Laijin
Smash Hero
I hope everyone is fully aware on how Apex pools are gonna be ran.
630 players. Second largest Melee tournament of all time.
32 pools. top 2 make it out.
That's about 20 players per BRACKET pool.
Compare this to EVO.
696 players.
46 pools. Top 2 make it out.
Around 14 people per pool.
Comparing the two tournaments, EVO is ran about 8 or 9 different games with hundreds of players in each of them. Apex is running 10 different games, with less than 100(most will probably even get less than 50) players in most of those games.
As far as setups go, there will probably be 50+ setups at the tournament(My guess is way more, considering how many Alex Strife promised and how many the community will probably bring).
EVO on the the other hand only had about 16 setups to run ALL of pools and the entire tournament.
My point is. I'm finding it really hard to figure out why there are so few pools for such a large tournament. Every single player I've spoken to this about feels like they wasting their money entirely with this tournament and the way its setup. Generally in a pool you have 2 or 3 very good players who are likely to make it out. In this tournament, that number will probably reach to about 5 or 6 very good players. Nobody wants to go to a national, spend hundreds of dollars getting there and entering and then going 0-2 because of how the tournament is structured and set up. There is no excuse, or even time constraints wise as to why there are only 32 pools.
Thoughts?
630 players. Second largest Melee tournament of all time.
32 pools. top 2 make it out.
That's about 20 players per BRACKET pool.
Compare this to EVO.
696 players.
46 pools. Top 2 make it out.
Around 14 people per pool.
Comparing the two tournaments, EVO is ran about 8 or 9 different games with hundreds of players in each of them. Apex is running 10 different games, with less than 100(most will probably even get less than 50) players in most of those games.
As far as setups go, there will probably be 50+ setups at the tournament(My guess is way more, considering how many Alex Strife promised and how many the community will probably bring).
EVO on the the other hand only had about 16 setups to run ALL of pools and the entire tournament.
My point is. I'm finding it really hard to figure out why there are so few pools for such a large tournament. Every single player I've spoken to this about feels like they wasting their money entirely with this tournament and the way its setup. Generally in a pool you have 2 or 3 very good players who are likely to make it out. In this tournament, that number will probably reach to about 5 or 6 very good players. Nobody wants to go to a national, spend hundreds of dollars getting there and entering and then going 0-2 because of how the tournament is structured and set up. There is no excuse, or even time constraints wise as to why there are only 32 pools.
Thoughts?
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