this tournament sounds really really awesome, and team ben would love to go. it's a little less than 7 hours drive but we'd probably do it this thing looks like fun and plus it sounds like you already have a lot of people which is always great.
yeah but I had a few suggestions, I don't want to be rude but you asked me to look at this thread and I was just gonna tell you what I thought if thats cool.
so yeah i dont wanna be a **** so just take this as my opinion, k?
1) Maybe up the entrance fee? That would really help attract oosers, I for example would be more inclined to go if i thought there was more money in the pot, you know? like $15 per head but mostly i was thinking 10 per team is really cheap you not gonna have such a big pot to split.
2) let's do crews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! crews are freaking sweet like uncle jesse, man. already people are challenging each other so why not put together a crew tournament they are so much fun. if you have a gym and a lot of people why not make this ***** huge!
3) be wary of swiss format. team ben basically invented swiss format, lol, and I can tell you it's difficult. you have to have a very specific format to make sure things run smoothly, and IT WILL TAKE LONGER GAURENTEED. We had a mad smooth system and managing all those people is not easy so so so many matches and people to get in line. granted it wont be 120 like for gs2 but still, i would encourage double eli. you can do the whole **** thing on a computer so u know it won't mess up and u dont have to sweat so **** much u can chill and enjoy ur own tournament. im just saying from experience, swiss is difficult, double eli. is easy and efficient.
also, it messes up, it's not a perfect system. people complain and complain and complain and some of em are right some are wrong but ur backed in a corner have to make last minute decisions. can u tell im still stressed out from gs2?
but yeah, i, myself, my opinion, i would much rather just see double elimination seeded by crews. that way also u will have more time to a) just not be rushed and b) have other tournies like crew.
Anyway thats it whatever just my opinion but this looks really really fun i hope all of team ben can make it.
MONEY MATCHES
I'll accept from anyone besides the turtles and zanguzen.
so yeah korean you got it, plus whomever else would like to hop on, i'm good for any amount.
sorry for the long post im crazy bored at work over here.
ps did u know smashboards had many ****ing smilies??
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