I will be in Arizona until the 20th or so of January. I would love to see the old faces again, and meet some new ones. I should be able to travel wherever, so anyone playing Melee should tell me when and where to meet them.
I would also love to hold a smashfest, although the heart of the AZ scene lives at least 40 minutes from my house. From what I have gathered in this thread over the last couple weeks, people are craving Melee events. As far as a tournament goes, I have no experience at running one whatsoever, so I don't know how I could attract people to drive up to northwest Peoria, besides just wanting to come play. Maybe a carpool from the Mesa/Tempe/Chandler area could be created for something like this? As much as I don't mind driving to events, it would be nice to have people come up this way for a change. Would there be any interest in such a thing? I could probably even have people stay the night, if they do not want to drive home late.