Hi all,
Long-time smasher, but new to the competitive community.
I'm trying to determine how much interest there would be for a large regional tournament, located central to the greater New York City/Philadelphia metropolitan area (less than a 2hr drive from each major city). It would be an open tournament, anyone able to enter and compete to win. Ideally I was thinking of having a double-elimination style event, and a portion of the entry fee would go to supplement the prize pool. Depending on how many people sign up, I was also hoping that anyone could come in and spectate the event for free. We would probably restrict the actual entry into the competition to players 13 and up, however.
The facility I'm looking to host in has cinema screens and stadium-style comfy seating, as well as food and drink available. We would also like to have an open area for anyone to bring their systems and play for fun in between official matches on the big screens. I understand many tournaments offer reduced entry fees for people who bring a console/TV to contribute to the free-play room.
To keep things simple we were hoping to have the competition centered in Smash Wii U/3DS, but depending on how things are organized & how much interest we get we may also be able to have some of the other Smashes officially showcased as well, since I understand how much everyone loves Melee and Project M in the competitive scene.
I'm also looking for more information on how best to run the event and any other details that might be useful. Should it be an all-day event or spread out over a couple days? How much prize money would be appropriate to bring people out? Would casters and color commentators be needed? Would an online stream for the event be necessary or just icing on the cake? Will we need any clearances or special permissions from Nintendo to host a spectator event?
I was hoping that the event could fall sometime within the next 6 months or so. I am just hashing out details at this point so nothing is set in stone. The more information and interest I receive, the better I can plan out the tournament.
Any information or suggestions you guys have will be very welcome. I'm also going to be checking out details from other tournaments past to get a rough idea of what is expected.
Hope to hear everyone's two-bits. Thanks in advance!
Long-time smasher, but new to the competitive community.
I'm trying to determine how much interest there would be for a large regional tournament, located central to the greater New York City/Philadelphia metropolitan area (less than a 2hr drive from each major city). It would be an open tournament, anyone able to enter and compete to win. Ideally I was thinking of having a double-elimination style event, and a portion of the entry fee would go to supplement the prize pool. Depending on how many people sign up, I was also hoping that anyone could come in and spectate the event for free. We would probably restrict the actual entry into the competition to players 13 and up, however.
The facility I'm looking to host in has cinema screens and stadium-style comfy seating, as well as food and drink available. We would also like to have an open area for anyone to bring their systems and play for fun in between official matches on the big screens. I understand many tournaments offer reduced entry fees for people who bring a console/TV to contribute to the free-play room.
To keep things simple we were hoping to have the competition centered in Smash Wii U/3DS, but depending on how things are organized & how much interest we get we may also be able to have some of the other Smashes officially showcased as well, since I understand how much everyone loves Melee and Project M in the competitive scene.
I'm also looking for more information on how best to run the event and any other details that might be useful. Should it be an all-day event or spread out over a couple days? How much prize money would be appropriate to bring people out? Would casters and color commentators be needed? Would an online stream for the event be necessary or just icing on the cake? Will we need any clearances or special permissions from Nintendo to host a spectator event?
I was hoping that the event could fall sometime within the next 6 months or so. I am just hashing out details at this point so nothing is set in stone. The more information and interest I receive, the better I can plan out the tournament.
Any information or suggestions you guys have will be very welcome. I'm also going to be checking out details from other tournaments past to get a rough idea of what is expected.
Hope to hear everyone's two-bits. Thanks in advance!