Hidden Power Monthlies (September 2014)

[Metmetm3t]

The Alabama Smash League Presents:

September 14, 2014
From: Mobile, AL with hosts: Metmetm3t
Original Thread: http://smashboards.com/threads/jun-8-2014-asl-presents-hidden-power-monthlies-mobile-alabama.350097/

Smash 4 Demo Edition! Pretty par for the course tournament
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Singles:

Spoiler: Project M Singles $5 (23 players)

Hidden Power Monthlies 9/2014 - Project M

Rank

Player

Characters

Points

Earnings

User

1st

Ninkendo64

46

$69.00

NinKenDo64

2nd

Dron

40

$34.50

Dron

3rd

Serin

35

$11.50

o-Serin-o

4th

Ragnarock

29

R ragnarock

5th

Ajred

23

A Ajred

5th

Baj

23

skaterbaj

7th

Tip

17

7th

Doc's Smock

17

9th

Metmetm3t

11

Metmetm3t

9th

King M

11

9th

Professor Ceadar

11

P Professor Cedar

9th

Reaper

11

13th

Dr. Worm

7

D Dr. Worm

13th

Orion

7

Orion Prime

13th

Uncle Anime

7

13th

Rhodie

7

17th

Cubelarooso

4

Cubelarooso

17th

Lagus

4

17th

HIV +

4

17th

Hime

4

17th

Hero

4

17th

Thee Big T

4

17th

P5

4

Spoiler: Melee Singles $5 (25 players)

Hidden Power Monthlies 9/2014 - Melee

Rank

Player

Characters

Points

Earnings

User

1st

Ragnarock

50

$75.00

R ragnarock

2nd

Oppa

44

$37.50

3rd

Roboturner

38

$12.50

Roboturner

4th

Mikey

31

M Mikeyy

5th

Serin

25

o-Serin-o

5th

Ninkendo64

25

NinKenDo64

7th

Sickolas

18

Sickolas

7th

Glitch

18

Gいたん

9th

Aly

12

Aly

9th

DinoWulf

12

Dinowulf

9th

Ginger Jesus

12

GingerJesus

9th

Wafe

12

Wafer6866

13th

Cosmo

8

CosmoNaughtilus

13th

Dr. Worm

8

D Dr. Worm

13th

Wrecked

8

Wreck_94

13th

Ajred

8

17th

Hero

4

17th

Swiss

4

17th

Kim Jong Un

4

facepalms2

17th

Sam :)

4

17th

Rasin

4

17th

Professor Ceadar

4

P Professor Cedar

17th

Saab

4

24th

HIV +

2

24th

Doc's Smock

2

Doubles:

Spoiler: Project M Doubles $10 (8 teams)

1: Racist Slur (Met + Rag) ($50.00)
2: Space Jams (Nenkendo + Serin) ($30.00)
3: Hug it, Chug it, FOOTBALL! (Dr.Worm + Dron)
4: Lowered Expectations (Professor Cedar + Tip)
5: The Tickles (Orion + Chronocles of Rediculous)
5: Sanic Kang (Ajred + Reaper)
7: Games are Easy (Cube + Jeth)
7: T-Bone Steak and Eggs (Rolf + Doc's Smock)

Spoiler: Melee Doubles $10 (10 teams)

1: Shark Infested Waters (Aly + Ragnarock) ($60.00)
2: Alahama (Wafe + Mikey) ($30.00)
3: Kawaii ******* (Glitch + Oppa) ($10.00)
4: Fox and the Hound (Sickolas)
5: High and Tight (Dron + Rolf)
5: Dino Thunder (DinoWulf + Wreck)
7: Shock Troopers (Ajred + Professor Ceadar)
7: Weaboo Trash (Saab + Cosmo)
9: Dom and Mason (Ginger Jesus + Kim Jong Un)
9: Beauty and the Beast (Raisn + Doc's Smock)

Videos:
http://youtube.com/alabamasmashleague

Shoutouts!
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• Thanks to Dinowulf and Cubelarooso and Sickolas for doing what they could to help out.
• Hopefully next time we can get this ship sailing smoothly again.
  
• Love to everybody, of coarse. See you guys on the other side of the Smash 4 hype train.

/AlabamaSmashLeague

@ALSmashLeague

/AlabamaSmashLeague

/AlabamaSmashLeague​

 

[CosmoNaughtilus]

This was my first Hidden Power, and while the tournament was fun, I must say I'm not impressed with how the tournament was run. The separation of events, while smart, was executed poorly because one event wouldn't finish before another began (PM Singles to Melee Doubles, notably), so there were long periods where attendees were waiting for matches, but couldn't get them because people were still in ongoing PM Singles matches.

There were several periods where there were no tournament matches going on during Melee Doubles, and everyone was playing friendlies. I remember waiting for at least 45 minutes in between my first and second Doubles sets, not to mention it took at least half an hour for my first match to be called. I looked for the TO, and he was nowhere to be found. Then I saw him playing PM on the stream setup (which was down, don't know if it was tournament or not, this touches on my last point though), and then he focused on setting the stream back up instead of calling matches.

I don't know if there was too much focus on getting matches on stream, or if nobody cared, but the event running as late as it did is bad for growth, since people have work and school to focus on, and you can't run an event so late and have matches take so long to be called, because people leave. There's also the issue of seeding. Was there any seeding done at all? Not only were people from the same region playing each other Round 1 (Wreck vs Saab R1, for example. They're training partners), but the ranked players were playing R1 as well (If memory serves, Rag and Oppa were originally supposed to play Round 1, but asked for it changed).

There's an awesome tournament series just waiting to be realized here. The venue is wonderful, the players are talented and motivated, and there didn't seem to be a lack of setups. There just needs to be someone calling matches at all times, and making absolutely positive that they're being played. If the staff works in the future to ensure that tournament matches are being played instead of focusing on other stuff, then the event will run extremely well, and I think everyone will have much more fun.

I'm not trying to bash anyone or discourage people from coming in the future, but if we want the local communities to grow even more, then we've got to ensure that our tournaments are as good as possible. I've run a tournament myself, and have attended several nationals, so I'm just trying to relay my thoughts and experience, as well as point out the problems that occurred. I'd be happy to help run brackets when I attend in the future, but I didn't want to step on any toes this time because I wasn't sure how you ran things.

Hope I can help in the future guys, and I hope we can make this tournament even better than it's been before.

 

[Mankosuki]

You should find a melee only player to call out pm matches, and pm player call melee. That way there's never a time when tourney is halted during a to playing his own match. Attendees should also be responcible enough to report their results and see who the next match is against.

 

[CosmoNaughtilus]

We were, but the issue was that since no matches were being called, some people had to wait for others to play to decide a match. It was difficult to get hold of people to play their matches. I should mention that this was only problematic in Melee Doubles (that I saw, I missed PM Doubles, and didn't enter PM Singles), but Doubles took far longer than it should because of the overlap and lack of matches being played. It was a chore to get matches to be played.

 

[Metmetm3t]

I unfortunately got really hung up and couldn't make it to the venue until late. After that we spent a good hour working on livestream stuff because some of the equipment just wasn't working. I don't think we started the first tournament until way too late.

I think one of the biggest things that pushes back the tournament is trying to find time to call out matches and seed while I'm still in the tournament. Getting someone to call out matches isn't too hard, but with Ryker AWOL from the last 3 events I haven't had my usual crutch for getting seeding help. I'll look into these things and try to work on them for next time.

Next month I plan on dropping PM doubles completely in favor of Smash 4 singles, which will mean the whole schedule will probably be switched around. Right now I'm leaning towards doing PM Singles first, then Melee Doubles then Melee Singles and finally Smash 4. We will see how that plays out.

I would agree that this tournament was very poorly run for my standards. I had some stress from outside stuff going on and I think it was showing through. Next month I'll work on building up a reliable staff to help out.

 

[Zone]

Well good **** to Brannon for running the event solo with a little side help regardless.

It's not easy being solo TO and wishing to compete w/o being completely rusty at all times.

He just needs help. We should spend some time at the start of the tournament to show how results done in TIO

And make it so both players report their match and play the next match without the need of a TO.

tO should definitely run the event, but no reason the competitors can't help with the small stuff.

 

[CosmoNaughtilus]

I'd be happy to help run bracket, as I'm pretty sure I mentioned in my initial post. I can't get there early to help, since I work mornings into the early afternoon on weekends. As I said, the easiest way to make things move smoother is to have someone available to call matches at any time. Most of the tournament-saavy people will know to look, but with the inevitable influx of newcomers with the new game releasing soon, it'll be in the event's best interest to streamline things and make them as simple as possible for everyone.

 

[#HBC | Ryker]

I'll take credit for it being run poorly. I should have been there to help. I had a guest from out of town who wasn't able to go and had to keep up with him.

 

[Wafer6866]

Someone left there keys in my car.. one key goes to a Nissan.. the other is a customized key with an American flag on it

 

[Wafer6866]

Can we get the videos from this tournament on YouTube please? I'll give you a million dollars

 

[Dron]

Can we get the videos from this tournament on YouTube please? I'll give you a million dollars

most of them have been up since yesterday but they're all still unlisted until I can get a couple sets that got cut out from the stream but still got local recorded

but everything from the stream has been highlighted on www.twitch.tv/alabamasmashleague

 

[Roboturner]

i wish mine and rag's set was recorded, idk why we decided against it. was a close ass set and would've been really entertaining to watch.

good **** to rag of course for still being OP. oppa came outta nowhere and almost took the gold, your peach is incredibly solid dude. congrats to ninkendo for taking PM singles as well and GGs to everyone i played. hopefully i can make out next month.

shoutouts to the snazzy dressed dudes as well.

oh and i hope i get to see more of rice and zone and the rest of the pcola crew again.

 

[Dron]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWJv4PpJ827o8WFuPK070YWOFjhecmSR

vids are up on YT, stream had a stupid amount of problems as you guys know so a few sets (most notably PM doubles GFs and PM singles LFs) were unable to be uploaded even though the sets were played on the stream setup

we were locally recording as well for most of the time, but it seems like most of those files are unusable/corrupted (go figure)