Just wanted to give you guys a heads up on the status of the April tourney. I had originally wanted to have a BIG tournament weekend for April, but it seems that it's not going to happen. The GMs of FFC aren't being very cooperative for some reason. I had originally set out to have tournaments in Halo 2, Smash, Mario Kart DD, and possibly another title around the time of Spring Break around here (which would be around the 2nd week of April), but the wrench got thrown in the works when it came down to money. I'm going to be very honest with all of you, because I believe you should hear the truth. Last time we had a Halo 2 tournament, there was like $660 up for grabs for the 1st place team (4 players per team). While the GMs were pleased with the tournaments' turnouts (Smash included), they felt that we gave back too much money. So they wanted me to put together another tournament where 1st place would've been worth roughly half the original amount, and of course it would snowball down to 2nd and 3rd place as well. That does not sit well with me. I believe that one of the biggest draws of tournaments nowadays is the amount of money up for grabs, especially if you have won a tournament like that before. It's all the more incentive to come back and defend your title. Smash was not mentioned when talking about the money thing, and I believe that David and I can prevent that from changing. In fact, I'd like to see more money given back to the players. But time will tell what happens...
As for the next tournament, having it in April is still on but as mentioned above, on a smaller scale than what was originally intended. I am going to shoot for the last weekend of the month. In the last email, I mentioned that there would be more money to win this time. Though that was written before my meeting with the GMs, technically we can still do it if you all want to. David and I tossed around the idea of charging $10 for entry (for now, we'd remain at FFC taking $2 for experimental purposes, but FYI the most we'd ever take is $3), but you will be most affected by this decision so your input would be appreciated. Thanks for being patient, guys.