[NSW] Hunter Valley Smash - Back in business!

[isthattim?]

SD
Tim
Summoner
Zero
Jelly
DAZ
Billy
Miloo
Jazz77vivi

hey guys we have like 9 active players now, with 8 at least playing the right game

10 more and we can run tourneys without worrying about sydney attendance too much

so, um, go get some more peeps ay.

 

[Zero]

Someone lend me Photoshop so I can make a poster and stick it around. Maybe give it to the schools to put on bulletin boards lol.

 

[SummonerAU]

Needs more smash 64 imo

Also, I wonder if HV will ever bother about PR if we get 20+ people. I can't see many people caring about them atm.

 

[Zero]

Yeah, HV will have a 20 player PR, so everyone knows we have 20 good players.

On the more serious/not-joke side, I may have Smash at my place on Sunday.

 

[Melancholy]

I will be at the Jets game on Sunday. Which starts at... 5 I think?

So unless your thing is early...

 

[Zero]

It'll be through the day, leave whenever as usual.
Also I hope no mod is watching, I want to show off my sig I just made :3
Yeah the CS4 install finished :D

 

[EverAlert]

CS3 Ext is better imo, the performance hit isn't worth tabbed projects.

 

[isthattim?]

why does billy have a blue name?

 

[SummonerAU]

Because he's a cool kid.

Only cool kids can get blue names.

 

[Zero]

He applied for one. You should too Tim.

SO guys, check out the first trial of the HVSmash poster.

Any wise words from any Arts degree students?

EDIT: Just realised some of the text is really unreadable.... lol.

 

[isthattim?]

address not found,
how do i apply for a blue name

 

[Nixernator]

My wise words are to add 64 in thats guaranteed to get lots of attendance.
Also HV should have a 25 person PR, because they have 25 good players and its good for the scene. Amirite?

 

[Zero]

Hell, everyone should be on the PR. It'll make us feel better, right?

And for the website, I'm gonna write and design a small little portal page for the cool kids to use to get more general information about the scene. I think it'll be easier for the more casual than directing them to Smashboards, then here. The QR code is for the cooler kids to use with their mobile phone barcode scanners to bring them to the website.

I have not bought the domain yet, will do so next week.

 

[SummonerAU]

I hate the background
and the 'FALCON' seems out of place

I also hate the e's in melee.

Also, Hunter PR should be 50 players including various bots.

 

[Zero]

Nothing is ever perfect. Can't find the Melee logo to save my life.

Poster version 1.

Not about making things look in place, it's about getting our name out and making the scene grow.

 

[Melancholy]

@Tim

Go to User CP, then Group Memberships, then request to join Tournament Directors and link this thread.

Wait a week or two and then you will have a blue name. Like the rest of us HV peeps.

@Andrew

Your poster is kinda cool, I would get the offical melee logo, get rid of the 'FALCON' and proabably get rid of the 'with items!' part. 'Social Smash' would be sufficient, IMO.
Also why do 'Friendly Community!' and 'All are Welcome!' have exclamation points but not 'Monthy Tournaments'?
Anyway good effort

 

[EverAlert]

Just realised I wrote a wall of notes on the poster haha, hopefully it's helpful. xD

- Not enough colour contrast. Make the background blue or something. Insta-readability!
- Text formatting/positioning is all over the place.
--- Some of the text doesn't need to be nearly as big (URL/"QR Code"). If you're printing this at poster size, some of it will be offputtingly huge on paper.
--- Also change the font for some things, a good rule of thumb for print is sans-serif headers and serif body text.
--- "hvSMASH" seems kinda iffy. I don't know what I feel about it, but my gut tells me it's probably better to spell it out as "HUNTER VALLEY SMASH" in full. I dunno. Sticks out in a bad way. Also make it white.
--- "+" seems iffy, take it out, unnecessary, etc etc.
- Notes on reception.
--- Take out the Falcon thing, I don't think too many people will "get it". Remember you're trying to attract people not already in the scene, not people who can already appreciate the reference.
--- And yeah, don't mention items, it implies a preference, which is true but it's probably better to leave the decision of play styles to the viewer rather than telling them how we/to play.
--- Move "Monthy Tournaments" from the top to 3rd (before "All are Welcome!"), again a focus thing, we obv want them attending tournaments but for the casual player the social aspect should come first. And yeah, exclamation mark.
- QR Code stuff.
--- Put the QR Code in the bottom left corner, remove "(for mobiles)" bloat.
--- Don't blur the QR Code (duh), you should know better.
--- Make "QR Code" text as small as possible, just big enough so that it's actually legible when printed. If people already know what it is there's no need for it, if they don't then all that's necessary is (very) small text telling them what it is.
--- The rest of the bottom edge is for the URL, resize that appropriately.
- Better Captain Falcon Art.

I'm sure S.D will be able to contribute greatly to the reception side of things, he seems to know what's up public-wise as a journalist, haha.

A good effort so far.

 

[luke_atyeo]

just put a photo of sd and toby on the poster, problem solved.

 

[isthattim?]

if you dont get DAZ to make the website chances are you will regret it.
also go HV at squat!!!
SD
Jelly
Turtle

yeahusz!

 

[Melancholy]

YEAH BOIII

Melee Doubles first up... obviously S.D and Turt are teaming, is Jelly entering doubles?

 

[isthattim?]

a little birdy told me he's teaming with tibs

 

[SummonerAU]

a little birdy told me Sam was going to **** hard.

I believe in you Sam

 

[Jazz77vivi]

lol, I like the poster... it looks awesome (except the "e's" in Melee....)

 

[isthattim?]

alright, whos going to sydney on sunday so we can organise this shiz?

 

[Zero]

Me
Tom
3 TVs

 

[Melancholy]

I might go, if I can get a lift.

Otherwise, I probably wont, cause I want to go to the football as well :S

 

[S.D]

I'm working and I hate smeesh.

 

[Melancholy]

I've decided I'm going to the football.

The jets will probably lose now that I'm missing a tourney to watch them play.

 

[S.D]

I've decided I'm going to the football.

The jets will probably lose now that I'm missing a tourney to watch them play.

Most likely, stupid Jets >.<

 

[isthattim?]

lack of competitive melee or people i want to play = Tim not going anymore

edit: no offense tom and andrew

 

[S.D]

lack of competitive melee or people i want to play = Tim not going anymore

edit: no offense tom and andrew

eh, you should go play against that new guy, he'd probably win the tournament in the absence of well, everyone...

 

[isthattim?]

eh, you should go play against that new guy, he'd probably win the tournament in the absence of well, everyone...

i should rephrase, cbf driving 3 hours each way after having a christmas party at my house the night before if it's gonna be all brawl with me being forced to pretend i'm stu (no offence stu) and rope people into playing melee all day long when they'd clearly prefer to play brawl

 

[SummonerAU]

geeeeeeeez

I guess I'll have to organise a melee day or something.

 

[Shaya]

Someone needs to run it.
I'm not stopping anyone doing as such :O

 

[Jazz77vivi]

gee... talk about dead

 

[Melancholy]

Blame Shaya.

 

[SummonerAU]

**** Shaya. Stealing my things.

 

[Zero]

So.

Hunter tourney on the 10th.

 

[Sieg]

So.

I'll probably be there.

OoS attendance. Get prepared to **** me hard.

 

[SummonerAU]

You'll probably get 3rd in melee Soog
1st: S.D
2nd: Batman
3rd: Soog