it annoys me that people who live nearby or even in the same cities often dont make an effort to go to meets/tournies. you should be greatful you even have a damn scene that has tournies in the first place.
Though, to be fair, it can be intimidating going to one of those things for the first time if you don’t know what to expect.
8 because my boy messed up pre reg.
9 Because I paid and registered today.
DOUBLE DIGITS INCOMING LETS GO! Hahahaha
Patch is out, 360 players have no more excuses.
The pre-reg list got updated recently, SG is at 12 attendees. Interesting to note: We have more pre-regs than MK or SCV
I only saw this thread because it’s on the homepage…
I don’t play SkullGirls… I don’t like it very much…
But that said, It doesn’t fucking matter if you’re “not a tournament player” or anything. If you live nearby, JUST GO TO THE FUCKING TOURNAMENT. Socialize for once in your life. I’ve never been a tournament player, but when I was more active in the FGC (2k4-2k7), I went to every tournament I could go to, NEC, ECC, Evo, etc… Doesn’t fucking matter. Get your ass out there and support the damn community. If it’s something you love to do… I mean, if you love basketball, do you just shoot hoops with your Huffy in your driveway? Come on now…
Id assume that CEO is in Florida? Since that state was singled out in OP? Anyway id love to go but i live in Ohio. Unless somebody is offering to pay for my travel expenses or talk my manager into letting me have enough days off of work for the tournament, it aint happening for me
smh @ SG community. theres gonna be more people there for MvC2 than SG lol
I understand completely. I live in Oklahoma (that state above Texas). My first competitive game was Melee (I started back in 04). We had a very small scene, ten people at most. We used to have gatherings all the time and used to travel and get better. Eventually people stopped going because they never won any money and eventually, I was the only person left. I wanted to get better so I started flying out to California, Washington, New York, you name it. I went everywhere. I loved the game and I wanted to support the community. Eventually I got so good I won my first major back in 07.
I then got into 2D fighters in 08. Looked around online to see if maybe we had a group that held gatherings/casuals. Not very many people played but I did find a few people to hang out with on a weekly basis.
We have three people (including myself) that play KOFXIII…three. We practiced maybe 2-3 times a week, went to Texas or Kansas whenever they had a tournament to try and get better. We ended up making it out of pools at last years EVO (I ended up losing to Mr.KOF in losers without knowing it was him until we talked after the match lol) and I recently got 2nd at a Kansas tournament…losing to one of my Oklahoma friends in GF.
We have two people (including myself) that play Persona 4. Unfortunately I don’t get to practice with him much so I spend the majority of my time playing online, same with Skullgirls.
I will be going to EVO this year and plan on entering Skullgirls to help support the scene even though I’m probably going to get bodied haha.
I love me some fightin’ games…
Fear of being social = Not a legit excuse.
No money = Legit excuse.
Square buttons at the top of the forum.
Medical + Money problems = Legit excuse.
Noble attempt.
At least I don’t see THAT much crap about not attending.
As for hotels… No shame in doing what I used to do… Just show up and ask someone there, “Eyo, mind if I sleep on your floor for the night? I’ll buy a bottle of cheap vodka and some juice for all of us.”
$20 for a night in the hotel. Gas ain’t even an issue… Dudes complaining for no reason, because any decent car gets around 30MPG… Even if you live 300 miles away, it’s 10 gallons at $35.
Round trip = $70… That’s about $100-$120 for an awesome weekend, once or twice a year. Even a part time retail salary can cover that… Do you people not have a savings account? I mean… $10 a week was my tournament money for the year… That’s when I was making $200 every other week at Staples.
Oh yeah, bring your own food… A loaf of bread = $2, a jar of peanut butter = $2, butter knife from home = free, you golden.
Small things to sacrifice when it comes to the experience of a FG tournament, especially a major. These things are MUCH different than local tournaments… MUCH different.
good luck anyone showing up
Yeah I did wanted to help, I did hear from a few people, but I haven’t gotten any replies since I followed up.
My main concerned was that Skullgirls would be cancelled if it didn’t get enough members, but now it doesn’t look like that’s the case anymore, so I’m satisfied with the results.
I wish I could have been more helpful, I know going to these tournaments is not cheap, but this is what (I believe) separates the fighting game community from other gaming communities.
We take care of our own.
great advice but youre wasting your letters IMO. when people make their minds up to not show they just wont show
im glad i finally went to FR, it was so awesome it convinced me to make the sacrifice to go to evo
Hey, look. PsychoJosh is back.
soooooooo how many people showed up lol
There were 32 players.