What exactly is the point of bringing these games together if you are going to restrict people entering more than a couple?
The point is to offer more than smash. But like with WHOBO when people enter every event and are actually good at multiple games, it holds up the bracket. I could have said "only one game/event per player" but i didnt. I did a compromise instead. If it doesnt work or i recieve backlash, ill change it. After all, these first to TGC events are test events. Its ok to test things.
Frankly, those are TERRIBLE solutions. I won't pretend to know what happened with Pokemon, but Kart ended VERY quickly even though 2 of the top 4 were in Smash (iggy enterred kart, singles and doubles for smash). The event ran late because you allow too much time to be wasted. You KNOW very well that Iggy/Kadin held up the bracket far less than the people you allow to leave the venue for hours at a time.
I never said kadin/iggy held up the bracket.
I never said kart took too long.
The event ran long but not late (12:30am isn't late especially for 130 people in the building).
Im eliminating pkmn (this once) to not only help save time but to also not have people outside where it may be cold. I dont know how big pokemon will be so i didnt want to take the chance of including them in with the kart/smashers and it being MEGA packed.
Just run Kart alongside doubles on the Wii U (many Smashers have Kart too) and convert your Kart Setups to Smash after its done (Kart is FFA and runs super fast.
That is the purpose of me keeping kart/smash.
Venue opened at 10AM, I got there at 11AM and the place was packed, but registration didn't start until noon (And didnt finish until nearly 1PM). You allow people to leave the venue for food for FAR too long while they are still in events.
Only Gnes/Razer took too long and they said it was because of traffic or wreck. i cant control that. The rest that "took too long" were actually people who left without telling me they left to get food.
If you opened registration at 12PM, why did so many people need to spend over an hour eating at 3pm and 4pm. Just tell everyone to eat breakfast before the event and allow a lunch break at 5pm.
Again, next to no one told me they went to go eat. By the time i figured it out, i had no idea how long they were gone. To be fair, 90% of this tournament were new people and they probably didnt know the rule of telling me when they go eat. All the brawl gens (like you) told me though. I guess ill have to announce the rule at events every single time now.
I know you are a nice guy and friends with alot of people, but people knowing you won't DQ them is ABUSED at all of you events. When I left to eat, I was back in 10 minutes (and I waited until I had been at the venue for 7-8 hours), but I know if I showed up an hour later, you wouldn't have DQed me. You need to be willing to run the event without being emotional for that very reason.
Its not me being emotional. its me being nice/fair. As much as you complain, if i ever DQed you for doing what you say i should do to others i guarantee you would be PISSED and type out Bibles worth of text here on SWF. I think what you should take away from all of this is that we went through all of that and still got out at 12:30 meaning it could have been worse. Oh and by the time you got home, the time changed happen and you got an extra hour of sleep.
Seriously though, i learned alot from the 3ds event and have made adjustments. All the ones i mentioned earlier WILL help speed up things. if its not enough, ill adjust further in time for the real TGC in Feb. Again, these 1st 2 events are tests and are all meant to be learning experiences.
