Bay Area Smash Tournament Interest

[Ayato]

To all Bay Area smashers:

I'm planning on hosting a medium sized (probably 32 or 64 man) tournament in the East Bay the week of April 11th. I was wondering how interested everyone would be in a tournament located on the UC Berkeley campus mid-April and whether or not the Smash community would be more interested in a Brawl or Melee tournament (atm, I'm leaning more towards Brawl).

Any input would be appreciated. There's a possibility of a different locale for the tournament, too, but as it stands it looks like we're going to be basing ourselves in the East Bay.

Logistics will come out later, but right now we're thinking $10 registration fee, BYOC, no items, 3 stock, 8 minute TL, etc. and refreshments provided with some extra edible goodies buyable on site. Top prize will be a minimum $200 and should increase based on interest.

So let me know what you think, yeah?

 

[pockyD]

for melee, maybe

 

[Gaara♥]

sounds like a good idea! I would definitely attend a UC Berkeley tournament

 

[joeplicate]

i'd go for melee

 

[ResidentWaffle]

does anyone in norcal play brawl?

 

[Ayato]

Mostly amateurs that I've met play Brawl. As far as I'm concerned it's a melee scene, but I'm not sure how active the Melee community is here in the Bay. The overwhelming in-person response I've gotten has been "HOST A BRAWL TOURNAMENT," but I recognize that there's a decent niche of Melee players still out there, so I thought I'd put it up for debate here what type of tournament I should host.

 

[pockyD]

norcal has the biggest melee scene in the country

our last 'local' tournament got 80+ people (including 5 from out of region, so that makes 75+ norcal locals)

the melee scene definitely has more 'expectations' in terms of the way tournaments are run though, so if you're kind of set in the type of rules you want and they aren't in line with whatever's already being run for melee tournaments, you won't get the turnout for that