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Competition => Tournament Planning and Hype => : X_A December 03, 2011, 10:58:38 PM

: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: X_A December 03, 2011, 10:58:38 PM

First - What is OKgamers, and a Promotional Event
OKgamers.com, Oklahoma's only gamer resource for finding and promoting gaming events and local gamers to practice with.  An Oklahoma area resource for gamers, by gamers.  We also work with businesses that want to have gamer related events - we help them to help locals; it benefits us all.  This of course promotes OKgamers existence - thus any event OKgamers volunteers work with is a Promotional Event.

When OKgamers or a business wants to do events, we suggest only the active communities, and now favor ones with Community Leads as well.  When a business or sponsor wants to throw $$ into a tournament, we help them make the decision - based off active communities and recent tournaments and events.  If we work with a game, we need the "national rules", the established best rules for the game.  We'll need hardware; whether that comes from us, the community through their CL, or a combination.  And, of course, help promoting on the various core sites for the games we are including, as we like the hardcore to know about events.


Enter - Community Leads
A community lead is as simple as it sounds - a gamer who has stepped up as the leader of one or several local gaming communities OKgamers can go to and rely on to help us help them.

Are they on staff?  No, but are given perks, and are in the loop. 
They only really 'volunteer' when we have questions, or during a tournament or Promotional Event, as they are the only non-volunteer that can access OKgamers' gaming brackets while we run an event, etc.  However, they do not officially volunteer outside of their own game, so in the pure since, nope.  They are just helping out their game get more traction in the local community.

And they do: getting their community $1,000's of dollars in attention and sponsorship at events each year; a chance to grow, not fade away.  Any game you've seen OKgamers work with in the last 6 years?  Has effectively had a Community Lead; helping us get the National rules, gather hardware, and get the word out.  We are now just officializing the title, and promoting the recruitment of more leads, and how your community can have their leader step forwards!

Your games community is MISSING OUT on potentially $1,000's of dollars every year in sponsorships, prizes and more.
Stop missing out; get a community lead, and get more events!!


List of existing Community Leads:
Blaz Blue - Tim "AnimeFreak" Barnes
Smash Brawl - Josh "ChuckNasty" Smith
Soul Calibur - Tim "AnimeFreak" Barnes
Super Street Fighter 4 AE - Tou "toucan108" Yang
Tekken - Nick "The Captian" Shufeldt

Call of Duty - MW3 - Ricky "Timmy Scorcher" McNeal of HxC
Gears of War 3 - Ricky "Timmy Scorcher" McNeal of HxC
Halo Reach - Ricky "Timmy Scorcher" McNeal of HxC

Starcraft 2 - Michael "Mickey" Williams


List of games we are looking for Leads:
League of Legends - PENDING current review...
UMvC 3 - NEEDED, if promotional events are to support it; after 2/25 it's apparent we must have one, or move to support just SF...
Smash Melee - NEEDED, if promotional events are to support it...

Console Racing Games
Console Sports Games

ANY AND ALL TABLETOP & ROLEPLAYING GAMES:
we know most games already have card shops, etc that are the center of their community.  When an event is of substantial size, or we can help out we bring in CCG, Tabletop and Larping.  We'd love to have a few more volunteers focused on these areas, but if nothing else - please consider becoming a community lead!

PC GAMERS - we've got Starcraft; if you know of local gamers that play consistently in the Oklahoma area, and would like to step up - let's do this!

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Why so many console games?  Console gaming in Oklahoma has the least amount of support. 
PC - has a few games worth it, but must have internet connectivity; limiting the options for events. 
Tabletop & CCG have businesses already actively catering to them, and OKgamers is not in the business of duplicating or competing with the local community.  We work WITH you, not against. 

Console gaming simply is the least served; so over the years we've worked with them the most.  PC has taken a turn for the rise.  And OKgamers is working with at least 2 conventions every year now; that means we bring more Tabletop & CCG into the loop as well.

Your game not on the list? Your community never get attention at a competitive event?  They go hand in hand, help us help you, be a CL :)

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A Community Lead agrees to 3 duties:

What do these tasks really mean?  What would you do as a CL?

Communication on "Up to Date" - the literal answer:
 - For Rules, you post a thread in your games' Local Gamers Forum (http://www.okgamers.com/forums/index.php/board,10.0.html), and keep it up to date
 - On the scene overall you keep us up to date via a Facebook Group.  READ - you must have a Facebook Account as a result.

Keep Active with the scene - the literal answer:
 - Attend a majority of local events for your game, if at all possible; if not, keep up to date with those that did.  If your city has a local practice, be familiar with that.  It's just like it said - your a regular, not a 'unknown'.

Help OKgamers at a Promotional Event - the literal answer:
 - Initial Date - we post in the Facebook group about that date; you make sure we aren't double booking with your games events regionally
 - Brackets - we set them up; but we look to CL's and other travelling leaders to make sure we seed properly by skill and location.  Also, you may be asked to take over for 'breaks' - just clicking on who won on a screen, and calling the next match.
 - HARDWARE: if it's a promotional event, it may be potluck; we will come to you in the FB group and ask about "how much hardware can you help get there"; our Staff owns some hardware, but we do work with a games CL to make sure we get a base hardware collection for the game, else we cannot add it to an event.  So?  You ask around, find out who is down to bring what is needed from the local community or those attending, and let us know a final number "2 consoles and 3 disks", "4 setups", etc.


If you would like to nominate a community lead, please share this thread with them. 

If you would like to be a Community Lead for your game please reply to this thread with:

We'll respond from there!  If you want to contact us privately, please use the Contact Form on the website; include those answers however.


FAQ's
- What if I want to be the lead for my community that already has one?
Approach the current lead and talk with them; are they needing help?  Looking to step down next year?  Find out what they need first.  Issues arise, etc - please PM me.

- CAN I SHARE THE RESPONSIBLITY?
Simply put, no.  We take our promotional events seriously; we provide purpose for 5+ states and local gamers to travel to; we don't have a habit of dropping the ball.  We do not work with a shared CL because at the end of the day - one person must be responsible.  2 people can shift responsibility between each other, drop communication internally or with us and never get anything doneFeel free to recruit help; gamers and people to help sharing community burdens, and obviously hardware support...  But one person must be the lead, the responsibility must be entrusted to one alone.

- Why did "THAT CL" get lead status?
They are active, meet the requirements, and/or were the first to step up and we accepted :)

- If just anyone can step up, doesn't that cause problems?
We do our best to vet any prospective CL's FIRST; the process can take days or weeks.  Just know, we care about Oklahoma gaming, and we won't take assignment of a CL lightly.

- What if my lead sucks?!
Submit a contact form through the main website.  Discuss the issues where your Lead has failed the community.  Give details.  Do not be vague; we want specifics.  We are an "open club" trying to improve Oklahoma; if someone is hurting the local community, we take it seriously.  However, publically bashing any member of the OKgamers crew, volunteer, staff or CL will hurt your case; take your frustration to form, let us know the issue, we will resolve it.

- WHY IS MY GAME NOT COVERED!!
We've never seen any of your local gamers?  We tried to support them and no lead stepped forward?  We didn't know you existed?  :)  Please either apply, or encourage your local group's most active member to consider doing this - it's how we can help you.  Help us help you, get us a lead!!

- Is it really that easy to get a tournament for my game? (Why do some say PENDING?)
It used to be REAL easy, just request a title; then we got tired of disappointing gamers by throwing unsuccessful tournaments. :)  Now, we work with a 'potential community lead' / new game title in a very specific way.  We try and include it at an event where it's not the MAIN attraction.  If they get attendance, we step it up, and add them at future events.  If they don't, we move on for then.  See "pending" on a Lead above?  They are going through that process, or just have began talking to us...

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Our 6th Anniversary event taught us 2 things for sure; we can't let gamers sign up for whatever they want with 15+ tournaments happening, and we NEED to have a CL for any future Promotional Event game title. 

That's it; we hope you join us in helping your games community and by extension, our Oklahoma community.



- OKgamers.com
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: toucan108 December 06, 2011, 10:23:10 PM
Name: Tou Yang / xbl: toucan805
Game: Super Street Fighter 4 AE
City: Tulsa
I'm willing to travel to Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas.  or 4 hours away or less
I have played the SF4 series probably a couple of weeks after Super Street Fighter 4 came out.
The number of players I play with regular on our weekly meetups can be a consistant 8 people.  but we have had 15 at one point.

: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: The Captain December 08, 2011, 06:16:11 PM

    Nick Shufeldt / The Captain
    Tekken
    Bartlesville/tulsa
    any
    serious since tekken 3
    3-4 being generous
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: D3AD December 09, 2011, 10:55:27 AM
hey put me down for lead on League of Legends...... been trying to get it up and going on hxc site...
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: X_A December 12, 2011, 02:56:40 AM

Tou, Nick - thanks for stepping up!  We appreciate it, and thread updated.

hey put me down for lead on League of Legends...... been trying to get it up and going on hxc site...

D3AD, tell you what - we'll make this either a competition, or a group decision :) 

1/21 - LoL players are welcome to, if they are bringing their own hardware.  Cravix and Valor0125 have both approached me about helping out with LoL leadership, before this thread was created.  What I told them I'll tell you - get a good crowd of at LEAST 8 LoL'ers at 1/21, and we'll start to back LoL at a future event, maybe even TnT, etc.  Gotta "show up and prove you exist and will come out", before we make events with you headlining, etc.

However - with all 3 of you wanting to help, we need to make a decision on who is 'the lead'.  So; we either go by who ever marshals the most support and brings out the most LoL players, or at 1/21 you guys can discuss, and decide among the 3 of you.

Either way - LoL is a brand new game to events locally - gotta see turnout before we can throw it into our event list.  (Why?  First, we support a title / include it as a main game at an event we've never worked with before.  Then? No local shows up, only 3 people who have traveled from out of state, a long way, etc...  Then?  We look like idiots :)  Worse, we wasted 3 people's time.  So, we no longer support "totally new games/IP's" off the bat without some form of social gathering style event like this; show us here we can get a group of you to attend, and we'll go from there! )



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: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: Paradox December 12, 2011, 03:55:43 PM
bah here I was hoping to see a deathmatch between them!
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: cravix December 12, 2011, 04:40:48 PM
Either today or tomorrow (since im off) ill be creating an official thread on the lol website. And from the previous comment, Do we need to have people bring hardware or will there be enough pc's (minimum 10 needed)
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: cravix December 12, 2011, 08:31:54 PM
Threads for a league of legends tournament have been created on okgamers and on the league of legends website.
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: X_A December 13, 2011, 02:33:13 AM

1/21 - LoL players are welcome to, if they are bringing their own hardware.

Cravix - I thought that was clear enough, but yes.  LoL players must bring their own hardware; we didn't get a chance to talk about LoL first off, because well - there is no Community Lead, and no proof long term that LoL players even care to come out to an event; so it wasn't built into our initial talks with Central Tech.  So, no, there's no hardware set aside for LoL at this event.  There is space, a BYO area however - and that is open to LoL players who show up.

As for creating an official thread - I've already addressed Dead, Valor and you in an email about that.  The event thread must have all the details, a few of which are still being worked out - and that is why we have a planning thread, to start the hype.  In a bout a week the official 1/21 thread will go up, until then?  Please use the planning thread if needed.



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: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: Timmy Skorcher December 13, 2011, 08:33:40 AM
hey put me down for lead on League of Legends...... been trying to get it up and going on hxc site...

I got a guy that has been trying to contact you for 2 weeks bro about League of Legends.. hit me up on skype tonight
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: D3AD December 13, 2011, 10:25:41 PM
hey put me down for lead on League of Legends...... been trying to get it up and going on hxc site...

I got a guy that has been trying to contact you for 2 weeks bro about League of Legends.. hit me up on skype tonight
when im on.. u never there >.> lol   give me they guys gamer tag or skype.....


X_A       !!!!!! can i change my email address?? lol.. bc lets just the one u got.. is basically my spam....   


and.... about 1/21..... lol xDDDD im not for sure if i can get it off.. bc central tech.. is having pizza hut pizza........... and bc of that... i might work...  >.> which is really stupid.. lol.... nah ill b there... *cough* im sick... anywho.. ya.. i will have prob more then 10 ppl just for League of Legends.. ive already told the Head Director of Tech Con.. the details about League and what needs to happen if they decide to put it in the agenda....

first off... must have internet!!!! no matter what.. if we do not have internet... good internet.. then we cant really have events.... due to the fact... that LoL has not yet established a offline connection.. (trust me... ive already asked lol) I told the Director this.. and with this being a school event... of course there are passwords for getting on the wireless.. (not unless they shut it off for the event...) or they share it with everyone.. im pretty sure they have password on it.. if someone goes there find out xD been a few years since i was there.

2nd thing.. the turn out..  now last year at the last min i got us a halo reach and black ops section for are tournys.. we had a decent turnout for it.. i think we had like 16teams for 2v2... and 6 or so for 4v4s... give or take.... but with this being League of Legends and new to the gaming circuit it would be nice for a head count.. like i said.. i can get prob right at 10.. +- 1.... and not everyone will have there own equipment... so if people are to bring there own stuff.. will they let others use it?  they are expensive equipment..
: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: X_A January 16, 2012, 05:37:41 PM

1/21 - LoL is out, they can't handle it.

2/25 - will take planning; and SC2 is already going to be there...  So I'm leary to add a second PC game at our first "pc attempt in Tulsa" anyway... Either way:

hey put me down for lead on League of Legends...... been trying to get it up and going on hxc site...

Uh.  There's a clear "list of questions" - answer those first :)



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: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: compy286 January 19, 2012, 02:20:54 PM
Name: Michael "Mickey" Williams
Game: Starcraft II
City: Tulsa

I've played Sc2 since release (though still not very good) & I have a passion for live events streaming and tournament organizing. I currently know several people in the sc2 arena and am working to grow the local community daily.

I will travel to anything (providing I have proper transportation at the time.) within a couple hundred miles to help promote or set up tournaments.

I will continue to set up starcraft II related events and tournaments in Oklahoma. I would even help to promote any other PC related gaming events and just generally attempt to grow and amazing community.

http://www.facebook.com/tulsabarcraft (http://www.facebook.com/tulsabarcraft)

: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: X_A January 24, 2012, 05:58:51 PM

Welcome compy286 to Community Lead status!  Michael's been working on promoting the SC2 community locally already, so this was a natural fit, and we are very glad to have him helping out!!

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We will probably clean up this thread some in the coming weeks; it's got a purpose, so non-related conversations or incomplete applications get nuked :)



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: Re: Community Leads: Who They Are and Application Thread
: koze405 February 20, 2012, 06:30:03 PM
    * levi sanders/ koze405. IGN FOR LOL :KOZE77
    * LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
    * moore / okc
    * tulsa anywhere in oklahoma
    *since the day it came out so about a year and a half
    *45
: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: Mirumoto Tairu February 27, 2012, 01:13:10 AM
So well Saif I will jump on my part of the Collectible Card Game Community Lead.

Jeff Phillips/Mirumoto Tairu
Legend of the Five Rings
Tulsa Ok.
Oklahoma/Kansas/Arkansas/Missouri/Texas
17 years
In Tulsa - 9-11 players
In Oklahoma 25-30 players
: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: compy286 February 27, 2012, 02:44:14 AM
So well Saif I will jump on my part of the Collectible Card Game Community Lead.

Jeff Phillips/Mirumoto Tairu
Legend of the Five Rings
Tulsa Ok.
Oklahoma/Kansas/Arkansas/Missouri/Texas
17 years
In Tulsa - 9-11 players
In Oklahoma 25-30 players

Woot!
: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: D3AD February 29, 2012, 03:42:58 PM
*Cody Willmon / IGN: D3ADL
*League of Legends
*Mounds (Tulsa and surrounding)
*over 1200 games closer to 1500
*i grew from a hand full of like 5 im to 35 now
*most mid night launches of games.. you seen me alot... Tech Con     Hosting tournament for League March 18th
: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: FLIP17 May 30, 2012, 11:19:25 PM
•Philip motes (Flip)
•UMvC3  (Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3)
•Tulsa OK
•(Here lies my only problem. no car means I can only attend those I can find a ride too. but if allowed to be Marvels CL I'll do my damnest to find a ride to every tournament.
•Since marvel 2 (kinda) got serious when marvel 3 came out
•by my count I know at least 8
•I've been to just about every OKG sponsered event since 2010


E-mail- [email protected]
Skype- Flip.motes
Facebook- Philip Motes
Msn- [email protected]
OKG.com- Flip17
XBL- Flyp17
PSN- Jaggednaught17

: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: GamerBlake90 July 09, 2012, 04:19:21 AM
Name: GamerBlake90

Requested Game: Mortal Kombat 9

City: Oklahoma City

I'm willing to travel to any city...provided I have the needed transportation as I myself do not have a driver's license.

I have played this game non-stop since its release date of April 19, 2011.

Average number of gamers I know...off the top of my head, probably around five for the moment. It's not an impressive number, but this is why I'm hoping to get the word out.

Tournaments I've previously attended included Tokyo in Tulsa 2011, EVO 2011, and Texas Bar Fights Rounds 7 and 9.

Here's my contact information if you require it:

Email: [email protected]
AIM: DuelistBlake1852
MSN: [email protected]
FaceBook: Blake Whitworth (picture should be me with short blond hair in a Mortal Kombat shirt, sitting in front of my TV)
: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: X_A July 12, 2012, 12:38:59 AM

Thanks guys to those that have made requests; Blake keep an eye on email, just in case any of the reviewing staff have any questions, etc.



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: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: X_A September 07, 2012, 03:41:58 PM

We realize several decisions are not made; also:

Starcraft 2
Super Smash Bros Brawl

ARE OPEN POSITIONS NOW.


We will update the requests on CL positions after 9/21/21.



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: Re: Community Leads: Who and What They Are - Apply Here
: GNRSlashfan September 07, 2012, 04:03:15 PM
Name:  Ben McNeal
Game/Tag:  Dota 2 / LinkinPudge
City:  Tulsa
Willing to travel to a limited extent; I have a full-time job with a flexible schedule.  Daily trips are no problem; anything longer is iffy.


I've been playing MOBA games since Aeon of Strife in WC3, the OG, and I have roughly 8-9 years of dota experience with over 5,000 matches played.  I even played at a semi-pro level once upon a time with guys like Pendragon, Guinsoo, and Merlini, though those days are long gone.  I play Dota regularly, but not religiously, and I know the game well enough to commentate on professional matches.

I play with about a dozen local players and plenty more from out of state, but the game is still currently in closed beta; I imagine these numbers will skyrocket once Dota 2 is officially released.  Even in beta, it is THE most played game on steam!

The last couple events I went to were Tokyo and Tulsa and OKGamers' yearly TCC event, but since there's not much Dota 2 support locally, most of my nerdy tournament time is spent online watching big-name dota players compete in major events (The most recent tournament had a 1st prize of $1,000,000 and over $1,600,000 in total prizes...!).