Hey guys, heard about the turnout yesterday and to say the least:
I AM DISAPPOINT
I'll admit that my primary reason for not going was because I could not even attempt to guess at a turnout, which prompted me to believe that it would be low. Having a monthly tournament downtown in your city where the set-ups are taken care of, with a great venue and dedicated staff, and only having single digit numbers? (I don't want to post the actual number of "entrants" I was quoted for fear of alienating this community).
I hope that I don't come across as too harsh, but I want to highlight the fact that Ottawa has the potential to be a hub for competitive Melee, as it is in between both Toronto and Montreal, and is in close proximity to Kingston, which, apparently, has a much more active community than Ottawa, despite our population.
Now, that being said, I would like to make sure that the GO March monthly is a success for Melee! Kingston will most definitely be represented by a minimum of 5 strong players, and potentially up to 10. Furthermore, Toronto has expressed strong interest to me about attending, and bringing players such as unknown522, raynex, kk, ministry, idea, i.b. etc. etc. Not only that, but Montreal smashers would love the chance to have a strong day of competition with Ontario's elite, so the usual suspects would be in tow ie.e kage, CHESTERR01 =O, pkm, vwins, pest, fatuik pending their transportation arrangements.
However, OTTAWA MUST BE REPRESENTED, otherwise this would be a fail-event =(
As a community, we owe it to the game to keep it alive, and it's a sorry state of things when an amazing event is set-up by those OUTSIDE of the community a FOR OUR community and there is virtually no attendance.
tl;dr Let's make the March GO Monthly ****, and bring in the best talent that EC Canada has to offer! The impetus is on your community!
