Ssbm Tourney In San Jose

[UnsoundOfMind]

Its going to be run by 2 people most likely, me and my friend, possibly another. After a match is done the two players have to report back to me or the one at the computer, then we'll send over another pair to start smashing. I'm also thinking of putting down duct tape to act as a kind of line spectators must be behind when a station is in use.
- We'll have at least a 5 hour time frame, and its OK if we go into over time. Pretty much the whole day is dedicated to the tourny
Our last SSBM tourny lasted 4ish hours (1-5pm), but would of been faster due to some difficulties.
- There will be 6 six stations so it should go by pretty fast. Maybe too fast. Someone suggested we only use some for tournament play and the other for friendlies. So maybe, 4 tournament matches, and 2 for warmups/friendly matches?
- Since it will go by pretty fast, and depending on the time left, I could ask permission for a second pro-tournament right after the main, provided you guys arn't burnt out from smashing.
- Do players sit in chairs when they smash? I could try and provide some chairs for the stations as well, as last time people's feet were killing them. There are no chairs at all in the store aside from a stool, and 2 chairs behind the main desk.
- Someone complained about one of our TVs (all the same make and brand) was too slow. Does the TV's refresh rate really have that big of an impact? I'm a n0ob, and i know some people take frames into a huge consideration. I can just make that TV and friendly station if thats the case.

Thoughts?

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

chairs are a must !!! (for most ppl)

just avoid having really big / HD tvs. most TVs are fine so i don't think it should be a problem.

also, will there be any vcrs / laptops? if so, can i record and upload the matches to youtube?

and alsooo, is there any chance that you can either increase the prizes or reduce the entry fee? $320 total and $100 are prizes... meh ionno x_x

 

[UnsoundOfMind]

Alright, chairs it is.

I'll see if i can arrange some VCRs, but there probably won't be any laptops. If you guys can provide them yourselves that'll be kool too. Then you guys can post em/ do whatever nya nya.

Yeah, for the prizes, I'm trying to negotiate that with the owner >_<
Originally I wanted to at least have it as
2/5 of pot for 1st
1/5 of pot for 2nd
Money back for third

But meh, you know how asians are -_-. I'll keep pushing it to see how much i can give back to the players or lower the entry fee. I want to set up routine SSBM tournys, at least bi monthly, so hopefully that may or may not convince the owner to give more back to the players.

 

[lordXblade]

At least one TV should be set up for friendlies, I think. Also, will you be providing all the cubes and controllers? I'm assuming yes, since it's a game store, but I wanted to make sure. I'll see if I can bring a laptop, but I don't know how to connect one to a TV. In any case, if you tell the owner that you're gonna have more tourneys, that's good publicity for the store, and she'll probably let you increase the pot size, and have it not be store credit .

 

[UnsoundOfMind]

For the GCs, the store actually only has 2 used GCs at hand.

YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLERS! No turbo/programmable pads.
I highly recommend to not bring wavebirds, if you do, you have to coordinate yourself with others to ensure theres no overlap. Use with caution.
Store doesn't have enough controllers at hand, sorry.

Last time to fill them all up I just borrowed from my friends, so that part should be ok.

Yeah, sucks it has to be store credit, but you nailed it on the spot on what i'm going after.

Gah, I should be getting community service hours for this. I'm also applying at Gamestop haha, the forbidden word when in the store. I've heard some bad things about the store, and some of the employees are just stupid, but at least they'll give me more hours to work.

I myself do not know how to record with a laptop, nor can i provide one. If someone can bring a VCR or laptop, go for it. When I get the times ready, if your bringing one arrive like 15-30 minutes early so we can help you set it up and whatnot.

Gah, i'll get ninjamonkey to update the first post too >_<

 

[Miharu]

Zhu has a connecting thing, I believe.

Most tourneys are BYOC (Bring Your Own Controller), and most people will bring cubes with them. However, it never hurts to have a few spare controllers on hand, and extra cubes are always nice.

 

[lordXblade]

Lol ya, first post definitely needs some serious editing. Tell him to add a confirmed time when he does it too.

 

[aznforce817]

Make sure WOBBLE technique is banned.

 

[Got Blood?]

San Jose? My stomping grounds it seems. I've only been to one tournament before, so this will be another good experience.I haven't actually smashed for a while, but I figure it'll be fun, get owned, and gain some experience or something. Anyway, I plugged in the adress in mapquest but it came up nil. Anyone mind posting a link or something? And one more thing, we pay at the door the day before the tourney or can we go anytime and register?

 

[KingJiggyWiggy]

Stomping ground? lol this is Isai's stomping ground.

 

[Got Blood?]

Stomping ground? lol this is Isai's stomping ground.

You misunderstood.I meant the ground which I'll be stomped upon.

 

[Miharu]

Make sure WOBBLE technique is banned.

Why? 10 char >_>

 

[UnsoundOfMind]

Whats WOBBLE technique?

 

[Lunchbox]

This is wobbling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie--h96-TJY

 

[UnsoundOfMind]

San Jose? My stomping grounds it seems. I've only been to one tournament before, so this will be another good experience.I haven't actually smashed for a while, but I figure it'll be fun, get owned, and gain some experience or something. Anyway, I plugged in the adress in mapquest but it came up nil. Anyone mind posting a link or something? And one more thing, we pay at the door the day before the tourney or can we go anytime and register?

Yes, you can pay at the door. Just be sure to PM me with your name and alias desired, and I'll personally add you to the list myself.

And should I ban the wobble technique? Part of me wants too, but the iceclimbers arnt the only character with infinites

 

[SuperRad]

i say no.

good players can over come it, and it hasn't run rampant through the local scene anyways.

if it aint broke, dont ban it.

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

Yes, you can pay at the door. Just be sure to PM me with your name and alias desired, and I'll personally add you to the list myself.

And should I ban the wobble technique? Part of me wants too, but the iceclimbers arnt the only character with infinites

ban it please. otherwise i'll severely abuse it on the new players and see what "johns" they come up with. jk jk xD

but seriously, if you assume that the ice climbers player is going just for grabs / wobbles then the game because a camp fest. its not like ice climbers needs wobbles, they have the best chaingrabs in the game.

ban it.

 

[HyugaRicdeau]

Fox doesn't "need" a bunch of the crap he has. The IC's with Wobbles aren't better than Fox, so there's no reason to ban it.

An overwhelming majority of the people in the Smash Back Room, including myself, believe the Wobbles is NOT ban-worthy.

If Zhu wants to abuse it on nubs that's his prerogative. It doesn't matter cause matches against nubs are not a good litmus for tourney rules anyway. I can just as well abuse any number of ways to rest people.

However, it's your tournament, you can run it how you like.

 

[Got Blood?]

Yes, you can pay at the door. Just be sure to PM me with your name and alias desired, and I'll personally add you to the list myself.

Can you give me a link to a map on mapquest.It hasn't been working correctly for me lately.

 

[ProdigyKid]

Zhu I can still beat your *** w/o CGing ^___^ <3

and I dont even know how to Wobbles consistently, or care to know.

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

Zhu I can still beat your *** w/o CGing ^___^ <3

and I dont even know how to Wobbles consistently, or care to know.

not when i'm not pissed :D

 

[Got Blood?]

I'll show up and win with ease.Presuming everyone forfeits to me.Or I can most likely lose the first match... I say we go the first way,that way everyones happy.

 

[ProdigyKid]

Way to johns about that Zhu XD

 

[ShadowBTZO]

Wobbling is dumb, anything that you can do absolutely nothing about should be banned. You can at least smash DI fox's drillshine/infinite shine, where as with wobbles you have to sit and hope they mess up. Fox's infinite actually requires a little skill as well, but with the wobbles you have to tilt the control stick forward and tap a to a certain pattern...real difficult -_-

I'll agree IC's with wobbles is not better than fox, but how stupid is it to be forced to avoid grabs the whole match, and if you make 1 mistake and get grabbed, you automatically lose a stock.

 

[UnsoundOfMind]

Here ya go. It works fine for me on mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.ad...125+Bernal+Rd&city=San+jose&state=ca&zipcode=

 

[KingJiggyWiggy]

No need to make Johns already Blood. Your only a beginner anyway. We will play many friendlies together.

 

[SuperRad]

Wobbling is dumb, anything that you can do absolutely nothing about should be banned. You can at least smash DI fox's drillshine/infinite shine, where as with wobbles you have to sit and hope they mess up. Fox's infinite actually requires a little skill as well, but with the wobbles you have to tilt the control stick forward and tap a to a certain pattern...real difficult -_-

I'll agree IC's with wobbles is not better than fox, but how stupid is it to be forced to avoid grabs the whole match, and if you make 1 mistake and get grabbed, you automatically lose a stock.

i dont see why the difficulty of the maneuver should matter

 

[ikenmike]

Yeah, sure, I guess I'll show up.
I mean, someone has to put nubs like KingJiggyWiggy and HydroKirby back in their places.

 

[ShadowBTZO]

i dont see why the difficulty of the maneuver should matter

Just saying that its insulting that someone who isn't even good has a decent chance of winning, where as a fox player requires technical skill to be able to do his infinite, and other than PS when it changes, he can't do it (considering that the stages are all neutrals =P)

 

[ProdigyKid]

Lets not make this a thread about wobbling now. We already have about 100 of those by now =3

 

[Zoap]

To ban wobbling is to be like manacloud. Who wants to ban wobbling now??

 

[KingJiggyWiggy]

Hmmm. We just got called out Hydro Kirby!

 

[UnsoundOfMind]

Alright, I guess wobbling won't be banned nya nya

Hmm.. so far I've only gotten 3 registered at the store, 4 smashboard PM confirmations, and about 5 friends. Not even half way filled >_<

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

Yeah, sure, I guess I'll show up.
I mean, someone has to put nubs like KingJiggyWiggy and HydroKirby back in their places.

lol. gl putting hydrokirby back in "his place" lol. hes very far from some random newb (for once this isn't sarcasm).

ikenmike, you should money match hydrokirby since you're so confident xD

 

[D.Gray]

Don't worry Unsound, I'll be there

I won the last tourney =)

TAKE THAT IKENMIKE!

 

[Miharu]

Yeah, sure, I guess I'll show up.
I mean, someone has to put nubs like KingJiggyWiggy and HydroKirby back in their places.

Dammit, nobody ever types my name with the space >_>

Anyhow, $5 MM, best of 5, if you're so confident. Standard MLG ruleset. I use Kirby, if it matters.

 

[Zoap]

Hydro Kirby is pretty awesome guys

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

Dammit, nobody ever types my name with the space >_>

Anyhow, $5 MM, best of 5, if you're so confident. Standard MLG ruleset. I use Kirby, if it matters.

why do i think that it won't even matter lol

 

[ikenmike]

Dammit, nobody ever types my name with the space >_>

Anyhow, $5 MM, best of 5, if you're so confident. Standard MLG ruleset. I use Kirby, if it matters.

I apologize hydrospacekirby, it shall not happen again.

 

[Miharu]

I apologize hydrospacekirby, it shall not happen again.

So you're accepting? Good. Come Sunday, I expect you to give me $5.