There are a few people that I've run into from the Rochester area that play but they don't really put time into it. Both Rikuto and myself have put it out there that we'd welcome anybody that wants to get casuals in, especially early on, but nothing materialized. Ran into a few people from that group that gets together at RIT down at Summer Jam last year as well but still nothing. If you can get a couple people that are willing to put time in, I'd be willing to host some folks once I get all situated at my new place.
I've tried to get more involved with the local SF and Marvel scenes on a few different occasions but, with a couple exceptions, it's a very closed off and uninviting group to the outside eye. Nobody is rude or even unfriendly, really, more like uninterested. The two friends I brought with to a tournament at that hobby shop that does the gaming room as well as table top stuff (forget the name, obviously) made the same observation. Nobody even so much as tries to say "Hi" to new faces. I believe you are the only person who I've spoken to from that relatively large group outside of an actual match at gatherings. Kinda sad considering I'm not just a DoA player.
In any case, I'm always happy to see new players and I'm willing to help out with rides if it's not too crazy as well as providing a place to get games in. If you come up with anything, even tentative, let me know. I'm not a full fledged TO or anything but I've helped run both SJ6 and NEC's DoA tournaments and I've been behind the scenes on a lot of older events back in the day, so if we get a solid group going we can make things happen. I'll also be at Final Round and EVO and wouldn't mind additional people coming along.
