My take:
$10 door is fine. I can't clearly recall, but I want to say I remember Waba starting out with $10. I understand people having issues just shelling this out (I do myself, most times), but in that case, I try and borrow from a friend with the intention of paying them back. If I simply cannot do so, I just do not go. Some of you guys have said it, how we could just do whatever wherever. Waba is not the end-all place of hosting Smash events, and it really shouldn't be. We should try and find numerous places to host tournaments, just so we can spread out and connect to other players easily.
However, it seems in general that at least the Brawlers never really want to go ANYWHERE besides Waba. Remember that first Atlanta Revival? Remember how I was trying to get hype for it because the venue was literally 15 mins away from my house? Whenever I go to Waba, I have to arrange for a ride to go 45 mins - 1 hour out just to hang with you guys and this one thing where I could have actually taken a bus to get to, no one could make it. Various reasons abound for most people not being able/having incentive to go to other places like these, but in any case, it all makes it seem like Waba is just a central part of the Brawl community. If it isn't or wasn't, correct me if I was wrong, but if it is and was, why would you not want to support the place? $10 door fee for a monthly is not outrageous in any aspect.
Here's how I see it. If you think $5 is reasonable, and you have a full month to get another $5, you could literally just save $1 more a week than you normally would. The last $1-2 you could scrounge up or ask for pretty quickly, I'm sure. If providing $10 would leave you without adequate funding for what you need to do in your current life, simply prioritize important things and don't go. Save up and try next month. Perhaps you can host/attend a nearby Smashfest to make up for the time you missed out on at the last monthly. Though, to be honest, I can't see what most of you would do with the $5 you saved from a $5 door fee except MM it away.
Now, Waba might not be the only place to Smash, but it is a pretty important place, regardless of its proximity to other players. ANY type of venue is. It's a potential place for hosting large tournaments and getting to reach out to more players (unlikely that first time players are trying to chill at someone's house when they don't know them or want to get lost on an unfamiliar campus). As long as Min isn't being COMPLETELY unfair about pricing, I believe you should support the place as a part of the community. Either that or find a better place and hype it up. Both would be good actually. The more venues, the better, I say.
So overall, I believe:
- Support Waba
- Find and support other venues/potential venues
- GT is a great place to do stuff and should be treated like a legit venue for conversation purposes
- Don't make a big deal out of it. If you believe you can't go due to monetary issues, then that's that. You've got other **** to worry about and take care of. Save up. Try again later. Find other local tournaments that might not cost as much. Hype it up. Host/attend smashfests. I just think that some of you are making a big fuss over how much going to Waba would cost for all you believe that you don't need to go there to Smash
- $15 is dumb for a non-national. Even if you pre-reg, not having an online option to do so is even more dumb.
- One could argue that a day pass is $15, making this fair, but participants are also paying extra money for tournament pot fee, and with a day pass you'd at least have access to all of Waba's games.
- SleepyK is great
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