Going To/Running My First Gathering/Tournament

[Amadeous]

Some peeps will hate on you for that...Peeps like me.

HATERS GON' HATE

Cash battle still sounds stupid I've only ever heard money match.

[TGS]

Don't forget a couple of these:

Johns = Smash

Poor excuses for losing = Every other fighting game community

Wombo Combo = Smash

Basic b&b combo = Every other fighting game community

[Red Star]

When holding an event at an apartment. Ask people to notify you if they are coming, for a head count. Even in a big apartment, things can get packed quick. Though if you have enough competition around you to fill out an apartment with people then you should be happy.

When having an event, it is not a bad idea to have drinks and snacks there. You can sell them if you don't have much money to where you can't offer drinks and chips for free. Have a break in the tournament if it runs through lunch, and tell people where they can obtain food near the event.

[Sophisticat]

And talk more people staying quiet and listening to music is so boring.

That's a very extroverted thing, though. Some of us are perfectly content staying silent. :P

Yes, well, conversation always livens up the atmosphere, but it's not a pre-requisite.

Anyway, all I can say is be nice/polite/shake hands/etc., but a little bit of rivalry never hurts anyone. It is a competitive environment after all, so you can get away with some stuff so long as you make sure it's obvious you're not being serious.

[Nitrocidal]

Never once heard Cash battle used in smash.

And, to repeat, don't be afraid to ask for friendlies.

Also don't be afraid (If you're running the show) to ask for help. a trusted friend can run pool, or supervise, say, losers bracket while you take care of winners.

And Skye posted Tio earlier in the thread. While yes, it originated from smash(inb4hate), it is a very high quality free tournament organizer.

[Zero000]

How i life?




Also, Tio is a very very easy to use program, I got everything up and running after 3 minutes of fiddling around with it.

[TGS]

And Skye posted Tio earlier in the thread. While yes, it originated from smash(inb4hate), it is a very high quality free tournament organizer.

It's not free if you have to use a computer/laptop to use it.

Besides, back in my day we used pen and paper brackets.

Plus, I dispute the notion that Tio originated from Smash. And we already were using bracket programs like Tournament Maker before Tio showed up...

[Henaki]

Never once heard Cash battle used in smash.

And, to repeat, don't be afraid to ask for friendlies.

Also don't be afraid (If you're running the show) to ask for help. a trusted friend can run pool, or supervise, say, losers bracket while you take care of winners.

And Skye posted Tio earlier in the thread. While yes, it originated from smash(inb4hate), it is a very high quality free tournament organizer.

be afraid to ask people for friendlies because NO ONE USES THAT TERM IN THE COMMUNITY.

just call them casuals, or games, like everyone else here does. friendlies is a terrible resturant, and a terrible term.

[Narcowski]

Oh! On that note, I know a lot of people who use Tio for their brackets.
I've used it once for an online tourney, it's pretty good.

Tournament Maker also works well.

[DoomieJ]

retitle this thread "Going to my first slumber party".

But seriously, smell good, be appropriately dressed, dont ask much of your host besides where to setup/go to the bathroom, and all should be well for someone at a gathering, whether they jump in or are quiet.

Tourneys it helps to be extroverted and go out of your way to meet people/get in games though. But still smell better than an italian hoagie shop and you should be ok.