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The Official Illinois / Wisconsin Brawl Power Rankings Thread! *NEW UPDATE (1-22-12)*

#HBC | Red Ryu

#HBC | Red Ryu

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I have two issues that came up recently, I'm broke, Car troubles so atm I can't go to SiiS5, balls.

Brainshock sounds like a go for me, but not SiiS5. :(
 
_Kain_

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For the carpools for IL going to Brainshock. Can we save a spot for Ally? He wants to go with IL cause you know...we cool like that
 
DLA

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I can probably take the DLA's-mom's-mobile to Brainshock.

Also you guys should read this, it's Day's side of the story on why SiiS4 was the way it was.

Today said:
The problem with last SiiS was the sudden venue change; which I'm really sorry about. Everything was set and stone, prepped, and ready then all of the sudden Thursday evening (two days before) we couldn't have our venue. We were already going to be given enough setups to keep time ahead and everything on set; just, after the call we were down about 15 setups and no where to actually have the tournament. Of course I called and looked around and managed to find a place, but we were still down the setups. Not only that, the current place we found was a bit small and wasn't expecting as many people as it did. It just ended up running late due to having to try and finish a tournament at a different venue with about 20 ish setups (and there were some that didn't even end up working). I can honestly say we did our best with what we could and I'm sorry for the unexpected 360.

Fortunately now, I know the owner of this venue (Arcade Legacy) is way more on top of things, and if anything needed to be change I would know way ahead of time to prepare a bit better. The owner also has done PowerUp (a national MvC3, Super, and MK9 tournament), so he has a lot of experience with things and definitely wants to be able to help promote Smash. He also has a lot of good connections so I think this will be an amazing way to bring out the community more to locals.
He is giving us a lot more setups (although, we would still obviously need them). Not only that, with two days time is spread out more and with the given plan I have:
Brawl Pools Sat, and 48-man Bracket at exactly 1pm Sunday things will definitely be more smoother.
I am hoping to use this as a way to raise money for those in need, while at the same time bringing the community together to have an fantastic time. And the owner of AL really supports and wants to work with that (instead of our previous venue who kind of didn't care as much). I absolutely know for sure this will be extremely successful and the more and more I talk with the owner and how things are planned out the more I have confidence in this weekend.
Whether or not IL doesn't want to give it another chance that is up to you guys and I completely understand. I really really enjoy you guys company, and I really just generally like being around IL. My only dream is again, to get the community together (and especially trying to build Midwest together which is what we really need), while helping others. Hopefully I will see you guys some time in the future if not this weekend, and I can honestly just show you and prove to you something amazing this weekend. I apologize for last time, and have fun with whatever decisions you make!
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Today said:
Again, totally understandable. As for the bracket, I personally didn't look too much at it at the beginning for SiiS4 since I was pulled aside by security as soon as we started for a bit after having to collect the pools sheets and giving it to the other TOs; however, afterward I was finally able to get a good look at the bracket to fix things but one of the TOs had already started everything instead of waiting for me to see. After that I realize the whole Arty + King Toon thing. I take full responsibility as I probably should have put more emphasis on waiting for me to see the full bracket before starting it out; and of course the other TO who did the bracket and started it was probably just worried about time. Mistakes definitely happen. I'm pretty sure bracket finished up not too too long after pools, I think a problem was there were sudden drop outs (that no one told) and some people entering under different names that was extremely confusing; which again, that was my fault for allowing others to do that for kicks and giggles.
Personally, this time I will do the bracket and look things over and then allow others to double-check instead of the other way around. I also think we'll have a lot less security problems as well. I also plan on being a lot more stricter in rules. Meaning, if people aren't on time instead of waiting for them they are DQ, and if we find out you enter under a different name after saying don't it also means DQ, etc. I also think having some time off to finish the bracket Sat night will allow it to be nearly perfect Sunday afternoon. Thanks, DLA for giving us a try. I really appreciate it! And I'm glad you brought this up. I learned a lot from last time, and I know I need to be stricter when it comes to players in general including with other helper TOs. I am sure with this information, and a different attitude and generally being tougher balancing time and making it happen will definitely work well.
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Oro?!

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I only have what you guys said about SiiS4 to go off of but right after SiiS4 you were all hella negative about it. My main problems have been with SiiS3 though...

I can drive if need be for Brainshock too, but would prefer not to.
 
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What happened at SiiS3? I don't even remember, it must have been small
 
Oro?!

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Nah man there were like 100+ there, but it was more MW focused. There were a lot of promises for housing/free food/drinks at the venue that were broken, everything ran inefficiently, the pools were terribly seeded (I remember Arty had a joke pool and myself as well as several others had very hard pools and Arty was just saying how it was really stupid), brackets didn't start til like 10:00 and we were driving back that night since no one wanted to put up for a hotel again. This was the one that Quaz went to and you teamed with Allied, DLA.

Unrelated to tourney that was where I got pulled over on the way back and had my tire go flat.

Edit: Again these are just my personal experiences, that is to say-
I was offered housing before the tourney got hyped, then the offer was taken back.

There was promise of free food/drink, and it was extra incentive to drive 6 hours if I didn't have to pay for food/drink/housing.

Seeding was atrocious and the T.O staff did not ask any top players from every state to help with seeding members from their state. General skill levels of every player would've been enough to make things better

There were several hours of down time between events, after pools, before anything started, and it lead to the bracket not starting until super late.

I mean of course I still had fun playing people and hanging out, but I can do that at any event, and I believe the overall quality of the tournament itself was among the worst if not the worst I have ever been to.
 
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For the carpools for IL going to Brainshock. Can we save a spot for Ally? He wants to go with IL cause you know...we cool like that
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Wait...so are you coming?

And Red Ryu, that's too bad... :<
 
Oro?!

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Don't think Kain is goin to SiiS lol, that was for Brainshock comin up in July. 4 hours less driving for us compared to Ohio.

Agreed about the Ally thing but it seems like we will have enough room for everyone with 2-3 drivers if DLA is going to drive.
 
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And guess whose making the 4th smash?
SAKURAI.

gg everyone. It's Melee or bust now (Unless I'm shown undeniable proof that this game won't suck).
 
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And there goes Sothe being a downer once again. They haven't shown a single thing about the game yet... For all we know, it could be a combination of all 3 games.

Plus, they said they wanted the Wii U to appeal to more hardcore gamers. So maybe Nintendo realized we want Smash to be competitive, and it could end up being that way, even if Sakurai has control over it.

Also this: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/09/iwata_asks_smash_bros/
 
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should have mentioned this earlier, but we have me, arty (maybe, if he can get someone to cover for him saturday), kels, Orly, and Dbag Dave in a car for SiiS this weekend. That's 5/8 spots. So yeah last call if you want to go... it'll be funnnnnnnnn
 
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Also, I'm going to be buying plane tickets for Genesis right after Brainshock. I'll be looking at prices all week (they dropped to about $280, compared to $400 last time I checked). So if you want me to get you the cheapest possible tickets (my parents are helping because they have some experience with it), then I will purchase them for you. You need to give me the money AT BRAINSHOCK though because my parents won't buy them unless I have the money up front.

Of course if you don't need me to buy tickets for you, or you need time to get the money or whatever, go ahead and buy em yourself. I think it would be cool to all be on the same plane though.

So yeah just keep it in mind, Genesis is coming up fast so don't wait too long.
 
KenniSpam!

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WHAT I DID WHILE SMASHBOARDS WAS DOWN.

Finished GTO. I liked it. 8/10

Watched Death Note. Had it flaws but still entertaining to watch. 8/10

Almost finished ZnT2, it's getting really boring, I don't think I'll watch season 3. 5/10 so far

Started Code Geass. Death Note with mechas. Too early to give a rating

:phone:
 
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Hot_ArmS said:
kennispam, what do you think the flaws with deathnote was
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the characters were all critically flawed in my opinion, every one of them seemed distant and underdeveloped, with the possssssible exception of light. also i found quite a few plot holes, but they were mostly minor so i ended up overlooking them.

:phone:
 
Oro?!

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I'm glad you at least responded properly.

+1

Edit: Curious what plot holes you mean in Death Note... but then again, there is a lot more in depth development into plot/characters in the manga, where as the action/suspense is better in the anime.
 
KenniSpam!

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back on topic k-on is amazing

edit-i forget the specific plot holes but i found a few that never got resolved while i was watching it.

:phone:
 
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stupidest thing about Death Note was how L's apprentice chose who he thought Light was. L was such an analytical character, and that guy did... yeah. I didn't like the show to begin with though, I only really liked the potato chip part lol
 
Oro?!

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All I gotta say about Death Note is... it's the only damn anime Arty will ever like, and I think that says something.

No Tano that is K-On's artstyle. The eyebrows are the only thing that make me mad though, and only 2 characters have eyebrows like that.
 
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