Should i start hosting my own tournies?

[ogNzeo]

I live in Louisiana and I can never find any tournies on here. Me and my 4 friends are thinking of starting one because we can never make it to one. What are my chances of it being a hit? because i know noone that plays smash in my state other than my 5 friends.

 

[EPsilon933]

I live in Louisiana and I can never find any tournies on here. Me and my 4 friends are thinking of starting one because we can never make it to one. What are my chances of it being a hit? because i know noone that plays smash in my state other than my 5 friends.

Advertise it in your region's facebook page. All that's needed for a good local is at least 8 players and enough setups. Maybe 1 setup for every 3 people is a good ratio. Do you have a lot of space for a small local?

 

[ogNzeo]

i could easily find a venue. my house would be weird to open up to strangers

 

[Teczer0]

You should probably find/grow a scene before you start making an event.

If no one has any idea who you are they're not going to suddenly show up because you put melee in the title

 

[ViVio]

you could start off hosting smashfests first and then start hosting tournaments at your fests when you get regulars showing up

 

[Zylo]

Are you on the LA Smash Facebook page? If you're in Baton Rouge/Nola/Lafayette, they have something at least once a month. At the end of last summer, one of our monthlies broke 45 entrants for PM, so there are definitely people out there.

 

[Mikkelmann]

you could start off hosting smashfests first and then start hosting tournaments at your fests when you get regulars showing up

This is a really good way to start like host a Smashfest then start working your way up to like 4 bracket double elimination.

 

[X WaNtEd X]

if there's already a scene, a facebook page and you got a venue you should be able to attract people. i don't see why people wouldn't come. unless you live like super far away from everyone in your region.

people will come