Captain Smuckers
Smash Journeyman
Hey guys, yesterday was pretty crazy. We definitely didn't expect it to blow up quite as much as it did. Before the event I was printing out registration sheets numbered 1-100 and thought to myself "Should I print out another 20 spots? Nah I doubt we'll need them." Surely enough, we did. a whopping 125 people were in the venue, with 117 of those entering singles.
Now, it was simply fantastic seeing that many people show up. Unfortunately, it led to a lot of complications and I'm really sorry for that . The five of us really wanted to do so much more with this event, but it became very clear that we were completely caught off guard and unprepared. As a result, both the doubles event (which had 26 teams) and the amateur bracket had to be cut. I feel awful that the doubles event had to be cut because of the whole "teams is dead" thing, and I hate to be contributing to that in any way. On top of that, I'm really sorry for needing to cut the amateur bracket because there were sooooooooo many faces there that I haven't seen before, and all of us really wanted to give them as much as we could to make their first events enjoyable so that they would hopefully come to another. It is my hope that they still managed to enjoy themselves enough to come to another event, whether it's one of ours or not.
With all of that said, I doubt any of us can describe just how happy and excited we were to see that many people show up to our event. Or any Tri-state local for that matter. Lately, it has felt like this region was the only one not seeing a boom after the documentary and EVO, and it was great to see that it's still growing after all.
It was pretty obvious that we didn't have enough raw setups, chairs, or tables to support this many people, but we'll be sure to make this the last time we lack any of those things.
Oh, and we're certainly curious of what you all thought about the bag check idea. A big worry we had was that people would feel uncomfortable not being able to just reach into their bag whenever they wanted. As far as I know, nothing was stolen (pleeeeeeeease let me know if anything was) so I would like to think it worked, but hey, maybe nothing would've been anyway. Of course, everyone was really cooperative, nobody ever just tried to get their bag without telling anyone which helped a lot.
Finally, I just want to thank everyone not just for coming, but for being so supportive. There's no way I could begin to remember the innumerable amount of people that offered to help throughout the day. I do, however, remember how incredibly helpful Alex Strife and MattDotZeb were. You guys were super supportive and this event would have been so ridiculously difficult without your help. ryobeat did something too
Without further ado, the results:
Challonge link:
http://challonge.com/justice3
Results:
1: VGBC|Hax
2: CTRL|The Moon
3: Swiftbass
4: SS|Soft
5: Dudutsai
5: CTRL|DJ Nintendo
7: Zanguzen
7: NY Joey
9: Mattdotzeb
9: Slox
9: Green Ranger
9: OTG
13: Spawn
13: Meta K Faust
13: Darktooth
13: Tian
17: Ryobeat (Forfeit in losers)
17: Minty
17: Phish-it
17: SS| PB&J
17: Apex|Reno
17: PC Chris
17: Kip
17: Vino
25: Destructocon
25: P/
25: Dizzkidboogie
25: Nuro
25: Sled
25: Toxic(Forfeit in losers Round 3)
25: Ritz
25: Shminkledorf
33: Hectohertz
33: Chess
33: Future
33: Scuba Steve
33: SmokeyBluntz
33: Robin
33: Barbie
33: Son2
33: Slothbear
33: Doom
33: Kofi
33: Shot
33: Inaba
33: Niz
33: Master of Bluntz
49: GMO
49: Termina Bay
49: Kiba
49: Q
49: RoldGold
49: Blue Lightning
49: Dahlia
49: Kaimen
49: Bred
49: Soniv
49: The Bronze Kneecap
49: Owl
49: J Solo
49: Gas Light
49: Havok
I'm working out the pools now, but I seem to be missing the sheet for pool 5, which should consist of Mattdotzeb, Vino, Donkey2kong, Barbie, Mr. E, Tsblo, Doctor Pumpkin, Doctor Jovan(?)
If you guys could contact me with any set scores you remember, I'd really like to piece the pool back together. Thanks.
Oh and by the way guys, some people didn't seem to take their refunds from the teams event.
I have Gas Light, Black Magic, DJ Nintendo, Ray, Ramen, Spawn, and WX written down as never having gotten a refund. If that's true, please let me know and I'll make sure to give it to you the next time we see each other.
Be sure to check out
http://newenglandsmash.com/ness-2014/
for information on the NESS Circuit.
See you guys next time
Now, it was simply fantastic seeing that many people show up. Unfortunately, it led to a lot of complications and I'm really sorry for that . The five of us really wanted to do so much more with this event, but it became very clear that we were completely caught off guard and unprepared. As a result, both the doubles event (which had 26 teams) and the amateur bracket had to be cut. I feel awful that the doubles event had to be cut because of the whole "teams is dead" thing, and I hate to be contributing to that in any way. On top of that, I'm really sorry for needing to cut the amateur bracket because there were sooooooooo many faces there that I haven't seen before, and all of us really wanted to give them as much as we could to make their first events enjoyable so that they would hopefully come to another. It is my hope that they still managed to enjoy themselves enough to come to another event, whether it's one of ours or not.
With all of that said, I doubt any of us can describe just how happy and excited we were to see that many people show up to our event. Or any Tri-state local for that matter. Lately, it has felt like this region was the only one not seeing a boom after the documentary and EVO, and it was great to see that it's still growing after all.
It was pretty obvious that we didn't have enough raw setups, chairs, or tables to support this many people, but we'll be sure to make this the last time we lack any of those things.
Oh, and we're certainly curious of what you all thought about the bag check idea. A big worry we had was that people would feel uncomfortable not being able to just reach into their bag whenever they wanted. As far as I know, nothing was stolen (pleeeeeeeease let me know if anything was) so I would like to think it worked, but hey, maybe nothing would've been anyway. Of course, everyone was really cooperative, nobody ever just tried to get their bag without telling anyone which helped a lot.
Finally, I just want to thank everyone not just for coming, but for being so supportive. There's no way I could begin to remember the innumerable amount of people that offered to help throughout the day. I do, however, remember how incredibly helpful Alex Strife and MattDotZeb were. You guys were super supportive and this event would have been so ridiculously difficult without your help. ryobeat did something too
Without further ado, the results:
Challonge link:
http://challonge.com/justice3
Results:
1: VGBC|Hax
2: CTRL|The Moon
3: Swiftbass
4: SS|Soft
5: Dudutsai
5: CTRL|DJ Nintendo
7: Zanguzen
7: NY Joey
9: Mattdotzeb
9: Slox
9: Green Ranger
9: OTG
13: Spawn
13: Meta K Faust
13: Darktooth
13: Tian
17: Ryobeat (Forfeit in losers)
17: Minty
17: Phish-it
17: SS| PB&J
17: Apex|Reno
17: PC Chris
17: Kip
17: Vino
25: Destructocon
25: P/
25: Dizzkidboogie
25: Nuro
25: Sled
25: Toxic(Forfeit in losers Round 3)
25: Ritz
25: Shminkledorf
33: Hectohertz
33: Chess
33: Future
33: Scuba Steve
33: SmokeyBluntz
33: Robin
33: Barbie
33: Son2
33: Slothbear
33: Doom
33: Kofi
33: Shot
33: Inaba
33: Niz
33: Master of Bluntz
49: GMO
49: Termina Bay
49: Kiba
49: Q
49: RoldGold
49: Blue Lightning
49: Dahlia
49: Kaimen
49: Bred
49: Soniv
49: The Bronze Kneecap
49: Owl
49: J Solo
49: Gas Light
49: Havok
I'm working out the pools now, but I seem to be missing the sheet for pool 5, which should consist of Mattdotzeb, Vino, Donkey2kong, Barbie, Mr. E, Tsblo, Doctor Pumpkin, Doctor Jovan(?)
If you guys could contact me with any set scores you remember, I'd really like to piece the pool back together. Thanks.
Oh and by the way guys, some people didn't seem to take their refunds from the teams event.
I have Gas Light, Black Magic, DJ Nintendo, Ray, Ramen, Spawn, and WX written down as never having gotten a refund. If that's true, please let me know and I'll make sure to give it to you the next time we see each other.
Be sure to check out
http://newenglandsmash.com/ness-2014/
for information on the NESS Circuit.
See you guys next time
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