currently being given 4 hours to run 2 32 man brackets, then another 4 hours to run 2 more. we are then being given ~4 hours of stream time, for top8.
what that conveys to me is that top 8 will take about as long as a full local tourney, because it's basically the same amount of allotted time. that is, quite simply, not the case.
with round robin pools, they can easily be started two hours earlier, at 2pm. most people are already going to be there really early to play anyway, and if the venue opens at 10am, but 64 doesn't start til 4, that's 6 hours of just dead time used for friendlies/crews/warmups.
that time can be spent getting through round robin pools. there is very clearly enough time. further, if we're allotted almost four hours of stream time, we can get top 8 or even top 12 to fill that all up.
i am not saying i do not want friendlies or crews or OC teams. i'm saying there is PLENTY of time available.
starting 64 at 4pm after 6 hours in the venue is dumb. start at noon with round robin pools, make melee and brawl bring their own TV's, and refuse to give your tv's to other games because you brought it to play YOUR game on. staff can't complain about lack of setups if everyone brings a bunch.
