I replied to the wrong post. Your original argument wasn’t about reworking flights and asked a question that had previously been answered.
I have not received a reply from the fairgrounds yet. I am about to head out to work, going to call them on the drive. I’ll post any information as soon as I have it.
SRK Community,
I know this whole GAMME thing is done and believe me that I am not the person to keep things going. I do not want to Derail this thread more-so. I am probably going to be a part of the GOO-CCT. I just have a few questions! This is probably not the thread to ask so I apologize in advance for adding petro to the fire!
However, I have a really bad taste in my mouth knowing that I had an entire trip planned for this tournament alone. Not only did I purchase Disney World tickets and Universal tickets and booked hotel etc…etc… but I also had some buddies of mine visiting from Miami to come watch a " real big tournament!" These buddies have nothing to do with Fighting games or anything, they just wanted to see what this hype is all about!
Now that we got that out of the way…Is anybody going to talk to this Manny guy? Like say maybe the Cannon brothers or Mr. Wizard or somebody? I just ask because it’s seems like Manny/GPX wants to get away with this somewhat on the down-low! If this guy is at MWC, then somebody needs to have a serious talk with him about how he…hmh…ROYALLY FUCKED OVER ALOT OF PEOPLE! I mean, not just money wise, (which is a huge deal on it’s own) but also scheduling. I mean, I could be at MWC right now if it weren’t for this. I could have booked shit for Devastation if it weren’t for this.
Is this guy really going to argue with a few key people and walk away like nothing happened???
As stated before, I do not want to start anymore arguing nor any salty situations, I just want for Manny/GPX to realize that what has happened here is nothing to walk away from so easily.
Yea LYCAN i agree completely, Im sick of reading “sob sob sob” posts as much as the next person, but this is a WAY bigger deal than the responsible parties are taking it as. I know we’re all just waiting for the new tourney post details, and I appreciate everyone that is keeping the wheels turning on this one, but I wish something could be done to more seriously reprimand the parties responsible.
You’re right, someone does need to “talk” with him if they see him around. That would be a good idea.
A real serious talk. One that he won’t forget for a while.
Anyways, I hope this community run event will be awesome, and I have a few people that will definitely show up along with myself. Hopefully people will feel like they didn’t get entirely ripped off after this.
Bufu 2010 by us for us!
Wish I wasn’t so far away I would love to help you guys out.
manny being manny?
Plank. You are leading the charge it seems. Create a Poll thread with the name choices. Let the name be voted on by the communities. If you want put up a poll on the Smash boards too and tally the results together and choose that way too, so that Smash players don’t have to register over here if they don’t want to. In that thread, keep it updated like you would for any other tournament. I almost did this myself, but I feel it would be more appropriate for you to do so.
I suggest to anyone who has been messed up by this to go into detail what it is they lost.
Example:
Average money already spent:
Did you book plane tickets?
Are they refundable?
Did you book a hotel?
Is that refundable?
Did you pre-reg for the tournament?
Was that refunded?
I am just suggesting that as a guide line. Keep the posts here, so when some higher up does become aware of what is going on, they can read back on the whole GAMME thing. I am pretty sure they are aware though, since he was already posted in the “T.O. to avoid” thread, as for other tournament organizers, it is up to them to avoid or accept his support/attendance. It is also up to you to attend or not should he be placed in a position of power/etc.
I hope this helps with the organization of the thread. I have stated my piece of what has happened in the past with Manny and my community of anime convention attendees in some instances. I hope I will be able to provide this thread with some input to that as-well as time goes on. Otherwise, I have PMed Plank this post and hopefully he will do something to that nature, or even a better idea from him, and get the ball officially, and cleanly rolling on this.
Rock and roll to the Fighting Game communities as a whole. I have met quite a few bad apples in my time (not just in attendance and playing, but just in general) from them, but the rest are high class, and this alone goes to show how committed and resilient you all are. Which is amazing. Keep it up.
-Jeremy
http://shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=235582
I have posted the details and have gotten the ball as you put it officially and cleanly rolling on this. We can thank Plank for securing a Venue, now I will be doing my part to get the SRK community to come together for this and make it the best we can.
Someone should lock this thread, no more need to talk about what isn’t going to happen so we can move on to what IS going to happen June 5th and 6th.
how was this tourney not called scamme?
big money? big prizes?
i’d buy that for a dollar!
I think registration and venue fees would be the least of peoples worries compared to the couple of hundred it takes to fly.
That isn’t scary… that isn’t scary at all… shit.
Please Hammer don’t hurt him!
Damn, that’s fucked up. I remember when this tourney was announced I was like, Damn!. They had all the top guys from Japan plus a ton of individual tournaments. I didn’t look at it like it wasn’t happening, but it is obvious now it was too ambitious.
Good luck with your replacement.
I just died.
speaking from personal experience, karma is a bitch, and so is having a legion of people looking to fuck you back. Cancer or refunds, both sound about right.
close this thread already…
Just so everyone knows…
A Replacement event is already confirmed and everything, venue ready to use on the same weekend (Central Florida Fairgrounds)
Please keep this thread alive. I have yet to find an official cancellation on their website. Sorry but they updated their website on May 9th and there is no mention of GAMME being cancelled. It cannot be over-emphasized enough how damaging this is to the industry.
I agree whole you completely. I was asked to take over the design and development of the GAMME site. I redesigned and built the structure, very different from the old site(i hated btw). Manny went dark for 2 weeks. Comes back around and asks me to continue. Then he went AWOL again. He’s done this 3 times now, I heard from him tonight, after a month. So I told him to shove it.