ok .. so after along day and building up to make DOA5 the main event... everything pretty much crashed to the ground..
I think you probably noticed what happened ..
It was meant to be top 32 double elim
got reduced to top 16 double elim .. and thats as far as I knew and I said well ok we'll pick the best players and go with them... I knew who to pick because I played everyone there for the past 3 days...
I get on stream and all of a sudden the organizer says .. we're making it single elim and I'm like what!? you cant be fucking serious.. but I thought whatever lets make the best out of it .. since we got good players on board right?
I mean even Ryan Hart and Problem XX were on board from the SF4 scene and they really found a liking to the game.. and As you heard yesterday Ketchup and Mustard were on board from the MK scene as well..
Then while I was talking to you guys on stream they start the tournament and I find out that not only have they reduced it to 8 players only .. they put some masher nobodies .. and took like one or 2 names at random and threw them in there...
I was generally upset at the whole thing that I honestly lost the will to play or even commentate.. because for one this all happened behind my back when I was the one who pretty much made DOA5 happen for i46 and it deserved a spotlight just like every other game out there... not to mention the time and money I invested in making the prizes and gathering them and packaging them to cover prizes for all the top 16 (which would have basicly been everyone ). also all the trouble I went to to actually get the Gamescom build and not the E3 build as was preciously announced... then theres the signed poseters.. the cubes .. (i payed for those myself) ... Plus helping these guys set up the whole venue for 6-7 hours straight.
Honestly I wanted to showcase what the game had to offer so I tried using a different character every match went from Ayane to LeiFang to Sarah .. Granted I won. but I wasn't the very bit satisfied nor did I get to showcase the UK skill at the game and I certainly did was not able to showcase what I was capable of myself because my mind just wasn't in it anymore. also I wasnt even in the mindset of even going for bursts etc... There were some pretty good players that were seriously practicing for 3 days. Just imagine how upset they were when they got sacked like that?
I would like to send my shout outs to my good friend Ryan Hart who at the very least kept the stream alive and I heard you guys enjoyed his commentary. He also would like to say that he wants to give the game a chance when its out because he really liked what he saw both in training mode, the casuals with me, and the (so called) exhibition tournament.. >__>
The least they could have done was tell me so I could have picked the best 8 players and made it a savage top 8 tourney. yes I would have been upset but I would have made it worth while.
I just want to apologize for this mockery and say this was really out of my hands .. it all happened behind my back and on the spot while the tournament was actually going ! If you recall at one point I even asked for the brackets and they wouldn't give it to me.. because they knew I would have been furious.. but still what they did was unjustified...For the record, they have apologized to me after .. but what good does that do at the end of the day? its all ... just lost effort.
They don't even appreciate that I took a few days off of my PhD research in uni to set this all up. and I'm at my final months before heading home to Saudi Arabia for good.
Oh well, its done now. and please understand if I don't want to comment any further on the matter because I am really upset with what happened. it was not only disrespectful for the players that payed all the way to get there, it was not only disrespectful for the DOA5 scene itself, it was disrespectful to ME ... and I'm (supposedly) their friend and I am extremely hurt.
Sorry again.. and I will try to organize something MYSELF without having any outside parties involved and maybe do it more proffessionally (and in London) .. I'll announce something once I get the OK from Chin and Tecmo Koei.
God I feel so down...