The date for NWM is being set for Saturday, August 22nd. That’s a month and one week after EVO, so it should give people sometime to reset their pocket books if they are planning on traveling, and put some distance between the two events. PAX is happening on September 6th, so we shouldn’t be to affected by that either. There was some concern over having the event after EVO, and peoples interest starting to fade off, but EVO is looking to be so great this year, people could be even more hyped to keep competeing.
If anyone knows a reason why this date won’t work, please post up. Even if you not sure, post up and we can look into it? Bite of Tacoma is happening in July, so that should be a problem either.
I’ve been PMing Wizard about a NW qualifier, but it doesn’t look like it is going to happen this year. The only dates available at the venue before EVO (May30th, June 13th) are the same date as EVO North and East Coast Championships. He doesn’t think they will work out. That’s not bad though, because I would prefer to have more than 4 months to plan and advertise for this anyway. Now we’ve got close to 7 months, and I like that a lot more.
Hey BrentoBox, is your venue set in stone? I DJ for the War Room in Seattle (Capitol Hill) and can probably accommodate your event. If you want more details let me know
I’ve never been to the war room, but looking at the pictures you have online, it looks like it could be great! I definitely want to hear more about it. Ideally, we want to be able to hold 300 or more people, so I’m not sure if that would hold it, but it looks like it could be great for qualifiers.
If I can get a hold of you after 3, then I’d like to talk to you about it. I’ll PM you my number. The stuff I would want to know would be availability (weekends), price for all day rental, space, and operating hours. Thanks for posting up about it. Looks like it could really work.
sounds good…yeah from the pictures the venue looks small, but it doesn’t show the other half of the first floor as well as the 2nd floor, which is a big open balcony… we’ll discuss more offline
I’m meeting with the venue rep tommorow and I need to know what you guys think is the best date.
The dates that are available are August 15th and August 22nd. I am shooting for the 22nd, because it puts a month and 1 week between EVO and NWM. PAX is on September 6th this year, so thats fine too. Those are both Saturdays, and the Sunday after each one is available if we want to do a 2 day tournament.
NW won’t be working out as a Evo Qualifier this year, so the date is completely up to us. Let me know what you guys think would work best.
The cost is 2000 dollars flat. No Tax and no fees, unless we start renting equipment. Payment is due July 22nd.
I want to say thanks to Pablo for making this possible. Pablo put up the $500 downpayment so we could reserve the room in the first place, and without him we couldn’t be sure if the room would still be available to rent when we needed it. His supporting this is awesome, and it wouldn’t be happening without him.
We will have the room literally all day. We can get there anytime we want in the morning to start setting up and we can clean up after 12 midnight with no extra charge. The old room we used charge us for every hour including teardown and set-up, so we have a lot of freedom with this one. We could even plan something in the morning for early attendees if we set up early.
August 22nd puts 1 month and 1 week between EVO and NWM. PAX is on September 6th this year, so thats fine too. Those are both Saturdays, and the Sunday after each one is available if we want to do a 2 day tournament.
Thanks to everyone who’s making this a reality. Perfect timing too (gettin back from Honeymoon in the Cook Islands on Aug 16th). Lookin forward to this…