Southwest [May 14, 2015] Infinity and Beyond! PM Weekly (Plano, Tx)

[bec]

if that falls through, either infinity or i can give you a ride :3

 

[Deleted member]

if that falls through, either infinity or i can give you a ride :3

Thanks!

@ bec , @ Infinitysmash ,

Great stuff today, enjoyed for the most part.

 

[BirdyBirds]

what time should we get there to just play a bunch of friendlies?

 

[EmLeingod]

what time should we get there to just play a bunch of friendlies?

In a weekly you aren't gonna get a whole lot of pre-tourney friendlies in. You can get a few in as the tournament bottlenecks though.

 

[bec]

this week especially on pre-tourney friendlies, since we will be holding doubles. but we run a pretty efficient tourney so friendly setups open relatively early especially since we had 11 total setups last week

 

[xBlue Link]

This tournament happens every week? If so i definitely plan on making my first tournament appearance.

 

[xBlue Link]

Just want to be sure and not show up alone.

 

[bec]

yes it will be happening every week, this week with melee too

 

[xBlue Link]

Thanks for replying I will try my best to attend the next one

 

[GBmaster]

$10 for a locals? whats up with that?

 

[bec]

$10 for a locals? whats up with that?

its $5 for venue and $5 for entry, pretty standard. the venue isn't free for us :/

 

[GBmaster]

its $5 for venue and $5 for entry, pretty standard. the venue isn't free for us :/

It just kinda seems too much for a weekly and the only way to make that money back is usuallly top3. It seems better for the venue to take a small cut of the pot then for every player to pay twice as much just to play

 

[bec]

It just kinda seems too much for a weekly and the only way to make that money back is usuallly top3. It seems better for the venue to take a small cut of the pot then for every player to pay twice as much just to play

payouts are literally always top 3 at smaller events and there is absolutely no way any player would be okay with the venue taking part of the pot lol.
so far no one who has attended has complained about the fees. they're far from unreasonable and every bit of the venue fee we keep goes into improving the tourney experience, not into any of our pockets.

 

[KinGly]

I would love to come out to this, but I have to drive back to bossier on the 18th, so I can't stay up til 1 playing smash

 

[Reckon]

Just checking, but I was told last week that Melee would be a part of this weeks event.

Confirm / deny please.

 

[bec]

confirmed

 

[skwaag5233]

Will there be Brawl this week?

 

[cod3kill]

Will there be Brawl this week?

As far as I know this week's side event is P:M Doubles, that is what Infinity said last week anyways.

 

[bec]

yup infinity's deal with side events like that was if we got 50 or more entrants for either event (which we did with melee) then we would have it as a rotating side event. we didn't get that for brawl, but if enough interest is shown i'll see if we can bring it back sometime

but yes confirming that this week's event is pm doubles!

 

[skwaag5233]

Thanks, did not know that. Hopefully Brawl makes a return.

Where does Infinity post what the side event will be for that week?

 

[bec]

he says it will at some point so never fear he makes a Facebook event a few days before, and it has the stage of the week as well as the side event.

 

[KinGly]

Are y'all still doing pm singles alongside melee?

 

[bec]

yes, pm singles are the main event and we will never not do pm singles :3

 

[KinGly]

Is the address at the top still correct? It seems to have changed a few times so I just wanna be sure.

Milo's Anime Armory
1565 West Main Street Suite 495, Lewisville, Texas 75067
Lewisville, Tx 75067

 

[bec]

yes that is correct, hopefully we'll be staying there for quite a while.

 

[KinGly]

What's the earliest reasonable time we can get there? I haven't practiced since parg3 and was wanting to get some friendlies in. My friend and I could help get everything setup if y'all need it.

 

[bec]

we usually get there around 6 and there are people there already playing so maybe 5:30? the venue itself has a few setups. pm singles won't start until 8 so there should be plenty of time for friendlies as long as we don't get a huge doubles turnout.

 

[Evilforces]

Got a few questions. If you just want to watch the tournament do you pay $5 or $10? Will there be Melee? Is there pre-reg or can you just show up and pay the fees.

 

[EmLeingod]

You can just show up, Melee is there some weeks, but PM is always there. At most you'd have to pay $5 to just watch, but you'll have to wait for @ bec to see if you have to pay anything at all.

 

[bec]

Got a few questions. If you just want to watch the tournament do you pay $5 or $10? Will there be Melee? Is there pre-reg or can you just show up and pay the fees.

nah there's no venue fee as long as you dont enter. there won't be melee this week but may be next week? i'll have to see what infinity says. oh and no pre-reg, just show up before bracket, which starts at 8 if you do want to enter, talk to me, i'm the one wearing the tiara taking everyone's money and info behind the counter usually.

 

[IVIr.G]

Long time lurker here and first official post. Just made this account so I could chip in. I live nearby and I've been wanting to show up for a couple months. I'm finally free and off work tonight so I believe I will try and come tonight. Just got some quick questions.

What should I bring? Should I bring a Wii+SD Card if we need more setups, etc.? I was planning on bringing my own controller.
What would be the best time to arrive? I saw some replies above saying how friendlies starts rather early.

Im a semi-casual player who has followed the competitive scene for years. This would be my first ever tourney so here we go.
Sorry if this isnt the right place to post this.

 

[bec]

Long time lurker here and first official post. Just made this account so I could chip in. I live nearby and I've been wanting to show up for a couple months. I'm finally free and off work tonight so I believe I will try and come tonight. Just got some quick questions.

What should I bring? Should I bring a Wii+SD Card if we need more setups, etc.? I was planning on bringing my own controller.
What would be the best time to arrive? I saw some replies above saying how friendlies starts rather early.

Im a semi-casual player who has followed the competitive scene for years. This would be my first ever tourney so here we go.
Sorry if this isnt the right place to post this.

hi! if you would like you can bring a setup, that would be super helpful since last week we only had eight and it took a while longer than expected. definitely bring your own controller. we usually get there around 6-6:30 and there are almost always people already there playing friendlies.

i'm super glad you can make it out! if you want any tips i'm sure the people you play would be happy to help, especially if you happen to play one of the top ranked players from the area

 

[IVIr.G]

hi! if you would like you can bring a setup, that would be super helpful since last week we only had eight and it took a while longer than expected. definitely bring your own controller. we usually get there around 6-6:30 and there are almost always people already there playing friendlies.

i'm super glad you can make it out! if you want any tips i'm sure the people you play would be happy to help, especially if you happen to play one of the top ranked players from the area

Awesome! I'll bring what I can. I don't know if I'll be able to stay for the whole night but I'll definitely be there!

And I'm sure I'll need a bunch of tips haha.

 

[TheNinjaFreak]

Is this a good tournament to go to for my first tournament? I play PM almost daily now and I was wondering how many people show up so I can get a feel for the tournament.

 

[bec]

this would be great, we normally get 50-60 entrants though last night we got 80+ since m2k was in attendance lol

but yeah there's a lot of great players who can help you improve if you ask!

 

[Bozo302]

Sorry if this is a scrub question but what time does the brackets/tourney start? I know it opens at 7 but idk (sorry I've never been to a tournament before x.x)

 

[bec]

Sorry if this is a scrub question but what time does the brackets/tourney start? I know it opens at 7 but idk (sorry I've never been to a tournament before x.x)

dont worry
people are usually there by 6, the side event of the week, if there is one, starts at 7 and main PM bracket starts at 8.
this week we are doing PM doubles as the side event.

 

[BirdyBirds]

I need to find a doubles partner if that's the side event this week. hopefully there's people there that are looking for one as well.

 

[ThaJakester]

How long do the IaB events that feature Melee usually last considering how you guys have to probably juggle the same players between both brackets? I'm curious about average times so lets not talk about when M2K was there xD. But yeah, when you guys host both games I'm inferring that you start Melee first and then PM at 8pm? What time do you guys usually finish up an IaB when its PM only vs. PM and Melee as well? When I attended one of your events M2K was there along with a crazy amount of people lolz, and we were there until around 3am...but yeah, what times do you guys usually average at these events without all the craziness of guests like M2K bahahah! I appreciate knowledge I'm trying to host myself in the future so this info helps me out a lot! (I'm sorry if this isn't the place for a post like this .__.)

 

[bec]

usually like 12:30-1am if we're lucky and we have lots of setups but we only had 8 last week ;; 65 man singles and 16 team doubles on 8 setups was awful