Wow, people are so dumb. Do you realize why everyone at the bi-weekly is good? Its because look at the attitude smashers have towards "noobs". Guess who pays your pot money- The little guy. You can't expect people to go to tourneys, get to play two matches where they get *****, and than leave satisfied. If you want big tourney turnouts, you give people some bang for their buck. You don't ask people for $20 and then expect them to come back next time for the same beat horse**** deal they got the last time.
This isn't about me. This is about making a tournament experience good for everyone, not just for the guys who place on top. People wanna see placements turnout the same exact way every tourney, without giving anyone a chance to make an upset happen. The good people get to say "no johns" to the little guy about his bracket, but guess who starts *****ing up a hell storm with they've gotta fight M2k first round. This happens all the time to scrubs, but if it happens to someone good, everyone makes a scene. Wheres your "no johns" motto?
Bottom line- Ya can't seed a bracket based on who you THINK might be good. Its bull**** that people that aren't well known should have a harder bracket. Meanwhile, some guy *cough* makes a combo video and people think hes the sex. OH YEA DIDN'T THAT GUY MAKE A SICK COMBO VIDEO WHERE ALL THE MOVES LINKED UP WITH THE SONG?!?!? OH MAN I LOVE THAT GUY, HE MUST BE A FIRST SEED, DID YOU SEE THOSE COMBOS?!
Fact- Zelgadis lost to Copycat (pound 3). Husband lost to Hax, Starz, and oorah (pound 3), LambChopz lost to random marths and didn't make it out of 1st round of pools in Georgia
Basically, you don't know who is good and who isn't til you give people a chance to show their skill. Stop being lazy and just do pools. Thats the fairest way to seed. Thats what you told people they were getting, so stick to the plan.
Jfox, Zelgadis lost to Copycat, they're both known. Husband lost to hax, again both known. (maybe not by all but they all have reps) Starz lost to oorah , (That one is a bit.. i mean stars?!! no offense oorah) LambChopz lost to RANDOM MARTHS.
You're contridicting yourself. LampChopz got put into a pool full of seemingly randoms. They PROVED THEMSELVES TO BEAT HIM AND MAKE IT OUT. Anyone in a M2K death pool / bracket is gonna cry. DUH. But to point out your earlier argument, you were upset over Vanz and DJ. (no offense but neither of you are m2k or kdj) You know what I mean?
You don't know how good someone is, and in MOST pools that aren't "DEATH" pools, you'll have people who are MODERATELY GOOD to REALLY GOOD. And if a "nonamer" wants to be considered MODERATELY GOOD, you have to BEAT a MODERATELY GOOD PLAYER. If you get a DEATH POOL, GUESS WHAT?! SUCKS TO BE YOU. EVERYONE HAS BEEN THERE.
You don't ASK people for $20, and it MIGHT be discouraging at first. But if you get discouraged SO easily, then this game ISN'T FOR YOU. It's really for COMPETITIVE players. If you're going to WHINE about being "FAIR" then you aren't very COMPETITIVE b/c COMPETITIVE players would try to GET BETTER.
F.CK this argument is so F.CKING STUPID.
ALSO at pound 3, I didn't make it out of first round pools. DID NOT MAKE IT OUT. What did I do? I bi.tched. I'm not gonna lie, I did it, but then I stopped and played a wholeeeeeee lotta friendlies to get my skill up. And where am I now? (still not THAT much better BUT) NOW people know me, they know how good I have become, they know how hard i've worked. If you get seeded poorly, then make it a goal to do your best every time, and if your best impresses people (even if you don't make it far in brackets) you'll get acknowledgment.
End of story. You have to work. Being a noob and getting a skipped ahead because we're nice and want you to come back and feed the pot over and over again is not an excuse. This game is about skill, it's about hard work and skill. You only get rewarded FOR skill. Seeding + Brackets KEEPS LUCK to a MINIMUM.
Another example. LOOK AT THE RAYS, THEY MADE IT TO THE WORLD SERIES WITH THE REP OF BEING THE ****TEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. WHAT THE PHUCK?! THEY WORKED FOR IT. You know what the odds were that Vegas was paying in the bets that people were making for the RAYS? 250:1 Granted they didn't win, THEY won't be **** on so easily anymore.