• Welcome to Smashboards, the world's largest Super Smash Brothers community! Over 250,000 Smash Bros. fans from around the world have come to discuss these great games in over 19 million posts!

    You are currently viewing our boards as a visitor. Click here to sign up right now and start on your path in the Smash community!

Chicago-Land Power Rankings (Updated 12/30/2011)

Rappster

Smash Ace
Joined
Jun 9, 2008
Messages
569
Location
Torrance, CA
hi y'all.
my name's aaron, and i'm from southern california, but this fall i'll be attending wheaton college.

i'm sorry that this is kinda a weird place to introduce myself, but i can't find a social thread around here. T_T

are any of y'all going to genesis? thats gonna be my first real tournament (i've hosted stuff at school/church, but the only good player who ever attended was snpr). I'd love to meet some of y'all and make a few connections.
 

Fortress | Sveet

▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Joined
Dec 21, 2005
Messages
16,256
Location
Northern IL
Cool i know snpr, dave's a cool guy. I'm not sure if anyone has plans for genesis2, but i don't (too expensive). Wheaton college is pretty close to a bunch of players including myself. This whole forum is basically a social thing, so feel free to talk off topic or w/e.

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=262618 - smash oclock thread, basically a smashfest/social thread for the area.
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=285374 - Smashing Grounds tournament thread, hosted in glen ellyn (which boarders wheaton)
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=293997 - Rat's smashfests. A little further away but well worth it.
 

UltimateHaxor123

Smash Apprentice
Joined
Nov 1, 2009
Messages
114
Location
Irving, TX
hey, thanks for the list of tourneys sveet!

so i've decided i'm going ot the University of Chicago and i was on google maps looking up approximately how long it would take to get to each of those events. How far do midwesterners (people?) travel for tourneys. I come from dallas where we usually whine about having to go to anything thats more than a 30min drive away.

smash o'clock - about 2.5hrs from UofC campus
Smashing grounds - abt 2hrs
Rats smashfests - about 1.5hrs

Do most people think thats far or is that just average? (sry if this is a nub question)
 

Fortress | Sveet

▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Joined
Dec 21, 2005
Messages
16,256
Location
Northern IL
I finally got done reserving days for the summer tournaments.

6/18
7/2
7/23
8/6
8/20

edit- the downtown stations are an hour train ride to the venue
 

john!

Smash Hero
Joined
Nov 19, 2006
Messages
8,063
Location
The Garden of Earthly Delights
2.5 hours is like madison status lol. i live farther from uc than the venue is, and getting there would take me like an hour. not sure about public transportation though, it would probably be faster.

actually i'm gonna be in milwaukee all those dates except maybe the 20th. i might come down though, i dunno.
 

Oro?!

Smash Hero
Joined
May 23, 2009
Messages
9,674
Location
Geneva/Chicago, Illinois
Jason I go to DePaul so I think I am good lol. **** IN ;)

I take Chicago public transportation every day, and UofC is way outta the way of stuff. It does seem to be a little inaccurate though. You can probably shave an hour off of all of those time if you get lucky trains aka map out the times, and walk fast. Driving to any of those from UofC makes them all under an hour to get there lol.
 

Hylian

Not even death can save you from me
Administrator
BRoomer
Joined
Sep 9, 2004
Messages
23,165
Location
Missouri
Switch FC
2687-7494-5103
Ripple needs a place to stay tonight in chicago. His housing fell through. He's in rosemont at the donald e. Stevens convention center. He wants to be picked up around 1am and needs to be dropped back off before 10am. He said if it's too out of the way for people he will find something else.

Texted me asking to post this.
 

Rat

Smash Lord
Joined
Mar 20, 2005
Messages
1,870
Location
Chicago
Do you have his phone number?

I'm not the best connected to everyone, but I can try to find a place for him to stay.

Anyways here's my number if you need it. 708 663 4366
 

Hylian

Not even death can save you from me
Administrator
BRoomer
Joined
Sep 9, 2004
Messages
23,165
Location
Missouri
Switch FC
2687-7494-5103
Do you have his phone number?

I'm not the best connected to everyone, but I can try to find a place for him to stay.

Anyways here's my number if you need it. 708 663 4366
His phone number is:

217-622-3131

Thanks a lot <3.
 

Rat

Smash Lord
Joined
Mar 20, 2005
Messages
1,870
Location
Chicago
I don't know anybody on the northside that plays melee. (I live on the southside (like 50 minutes away) and can't get him.)

I tried calling sveet (nw suburbs) and vro (downtown). Sveet said to try and contact some brawl players but I don't know any of them. (I left a message with arty.)

Vro might be able to house him, but he lives downtown (which really isn't a problem to get to from the convention center by train.)

If that doesn't work out, you should try getting in touch with the chicago brawl scene. (Which I have no idea how to do.) They might know somebody around there.

Anyways I hope we can find a place for him to stay.
 

Hylian

Not even death can save you from me
Administrator
BRoomer
Joined
Sep 9, 2004
Messages
23,165
Location
Missouri
Switch FC
2687-7494-5103
I don't know anybody on the northside that plays melee. (I live on the southside (like 50 minutes away) and can't get him.)

I tried calling sveet (nw suburbs) and vro (downtown). Sveet said to try and contact some brawl players but I don't know any of them. (I left a message with arty.)

Vro might be able to house him, but he lives downtown (which really isn't a problem to get to from the convention center by train.)

If that doesn't work out, you should try getting in touch with the chicago brawl scene. (Which I have no idea how to do.) They might know somebody around there.

Anyways I hope we can find a place for him to stay.
Can you text him some of that information? I haven't been at the computer so I hope he got contacted :/. Thanks for trying even if you cant find anyone. He just texted me out of no where lol I didn't even have his number in my phone.
 

Rat

Smash Lord
Joined
Mar 20, 2005
Messages
1,870
Location
Chicago
yeah I did that a bit ago.

Going to vro's didn't work out. So he's just gonna hang out that the center. Personally I would try to find some after party or something. Sorry I couldn't find a place. =/
 

Fortress | Sveet

▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Joined
Dec 21, 2005
Messages
16,256
Location
Northern IL
Isn't that happening at a hotel or like a 24 hour place? Im sure he could find a couch to crash on for a few hours
 

Oro?!

Smash Hero
Joined
May 23, 2009
Messages
9,674
Location
Geneva/Chicago, Illinois
Does he still need a place? I remembered that Quaz and Spikes were there and might have a hotel room. Also SpongeJordan has a hotel room but he might be too intoxicated or unconcious to respond.
 

Juggleguy

Smash Grimer
Premium
Joined
Aug 16, 2005
Messages
9,354
Location
Ann Arbor, MI
Are you sure biweeklies are the best idea? Seems like every time these turn into biweeklies, Rat/Tink/BigD style, the turnout is severely compromised...

In any case, I'm eyeing July 2nd as a possible MI return to Chicago.
 

Fortress | Sveet

▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Joined
Dec 21, 2005
Messages
16,256
Location
Northern IL
Great to hear MI is coming back!

We are doing biweeklies because of high demand for tournaments during the summer. By planning ahead we should be avoiding any scheduling or last minute issues that minimized attendance for the previous biweeklies.

:phone:
 

Dekuschrub

Smash Master
Joined
Sep 4, 2006
Messages
3,295
Location
St. Louis MO
i'm not sure how active i can be for awhile :(

i will try to make it to a SG... lets make one of them a big one!

why is my name not purplez
 

The Good Doctor

Smash Champion
Joined
Oct 7, 2007
Messages
2,360
Location
Midwest<3
So...
Matt, Deku, Sveet, Little England, Rat, and Cosmo all made the MBR
Good****.
If I'm missing anyone....you're not memorable enough.
=D
 

ORLY

Smash Master
Joined
Jan 27, 2006
Messages
3,378
Location
C CAWWW
someone figure out a way to get to michigan and back for less than $20

and get back to me

edit: by my calculations, assuming that gas costs an even $5 a gallon and the car we're in gets 25 MPG, it'd only cost ~$118 in gas round trip.

if there's a car going, i'd probably tag along. otherwise, i'll stay here and go to don't blink don't care
 
Top Bottom