paying 35$ to play a game for a day, when that game retails at 40$?
maybe for a major tourney, but for a place trying to be an “arcade” that is ridiculous. Imagine if someone said you could play Time Crisis 2 all day, for only 500$ when the cab retails for 600$.
Its kinda like that
I thought it over. I think he was talking about Dustin.
I just didn’t want to say it, but Dustin was always kind of a whore.
Dustin, I can’t believe you canceled Street Fighter 'cause of heart problems. You’re a real asshole for doing that. You too Alison for driving him!
And getting laid instead of chillin’ with a bunch of dudes…MAD GAY indeed!
I haven’t been playing much Street Fighter since Starcraft came out, but now I’m definitely never coming to your events ever again after hearing about your horrendous acts as hosts.
Ricardo, sign me up for the revolution!
I hope you realized he said it was only 360. Better learn stick 
Rik, clear your damn inbox so I can send you a message.
Free pizza actually sounds pretty nice.
The entry fee for the grand tournament is 25$, and the entry fee for the weekly events is 10$. These can be lowered though, ive actually been talking to the other organizers and so the price drop could happen…so as always ill keep this thread posted with new info. Oh and if anyone would like to help out with content on the new site plz let me know, thanks:)
P.S.
If there are any idea’s or suggestions for the new scene let me know too. (no more worthless post either plz, take your meds before coming online I suggest)
Yep. You’re an asshole.
And now for something completely different…
All I can say is this and it’s pretty much what some of the other people have said. That price is way too steep and a very big deterrant for new players. I don’t think I’d wanna pay that much to get beaten by a Fei Long player and a few other players that may show up. Rik, I understand that this HTA place is a business and that it needs to make money, but did you talk to the manager or whatnot and discuss prices? Why the hell is it so high? Also, charging 10 dollars for weeklies seems kind of weak, especially if the money going in isn’t coming back out
I know I wouldn’t show face in Saskatoon for Street Fighter tournaments any time soon if the prices are like that. You’re gonna have to re-evaluate things or you’ll soon find yourself where you were like months ago.
So you pay $25 and how much goes to the pot? You pay $10 and there’s no pot?
I would absolutely not pay that much for no prize pot.
BUT, the biggest factor: dynex laggy TVs.
If I walked in and saw laggy TVs I would immediately walk right back out.
Perhaps you guys should find a better venue and find some CRTs. Throw a post on kijiji and you can find them aplenty. (PROTIP FOR VENUES: find a local bar that isn’t doing so well, that’s what we did here in windsor and it worked out great. FREE to play all day, full run of the bar for organizer’s and drink specials($12 for a full pitcher and a 6" sandwich)).
There’s plenty of great venues out there and you don’t need 7 TVs(I’d rather have 1 lagless screen then 50 laggy ones anyways) to run a tournament for a small playerbase.
Just my input.
Rik stop being so ignorant.
One should never brag about being the best at anything, Always stay humble, thats just my opinion however.
Ric, I truly am trying to help you, but you got to stop and think about what you say.
Even though it’s not just you running this thing, you have to realize that you are now representing Hi Tech. You may not be officially on their payroll, but the way you present yourself reflects on those supporting you.
Smart-ass remarks like these are unnecessary. Your posts sound genuine until you add in these smart-ass remarks into them. How many people at Hi Tech would condone these things you are saying? You’re trying to attract a potential customer/player base, yet if these people were to take the time to read the last few pages, chances are people would seriously reconsider doing business with you.
I’m sure everyone will make an attempt to forgive you, but you need to need to make an attempt at fixing your attitude.
i’d assume this HTA is played on a per hour basis.
why wouldn’t they just charge you per setup, on the hourly rate, which the group could pitch in for?
we have a place that sounds like that, and thats what they said they’d do for us.
we just don’t go there cuz we got merlins place, and chocolate milk supplied by his mother.
as per CHAOS REQUEST.
rik is mad cause he secretly lurrrrves you! everyone can see it.
um
also
i duno, 10 bucks forr basically a night @ a glorified matrix(our gaming place)
let rik know that, up here, if we wanna use the matrix, its like 5 dollars an hour, and we get 3 setups, 50’’ lcds i believe.
we were playing 15 bucks a night. but now we use merlins, but the matrix dudes have told us that if we go back, they will charge us PER SETUP. as a group. therefore, we play for 4 hours, thats 20 bucks. BETWEEN OUR GROUP.
theres like 8 of us up here that play, so that breaks down to something like 3 bucks per player. which is quite reasonable.
If this Hi-tech dude is charging you EACH, if you are SHARING. that is wrong, and I wouldn’t support that.
NOW.
onto the tournament thing, if hi-tech is demanding a cut from the tournament, thats their thing. but unless they’re willing to put up a relevant CASH prize, then they shouldn’t be demanding a cut.
yall should just move to regina, and play drama-free. we all get along!
sign me up, i’m moving to ontario!
Hey skulltr0n,
I live in Regina and I’ve been looking for people to play. Do you guys get together still and when and where? Would you guys have room to add more people for these nights? I’ve got one buddy that might be interested but I definitely am! Hope to hear from you soon.
For everyone else… Is this tournament going down? From all the drama, bashing, pricing, and hating going on it doesn’t sound like anyone is going to show up. If it is going down, are there other games as well and support for them? Like Smash? Last time my buddies and I went to Toon Town for a Smash tourney we were the only ones that showed up for it so we don’t want to go again just to play each other. We can easily do that here.
I agree with Chao in the sentiment about the cost. Personally, if there were a MEMBERSHIP fee, and once that fee was paid it was free or almost free, then I would be OK with it. But, $10 a week is $40 a month (on average) and is better spent on three to four days of food than paying to play a game I have at home… especially when I can invite people over to play with me.
The venue might be nice, as long as things like TV latency can be overcome. I would consider that a plus. I can’t think of any other true benefits, though, than maybe the possibility of becoming easier to notice (since it is happening at an open venue rather than a closed house).
I do think that making money off of what should be a friendly and competitive scene is a bit outrageous. All of us that have organized and offered our places have done so for free. If we started charging $5 or whatever to come, would anyone really show up? Unless that money went toward pizza that everyone got, I doubt it.
Also, since Saskatoon really isn’t well-know or a desired visitation location, I think shooting that high for an entry fee is asking too much. Personally, the $10 we had for the tournament was perfect for what Saskatoon typically has. If the scene grows to the degree that we do have many people and seating may become limited, then I could see a higher price point becoming a better deterrent to bring only motivated competitors.
However, a venue fee is sometimes OK (and necessary), though, but it shouldn’t be something outrageous or cut into the prize pot. The rewards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the last Hi-Tech tournament were bland at best. Money is the best reward and I feel it should always remain a greater portion of the entry fee than anything else associated within it (maybe 10% venue, 10% organizer, 80% pot or something close to that; a $20 entry fee would net $2 venue, $2 organizer and $16 pot per entrant which would add up quickly).
Just my thoughts…
Also…
Reallllllll business-like. Almost makes me want to show Hi-Tech EXACTLY what you are saying so they can decide on whether or not you’re appropriate to be in a “leadership” role…
Also, this -deeply- offends me. You CONTINUE to poke at Allison, and now you ALSO group others into it. Your allegations and prejudice are becoming more and more the body of your posts since you add them for no real reason but to offend and take cheap shots at people. Can you not learn, Rik? I’m leaning heavily towards no…
These things can be considered a form of harassment. -,-
Cancel the revolution
I agree with this.
Hitech in edmonton charged 10 bucks to play games. apoc use to charge 5 then went to 10
honestly whats stopping people from playing at their own homes? It cost me 40 bucks on power a month to play at home and i can invite friends over and play the shit out of the games.
Try to talk them into something thats more reasonable.
does hitech have computers? maybe try a sc2 tournament