Alright I have something that is needed to be said about our DOA scene. I know that our scene is young and a lot of us are still learning how a tournament/event should be managed so we still have a bit of tweaking to do to make sure whenever a event occurs that everything is ran as smooth as possible and as it should. This goes for casual, local and major events as well. It seems like each event we hold has some form of fuck up and it's not good for our scene nor our community at all so I am just going to address some of it.
Our players: Our players deserve respect for coming out and supporting such a small scene like ours. They don't need to be insulted because of their skill level, or because some players want to talk about who has the biggest dick(besides I win by default). It doesn't help promote our scene, and doing things just to promote yourself isn't going to help right now, either. Also if you want to talk about who you think is better than who keep it to yourself. Because really again it's not helping our scene. One of the ways I promote our scene is because I let players know we may not be as big as say the Eastcoast or Midwest, but we're like a family and some of the nicest players. Don't make me into a liar. I know our players are better than that. I show nothing but respect for our community players who come out and support our offline scene, and want to improve and become a better player. I do not respect those who put down our players and what they have done for our scene. So please don't do it. It's not a smart move. Our goal should be to make our players feel as comfortable as possible. Remember we're dealing with more minds than what we're used to.
Organizing: The way things been ran for our past few tournaments has not been as good as it shoud have been. We need to learn from how we handle commentary, brackets, and how we run tournaments in general. Also one person should not be running big events alone because then you're bound to make mistakes. Get other players to help you if you can. Too many mistakes been made with brackets and other things that hurts our players. We want things to be ran the best as possible. Onto the next thing. One major thing that's been erking me is breaks. There should not be "breaks" during a tournament. Especially when getting close to finals. When you're in a tournaments there are no breaks. Unless you have to badly take a shit, or we're waiting for stream time or something there should be no "break" and even the little breaks you do get(like restroom) should be on a timer, because that is how it is done in majors. You won't see players in majors going on all kinds of break especially during a top 4 or top 8. You'll get disqualified quick. We don't want to turn our players off by being unprofessional. This effects our players. Especially if they're winning. Taking a "break" can take away the player momentum that they've earned. Which isn't fair. Another thing is the only pressure that the players who are playing should have to deal with is the crowd and the opponent they are facing and the tournament itself. There should not be anything else. No one should be in the players faces. When players in finals are competing on stage you don't see anyone else up there. There should be a rule how close people can be to those who are playing. There also should be no music playing in the background. That's why players bring there iphone, ipods and other portable devices for music. You don't see events playing loud music so it should not be done. Remember we have to make sure things are ran perfectly as possible. Use all your resources, and make our players feel as comfortable as possible. That's how you build a scene. Be professional. Be considerate.
We also need to make sure event organizers outside of our community run everything properly. Don't accept everything they do. Especially if it's not the way it should be done. Speak up. I am still planning to help and promote our scene. I hope I still get to meet those I have not. I hope to get more players involved. And I hope to see those who knows me again.
