Georgia fighting game scene "Growing our scene is the key "

[CHNchilla89]

Gonna be holding a KoF session at my place on Wednesday. Pm for details. Even if you are just learning the game come through!

[ShinBlanka]

You REALLY want to know why the scene is the way it is today??
Multiple reasons and just a few of them are worth mentioning but It first starts with us as tournament organizers.
Shinblanka
Lordiceman
Pokchop & Princess Stacy
Wizzlecroft,Funky P & Gunnar
First of all none of us are on the same page, we are all working against each other (Not purposely) but in general, Years ago Magnicious and Myself made it our duty to keep a branch of communication open to any organizers in and out of the state of georgia so we could help one another build and that has all but DIED inside the state of georgia, it all starts with us man if we are closed mouth, won’t talk to one another,bounce ideas off of one another, RESPECT one another then whats the point because in the end, we all claim we are working towards the same goal…why do we have to do it all as individuals rather then together??

Battle & Brew has become a staple within our community since Atlanta Revivals have gone to quarterly rather then monthly, The games Battle & Brew hosts, they host each week which equates to a month by month standard, Revival had to switch to quarterly due to lack of attendance, upcoming tournaments in and outside of state and rather then competing and hurting attendance a change was made but the question is…why rival Battle & Brew as a monthly??
Why not help promote them and help bring their numbers up so that all tournaments held in Ga can benefit??
We as tournament Organizers do not do our homework anymore nor treat our tournaments like the job they are, we do not have our ears to the streets and giving the people what they want anymore we just cling to what ever is hot at tournaments outside Ga, copy & paste and post “Yeaaa tournament this month” as if everyone should come just because…NO!!
With the exception of Shinblanka’s Final Round and most Recent Final Round Randbats & Battle & Brew’s Monthlies, we do not have a set system in regards to tournaments, we do not post a month or two ahead of time to give people time to build up, train up, prepare in general like we used to in the past.
People hear about Revival within a week or two of Revival which hurts it’s numbers, Battle & Brew is labeled “Happening so often” that some decide to miss one, then one becomes two, two becomes three so forth and so on!!

If we as the organizers are not united we cannot expect our community to be as well.
We also need to stop living in fear of being vocal, we see tons of negativity within the community, people hating on others games, making them feel worthless because they play whatever they play but like it or not the younger audience looks up to Shinblanka and others from the old school and if we actually spoke out on some of the issues we have here, the disorder we have here and on facebook or within tournaments in general, a lot would change, we shouldn’t live in fear that “If we say something that may hurt their feelings then they may not come to our tournaments” well if that were to be the case they would just be left out because the reason we need that release is to help our state grow which is what e have been saying since 2008 when SF4 emerged and the rebirth of our fighting game scene commenced.

Each individual is good/great at their own separate thing, We have the best Streamer in the south in Paul aka Funky P, we have the largest tournament oraganizing name in Shinblanka, we one of the best promoters, shit talkers in Lordiceman & Pokchop, We have great video editors, we have musicians like Piano Den, Dexter Jones, Brant McCaskill, Trayveon Maxwell etc we also have good standing with almost any and every tournament organizer in the south from old too new, so why isn’t Ga the Mecca of the South like Cali is the Mecca for ENTIRE West Coast??

It all begins with us, if we actually took the time, put our heads together and not attempt to go after and take the whole pie, develop a legit partnership that benefits not only ourselves but the community, the ideas we present to the players will make our future bright and maybe just maybe the work we put in will draw attention year round to the south in general not just for CEO or Final Round or Impact Clash, maybe we can get it jumping like the North East does with ECT, NEC,Apex, Curleh Mustache etc or like the West does with the Level Up tournies, now their first Curleh Mustache so forth and so.
I personally have big Ideas, I have developed the “Council” a team of Tournament Organizers and their best workers to help rebuild and restructure the entire Atlantic South Division but we cannot do it alone, we can’t reach the level of dominance we seek on a few individuals working one way and the rest working another, just can’t.

I’ll post my views on the Competitors portion after work today, this post was manly for the Tournament Organizers to read and respond too!!

I agree with your post tray.

[ShinBlanka]

With that in mind i’m going to start frbats again as a regular monthly tournament and not every 2 weeks like before. I see that I was asking too much and bnb is and should be the regular weekly events in Ga. I will also keep my events on sunday just so people will get use to that date for future events. There won’t be another frbats until after july. I’ll post up a new thread soon, but going to Evo has given me new hope for our scene. I hope i’m not wrong again.

[ShinBlanka]

[SIZE=32px]Soaring stock in Atlanta[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]We knew when the Atlanta Hawks hired Danny Ferry as their general manager that it would mark a wholesale change in the way this franchise did business, but nobody expected the change to be this drastic, this fast.[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=32px][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]With two landmark moves in a period of hours Monday that wiped nearly $90 million off the payroll, the Hawks went from a franchise that considered losing in the second round of the playoffs to be the pinnacle of human achievement to being one that could matter – I mean really, truly matter – for the first time since Dominique Wilkins was making nightly highlight films.[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=32px][SIZE=12px][FONT=Verdana]For those who just crawled out from under a rock, the Hawks first sent Joe Johnson to Brooklyn for the expiring contracts of Jordan Farmar, Johan Petro, Jordan Williams, Anthony Morrow and DeShawn Stevenson (who will have a non-guaranteed multiyear deal, per sign-and-trade rule requirements, but is effectively an expiring contract). The Hawks then tradedMarvin Williams to Utah for the expiring contract of Devin Harris. Farmar will be bought out for $1.5 million, Harris might be rerouted someplace else and Petro will be given Pape Sy’s former jersey just to see whether anyone can tell the difference. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]

do you understand that Danny ferry should be “Ex of the year” with the HOE JOHNSON TRADE ALONE!

[LoneWolfTifa]

I wholeheartedly agree with your post Iceman, but I also feel like the FGC in GA is too ATL-centric. Everything has to happen in ATL, so that kind of turns off people who aren’t near ATL. Why not start a series of weeklies (casual or competitive) in various places around GA? I know Augusta has a small scene, as does Macon/Warner Robins, so perhaps these new weeklies can attract more people to the community and then plan major stuff like Revival and Final Round for all of GA? Just an idea.

[ShinBlanka]

I wholeheartedly agree with your post Iceman, but I also feel like the FGC in GA is too ATL-centric. Everything has to happen in ATL, so that kind of turns off people who aren’t near ATL. Why not start a series of weeklies (casual or competitive) in various places around GA? I know Augusta has a small scene, as does Macon/Warner Robins, so perhaps these new weeklies can attract more people to the community and then plan major stuff like Revival and Final Round for all of GA? Just an idea.

those players in those area’s have to start those events. We can only do what we can do in our area sir. It’s up to players in your area to get that going. I would suggest getting the gatherings bigger in your area before trying a tournament.

[LoneWolfTifa]

those players in those area’s have to start those events. We can only do what we can do in our area sir. It’s up to players in your area to get that going. I would suggest getting the gatherings bigger in your area before trying a tournament.

Thanks for the quick reply, but if you read my previous posts, our first gathering was quite the success (14-16 people showed up out of a possible 40 or so) but the bar we were at apparently didn’t like the idea of continuing and shut us down from doing future gatherings at the bar. It was strange as we were paying customers and were giving them business, but oh well, their loss. We’re still in the process of finding another place to do weeklies at.

[CHNchilla89]

Thanks for the quick reply, but if you read my previous posts, our first gathering was quite the success (14-16 people showed up out of a possible 40 or so) but the bar we were at apparently didn’t like the idea of continuing and shut us down from doing future gatherings at the bar. It was strange as we were paying customers and were giving them business, but oh well, their loss. We’re still in the process of finding another place to do weeklies at.

I don’t really understand your point. If you are getting double digits at your gatherings then I don’t understand why it would be ATL TO’s responsibility to get something going in your area. You sound like you have the numbers to do whatever you need. And even if the monthlies are held in ATL, anyone who is interested in competing has PLENTY of time to make arrangements to come to one of these tournaments if they want to support the overall GA scene.

[cyber_akuma2002]

People are willing and have the ideas, but they lack the real necessary drive to make it happen. What Larry, Iceman, and other TO’s do takes alot of time and effort. If driving distance and other trivial things such as that stop you, then that’s on you.

Tifa - You’re going to more then likely fail way more then succeed before establishing your community of players because you have to put so much faith into people you hardly know. The only thing that you can rely on at the end of the day is the common interest that we as players have. Athens has historically been terrible when it comes to having any sort of community, and we simply saw that it wasn’t going to rival ATL or any other part of the region. Infact, we’re so non-existent historically that we’ve always been considered an out-post of ATL. I use to get so pissed about that, but then I realized that ATL, and its players, were the reason why I was even good at anything to begin with. Don’t take ATL being the focus of GA personally, trust me. Take those around you that are willing to learn and grow and nurture that the best you can. Everyone says they have the drive…but do you really?

Good luck to you.

[LoneWolfTifa]

I don’t really understand your point. If you are getting double digits at your gatherings then I don’t understand why it would be ATL TO’s responsibility to get something going in your area. You sound like you have the numbers to do whatever you need. And even if the monthlies are held in ATL, anyone who is interested in competing has PLENTY of time to make arrangements to come to one of these tournaments if they want to support the overall GA scene.

Getting a permanent venue is the hardest part, which is all I’m pointing out, haha. We definitely have the capability to do gatherings and all, but getting a meeting place to do weeklies is difficult here for some reason. But you’re right, we should get out more to ATL. I just thought it would be nice for something out of ATL for a change.

[CHNchilla89]

Getting a permanent venue is the hardest part, which is all I’m pointing out, haha. We definitely have the capability to do gatherings and all, but getting a meeting place to do weeklies is difficult here for some reason. But you’re right, we should get out more to ATL. I just thought it would be nice for something out of ATL for a change.

Yeah I could imagine that would be challenging. But if you can develop something it’s not like no one from ATL would come. The last Augusta super had very solid numbers

[Sixfortyfive]

Battle & Brew has become a staple within our community since Atlanta Revivals have gone to quarterly rather then monthly, The games Battle & Brew hosts, they host each week which equates to a month by month standard, Revival had to switch to quarterly due to lack of attendance, upcoming tournaments in and outside of state and rather then competing and hurting attendance a change was made but the question is…why rival Battle & Brew as a monthly??

My issue with this specifically is that B&B is in the middle of the week, which makes it a non-starter for those of us from out of state who would like to come out but work during the week.

Agreed on the rest of your entire post, btw.

[Cool-Breeze]

One of the main reasons Ga’s FGC is mainly ATL Centric is because ATL players throughout Ga’s FG existence, have notoriously applied the work and effort to be relevant in every since of the word.
In each outside city or county there are exceptions but they are few and in between, you got Columbus who is pretty solid but its Korean Panda/Alternate and whomever he knows…and that’s pretty much it, you got Ethan Dogan/Dogysamich in warner robbins, whomever he knows…and that’s about it, Same with my brother out in Macon Aceuno, Same with the Brothers of Destruction Issac& Chris Greene up in Athens who do have Aaron Chestnut but he is never JUST at home in Athens he’s in north Ga, Augusta, you name it he’s there, Also applies to Rashid Reddy/Shinkuur out in Savannah.

Either way my point is, we as players read what people post about there own communities, about how people do not show or how it’s dead in the surrounding areas and that alone will keep some individuals from traveling to a Savannah, Macon, Columbus, Augusta etc it is a turn off.
In atlanta we have had dedicated places to train on a week by week basis in order for us to hone our skill so to speak, not everyone was apart of the funky bunch or the people who came up together, Yea I came up with Joe and Max but they were founded by Larry’s adopted son Justin Grey aka Omegabattlecat.
Excite Beast, Batman,Aceman etc were all extensions of someone already within the crew, these guys didn’t grow up with us, attend tournies with us etc so if they got in and made a name for themselves imagine what you could do with you and your community.

You cannot wait for top names in surrounding cities to quote on quote “Uplift” your city, it just doesn’t work like that, don’t get me wrong, its a positive thing to have Eddie, Aaron, Pokchop,Clint,Pig of the Hut and other top names to COME to your tournaments, your gatherings, your meets etc but if you are banking on those names to create community growth in your neck of the woods, well then you are waisting your time.

In regards to B&B being on a thursday, It worked out very well during the 1st couple of months but I can totally agree with out of towners not being able to attend on a week day for an event that takes them 2 plus hours too get to.

I personally want to have a sit down with Ga’s Tournament Organizers and compose a change to the landscape of how we as organizers do/run our tournaments here in the state of Georgia, I consider us the Major/Powerhouse state in a variety of games inside the south but we either
A.) never go anywhere to prove that
B.) No one comes here outside Final Round to dispute that
C.) Just don’t give a damn and want to claim an un-earned title

[hisshou]

Is there a list of where the casual get togethers are? You’ve mentioned BnB as one but, I’m speaking for myself, it’s during the weekday and I’m generally not available. Is there a place during the weekends?
On top of that, what games are played? Chnchill mentioned that he/she does KOF but, speaking for myself again, I play mostly Capcom games.
I’ve posted before that I’m willing to have casual nights on Friday/weekends at my place in N. Atlanta but there wasn’t a large response to that. If anyone is in the N. Atlanta (75/285) area, let me know and I can host a casual night. If there is already such an event, I would like to know also.

[hisshou]

On another note, Evo was great. I met a few people whom I’ve met before from ATL, TooMuchDamage and Keyzerjose. They were super nice!

[BlackVenom18]

If anyone is in the N. Atlanta (75/285) area, let me know and I can host a casual night. If there is already such an event, I would like to know also.

Do you live anywhere near Roswell???

[Sixfortyfive]

You know, to follow up on recent topics, the Huntsville guys are putting forth a more dedicated streaming effort in the near future and I think it would be beneficial to all of us if we started cross-promoting regional events on each other’s streams. Same goes for Pensacola and all the other people in the area who have a setup and broadcast events on a semi-regular basis. Wouldn’t hurt for all of us to whip up some quick promos to pass around.

[hisshou]

Do you live anywhere near Roswell???

About 15 minutes away from the roswell exit off of either 285 or 75.

[p0tat0_5alad]

Also, we are hosting a tourney Aug 4th and would love for you guys to come out. Tauseef, David Kim, & Herbie have already confirmed to come and are trying to bring up multiple cars. Myself and some other Marvel heads are coming down to Athens on the 20th for a UMvC3 crack session/Tauseef’s B’day and then riding up to ReSe with you guys. We’ll certainly be promoting our tourney the entire time.

Alabama Turnbuckle Kings
August 4th, 2012
Registration starts @ 12 pm

SRK Link- http://forums.shoryuken.com/t/aug-4-2012-alabama-turnbuckle-kings-madison-al/150269

FB Event Page- http://www.facebook.com/events/176157262516283/

[LEFT]Where[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Insanity Skate Park[/LEFT]
[LEFT]100 Skate Park Dr[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Madison, AL 35758[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]FEES[/LEFT]
[LEFT]$10 Venue Fee / $10 Per Tournament[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]PAYOUTS[/LEFT]
[LEFT]for less than 16 entrants: top 3 payout 70/30/10[/LEFT]
[LEFT]any game with more than 16 entrants will have DEEP payouts! the more people who enter, the more people get paid![/LEFT]
[LEFT]PLUS tournaments with more than 16+ entrants will receive a BONUS $50 to the pot![/LEFT]
[LEFT]tournaments with more than 32+ entrants will receive a BONUS $100 total to the pot![/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]SCHEDULE[/LEFT]
[LEFT]1:00pm KOF 13 2v2 Tourney (Xbox 360)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Single Game Matches (winner stays)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2/3 Grand Finals[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Double Elimination[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2v2 if we have at least 8 teams[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]1:45pm Super Street Fighter IV: AE v2012 2v2 Tourney (Xbox 360)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2/3 Matches (winner stays)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]3/5 Grand Finals[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Double Elimination[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2v2 if we have at least 8 teams[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]2:30pm Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 2v2 Tourney (Xbox 360)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2/3 Matches (winner stays)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]3/5 Grand Finals[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Double Elimination[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2v2 teams if we have at least 8 teams[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]4:00pm KOF 13 Singles Tourney (Xbox 360)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2/3 Matches[/LEFT]
[LEFT]3/5 Grand Finals[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Double Elimination[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]4:45pm Super Street Fighter IV: AE v2012 Singles Tourney (Xbox 360)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]2/3 Matches[/LEFT]
[LEFT]3/5 Losers, Winners, & Grand Finals[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Double Elimination[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]5:30pm Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (Xbox 360)[/LEFT]
[LEFT]3/5 Matches[/LEFT]
[LEFT]3/5 Losers, Winners, & Grand Finals[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Double Elimination[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]We are hoping to record all 3 games.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]twitch.tv/thetylergilmore - UMvC3[/LEFT]
[LEFT]twitch.tv/experimilk - SSFIVAE:2012[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]
[LEFT]Insanity Skate Park has a wide variety of concessions on site. Please help support the venue for supporting our scene![/LEFT]

[Wu_Fei]

Is there a list of where the casual get togethers are? You’ve mentioned BnB as one but, I’m speaking for myself, it’s during the weekday and I’m generally not available. Is there a place during the weekends?
On top of that, what games are played? Chnchill mentioned that he/she does KOF but, speaking for myself again, I play mostly Capcom games.
I’ve posted before that I’m willing to have casual nights on Friday/weekends at my place in N. Atlanta but there wasn’t a large response to that. If anyone is in the N. Atlanta (75/285) area, let me know and I can host a casual night. If there is already such an event, I would like to know also.

I’m off delk rd bruh lol. what you play?