Yes i am game to play sometime but i've talked a little to paul about the issues already. I'm in Aberdeen which is about 130 miles from Edinburgh and 150 from Glasgow, travelling that distance for a smashfest is more than the distance that most people will go to for a national but i am up for doing that if i have the time. I'm back in Perth in the summer which will make things easier.
If you guys want to create something resembling a scene in this country then i think it can be done.
- Keep posting in this thread and keep it active, when people see activity in this thread it generates interest and hype, even if it is only a small smashfest mention it in here.
- Record videos if and when you can and post them in here, when people know that others are playing and are able to see recorded matches it get's them interested too. I have a recording setup and i think you guys in edinburgh do to ?
- If at all possible if someone could it would be great to have small localised (scottish) mini tournament style smashfests, this would bring some of the outlying inactive players out of the woodwork. Under the right circumstances i'm sure people like my brother, ryan allan, david and kieran if i talked to him would attend these sort of events. Then there's also other's like yuichi who i haven't heard from in a while.
- With all of this in place the skill level of everyone would improve exponentially, the community is capable of growing it just needs the right conditions for things to happen. I saw the results of the OOc tournie 9th and two 17th's is pretty good all things considered but Scotland could easily rival London in skill if it wanted to.
- I was looking at the Norway tournament and i'm interested in going if i have the funds/time etc for it, maybe this is something to aim for in the future ?
- Maybe having a facebook group is another way of keeping everyone notified of what going on ?