I'm going to address the MCS Qualifiers in the form of the questions Oro asked:
What exactly does MCS qualifiers mean?
Every tournament that I run, that has this advertisement in the OP:
LET'S HEAR THE HYPE!!!
Means that you will recieve points for the MCS (In SSBB/SSBM SINGLES ONLY). Which are qualifiers for the Grand Finals in October, located here:
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=262979
The points you recieve are hella important because...
Are you doing it for seeding, or for entrance?
BOTH!
At grand finals there will only be a 32 Man or 64 Man bracket, pending on how many people actually recieved points through out the series. Before Grand finals 16 or 32 players (again depending on how many people recieved points already) will already have placement and seeding in the Singles bracket because of the points they earned already (All they'd need to do at the event is pay their entrance/venue fee *if needed*, participate in whatever Doubles/Side/Other tournament*s, and warm up in the "casuals" section of the venue until the Singles Bracket starts).
If you don't go to the qualifiers, then can you go to the MCS?
The other half of players, will have to earn their spots at the Grand Finals tournament. This will be done via pool play. If there are ties, it will be played out via 1v1 matches (a best of 3 set) or in a Single elimination bracket (pending how many people tied).
Losing is not acceptable in this matter.
Participating in pools at Grand Finals is opened to everyone, EXCEPT THOSE WHO ALREADY QUALIFIED obviously. If someone who who qualified is unable to make it, that spot will be given to the 17th or 33rd player (again depending on how many people are in the final bracket) that ranked in the MCS point standings. And so on and so forth (I.E: 18th, 19th.../34th, 35th...).
So I hope that gives everyone a more clearer understanding of how important this series is. Especially for the points you may recieve. I'm going all out for the Grand Finals event in October. So much money will be given away, and if ANY of you are concerned about if this is foreal or not.
Let me just tell you,
WE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN AWAY CLOSE TO $1500 IN THE PAST 5 MONTHS AT MY PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS COMBINED IN ILLINOIS AND TEXAS. MY CREDIBILITY SPEAKS FOR IT'S SELF.
$2,000 be there! And it will be waiting for each and every one of you that is determinded to win, out play, and challenge your self in...