viperboy_74
Smash Master
A few things:
The first thing to remember is that the point of a circuit isn't to bring in new players, or to let every player in the region be able to drive to an event in less than an hour, and it isn't exactly designed to have people go as their first tournament. The point of a circuit, at least this one, is to spark the competition for us, from a internal regional stand point. We've been a lackluster region since I've been around (2004) and something like this circuit is what forces our players to play more, to play each other more, and an overall performance boost region wide.
In order for the circuit to be effective, there needs to be a smaller amount of events with a larger turn out at each. That's the only way to get a fair and accurate point accrual from circuit events. Having so many events, and with lesser turn outs, really changes the overall outcome. An event with 30 people, the winner will get the same amount of points as an event with 80 people, its not scaled by participants nor skill level, so multiple smaller events actually hinders the overall competition. Not even to mention attempting to collect the circuit funds from that many small events will be a headache.
Looking at events, it's hardly plausible to have 5 or 6 tournaments run that many events and finish in a timely manner. It takes a lot out of a TO to run 6 events (assuming Melee, PM, and Brawl singles and doubles), and not many people are capable of running such events. It's fair to say that any tournament can feature any events they want, but we'll have to set an exact set of events that are the circuit ones. While I agree the event schedule is something that needs discussed, I mentioned specifically in the first post that the time to discuss which games we're going to feature is not now, and the logistics of tournament placement and timeline is far more important at this time.
I think we have a good thing going here in terms of formatting and design, and I agree that we need to focus on the larger scenes, as something like a circuit will make them even bigger. I do think that PA is a bit too far for the MW:E even, and their event should be grouped with Ohio, potentially Columbus. I also agree that while Kentucky and Tennessee make sense location wise, they don't generally have the turn out that a circuit event would want or need.
The first thing to remember is that the point of a circuit isn't to bring in new players, or to let every player in the region be able to drive to an event in less than an hour, and it isn't exactly designed to have people go as their first tournament. The point of a circuit, at least this one, is to spark the competition for us, from a internal regional stand point. We've been a lackluster region since I've been around (2004) and something like this circuit is what forces our players to play more, to play each other more, and an overall performance boost region wide.
In order for the circuit to be effective, there needs to be a smaller amount of events with a larger turn out at each. That's the only way to get a fair and accurate point accrual from circuit events. Having so many events, and with lesser turn outs, really changes the overall outcome. An event with 30 people, the winner will get the same amount of points as an event with 80 people, its not scaled by participants nor skill level, so multiple smaller events actually hinders the overall competition. Not even to mention attempting to collect the circuit funds from that many small events will be a headache.
Looking at events, it's hardly plausible to have 5 or 6 tournaments run that many events and finish in a timely manner. It takes a lot out of a TO to run 6 events (assuming Melee, PM, and Brawl singles and doubles), and not many people are capable of running such events. It's fair to say that any tournament can feature any events they want, but we'll have to set an exact set of events that are the circuit ones. While I agree the event schedule is something that needs discussed, I mentioned specifically in the first post that the time to discuss which games we're going to feature is not now, and the logistics of tournament placement and timeline is far more important at this time.
I think we have a good thing going here in terms of formatting and design, and I agree that we need to focus on the larger scenes, as something like a circuit will make them even bigger. I do think that PA is a bit too far for the MW:E even, and their event should be grouped with Ohio, potentially Columbus. I also agree that while Kentucky and Tennessee make sense location wise, they don't generally have the turn out that a circuit event would want or need.
