FakeGeorge
Smash Journeyman
Alright, I think we've all learned that Swiss pools are way more trouble than they're worth. I apologize for the confusion and the mistakes. In hindsight, I've seen a few things that would've probably made things more accurate.
There are several things about the tournament that weren't right, and I didn't like it. First off, some of the pools we're run quite right and some pairings had to be remade. I'm sorry for the trouble and confusion that this probably caused. I think pools could have been run better, but I just didn't have everything as well-prepared beforehand. Secondly, we were severely lacking in setups. I had hoped and expected around 20 setups, and we only had 13-14. If we had more TVs, things probably would have run faster. Finally, I know the bracket kind of sucked. I would have spent more time on seeding it, but we really needed to get started. I think the people who got top 12/ top 8 were good enough to place here anyways, but I don't think the bracket was that nice for everyone else.
Here's what I learned from the tournament: Swiss pools are way too confusing to use on a large scale. They work for locals, but it's just too foreign to the smash community. In the future, I'm sticking to Round Robin for my large tournament. Second, Louisiana has become popular enough that any large tournament at Laser Tag really needs to be two days. I talked to the management about this, and expect to see something around the end of summer. (Don't worry OK, we're planning around OH SNAP.)
As for results, here you go!
Teams - 31 entrants
1: Reflex & kismet ($310.00)
2: Magical Unicorns (Cyphus, Lee) ($156.00)
3: Hurricane Katrina (DPhat, KOS-MOS) ($90.00)
4: Will and George ($32.00)
5: CJ & Fake (CJ?, fakegeorge) ($16.00)
5: theONEjanitor & moogle ($16.00)
7: The Rounds (r0ni, Roll)
7: We Call Blue (Sudai, Nick)
9: Electabuzz (8, PK Fire)
9: Team Crossover (Iceman, Jnig)
9: elev8 & Nu
9: Broken Arrow (Esca, Hyro)
13: Bwett & Bear (Bwett, Bear)
13: The Red Army (Curlz, Skylar)
13: Pokemon Master (Bomber, Zigsta)
13: Stunk Wall (Jio, Hawks)
17: Back to Basics (AJ N, Jonathan)
17: Big, Beautiful, Women (Po pimpus, Sars_Pirate)
17: Dinosaur Guns (Katie, Xeedoc)
17: Tensai & NiTEZ
17: Orese & Austin (Orese, Austin)
17: Spike Kings (Byron bks, Ray)
17: The Noob Eaters (Druid, Viral)
17: The G's (Winnar, Sharkbait)
25: Captain Furry (RJ, Ezzio)
25: Link & Kirok (Link, Kirok)
25: Frisky Moose (Oath, Deezy)
25: Great Destroyers (Jadyne, Xavier)
25: Paw (Cows, Sarah)
25: Teh Noobs (Juiceman, Drnt)
25: Jackson & Kravitz (Tri-Hex, Therrin)
Singles - 81 entrants
1: Reflex - Pokemon Trainer ($400.00)
2: kismet - Falco ($197.00)
3: Lee - Lucario/ Marth ($122.00)
4: Cyphus - DK/ Ice Climbers($41.00)
5: Biglou - Luigi ($20.00)
5: Nick - D3($20.00)
7: Take - Marth
7: KOSMOS - Peach
Wait, where's Metaknight?? Louisiana's too good.
9: Dphat - Marth/ MK
9: Bear - ?
9: Esca - Pit
9: Bwett - Yoshi
13: elev8 - D3?
13: Sudai - ROB
13: Hyro - Toon Link
13: Will_ - MK/ DK
17: CJ - Snake
17: Arcadia - Lucario
17: Blaise - Snake
17: 8 - D3/ Pikachu
17: NiTEZ - Diddy/?
17: Li-D - MK/Lucario/Falco
17: Bre - Snake
17: Fake - G&W
25: Winnar - Falcon
25: r0ni - Falco/ (MK?)
25: Therrin
25: Po - Luigi
25: Sars - Snake/ Marth
25: Redson - Shiek
25: Battou - MK
25: Jio - Kirby/ Marth
33: aloha - ?
33: Mocha - Zelda
Shoutouts:
Thanks to everyone for coming. You really made the tournament, and I appreciate your patience. To everyone who brought ANY equipment, thanks even more. We didn't have enough, but what we did have was because of you. More thanks to the people who helped run pools: it helped, haha.
More specifically, the MOST THANKS EVER to Alex, Nick, Ran, and Shank. You were AMAZING help. Right when my brain fried, Alex, Nick, and Ran got the bracket going and running smoothly. We would have been in a lot of trouble if it wasn't for you. Shank, you drove across town just to get another TV; you're too good.
Reflex/moogle/Duchock/kismet/8/Biglou- IHOP was fun, and you're all cool people. I hope you see you at future tournaments, whether it's here or elsewhere. You made it back without any problems, right? Thanks for coming!
Lee - Your set with kismet was too close. Good job, man. You really repped La, and some of the stuff you did in that last set was just amazing.
Cyphus - You too, haha. Your Ice Climbers were cool to watch, and I we get to see more of them soon. Good job taking 4th: the competition was really tough.
Nick - Again, you're the best. Thanks for letting us do the last few matches at your place. It was a life saver, haha. Your set with KOS-MOS was too intense. Good job!
KOS-MOS - You're such a nice guy, haha. Fun sets in teams.
Bear - Thanks again for setting up the stream. It was cool, and we're certainly playing next time.
Bwett - Our set was so fun, haha. Your Yoshi's really good, and I want to play it a ton next time.
Sudai - Fun teams matches. It was really close, and probably one of my most enjoyable sets of the day.
Will_ - Cool DK. When you picked him, I thought to myself, "Awesome, I have experience against Cyphus' DK." You showed me that it certainly wasn't enough. Good stuff, and thanks for coming. Maybe I'll be able to give you a better set in the future.
CJ - Awesome job in teams. With a little work, I think we can get a lot better. It was a lot of fun, and we better team again in the future.
Bre - Out of nowhere, you tear up your pool, beating Take and Ran to get second. Good stuff. I expect to see more beasting in the future.
Mocha - I hope you had fun entering the tournament. Thanks for playing Pump with me, that was really one of the highlights of the day.
Jnig - Good set in pools. You really forced me to think in our match because you were picking up on everything. Good stuff, and I think you'll be one to watch out for in the future.
George - I'm playing you next time.
theONEjanitor - Our one friendly was fun, haha. I think if we ever meet in tournament, it'll be a really close and fun set!
I probably forgot people, so yeah. It's not because I don't care or anything.
Thanks again to everyone who came, especially those who drove a lot, haha. I know the tournament had its problems, but I hope you enjoyed it enough to want to come back. The next one will be better.
There are several things about the tournament that weren't right, and I didn't like it. First off, some of the pools we're run quite right and some pairings had to be remade. I'm sorry for the trouble and confusion that this probably caused. I think pools could have been run better, but I just didn't have everything as well-prepared beforehand. Secondly, we were severely lacking in setups. I had hoped and expected around 20 setups, and we only had 13-14. If we had more TVs, things probably would have run faster. Finally, I know the bracket kind of sucked. I would have spent more time on seeding it, but we really needed to get started. I think the people who got top 12/ top 8 were good enough to place here anyways, but I don't think the bracket was that nice for everyone else.
Here's what I learned from the tournament: Swiss pools are way too confusing to use on a large scale. They work for locals, but it's just too foreign to the smash community. In the future, I'm sticking to Round Robin for my large tournament. Second, Louisiana has become popular enough that any large tournament at Laser Tag really needs to be two days. I talked to the management about this, and expect to see something around the end of summer. (Don't worry OK, we're planning around OH SNAP.)
As for results, here you go!
Teams - 31 entrants
1: Reflex & kismet ($310.00)
2: Magical Unicorns (Cyphus, Lee) ($156.00)
3: Hurricane Katrina (DPhat, KOS-MOS) ($90.00)
4: Will and George ($32.00)
5: CJ & Fake (CJ?, fakegeorge) ($16.00)
5: theONEjanitor & moogle ($16.00)
7: The Rounds (r0ni, Roll)
7: We Call Blue (Sudai, Nick)
9: Electabuzz (8, PK Fire)
9: Team Crossover (Iceman, Jnig)
9: elev8 & Nu
9: Broken Arrow (Esca, Hyro)
13: Bwett & Bear (Bwett, Bear)
13: The Red Army (Curlz, Skylar)
13: Pokemon Master (Bomber, Zigsta)
13: Stunk Wall (Jio, Hawks)
17: Back to Basics (AJ N, Jonathan)
17: Big, Beautiful, Women (Po pimpus, Sars_Pirate)
17: Dinosaur Guns (Katie, Xeedoc)
17: Tensai & NiTEZ
17: Orese & Austin (Orese, Austin)
17: Spike Kings (Byron bks, Ray)
17: The Noob Eaters (Druid, Viral)
17: The G's (Winnar, Sharkbait)
25: Captain Furry (RJ, Ezzio)
25: Link & Kirok (Link, Kirok)
25: Frisky Moose (Oath, Deezy)
25: Great Destroyers (Jadyne, Xavier)
25: Paw (Cows, Sarah)
25: Teh Noobs (Juiceman, Drnt)
25: Jackson & Kravitz (Tri-Hex, Therrin)
Singles - 81 entrants
1: Reflex - Pokemon Trainer ($400.00)
2: kismet - Falco ($197.00)
3: Lee - Lucario/ Marth ($122.00)
4: Cyphus - DK/ Ice Climbers($41.00)
5: Biglou - Luigi ($20.00)
5: Nick - D3($20.00)
7: Take - Marth
7: KOSMOS - Peach
Wait, where's Metaknight?? Louisiana's too good.
9: Dphat - Marth/ MK
9: Bear - ?
9: Esca - Pit
9: Bwett - Yoshi
13: elev8 - D3?
13: Sudai - ROB
13: Hyro - Toon Link
13: Will_ - MK/ DK
17: CJ - Snake
17: Arcadia - Lucario
17: Blaise - Snake
17: 8 - D3/ Pikachu
17: NiTEZ - Diddy/?
17: Li-D - MK/Lucario/Falco
17: Bre - Snake
17: Fake - G&W
25: Winnar - Falcon
25: r0ni - Falco/ (MK?)
25: Therrin
25: Po - Luigi
25: Sars - Snake/ Marth
25: Redson - Shiek
25: Battou - MK
25: Jio - Kirby/ Marth
33: aloha - ?
33: Mocha - Zelda
Shoutouts:
Thanks to everyone for coming. You really made the tournament, and I appreciate your patience. To everyone who brought ANY equipment, thanks even more. We didn't have enough, but what we did have was because of you. More thanks to the people who helped run pools: it helped, haha.
More specifically, the MOST THANKS EVER to Alex, Nick, Ran, and Shank. You were AMAZING help. Right when my brain fried, Alex, Nick, and Ran got the bracket going and running smoothly. We would have been in a lot of trouble if it wasn't for you. Shank, you drove across town just to get another TV; you're too good.
Reflex/moogle/Duchock/kismet/8/Biglou- IHOP was fun, and you're all cool people. I hope you see you at future tournaments, whether it's here or elsewhere. You made it back without any problems, right? Thanks for coming!
Lee - Your set with kismet was too close. Good job, man. You really repped La, and some of the stuff you did in that last set was just amazing.
Cyphus - You too, haha. Your Ice Climbers were cool to watch, and I we get to see more of them soon. Good job taking 4th: the competition was really tough.
Nick - Again, you're the best. Thanks for letting us do the last few matches at your place. It was a life saver, haha. Your set with KOS-MOS was too intense. Good job!
KOS-MOS - You're such a nice guy, haha. Fun sets in teams.
Bear - Thanks again for setting up the stream. It was cool, and we're certainly playing next time.
Bwett - Our set was so fun, haha. Your Yoshi's really good, and I want to play it a ton next time.
Sudai - Fun teams matches. It was really close, and probably one of my most enjoyable sets of the day.
Will_ - Cool DK. When you picked him, I thought to myself, "Awesome, I have experience against Cyphus' DK." You showed me that it certainly wasn't enough. Good stuff, and thanks for coming. Maybe I'll be able to give you a better set in the future.
CJ - Awesome job in teams. With a little work, I think we can get a lot better. It was a lot of fun, and we better team again in the future.
Bre - Out of nowhere, you tear up your pool, beating Take and Ran to get second. Good stuff. I expect to see more beasting in the future.
Mocha - I hope you had fun entering the tournament. Thanks for playing Pump with me, that was really one of the highlights of the day.
Jnig - Good set in pools. You really forced me to think in our match because you were picking up on everything. Good stuff, and I think you'll be one to watch out for in the future.
George - I'm playing you next time.
theONEjanitor - Our one friendly was fun, haha. I think if we ever meet in tournament, it'll be a really close and fun set!
I probably forgot people, so yeah. It's not because I don't care or anything.
Thanks again to everyone who came, especially those who drove a lot, haha. I know the tournament had its problems, but I hope you enjoyed it enough to want to come back. The next one will be better.