I completely agree, and, did my part. I spent the better part of Wednesday putting the filers around town, including Gamestop, GamexChange, Stage 2, Kroger, and the UALR campus and dorms.
You guys are busting your *** for this tourney, and it would suck to have a ****ty turnout for Melee considering the fanbase in the state.
Regardless, it's appreciated.
We thank you greatly for your contributions. One of the best things about running this tournament is seeing what the Arkansas gaming community can do. Some would say that Mike and I run this tournament. I'd argue that the Arkansas gaming community as a whole play a much larger part than they're given credit for- with organizing and helping with ARK I and II. Members of the SRK community have known about ARK I and II before the other communities and they have provided input on the name of the tournament, flier design, outreach, and much more.
However, even with our low turnout for Smash last time, the Smash community still did a lot that us ARK organizers really appreciate. Whether it be Yoshimanssbm offering to put up fliers (like you're doing for ARK II), VTS bringing setups even though he couldn't make the entire tournament, or even just random Smash players coming up to me after ARK I and thanking us for running an event dedicated to Arkansas gamers (while encouraging us to run more tournies in the future), the Smash community here is really dedicated and definitely some of the friendliest gamers I've seen. Without the Arkansas fighting game community as a whole, we wouldn't be able to run these tournaments and make them as successful as they are. Everytime anyone thanks us, I tell them to thank themselves and their fellow gamers as ARK is a collective effort. It's kinda cliche'd but our tourney is designed to be "By Gamers, For Gamers."
Haha, anyway I'm just rambling but what I'm trying to say is thanks everyone for helping us be successful and thanks especially to you SeiferSythe for going out of your way to put up fliers. We're trying a new venue with Conway Gaming Center and I hope we exceed expectations. If there is anything we can do at any point, whether it be now or at the day of the tournament, please let me know someway, somehow. Post here, walk up and talk to me, or email me at
arktourney@gmail.com
Thanks guys!