Glad you shared this with us, specially on the appropriate topic.
That dude was me. 
Recently, there has been talk of wanting to hold a big 3S tournament in Austin, something akin to the Fight Club events. I highly doubt this will ever happen but the Austin crew seems all for this. So my questions to you guys are, āwhat time of year would be best to hold this type of eventā and "what would you expect from such a tournament that would interest you to travel for it (e.g. number of cabinets, additional pot bonus)
At least two cabs would be good. The more cabs the better. Some supergun or OE setups on the side with CRT would be good too so you can still play when the tourney is going on.
I donāt care about the pot bonus or the money at all really.
I think stuff like the generals matches, fight cards, and 3v3 are all cool and maybe you guys could do those too. Maybe interface with the TITS guys and see if you guys could host an event together.
Get Yuuki to promise he will be there and seek at least one other name to draw the crowd. Lock them in and advertise. Thatās one thing to get folks to travel. At lease two h2h cabs would be a good draw too.
That āmatchā would set 3s ratings. Iām sure Exo would throw in additional pot bonus $200 for the winner.
I donāt know any players over here on this side that would concern themselves too much with a tournament just because Yuuki and Exo are playing in itā¦I know I havenāt cared enough as of yet. Not to be mean.
You might consider a better incentive in something iconoclast like the new players all want. Making of frauds and all that. I have 0 experience in that kind of thing but I know that the whole sf4 tournament scene and marvel 3 scene ran on the blood of all the āhas beensā in the community. It would essentially be an invitation to all the new players to start up a new generation of players to take on the helm, kind of thing.
The diehards will go where the competition and settings are ideal. UFO is a cool place and Austin is a nice midway point for those in the continental U.S.
Not everyone will come the first time, but if you make the first time something people would want to travel out to then maybe you can draw a larger crowd or draw those older players out the next time.
Yuukiās āskill rankingā aside, I only suggested him since he shows up to UFO periodically.
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You mean to tell me that the SoCal crew would humor playing in tournaments outside of their hometown? Outside of Yi coming to Fight Club (which he went with a certain motivation, and gained a much bigger and clearer insight on 3S outside of SoCal), exactly when was the last time that happened?
Bit ironic coming from you, no?
Iām not going to speak for Yi but he stopped playing with us as often after he came back. I donāt know if you think thatās a good thing or not but to me thatās a bad thing.
And Iām not sure why you think bringing up the fact that no one has yet cared enough to go that way since, maybe, 2008 makes my point any less valid. Yi went because a Japanese player went not because of you and Yuuki. I donāt even recall him mentioning anyone from the tournament besides the Japanese playersā¦
Hmm? My community never took part in making me look like a fraudā¦ unless you mean ggpoā¦hahahahahaā¦ggpoā¦ 
Thatās not real life, silly. Thatās the gameboy version of 3s.
Lemme ask you a question nowā¦
Did you really get married? Congrats if you did. Really.
Or did you mean that itās a bit ironic considering that was what bothered me about all the post-09ers? Itās not ironic at all.
Iām a sensible man and if you guys want hits, why not just do all that shit you guys do behind the scenes through a more communicated effort, like posters and shit. I mean, every time Iām in chat with you or any time we catch one anotherās name coming out of the otherās mouth we always butt heads even if I try to discuss the problem with you. You deflect and carry on as if you won something just because this board is pretty much just New York players barring Canada, the Philly dudes, Louis and me. Pidgeon foot is the term, I think.
No one here has played me, neither before nor after my injury just during, and beaten me. I played Nica and lost twice to him but I was losing to everyone those days, injuries hurt a lot, so I donāt think it really shows too much besides the fact that either Nica uses the same set up a lot ( I was like, heās not gonna use the same ā he used the same one -_- ) or that I miss my parry on Yangās low forward sometimes. He hit two each time and I was stunned both times. I understand that you enjoy those results and will celebrate them like the coming of christ but my point is more or less that you guys are always simply talking shit and I donāt think anyone has ever exhibited a level of skill, besides random Denjizz rape, that would justify the level of arrogance. Iāve seen you win online. Iāve never seen you win offline.
So having said that, I donāt know why you feel the need to get so defensive on the matter considering the fact that Iām suggesting you guys do something that every recent community has been doing, and use it as a selling point to bring in more of that manufactured hype that has been selling MILLIONS of games these days.
I would watch a match between Nica and Exo. I would watch a match between Yuuki and Mopreme. I would watch an entire tournament worth of matches if I could expect either or both of those match ups to occur. I would watch a match between Yuuki and Nica. I would watch a match between Exo and Yuuki. I donāt think Iād care enough to watch a match between Mopreme and Exo now that I think about it but that shouldnāt matter.
Alright I said more than I wanted to and itās late. You and your ambiguous ass reponses. E.V.E.R.Y. .T.I.M.Eā¦
I figured you were at least smart enough to infer what I was trying to say without having to elaborate to the extent that you do in your essays.
I didnāt take it personally when you said that you werenāt interested in attending a tournament simply because Yuuki or I attended. It couldāve been Yuuki or Nica, or Kuroda and MOV, thatās not the issue. The statement I was making was that:
SoCal has always been toxic and apathetic towards any scene that wasnāt SoCal (they would be cool with you only if you traveled to them and showed them that you were worth their attention)
So when you bring up the point of recognizable top players as an incentive for SoCal to travel, thatās simply inconsequential. SoCal wonāt travel.
As to the irony bit, I was remarking that it was ironic that one of the biggest frauds on the forums made a statement about exposing frauds. Granted, youāre not LTG-level of disaster in terms of skill, but the overwhelmingly negative correlation between how much you talk vs your actual skill levelā¦well, yea. Dead horse.
Not sure if 5 Star really stopped playing once he went back because of the level of competition. He told me how EC was much stronger than all the guys he played with. And on a boiler stream, he mentioned he stopped going because the players there are laughable.
Reminds when I transitioned back to arcade, which spoiled me from touching online again or like enjoying the perfect vacation and realizing you have to resume work next day.
Iāll never forget that night. Vanao sits on my lap and starts twerking. Monikae and I touched each otherās thighs from alcohol influence. Gavin and I talked about family and became best bros. Dealing with worldstar trouble makers on the train who tried to jump me.
Whoa, calm down there Tumblrina.
Well thatās kind of true though.
socal has always carried this attitude like everyone else doesnāt exist.
Despite the fact that there are people all over NA who have played the best of the best also and have tons of experience.
Itās a little obnoxious. Like holding onto that one trophy you won a decade ago and saying youāre still the best.
The fact is SoCal is the center of whatever the current flavor of street fighter is. Itās not the center of 3S.
There seems to be a lot more support for smaller community games in the east. Certainly you can see it with anime games, EC has always had a strong following for less popular games.