Well, this.
As well...the price isn't exactly helping things either, @ least for me.
Just compare and contrast:
Pound 4: Paid $37.50 to enter for three days of of playing both Melee & Brawl, including an incredible mini smashfest with all the Luigis there.
This: One day of playing (I can't make Melee due to class, so scratch Friday out of the equation) for $50, plus a late arrival.
It's pretty clear cut as to why I'm holding onto my money.
Nobody's faulting you for the personal circumstances that prevent you from going to FR.
What Dogy's trying to say is that in the past, brawlers have been the major stain on smash's reputation at Final Round and the Impact Clash series, and that ALL of us ought to try and show up because eventually the 2D fighting community will just give up on trying to get along with us.
Nobody's blaming you personally, Kazoo.
The emphasis here is more that the smash community IN GENERAL needs to step it up and come out to these events, and show how good our game is- ShinBlanka has been more than kind enough to ONCE AGAIN hold smash at his tournament, even despite the way he's been crapped on by some members of our community in the past.
So basically if we don't get it right this time, we're losing our chance to grow and perhaps include new players from the rest of the 2D fighting scene.