Yes Ricky, I have a full time job for you! cutting and uploading all the video, I think it may take weeks todo but I would like it done in less than 24 hours of the event (or else someone else will put it up). I got some 10 mb upload on my lte phones lol.
Talk to me closer to the event about it. If my schedule allows for it, I’d be happy to help.
I’m thinking of showing up this event as I’ve never been to Canada Cup before. Could someone please help me out in terms of housing? Please note that I’m willing to take the 60 hour Greyhound on this.
I’ll vouch for Psychochronic. He is the most legit house guest and is always upfront with oustanding funds.
Tekken Tag 2 comes out in September. Get that game in the official tournaments.
I greatly enjoyed watching CC2011, and have realized since last year that you guys paid from your own pocket to cover the expensive INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS of 20+ European and Asian competitors. I know that breaking even is a huge challenge, but I hope to see CC2013 and beyond.
I was a HD subscriber last year, but I wouldn’t mind if you guys had a direct support/appreciate paypal button so I can just send money directly so you guys get 100%, rather than paying 9$ on Twitch, and twitch get 50%. The same twitch guys who were there at the event last year, didn’t give any advice and promptly shifted the blame to you guys once problems came.
Shadowloo Showdown had donate/raffle buttons and I donated directly for both SS2011 and 2012.
But you guys are very humble, and VERY FEW people even know that you paid from your own pocket to bring in all those top players. Even most of the HD subscribers last year didn’t know. Even SirScoots didn’t know ( he was on the chat criticizing, he wasn’t HD subscriber, but I do realize he paid for EG Ricky to go there so he’s cool ).
Maybe you guys should make videos of players who went last year. Maybe Infiltration can say on video that he received full expense-paid trip from you guys, met a lot of friendly people, so this is where any PPV money would go. No one else has paid for Infiltration to travel like you guys did. But people don’t know that, so you guys are unfairly criticized for your PPV model.
Spread the word that CC is a community event, with a ton of blood, sweat and money invested in, not for profit, but for passion. When the community of viewers realizes this, you can sell more PPVs. I remember the Twitch guy from last year said CC2011 sold “hundreds” of PPV. Canada Cup deserves to sell WAY MORE PPV than that. Topanga league sold an estimated 5300 PPVs on their first week alone.
You guys organize events with 500+ sign-ups that are enjoyable both for players and viewers, you deserve a ton of recognition. I’m not telling you guys what to do, since you guys are EXCELLENT are organizing events. Just giving a subscriber’s perspective, cuz from my point of view, I see a lot of crazy, unfair stuff that maybe you guys aren’t aware of.
Adding $2000 pot bonus for ssf4ae and umvc3.
Get Atlus to sponsor KoF and P4A and Namco for TTT2 and SC5?
Boss, lemme know if u need any help or so.
Support CC 2k12!!!
Topanga also basically had a ton of dream matchups in long sets, which is something CC tries to do as well (USA vs Japan, etc). And if you get crowd favorites like Sako and stuff coming this year, there’ll be lots of interest.
I agree that you guys should be more forthcoming about how generous you’ve been with your money. Not in a bragging way, but just in a “if you could help, we’d appreciate it” kind of way. I’m sure a lot of people think that you just “talked to some people” and suddenly a bunch of people from Asia were at your event at no cost to you. Team Japan2 for instance was wearing those pink eLive shirts, so I’m sure most people on stream just assume they paid the flights/accommodations in full for the team.
While the team 5 on 5 is really exciting, I would love to just see some FT5 exhibitions on display. Just throwing out names because I don’t know who’s coming, but stuff like Justin vs Daigo, or Sako vs Infiltration, or stuff like that. Kind of like a bunch of mini Topanga matches where players get a chance to adopt in long sets. Maybe you have no room on your schedule for something like this, but it’d be really cool IMO.
My ideal about Canada Cup 2012:
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AE 5on5 has 16 teams instead of 8:
3 Japan
2 USA
2 Europe
1 Canada
1 Korea
1 Taiwan
1 Hong Kong
1 Singapore
1 China
1 Australia
1 Kuwait
1 (name me one more country) -
Since there’ll 3 days so I think the schedule should be:
Day 1: Complete AE2012 singles
Day 2: Complete any Marvel-related things + AE 5on5 up to top 8
Day 3: Top 8 AE 5on5
50 bucks a damn steal for a 3 day event like this. Thats like less then $17 bucks for each day. Get to watch the best players in the world, get to play games. Get to interact with the community, theres a strip club near by.
I went to CCup last year and have not been to a tournament that is run better. The professionalism, pride, and hard work the CCG guys put in is amazing.
Some people blow 50 bucks at the bar in about 15 minutes, others blow it on a video game they barely play. This is 50 bucks well spent if you ask me.
It’s 3 months away so booking the time off for work should not be a problem for anyone I wouldn’t think.
I for one will be getting the VIP pass this year just to help support, I want to see Canada Cup 2013.
PS- I think the stream monsters should have to pay 8.95 just to chat in the stream 
I’m gonna try my hardest to get to CC this year. The tourney the last two years has looked pretty sick so I really wanna go.
Hahahaa, you make it sound far easier than it actually is.
Get sponsors
Fuck bitches
???
Profit
DONE
Actually it’s more like
Approach sponsors
Wait and then wait some more
???
Break even.
and for a long time it was,
Approach Sponsors
Wait and wait and never hear back
???
Go directly to debt, do not pass go, do not collect $200, stay free
FTFY
About the 3 day thing… After last year, we learned that it just isn’t reasonable to expect to do the 5-on-5 and the other tournaments in 2 days. I know it’s not perfect for everyone, but it’s either that or we cut all side games, or marvel, or something else that we really REALLY don’t want to do.
The good news is that it allows us time for evening extra-curricular activities (that we haven’t really announced yet) that we’re also getting ready for you guys.