[Apr 19, 2014] No Johns Monthly! April 19th!! Project M ! (Nanuet, NY)

[Milos]

I have sat's Saturday, I'll be there afterwards. What's the first tournament going to be? Doubles again?

 

[Rain(ame)]

after reading the spoc thread and seeing that scar is doing singles pools and only advancing the top 32 players, i think that is a good idea that should possibly be done for this. it makes the tourney run faster (with a good chance of having draft crews at the end), gives more accurate skill seeding, and you can think of it as everyone who makes it to bracket gets some form of circuit points.

While I agree with that, let's make Draft Crews fair, guys. It sucks for someone to show up...wait X amount of hours and then find out (s)he's not gonna be picked for crews. I mean it REALLY sucks.

 

[UltimaScout]

after reading the spoc thread and seeing that scar is doing singles pools and only advancing the top 32 players, i think that is a good idea that should possibly be done for this. it makes the tourney run faster (with a good chance of having draft crews at the end), gives more accurate skill seeding, and you can think of it as everyone who makes it to bracket gets some form of circuit points.

Agreed...

Just make sure when you make up the pools that you ONLY put me in with Peach's and Fox's. We need to be consistent here or else it might appear that I'm better than I am.

 

[Scar]

Pools can be faster if they are well-run, but they generally aren't and are therefore much slower (since pools = more matches total to be run). It's up to Alukard here but I would say wait to see how many people show up.

Starting teams an hour early would do a lot more good than anything else IMO, be strict and prompt w/ start times and crews WILL happen.

 

[DCScribZ]

Draft crews wasn't even on the agenda for this one. >.>

By the way, with this list of attendees, this bracket is going to be utterly dangerous.

 

[Scar]

Yeah lol since Brawl, Melee has gotten way more competitive. I hope that drives people to come out more and play more, I think it'll make some people want to quit though.

Melee: ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE.

 

[Alukard]

ok so ... updatezzzz

doubles moved from 5$ to 10$ ...

crews are going to happen if everyone listens to my mm near the end of singles and not at the beginning cuz i will shut off ur gamecube if ur not signed up for everything ... NO JOHNS

BIG ONE HERE .... BRING EXACT MONIES ... DONT GIVE ME A BILL AND EXPECT ME TO CREATE CHANGE LIKE A MAGICIAN ... I WILL NOT B ABLE TO I DONT HAVE A CASH REGISTER TO WORK WITH !!!!

DRAFT CREWS ARE GOING TO B 5$!!!! SO STEP IT UP IF U DONT WANT TO LOSE FOR UR SIDE WHEN U GET PICKED BECAUSE EVERYONE IS PLAYING AS ALWAYS!!!

VENUE!!!!!!!! IS STILL $5 .... DONT U LOVE IT =]

 

[CT Chia]

uhg $5 for draft crews? i hate money lol

btw this tourney is going to be featured on all is brawl, which should hopefully get some more ppl to come

pools take a while but are needed for accurate seeding. but to save time thats why a 32 person bracket after pools (instead of promoting everyone) would work good. spoc's normally do doubles, pooled singles, and have time for crews

 

[Alukard]

uhg $5 for draft crews? i hate money lol

btw this tourney is going to be featured on all is brawl, which should hopefully get some more ppl to come

pools take a while but are needed for accurate seeding. but to save time thats why a 32 person bracket after pools (instead of promoting everyone) would work good. spoc's normally do doubles, pooled singles, and have time for crews

ALSO WAT HE SAID IS GOING DOWN ...

BUT CHIBO ... that isn't news to me ... we talked about this on aim already ... and i said pools are fine ... but we can still do crews i kno it ^_^ cuz commentary crews are awesome =P

 

[Scar]

You def need to be on top of all this though, pools seeding is pretty hard, separating by skill and region w/ a bunch of players you don't know.

 

[Mogwai]

Yea, it's like, really difficult. And it's one thing that Tio is pretty much completely useless for... :\

 

[Scar]

AGREED. Even promotion has been glitchy from time to time. My advice is to just draw up pools by hand, enter the top 32 into a singles bracket and just give them skill levels according to their placement in pools.

 

[Alukard]

AGREED. Even promotion has been glitchy from time to time. My advice is to just draw up pools by hand, enter the top 32 into a singles bracket and just give them skill levels according to their placement in pools.

well i am going to b tryin extra hard at this event for sure ... u guys need to run by how to do pools tho ... and i can take it from there ... i've never done them lol

 

[Heart Break Kid]

Wtf. lol Scar or whoevers driving from Phili bring my ***** LK to this ****

 

[GrammarPolice]

pools take a while but are needed for accurate seeding. but to save time thats why a 32 person bracket after pools (instead of promoting everyone) would work good.

Good is most commonly used as an adjective, it is used to modify nouns. It would be a good idea to have a 32 man bracket after pools. Good modifies the noun "idea" in this case and is thus properly used.

Well is most commonly used as an adverb, it is used primarily to modify verbs. A 32 man bracket after pools would work well. Well modifies the verb "work" in this case and is thus properly used.

Things do not work good, they work well.

 

[Warrior of Zarona]

I approve.

 

[Pakman]

Good is most commonly used as an adjective, it is used to modify nouns. It would be a good idea to have a 32 man bracket after pools. Good modifies the noun "idea" in this case and is thus properly used.

Well is most commonly used as an adverb, it is used primarily to modify verbs. A 32 man bracket after pools would work well. Well modifies the verb "work" in this case and is thus properly used.

Things do not work good, they work well.

Thank you, Scar. Should there be commas after the usage of the word, "thus", in your statement?

 

[GrammarPolice]

Thank you, Scar. Should there be commas after the usage of the word, "thus", in your statement?

A good rule of thumb when figuring out comma placement is to say a sentence out loud and to pay attention to where natural pauses in your speaking pattern arise.

Try saying the sentence aloud (you can replace the word "therefore" for "thus" if "thus" is not a word you are used to saying). With the "is" positioned in front of the "thus/therefore," it would not sound natural to have a pause following the "thus." If however, I had swapped the positioning of "thus" and "is," the pause would sound correct and imply that a comma would be necessary. However, the sentences in my original post are correct as written.

 

[Nick Nasty]

Hey Alukard are you still lowering the fee for those who bring setups? I'm still bringing one reguardless, but I just wanted to know if you're still doing that.

 

[CanISmash]

draft crews for monays with scrubs like me. awwwwwwww shiiiet.

p.s. im honestly doing my very best to get there. i cant get a ride from philly. also anyone who has taken the 3.50 bus how often does tha tbus come and how long does it take.

im gonna be hungover and try to wake up at 7:30 to get to ny by 10 to go to new jersey from there. i say like 40 bucks by extending the trip...

but yeah.

 

[Linguini]

Im coming from Manhattan but I have no idea how to get to this place from morning side heights,can someone local explain to me on aim or something? lol

 

[Pakman]

We could draft crew everyone and have an A team and a B team for each crew, and have pro and amateur crew battles separately.

 

[Scar]

Try saying the sentence aloud (you can replace the word "therefore" for "thus" if "thus" is not a word you are used to saying).

You're good... but I'm better!

 

[Rain(ame)]

Grammar Police...? If it's not Scar, then it's probably DM, lol.

 

[Scar]

No, I doubt that.

 

[GrammarPolice]

You're good... but I'm better!

Oh bollix, you seem to have gotten me there.

However, I'm not here to correct mistypings, as such a task would be utterly daunting on the internet. Rather, my job as grammar police is to point out misuses such as our good friend Chibo's misuse of "good" where he should have used "well," in an attempt to prevent potentially embarrassing repeats of such mistakes.

 

[Warrior of Zarona]

I know who GrammarPolice is.

<3

 

[teh_spamerer]

No, I doubt that.

I agree with Scar. It's not dm because it's actually funny

 

[DCScribZ]

I agree with Scar. It's not dm because it's actually funny

::sniff sniff::

Anybody else smell something burning?

 

[UltimaScout]

We could draft crew everyone and have an A team and a B team for each crew, and have pro and amateur crew battles separately.

How do I fit in to all that?

Imo... too good to be amatuer, too bad to be pro. >_>

 

[CT Chia]

alukard - i know we talked on aim about pools n stuff, i was just suggesting now that you should only advance the top 32 players to the bracket, instead of promoting everyone. you might have already been planning on doing that though, idk.

as for tio and pools, what i do is i use tio for the pools so all the results are on there, then if you are promoting an even amount of ppl like 32, you should be able to use the promote winners option no problem, but if it errors for some reason, i just make the singles bracket event on their from scratch and enter the 32 advanced players and give em skill seeding like scar said. or u can make em by brackets and il enter the paper pools into tio myself

the best thing about draft crews imo is that like everyone participates, and the money will drive away some great ppl, even the great players like spammer lol
just do it like 2 or 3 biweeklies ago where we did 4 draft crews and did a double elim bracket. or even single elim if time doesnt permit. and make it free lol

 

[R3N0]

alukard - i know we talked on aim about pools n stuff, i was just suggesting now that you should only advance the top 32 players to the bracket, instead of promoting everyone. you might have already been planning on doing that though, idk.

as for tio and pools, what i do is i use tio for the pools so all the results are on there, then if you are promoting an even amount of ppl like 32, you should be able to use the promote winners option no problem, but if it errors for some reason, i just make the singles bracket event on their from scratch and enter the 32 advanced players and give em skill seeding like scar said. or u can make em by brackets and il enter the paper pools into tio myself

booooo

you should have 64 man bracket.. just more funs for everyones =D

 

[Rain(ame)]

I know they're gonna put me in amateur if I go...-_-

 

[phish-it]

Elimination pools into a 32 man bracket gives more matches to everyone than just a big bracket.

 

[Scar]

However, I'm not here to correct mistypings, as such a task would be utterly daunting on the internet.

lol True, but you're pretty good, that's the only mistake I found... and it's too overwhelming to make sure that every single thing you type is completely perfect. Utterly daunting, well put.

 

[R3N0]

i meant pools into big 64 man bracket

 

[Scar]

lol @ Reno, no.

@ Ame, prove yourself first, my son.

 

[UltimaScout]

lol @ Reno, no.

@ Ame, prove yourself first, my son.

I've proven myself with Marth. I'm the quickest draw on the EC with my counter button

 

[cba]

Amy Winehouse Is God Tier!!!

i win

I smell lemon party.

that...was..the..illest joke i have ever seen.

 

[prog]

Trying to go, but does anyone driving from Philly have a spot on the way back?