.Ðempt
Certified Ponch
Hey there Smashboards. My name is Matt Bidwell, some of you may know me as Dempt. If you don't know who I am, I'm a Melee player from Aurora, OH that has been playing for almost 3 years and have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of awesome people along the way from all over the country, and have participated in not just a few tournaments around the area, but have been to a few nationals as well.
I wanted to bring up a topic that I've been thinking about for a long time. Something I really have been wanting to do but never knew how to approach going about all of it.....until now.
There's been a number of amazing tournaments lately. Genesis, FC, Zenith, Impulse, RoM, Apex (and their qualifiers) and plenty more. Whenever I walk into a venue, let alone even hear about a tournament of that degree, a rush of adrenaline runs through my blood, and I immediately try to plan on my attendance.
I want to give that same feeling back to every single one of you in the community, and much, much more. So with that, I propose the question:
Who would be interested in the idea of a national hosted in Ohio?
This is not something I would want to put little effort in. I would want this to be big, if not, bigger than anything Ohio has ever seen or held before. I would want to work with multiple TO's, venues, and other dedicated players to give everyone the best experience possible.
I would make sure that this was held more than likely in the spring or preferably the summer, where people are more likely to travel.
Since I would be working with our well known TO's, I'd like to use/create a standardized ruleset that the community can/may use as a whole, especially with the most recent events that have taken place at the last few tournies.
Before any action takes place though, I need to know the interest level of the community. Since Ohio isn't known for too many famous events, this would be a big move for our scene as well. The location of the venue would be around the Aurora, OH area, a town almost directly center of Akron and Cleveland. Around this area are multiple different key venues that could be used to accommodate a gathering much like that of Apex, Genesis, FC, or greater.
But this all starts with you.
So please, I absolutely encourage everyone who takes the time to read this to voice their opinion. Anything and everything suggested will be taken under consideration. But only if you take the time to let us know what you want out of all this.
Hopefully we get some responses, as I'm really excited to hear what everyone thinks. Thanks in advance, everyone.
~ .Ðempt
I wanted to bring up a topic that I've been thinking about for a long time. Something I really have been wanting to do but never knew how to approach going about all of it.....until now.
There's been a number of amazing tournaments lately. Genesis, FC, Zenith, Impulse, RoM, Apex (and their qualifiers) and plenty more. Whenever I walk into a venue, let alone even hear about a tournament of that degree, a rush of adrenaline runs through my blood, and I immediately try to plan on my attendance.
I want to give that same feeling back to every single one of you in the community, and much, much more. So with that, I propose the question:
Who would be interested in the idea of a national hosted in Ohio?
This is not something I would want to put little effort in. I would want this to be big, if not, bigger than anything Ohio has ever seen or held before. I would want to work with multiple TO's, venues, and other dedicated players to give everyone the best experience possible.
I would make sure that this was held more than likely in the spring or preferably the summer, where people are more likely to travel.
Since I would be working with our well known TO's, I'd like to use/create a standardized ruleset that the community can/may use as a whole, especially with the most recent events that have taken place at the last few tournies.
Before any action takes place though, I need to know the interest level of the community. Since Ohio isn't known for too many famous events, this would be a big move for our scene as well. The location of the venue would be around the Aurora, OH area, a town almost directly center of Akron and Cleveland. Around this area are multiple different key venues that could be used to accommodate a gathering much like that of Apex, Genesis, FC, or greater.
But this all starts with you.
So please, I absolutely encourage everyone who takes the time to read this to voice their opinion. Anything and everything suggested will be taken under consideration. But only if you take the time to let us know what you want out of all this.
Hopefully we get some responses, as I'm really excited to hear what everyone thinks. Thanks in advance, everyone.
~ .Ðempt
