Town & Sydney, An Australian Major Smash Tournament July 10th - 12th

[Jamwa]

I had a good time.

i want to money match the next time we both exist at the same tournament
$15 bo5?

 

[Gords]

Nope. On sunday it was crazy behind bro. Melee doubles was supposed to be at top 8 and they didn't even finish round 3.
PM was supposed to finish at 3pm and top 8 was underway after 3. Gords did a good job shifting stuff and cutting streams of certain games but better planning was needed to avoid that.

It was, For a lack of a better word. A clusterf***

On saturday we started about 1 hour behind since people showed up late and i didnt get enough time on fiday to set up everything properly. However by 7pm, the scheduled time to start Melee and PM doubles, we had caught up and were back on schedule. The biggest problem here was that at 7pm when i went to get PM doubles started, so many people took it upon themselves to just leave even though the schedule said doubles were to start at 7pm. We could literally not get a PM doubles set started and barely got any melee sets started. This is the reason why we didnt get finished on Saturday and why Sunday was so far behind.
Despite all this though we finished on schedule, its just that much of what i had schedule for streaming had to be done off stream

 

[Pudgetalks]

Thanks to all the NSW/ACT Players for being so friendly and welcoming to us VIC boys.
We all had an incredible time and would love to have you guys come down here for one of the monthlies or another Major.
Hit S@S up if you're ever in Melbourne as well.

 

[S.D]

On saturday we started about 1 hour behind since people showed up late and i didnt get enough time on fiday to set up everything properly. However by 7pm, the scheduled time to start Melee and PM doubles, we had caught up and were back on schedule. The biggest problem here was that at 7pm when i went to get PM doubles started, so many people took it upon themselves to just leave even though the schedule said doubles were to start at 7pm. We could literally not get a PM doubles set started and barely got any melee sets started. This is the reason why we didnt get finished on Saturday and why Sunday was so far behind.
Despite all this though we finished on schedule, its just that much of what i had schedule for streaming had to be done off stream

Was there a scheduled break time at any point?
If people go missing without informing TOs they should just be DQ'd en masse.

 

[dreadtech]

Was there a scheduled break time at any point?
If people go missing without informing TOs they should just be DQ'd en masse.

the problem is that no warnings were given and some matches weren't even called to play. Some players were dq'd when they were right inside the venue. There were no dq warnings whatsoever so it caused some unnecessary problems.

 

[Splice]

I think a mic would have solved problems.

 

[Darkwing SykeDuk]

was ther prize$ for meleedubs?

 

[Gords]

was ther prize$ for meleedubs?

Yes syke, Bryte or I have your prize winnings

 

[RJ<3]

i want to money match the next time we both exist at the same tournament
$15 bo5?

That may not happen for a while, but I'd be delighted.

 

[EverAlert]

Yo, I'm the stream guy.

Now that Youtube has finished processing the uploads for this event and I have a reason to post, I want to make a big post of shoutouts and notes and stuff from a stream operator's perspective.


Shoutouts:

Invisi for all the help operating the stream while I was dealing with my other needs, and helping move my stuff on Friday, you're the man. Sorry you didn't get a chance to commentate, I'll get you on for sure at the next one.

Julian for getting my stuff home after, you're also the man.

Kaiza and Mytus for being pros on the mic. I was really impressed with the professionalism, and it was great working with people who were aware of the stream's needs in addition to providing great commentary.

Atyeo and GMAN for the entertaining, if at times inappropriate, commentary. You guys had great synergy. Sorry if I gave you too hard a time for WiiU finals.

Cole, William, PCG, Syke, Spud and anyone else who jumped on commentary.

RJ, Cal, Scabe, RuKus, Naughtybird42, Wyu, Ignis, $wagBlood$, Fruity, DoubleYouToo, Connector and Boundaries for being my official distractions from streaming. Smash is why I'm here, after all.

Gords for running Town & Sydney, if nothing else. Say what you want about the event, if it weren't for this guy I would probably be playing Ocarina of Time or something last weekend instead of streaming smash.

Shaya for the water and the advice during the scheduling discussion.

Zxv for being super cooperative in the final hours.

Kira for being an angry housewife.

Ricky for, deep down, embracing the light.

Summoner for dinner.


Some comments on the stream:

This was a big learning experience for me. Though I have a lot of experience streaming, this was a different kind of stream to what I'm used to (speedrunning; handling and presenting everything solo), so there were some problems that had to do with lack of experience with logistics I normally don't need to deal with, as well as things just moving slowly or slipping my mind because my attention was trying to be everywhere.

I had no input on the stream schedule at all before the event, nor much at all during the event. The input I did have took the form of a few minor calls when I was told "do whatever", and taking charge when we had to abandon the original plan to save the schedule (which resulted on only top 4 of WiiU and Melee being streamed, sorry). As obvious as it sounds in retrospect, I now know that I have to have real input on the schedule for a tournament and stream to be balanced properly, and I really can't just be like "whatever, if **** hits the fan then it's Gords' fault" when I'm told what to do. I will be taking a more active role in future, so hopefully there will no longer be any major scheduling disasters on account of the stream.

As nice as all the positive feedback on the stream layout was, I am hearing the criticism (in particular: occasional mismatch of colours between game and cam, lack of cam on WiiU gameplay, no on-stream indication of what the event was called). Most things people brought up I was already aware of and were simply a result of not being able to complete the overlays fully before the event. Needless to say, this should not be an issue next time. My b.

Project M and Melee recordings from day 1 won't look so hot. This is because there were some deinterlacing issues that we determined were not important enough to hold up the stream/tournament to fix (it looked bad, but it's not like it was horrendous or unwatchable), so I just fixed it before starting the stream on day 2. Hoping to bypass this and some other setup issues in future by purchasing a lagless wii to hdmi converter, but failing that I will at least have the presence of mind to set it up right in future.

On the topic of Luke's commentary during WiiU finals, I don't agree with it, and told him to stop several times. That's not to say it wasn't entertaining in its own way, but it wasn't appropriate for what the stream was. Arguing (sorry, "interacting") with people in chat about melee vs wiiu drama is not on. This is one of the logistics I had no experience with; I now have a better idea of what kinds of things to train commentators in, not only what (not) to say on stream but also how to handle and adjust equipment.

TL;DR Logistics are hard and I'm getting better at them.


Recordings:

Streamed tournament matches can be found in the following playlist. Uploading was complete on Tuesday (based NBN handling 69Gb with ease) but Youtube took its sweet time processing the videos. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0sOLnggBtw6faQpRr4400x9yG-4DM5XH

No streamed friendlies were put up, but if you really want to review your friendly then you can look through the stream recordings, which will probably disappear in the next week or so: http://www.twitch.tv/sydneysmash/profile/past_broadcasts


Finally, some statistics for the stream monsters:

Allotted stream time
Melee - 8h 40m
Project M - 6h 00m
WiiU - 5h 50m

Max concurrent viewers
Melee - 168
Project M - 46
WiiU - 265

 

[Kaiza]

Yo, I'm the stream guy.
I had no input on the stream schedule at all before the event, nor much at all during the event. The input I did have took the form of a few minor calls when I was told "do whatever", and taking charge when we had to abandon the original plan to save the schedule (which resulted on only top 4 of WiiU and Melee being streamed, sorry). As obvious as it sounds in retrospect, I now know that I have to have real input on the schedule for a tournament and stream to be balanced properly, and I really can't just be like "whatever, if **** hits the fan then it's Gords' fault" when I'm told what to do. I will be taking a more active role in future, so hopefully there will no longer be any major scheduling disasters on account of the stream.

At any event of this size there should always be a delegated person who is there to direct the stream - someone to set good matches and usher them on to the stream as well as being able to have a dedicated stream schedule and being able to stick to that schedule so that things aren't just played by ear and there's always something important that can be happening on stream. Don't feel as though this is your responsibility - you already have enough **** to be doing at the computer actually running the stream without having to go pester players to get their matches on stream.

Also as for lack of cam on WiiU gameplay, this is just a personal preference thing. Almost every other fighting game tournament stream doesn't use them and largely it is up to the streamer's discretion. If the audience doesn't like it then whatever, it's your stream. Personally I don't like resizing game footage in order to fit extras on screen. If I were aiming to have playercams on stream then I would overlay them over the top of the fullscreen footage somewhere (Smash 4 has some really bad HUD placement that makes this difficult without being intrusive), either small cameras in the bottom left/right of each player, or just 1 for both in the top left. That's just my opinion as a streamer though, it's ultimately your decision.

Really good post of yours btw, great to see the stats and experience from your end. Great stream setup overall and I had a good time working with you.

 

[RJ<3]

Yay! The recorded matches are up!

https://www.youtube.com/user/SydneySmash/videos

 

[Invisi]

Invisi for all the help operating the stream while I was dealing with my other needs, and helping move my stuff on Friday, you're the man. Sorry you didn't get a chance to commentate, I'll get you on for sure at the next one.

It was my pleasure to help. I was very keen to commentate and unfortunately all of that excitement turned into disappointment when I was denied that opportunity. I'll be ready to help out with the next stream though, and I'm sure with my experience I'll be able to provide commentary that's both entertaining and professional. Professionalism in particular was severely lacking in the Smash 4 commentary at both Australian majors this year, so it would be nice to show that we as a community have the capability to run a stream without controversy.

I suppose I should also do a few shoutouts too:

Gords: Thank you for all the effort you put into organising this. Many of your critics really don't appreciate the amount of time and effort it takes to put together an event like this. That said, maybe you could benefit from a few extra hands. I, and I'm sure many others in the scene, would be happy to do a bit more to help out and take some weight off your shoulders.

EA: Despite the hiccups, the stream was very well done overall. I'm sure you'll only make it better from here, and I look forward to being a part of it.

Lux: I'm a little disappointed that I'm not keeping up with your improvement, but watching you play at the top of the PM bracket was impressive. Money match me in Smash 4? =P

To those I housed: It was a pleasure having you all, and you're most welcome to come again.

To the interstaters: I'm a bit disappointed that I didn't get to spend any time with my old friends since you're all playing melee now. You guys should get into smash 4 too! And to the newer smash 4 players, it was a pleasure meeting (and getting wrecked by) all of you.

And of course, all my smash 4 friends: It was great to play with you all again, and I'll see you at the next one!

 

[Splice]

Tournament Brackets:
Melee top 32 - http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/tandsmeleetop32
Project M top 32 - http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/tandspmtop32
Smash 4 top 32 - http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/tandswiiutop32
Pools and dubs and stuff can be found on the same challonge page - http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/


Belated but Bloated shoutouts:
RJ - Congratulations. I was barracking for you to win the whole weekend and I'm really glad you pulled through. A lot of people still don't rate you as one of the top players in the country, but I definitely hold you in high esteem and I think your placing a tier below ZXV and Ted on the NSW rankings is a crime. I love everything you do with Peach and the consistent spacing on your aerials winning clutch situations is great to see. Nonetheless I hope to improve and take a set off you soon Can't wait to meet again (and next time, we'll play!)

ZXV - Too good at too many games. Great mindset. Always a pleasure to watch you play and play against you, although I didn't really have the mindset of a competitor in our tournament set. Really love the Brawl friendlies I really enjoyed those friendlies they were definitely a highlight of the weekend. Pity my GnW is dead though. Thanks for housing people and being super cool the whole weekend and for talking to me about problems I was having with Melee. It would totally be worth coming up for a local sydney tournament if I could hang out with you and summoner on the days surrounding the event.

Summoner - Wrecked a lot of VIC dudes in PM. Big dong so strong w3w~
Thanks a million times for the housing, Milo and more importantly infinite kindness and willingness to put up with everyone and everything for the whole weekend. You were super welcoming and I hugely appreciate that. The weekend was a breeze. Jared, Kai and I were hooked up with everything we needed the whole weekend.

To ZXV & Summoner
Thanks a hundred times, thankyou forever over and over one hundred times forever, thankyou.com one hundred times forever.com, www.thankyouonehundredtimesoverandover.com forever, thankyou.

Jonas - Was great to play a few friendlies with you. Wish I could play against your fox a bit more though, it seemed a bit more on point at the time. I really appreciate your Fox; you are a lot more aggressive than a lot of Australian fox's and it works because you are more consistent and a bit smarter. So it was a lot of fun to watch and to play against. Good luck in your travels!

Jared - Thanks for putting up with me the whole weekend. Melee doubles was the only thing motivating me to bother to push through the mood that I was in and I'm glad that we could pull together as a team for it and deliver what I knew we could. Nicely played from you overall too, it was a great performance; against Syke, Myself and Jonas you played really quite well. You really took it to Jonas game one, if you'd have won it I think the next games would've been closer too.
man we bodied everyone in doubles
we're so ****ing good
puff & fox are so ****ing good
I felt like this paragraph would be longer than it is; basically thankyou for making the entire trip, it was a very shared experience. <3

Shoutouts to all the Roadtrip crew
Daniel for driving for a collective 20ish hours total without killing all of us, with the added bonus of totally safe shennanigans such as driving against traffic in a Truck car park, Entering ZXV/Summoner's driveway through the exit, Snaking, and safest of all, allowing Limp Bizkit to play in the car.
Matt for being Hearthstone master and throwing games against me in PM so that my world got turned further upside down.
Congrats to both of you for winning ALL the marbles.
But one day, there will be a rematch. Your skills will be tested again. And perhaps the marbles will.... change ownership?
Bonus shoutout to Sarah

Spud - Good stuff studying matches on youtube each night, especially before a tournament. I used to do that, don't know why I stopped. I'll be doing my research again from now on thanks to this reminder. Bad luck about the Sheik and Peach matchups. I think you already plan to do this but just in case, it's probably better if you worked on your Marth more for the MU's than having a pocket Falcon. At the very least, in the short term your Marth is still oh so crisp.
Good games across the weekend, happy I could make you salty too a few times.
We'll probably money match next time, I think I'm feeling it

Syke - aww yissss
great to see you there, definitely improved the weekend heaps for me <3
GG's in doubles too, hella fun. Shame about the SD's but I support your Fox pick in the last game. I think it was a smart choice.

Unreon - Always good to see you and play against you.
Interesting that you switched to Falco in losers bracket for doubles. Atticus and I both feel like your Link gave us more trouble than RJ did. It's really difficult to navigate around Link on the stage while trying to deal with another opponent. Your Falco was still really solid the whole weekend though, but idk I think the Link was working tbh. And in my opinion, Falco is not great in doubles, especially if he isn't teaming with a Fox. As far as tier lists go Link and Falco are probably pretty close on the "teaming with Peach in doubles" one.
Either way, the set against you and RJ certainly felt like the closest doubles set for me, and was my biggest achievement of the weekend. I did a little fist pump when we won haha. Thankyou very much for the experience. GG's.
Good friendlies too though, and good work defeating Blaxxon in Singles! You seemed to pretty on point across the weekend.

Ted - Was hoping to play, but Kai deprived me of the opportunity to do so in bracket. Would've been nice close games. Hope that you're planning to stay with us and enter more Sydney tournaments when you have the time. Good to see you anyhow and talk about how Cal is insane.

Joe and Seb - Good to chill with you guys at Toms. Shame we didn't play much Joe but we both got wrecked by Spud heaps which was fun hey? Seb glad you understood the hype of the Korean game show (The Genius) and thanks for showing me the Dota 2 Immortals. I have the TA one now <3
Oh and grats on 9th Joe. The set against Unreon must have been a close one; he was playing good that weekend.

Atyeo - thanks for being a big enough dude to authorise the car lift and socialise even if you think I'm a ****. smash censor lets you fill in the blanks with whatever you prefer. Get rekt by VIC btw

Gman - why didn't you enter Smash 64

Shaya - Good to see you for like, half a minute. I blame myself for not messaging you letting you know I'd be coming up for a few days. Would've liked to spend a day together. I was rooting for you to win Smash 4, perhaps you would've if I'd been there to watch the matches and lend energy.

Kai - You were keen to have a tournament where you didn't have to worry and then you spent a lot of time giving stream tips, commentating and complaining about WTFox stream overlay. You can't get away from it. Whole weekend was pretty rad I could say heaps of stuff but congrats on defeating Ted. Didn't choke yourself out of a win, against one of NSW's best. That's a notch in the belt.

Gabe - Too bad I lied, I'm still gonna use GnW in Melee sometimes I'll take the Best GnW AU title back thankz

Zorsy - Chilli Chicken forever. I saw Lovage nearly drop a game to some Yoshi called SwiggitySwooty at EVO. By the looks of it you would've beaten Lovage. You're the only person who I feel feeds off his low tier to do better, but also suffers at the same time. So I thought about this to try to make something productive of it. Your offensive game of using Yoshi's ridiculous unique strengths (he's the best in the game at several niche things) is tight and getting better, just needs more consistency on punish game and understanding zones - stay at a space in neutral where if the opponent misses an attack you can punish. too often you're in Egg or already jumping the wrong way so you can't always punish. But too often you get caught out and played for Yoshi's weakness of no double jump and getting combo'd hard by Falco. Granted Falco is ******** but you could do better. aMSa seems to do a good job of making Yoshi look like he has a decent recovery. He factors the risk reward of getting hit out of double jump better. Think about all these things to do with recovery like SDI, DI and Teching. I think you're great at killing me when you get the combo (consistency there will come) but it's too easy to kill you. Never stop playing Yoshi.
I was planning to just do a one liner but ended up being hype for your Yoshi instead.
Here's the one liner anyway
p.s. thanks 4 chicken

Ignis - Congratulations on repping Victoria incredibly well. You played the game with a lot of courage and creativity. It's a shame not all of the plays you did worked out, but Waveguider is very skilled and intelligent himself.

Extra - Grats to you for also doing very well. Be interesting to see if you can improve on consistency and become one of VICs top players soon.

Deez - I'm really proud that you travelled out of state and represented yourself and Victoria at Smash 4 in NSW! Despite being relatively new to competitive smash, you and the other Smash 4 guys who travelled had the confidence to travel interstate and I think that's pretty cool. Hope you can keep working on your Melee game too haha, sorry I haven't been able to teach you much though
Also our 64 set was heaps of fun! It took me a moment to remember how to fight against Kirby, but the first few games were heaps close and heaps of fun. Would love to see you playing more 64.

Phibzy - I loved talking to you about 64 and playing you. You were a super nice dude and the Pikachu wasn't too shabby either. Glad you took home the money! I had so much fun playing that I'm kinda toying with the idea of paying for an adapter...

Gords - Thanks heaps for hosting this event. I really appreciate that you made this event happen and went through with running it. I also really liked that you allocated 1st seed vs 2nd seed matches in pools to be played on stream. Even though you missed some, I think this is a great procedure instead of just watching one dude demolish his whole pool.
I don't disagree with some of the complaints (seeding is the main thing to work on imo) but at the end of the day not only did you make the tournament happen but you also made it end and finished the whole event, even despite unfortunate obstacles you faced. Tournament was super worth the trip to Sydney, and you deserve a pat on the back from everyone.
Our tournament sets were a lot of fun too.
Despite what commentators say in the match, the GnW pick in Melee was not at all disrespect. I wasn't feeling Falco and I was also hoping you'd bring out your Zelda. I loved the GnW vs Zelda games we played at BAM in the hotel room and I wanted more!
Our 64 set was hella fun too, but you really pulled a Gords by bringing the wrong adapter though
Again, thankyou for hosting and congrats on a successful tournament.

Jamwa - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Macky - Good for you to get that out of state experience. It'll allow your first VIC breakout performance this weekend to be all the more huge. Can't wait to see what you do with the game. Let me know next time we can boot camp. Ready as ever apart from the upcoming Uni.

Mytus - Good to see you and your smile! Thanks for commentating a few games it made some of the sets a bit more enjoyable to rewatch. Sheik dittos were heaps of fun and very motivating! I'm loving her so much and have gotten wayyyy better with needles and UpB She's a keeper!

DonB - I know you ain't gonna take this poor performance lying down. You have to do better next time, anything less than better will not suffice. see you on dat grind son
btw I was going to eat KFC in front of you while you played against Wibbles after you ate Subway in front of me vx. MC.
But I realised me doing it to you in melee while you did it to me in PM was not a fair trade

PCG - Grats on beating Kai and Joe. You got dat fine Falco prac under the belt. Apparently you didn't get a lot of practice while you were living in Sydney but I feel like you've improved heaps, playing you since you've been back at Mackys etc.
Keep coming round for short sessions. Short but regular and relaxed. Hope you are able to keep playing despite falling further and further into the illness of having a job.

Scabe - Congrats on huge wins all around. idk if you play a lot but I think it's pretty obvious from your ability to win games with Link in Brawl that you're just straight up smart and talented. Keep doing upsets and keep saying hi, hope we can one day hang out over lunch at one of these tournaments instead of just briefly.

Cal - Good to see you playing again, for a hot minute it felt like you'd quit. Your QLD results seemed on and off. But glad to see you are still with us and pretty good!
GG's in doubles and I condone your feelings about PM. That game is weird man!

Fudge - Where were you in Melee top 32? I don't think you're spending your Roy heads wisely. Hope you and da boys had a nice trip

Lux - Grats on 2nd in PM. You deserve it for being really good and applying yourself. Just to clarify btw, there was no salt about the Zelda at Noser's meet, it was just a bit too hard for me and I was a bit generally sad anyway.

Max - Thanks for finishing Sunday night off right
GG's in PM doubles Falcon Fsmash too long. You seemed to have a lot of fun this tourney which it seems is what you set out to do, good stuff man!

Meteor - Aww man I really wanted to play you first round. Good excuse to catch up and brief on what's been going on. Congratulations to yourself and Zero for good placings in Smash4

Noser - Thanks for allowing strangers from other states to come to your house to play Smash Bros.! Dunno if the chips and drinks were yours or not but I'm gonna assume they were and give you 10/10 for hospitality. You lost the bonus points round though by not having a toilet seat.

Scraddles - Hey dude sorry for having no advice to give you after pools. Truth is I was depressed the whole weekend, and didn't want to play Melee because I thought it was garbage. I was too upset to be able to make up any sense of neutral game, reads or spacing or anything. It just seemed to be almost random and the only influence I had in the game was to hit people when they messed up and to not kill myself. The beauty of the game and what it is about was lost on me and I felt very deflated. I played on autopilot for most of the singles tournament including in our set. I was planning to money match you after Grand Finals so that I could right this wrong but every TV got turned off pretty much immediately after the tournament ended. Sorry for wasting your time.

 

[Deez1]

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[luxingo]

Hi Gords. I was wondering if you had the PM amateur bracket challonge link and the bracket for Smash 64?

All the uploaded brackets are in http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/

Specifically,
PM amateur: http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/tandspmamatuer
Smash 64: This wasn't properly updated since someone else ran the bracket. http://sydneysmash.challonge.com/tands64

 

[Deez1]

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[Gords]

hmm ill have to try and find where i put the the bracket sheet, it wasnt with the others for some reason
dont know when i will get time to get to it though

 

[Gords]

Gords - Thanks heaps for hosting this event. I really appreciate that you made this event happen and went through with running it. I also really liked that you allocated 1st seed vs 2nd seed matches in pools to be played on stream. Even though you missed some, I think this is a great procedure instead of just watching one dude demolish his whole pool.
I don't disagree with some of the complaints (seeding is the main thing to work on imo) but at the end of the day not only did you make the tournament happen but you also made it end and finished the whole event, even despite unfortunate obstacles you faced. Tournament was super worth the trip to Sydney, and you deserve a pat on the back from everyone.
Our tournament sets were a lot of fun too.
Despite what commentators say in the match, the GnW pick in Melee was not at all disrespect. I wasn't feeling Falco and I was also hoping you'd bring out your Zelda. I loved the GnW vs Zelda games we played at BAM in the hotel room and I wanted more!
Our 64 set was hella fun too, but you really pulled a Gords by bringing the wrong adapter though
Again, thankyou for hosting and congrats on a successful tournament.

Thanks Splice, yeah commentary seemed to have no clue what was actually happening. I didnt feel that you were disrespectful at all by choosing GnW and my sheik was also not feeling very good. I actually really enjoy the Zelda GnW match up as well, pity my Zelda and melee in general was janky as hell through out the tournament. Lol at the adapter thing.
having the top 2 seeds play on stream was an idea i have had for a while, with better organization hopefully it will be more stream lined in future to have all pools top seeds on stream. I also agree with most of the complaints about T&S and kinda knew i wouldnt be totally happy with how things went. however i dont think focusing on seeding problems is a major issue since the poor seeding was just a product of the lack of/problems with organization. After speaking with other TOs such as @Zxv, @luke_atyeo @SummonerAU and @ dreadtech I feel the the underlying problem to almost all the issues with T&S stem from 2 things.
1. Having a more Team oriented TO group
The biggest issue i believe is have to fix is creating a more team environment and giving the other TOs of that team more power of authority and team members more ownership of their designated roles. this is definately a personal issue that has to be overcome and thanks to feedback from ZXV, Dreadtech and @ Kaiza this is more obvious to me now than ever before. I need to have more faith in others and be more a team player than a dictator
2. Time management before the tournament.
even though the rush and short notice wasnt completely under my control and plans to be at ACL fell through, this has touaght me a lot about how i should manage the time better including not waiting for others or selecting dates and deadlines and sticking to them to give plenty of time for other stuff (like seeding and scheduling). With solving the first issue this issue should become a lot easier to fix.
I believe fixing these 2 issues will result in a far better Sydney 2016 Major

 

[Deez1]

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[Pudgetalks]

Posting for posterity as I couldn't find it in the thread here

Smash for Wii U Top 32 Results

1st
Waveguider

2nd
ignis

3rd
Kirara

4th
Extra

5th
M
Shaya

7th
G-money | Atyeo
iKill

9th
Astra
Boundaries
PMTD
rrRandy

13th
EVAL
Fruit
Gman
Nuffball

17th
Connector
Gords
PazX
Saucydancer
scabe
Scarpian
Sj Groose
Wiiman

25th
Deez
Doubleyoutoo
Enn
Fontana
Invisi
Pudge
SJ AAAce3
Zxv

Bracket Link

If you have any photo's of the event I'd love to see them!

 

[Splice]

Let's go Scabe!!! I don't remember there being Ultimate at this tournament??? edit: Oh that's smash4. I think all the links to the singles bracket in challonge should still work in my post on this page