I'm sorry, sir. But I think the way you describe Child's Play this past weekend is rather stupid and boorish.
Nice to know that you're sorry, not nice to describe someone's reaction as 'stupid' and 'boorish'.
Child's Play was well organized for only being in it's 2nd year here at the University. And I do not think that the ACM or the Gaming Association would be willing to help you organize anything if they knew how rudely you've been talking about them.
What does how long something having been at a place have anything to do with how well it's run? How well something is run has a lot more to do with the Tournament Organizer than the duration that it's been going on at a given venue.
I don't think you understand what he means by "random", either. I'm fairly certain ITT referred to the Child's Play event at Akron as "random" in the framework of the Smash community and not the UofAkron community. The tournament thread posted by ITT (
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=11606611) was made but a week ahead of time, which might have something to do with why it was "random", though I'm guessing this largely has to do with the fact that ITT wasn't informed of being responsible for running the event until kinda late? Not sure. In any case, random is not by any means a word meant to insult your efforts.
Planning an event takes time, dedication, and money. As someone who has attended and helped organize both Child's Play events at Akron, I feel that your belittling of it is an insult. Child's Play isn't some just "random tournament." It's a charity event with all proceeds going to children's hospitals. Did you know that? From your post, I would think not. The ACM and the Gaming Association worked hard to make this event possible.
Nobody is denying the volume of your work. Stop putting your interpretation of somebody's words into that somebody's mouth. It's ironic that you would say this in a community based entirely off of organizing events that require lots of time, lots of dedication and often require a venue fee of at least $5 if not $10. Did you know that ITT has attended multiple tournaments that match or exceed what ACM and the Gaming Association hosted for the past two years and has talked to organizers of some of these events? From what you're saying now, I think not.
Also, I would very much like to know how you plan on organizing an event for 300+ people? Do you have the money for food? Do you have the proper permits for hosting such an event? Did you know that you have to have a certain number of security personnel at the event? Do you have the money for, as you put it, "proper advertising?"
We did as much advertising as we financially could.
He has to build interest before even organizing for 300+ people. Furthermore there's no need to ask in such an aggressive manner when he's simply fielding interest at this point.
Also, you're missing the point of "proper advertising". When you host a Smash tournament and you are trying to reach as large of a crowd as possible, you post it here or on AllisBrawl. This is what ITT meant by "proper advertising", I'm fairly certain. Not exclusively the type of finance-backed advertising you're talking about.
Also, all the students who organized this event were busy with classes, as well their day to day lives. We couldn't just put everything on hold to go and pay for multiple billboards around the state. For what little budget we had to do this, Child's Play turned out great.
So please, next time you start belittling some "random tournament" and talking smack, do your research.
The community for Smash players has an age range of roughly 16-24. I don't know what you're trying to imply by saying that the students at UAkron were busy, but if it has anything to do with some sort of suggestion that our community does not consist of these types of individuals who are "busy with classes, as well as their day to day lives", I am going to have to ask you to "do your research".
Nobody is asking you to post multiple billboards around the state. This is not what constitutes "proper advertising" in the context of Smash tournaments, as I've previously stated. Also, budget is NOT the only means of advertisement. Word-of-mouth is often one of the most useful tools a university has at its disposal, as well as the World Wide Web.
I hope I didn't sound hostile at any point in my post because I really just wanted to clarify some things based on what I'm hearing from ITT in his posts and what I know of him; he can say whatever he wants but this is just my reaction. I don't think you intended to be mean, mypaisleypants, but I think you simply misinterpreted ITT's intent/statements. That being said, welcome to the community. If there are any future ACM or UAkron Gaming Association events you would like to inform us about in the future, please post a thread in the Tournament Listings section and use all the tools that threads there have at their disposal.
