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Thread Archives / Halo 2 MLG
« on: June 01, 2006, 03:25:58 pm »
I've pointed some people to this thread, sounds like it really needs to go ahead and be moved into Tournament Planning though, so I'm moving it now.



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Details are coming in - but on Saturday at Minicon they are saying -


Saturday, June 3rd starting at 10am, Minicon opens - there will be -

Naruto - 3 tournaments, 12pm / 2pm / 4pm

Halo 2 - 3 tournaments, 11am, 1pm, 3pm

Soul Calibur 3 - 3 tournaments, 11am, 1pm, 3pm

A DDR tournament - one big one, happening sometime during the afternoon, with the finals being at 8pm

and

Super Smash Brothers Melee - 1pm in the afternoon

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Time and how many are happening are tentative - but this looks to be accurate, so make sure you come out and play!

for more on Minicon times check out -

http://community.livejournal.com/tulsaanime/25278.html



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Thread Archives / Guitar Hero Tournament in Tulsa?
« on: May 25, 2006, 05:39:40 pm »
TOURNAMENT IS A GO!

Place - Funhouse [new location on Riverwalk - 500 Riverwalk Terrace, Suite 100 - 74037]

Date - probably July 22nd.  Going over that with planning team now, and if all is good, we'll call it official.  [july 15th is the other date under consideration]

Time - Walk-in Signup 6pm till 6:45pm - Tournaments start at 7pm

Format 2 tournaments - Showmanship and Double Elimination tournament - approved

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More details to come, and once we've got them locked down, we'll get an actual thread together in the Tournaments forum.



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First Person Shooters / HALO 2
« on: May 23, 2006, 12:15:00 pm »
Hey, ACTUAL HALO PLAYERS!  lol.

Anyway - moved your thread into this new forum - as it's actually where your needing it, and I hadn't thrown this forum up yet ; )  I'll also try and get some more Halo hosting places up here re: what goes on in Tulsa at least - and incourage anyone else you happen to run into - as we get alot of traffic coming in and watching, just waiting for tournament announcements, heck half my search traffic is Halo based - so let's get in the game!



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Thread Archives / OK Street Fighter Players (all 5 of us...)
« on: May 23, 2006, 12:11:34 pm »
MOVED!@#

Went ahead and moved this thread into the proper place, now that we've got the forums starting to form up.

Hey - wasn't there talk of a "Oklahoma Evo" type thing outta the SF OKC players?  What ever happened to that?



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Hello, and welcome to the Local Players forum.

Are you looking for players of your game?  Teammates, opponents, whatever - that's what this forum is good for!

Events, tournaments - they are great and all - but what happens once it's over?  How do you get better, how do you find out if you've gotten any better - the list goes on...

Every gamer needs to find players to play against.  You get better.  You've got people to organize tournaments with, or know who might want to carpool to that next Texas event.  Etc, etc.

In that spirit, the Local Players forum is just for that - having a place to find your game, or put up your thread about where you can go and organize, discuss, talk things over, and generally chat and plan with your local comp before you go over to someones house to play, or meet up at that local arcade or event for your game!  

Not finding your game?  Need to post a new thread?
First - Use the search feature, and see if you missed it.
Second - if you don't find anything - post a new thread...

The way we suggest you format your thread title?  
Well much like the tournament section, we HIGHLY suggest you use the format of

(City your in) - (Game or games being played)

So - examples might be -

Broken Arrow - DnD players
Tulsa - Soul Calibur players (not that there are more than 3 ;))
OKC - Computer LAN?
Norman - Axis & Allies group?

etc, etc.

PLEASE USE THIS FORMAT.

Why?  If you don't at least include in your thread title where you are, and what your interseted in, some people will never even read your thread.

Make your thread useful, put the important where and what info in the thread title, and find more gamers!



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Thread Archives / Guitar Hero Tournament in Tulsa?
« on: May 22, 2006, 12:11:28 pm »
Controller wise - we should be alright to request people to bring their own, and of course have a yea, 3 or 4 around just in case.  As - if you play the game, you probably have a guitar / your group of friends do.  Also, the whole 'showmenship' aspect means that people might have their guitars all prettied up - so yea, controllers for this shouldn't be a issue.

Competition - meh, you could practice, it's a while away - but I don't blame you - I'm just going to focus on running this one, and not compete.  So - we'll see what people do.  Hopefully people will start chiming in soon on what they think.  Tonight we are getting together to go over rules / what we think is best, you should join.



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Thread Archives / Guitar Hero Tournament in Tulsa?
« on: May 22, 2006, 03:37:56 am »
So - we are thinking about having a Guitar Hero tournament.

Should we?  Would you come?  Would you help spread the word?


All this matters to us - so let us know!

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Right now, details are sketchy, but we'll add in more details shortly.  What's been kicked around as the plan so far -

Having the tournament in July - mid July probably.

Having it probably at Funhouse, at their new location in July that they'll be moving in.

Having it be double elimination - probably one song, level decided by round - round one - easy songs, round 2, next up, so on so forth.

Probably doing advanced signup on the forums.

Having a Style Tournament round as well - so show up in your best rocking outfit, and wow the crowd for a showmanship award@!#

Details as we know more - but let us know what you think!  Also, any suggestions on rules / preferred prizes will be appreciated.



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Welcome to the Tournaments & Events forum for gamers in the Oklahoma area!  Let's cover a few quick frequently asked questions:

Yes - it's totally free to post on the site about your gamer related event (Games as in Console, PC/LAN, Collectible Card Games and RPG / Tabletop gaming).
Yes - this site is E for Everyone.
Yes - Gamers, Businesses, and Event Coordinators posting events are covered by our "NO FLAMING/RANKING" rule - we do our best to provide a safe forum for you to place your content.
Yes - The Tournaments & Events forum uses a "form" to submit Events into the forum.

BEFORE YOU POST: you MUST fill out every required field (noted by the *'s) on the form.  These are required content to post on OKgamers - simple things like at least one gaming title, a location, etc.  DO NOT POST TBA / OR AVOID THE FIELD BY ENTERING SIMILAR CONTENT, WE WILL MOVE IT TO THE "PLANNING/HYPE FORUM" where unfinished events can be placed.

WHAT THIS READ ME COVERS:
 - What this Section is NOT
 - Intro and WHO IS POSTING - Anyone with a gamer related event
 - How to Post your Event - Details
 - PRO TIPS: What should I include in my event?
 - EDITING YOUR EVENT: Should you need to / choose to
 - Tips on getting the word out about your tournament [[Flyer location suggestions here]]
 - RSS feed for this forum
 - Finale, Why to use OKgamers.com on a Flyer


WHAT THIS SECTION IS NOT: 
STILL PLANNING?
If your tournament isn't fully put together, or you don't have a date or specific's locked down yet, maybe your looking for feedback / interest first - please post that in the Tournament Planning and Hype forum.  If your looking to have general chat, find more information out on a gaming community, or so forth - please visit those sections.

LOCAL PLAYERS TO COMPETE?
If your looking for competition - check out the Local Competition section

This is a LOCAL based site - Oklahoma area.  Want another state?  Check with the NVGA Online, the National Video Game Association.

Know of or POSTING an Online event
 - If it's for Oklahoma residents only, then post it in the proper Local Competition forum (There's FPS, Fighting, Tabletop and then general). 
 - If it's not OK focused, for now, please post it in the Chat forum.

WHY NO ONLINE THREADS IN T&E?
The most important forum on the site would be over-ran, and be useless.  There are plenty of Online Tournament Solutions, just google your favorite games, etc.  This site is for OK area focused events, aka IRL.  :D


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Intro -

WHO IS POSTING - Anyone with a gamer related event
OKgamers.com is Oklahoma's only gamer focused resource for keeping everyone up to date about what's going on in the Oklahoma area.  Where do you find that - the core of the site, the Tournaments & Events forum, it serves all forms of gamer related events and tournaments in the Oklahoma area.

 - if you have a a card game tournament, console based game tournament, a tabletop tournament - whatever GAMER related, it can go here. 
(Why all together?  Gamers are LAZY!  Quick easy titles mean fast skimming, so you can review what's going on; all together so you can let your other gamer friends know too.  We know you know plenty of types of gamers, so we keep everything together, to help with networking!)

- Got a gaming match coming up - and want to publicize it?
 - You hosting the next big multi-day event, and want people to know about it?
 - Want to know when the next Magic the Gathering tournament is in your area?
 - Know a friend hosting a smash tournament?

Pretty much any Event or Tournament having to do with gamer interests in the Oklahoma area - goes in the "T and E" forum.


WHO SHOULD POST: COMPANIES / BUSINESSES / VENUES / TOURNAMENT ORGANIZERS - READ THIS
Anyone can post an event not already posted.  However, all info needs to be present.
In order to post in THIS forum - YOU MUST HAVE a set date, a confirmed location, and at least one game - before posting in this forum.  PLEASE DO NOT POST half planned, or vague threads.  Only finalized tournaments and events are allowed to be posted here, thanks!  See "what to include" to get more details on some suggested content.

NEW VENUE?  Not on a map?
We may have a local supporter or TO confirm your venue.  If we find it's not real, we put it in Planning and Hype.  PLEASE only post REAL EVENTS - that are fully planed out!



How to Post your Event - Details

While we've covered the basics, we'd like to get into details.

Name of Your Event - while straight forwards, we do include a "Name, Games Initials" point for the very familiar point by now - gamers are lazy.  Throwing a convention?  Got a "name for your event" - that's great.  But if you don't also include after it some of the prime games you have at the event - people may never read it.  Period.  Also, never assume your title is "suggestive" - just go ahead and put in some initials for your game.   If you were throwing a Sci-Fi convention, you'd want to fill out the field like:

SCIFI CONVENTION NAME, Halo, CoD, SSF

For Halo, Call of Duty, and Super Street Fighter.

Of course, later you'll put in the game list, and the details about this game?  However, without teasing it in the title of your event, you may never even get readers to that point.  Help them read your thread, "tease" your major game titles being played, supported or provided.

Date your Event Occurs - Straight forwards, and we ask you to use the Month/Day/Year format - so 02/22/12, etc.  It's important to do that to keep things easy to read, etc...

Is your event WEEKLY or MONTHLY?
We do NOT want you to have to come back and post every week or month! (If you wish to, that's fine, but we do not require any sort of thing!)  SO, simply sub out the date area for frequency.  So your event title might look like:

Tulsa - Super Smash Bros Monthlies - Monthly
Norman - DnD casuals on Tuesdays - Weekly
OKC - Quake LAN gatherings - Fridays

etc.  Simply work in the frequency at the end, and feel free to put in the day of the week if applicable.

City - straight forwards, but MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS.

Name of Venue or Location - If you are doing it at a college, name that college.  If you are doing it at your house, you could simply state your name and house - like "Jimmy's House", etc.  (Keep in mind this IS THE INTERNET, and we do not encourage people to disclose personal information like your home address!  However, if it's going into the T&E forum, we need the info - consider creating a thread in the Local Players forum if you are just wanting to network with your friends, or find other players of your game.)

Venue Address - INCLUDE FULL STREET ADDRESS, ZIPCODE - Google Maps will do the rest. 

ONCE YOU POST YOUR EVENT - check the thread to make sure the info posted correctly, and that the MAP IS POINTING TO YOUR ACTUAL VENUE.

If you put in a street address and zipcode, you should be fine - if you have problems, simply contact us via our Contact Form on the main site.

Start Time - important so gamers know when to show up - if you have a sign up time, or some reason to be there earlier?  Post that here - aka, post your earliest reason to be there, here.  Post your full time schedule under Event Description.

Games to be played - ULTRA IMPORTANT - do not ASSUME people know what games you'll have at your event.  LIST THEM OUT FULLY, please.

Entry / Location / Tournament Costs - ANY and all fees associated with your event?  NEED to be covered in this box.  It's simple - sure.  However, if you do not fully educate a gamer on cost, it will affect your attendance next time around.  Please, get it right - post your details.

A word on entry fees - it's very important to warn people upfront if there is a location, and/or entry fee.  Be upfront, as you don't want someone traveling on a tight budget to get to your event only to find out they can't attend due to some unmentioned expense.


Event Description - whatever your write up is about your event?  Goes here.  Everything about it!!

Additional Details on your Event - a friendly reminder - to be thorough.  You can post all your content into the first box and leave this one empty, just know - if you leave anything out that a gamer might want to know, they might not ask you about it...  They simply may just skip the event.  Be informative, it's the internet, no one is charging you for space.

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PRO TIPS: What should I include in my thread?

CORE POINT - GAMERS ARE LAZY.  LAZY LAZY LAZY.

Never dealt with gamers?  Let's not beat around the bush - when you go to make a thread be thinking about the fact some people will have NO IDEA what's going on beyond what you've said.  They may be barely paying attention.  They've read your title, are interested, now you just need to get them the info they want, and get them in the know.
(KEEP IN MIND - if your title didn't include what GAME you are involved in, your interest / click through will be LOWERED DRAMATICALLY, please, try and include at least one game / gaming type.)

Here are our suggestions to filling out that "Event Description" box the right way:

A quick intro - a good idea just to get side items out of the way, and announce anything they might really be wanting to know right then, like mention the prize, or the format of the tournament, so on so forth.  Get to the point right off the bat however, and remember if people are printing this – they want all the MOST important info right up at the top, so they can get it and not all the random posts that may follow.

Location Details - You've given them the street address and now a Google Maps - give them any additional hints or tips they should know.  Also, consider adding in the phone number to the actual establishment if possible.

Rules and extra points - rules are important, and the way you'll handle the game, the brackets, and anything else that might come into play should be included.  Just being upfront and in the know also makes a event more likely to draw people to come out and play.  And, if you have any events or anything else associated with the tournament, that would be a good time to tell them.


**IMPORTANT - the calendar does not automatically add your event.  Once you post your event, go to the bottom of the thread, and click 'link to calendar'.  This will give you the ability to put the info about your event on our calendar.  If you realize you made any mistakes, you click the red star next to the calendar event to edit it.


A SERIOUS PRO TIP from a long time Event Coordinator and Promoter:
Include as much detail as you can IN YOUR FIRST POST, even if that means going back and editing often.


Sure, we have no problem with you simply linking to your thread or other website etc in the "Description"...

...however your website content won't show up on a search of this site.  It won't be in the RSS feeds that go out.  It won't be "skimable" by the fast reading, and often fickle gamers that exist ;) 

Please, post as much content to clarify as you can, even if that is just a copy and paste of your own website, etc.

Gamers OFTEN will not post a question (as sad as that is); they'll just move on and perhaps never consider your event.  Cover all the content you can in your event post, and your that much closer to great attendance!!


EDITING YOUR EVENT: Should you need to / choose to go back and edit your thread
**Anything posted in this forum goes on EVERY page on the main site***.
This is why we use our form to create the title - please do not try and go around that system - fill out each field as it requests.  The form takes info and creates your thread title in a clear easy to read format

NOTE:  Once you post, your content goes LIVE.  If you need to edit your thread afterwards, you'll affect the "Google Map" placement; make sure you take time to delete the "< div >" code out from around it, else it will show up in your post; sorry for this inconvenience!

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT YOUR TITLE - however, if you do PLEASE INCLUDE THE DASHES - it helps for legibility :)

MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTENT EDIT - post to your own thread to "bump it" so that gamers know!


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What can I do to help my cause beyond this site?

Well first off - PLEASE DO NOT POST AND FORGET THE THREAD - you may have questions, people needing additional details, or asking to promote it in their stores, etc.  Make sure "Attachments and other options" below your type box?  Is opened up, and "Notify me of replies" is  checked, with your OKgamers Forum account having a GOOD EMAIL.  When you get a response - it'll let you know, the first time.  Return to the forums, and then the email cycle repeats - no spamming of email that way!

...seriously Event Coordinators and Businesses - keep tabs on your thread, it'll pay off!


Our number one result producer with getting people to the events, beyond word of mouth, has been the website and creating flyers to work hand in hand with other efforts.  The WHOLE reason okgamers.com got started was flyers couldn't say it all, rules sometimes need to be changed [especially on brand new games], and printing out flyers only to have them not know everything, is useless.

Print flyers.  Point them to a website.  Have it all there.  Spread flyers out like mad.

It's a simple formula, but the truth is in the results.  From a handful of people to hundreds of people - the events get additional turn out by these fliers too.   

When making that flyer - space is PRECIOUS - so please consider using OKgamers as your website!    As mentioned before, any current event thread is spread across the main site, and Google loves OKgamers :)  So, consider pointing people towards OKgamers for your more info, and feel free to use resources from our Media section on the main site!

(What's a 'current event thread' - any thread that has been created or posted to in the last 14 days - aka, if you post it 2+ weeks out, don't feel bad about "bumping" your thread with the occasional in thread update post, etc.)

Get the flyer together.  Make it eye catching and simple.  Get them interested through a graphic associated with their game then leave the details to the site.  More and more the okgamers.com homepage will be focused on getting people STRAIGHT to the forums.  So rest assured, they'll get to OKgamers.com if you let them know it exists.  Use the site, that's why it's here, that's it's main purpose of helping to spread the word and being one big source of info for people to find out about gaming events, and become more in the know.  Keeping to only the essentials on the flyer - the event, the date, perhaps the contact info and then the OKgamers.com url keeps it easy to read - and MOST IMPORTANT - not overwhelming.  The more content we've seen on a flyer, the more likely gamers simply put the flyer back down.  Get them interested with base info - and they'll keep it to find out more online later.  You start getting into tournament rules on the flyer?  It becomes confusing, and you lose your message and viewer.

What to do with the flyers once you've made them?  Get them to your employees, friends, fellow gamers and everyone that's interested in your cause / tournament and have them go to places they frequent and see if they can leave flyers.  Reasor's and other grocery stores, Vintage Stock, and other locally owned video game / rental stores are a great place to start.  Your school.  Your work.  Your families business or a friends.  ANYWHERE THAT LETS YOU HANG FLYERS and that you yourself, or those like you would go to is basically the answer.  Be nice, ask if you can put up a flyer, and have your friends or yourself check back and make sure the flyers are still up.  500 flyers usually do nicely for about a couple of weeks worth of promotion.  You could even do a half page design, and have 1000 flyers which really would give you some exposure.  Just make sure to be creative, and hand those flyers out with at least a few weeks before your event, and you'll get response.


Places I've found to put flyers

We find putting a list on here now - is useless.  Things change, etc.  Review the Planning and Hype forum, you may find newer resources.  Business Owners that have been "Verified" or noticed by Mods will have that status - which allows you to see a Business Owners Resource forum - check there as well!


Make sure you work with other websites as well linking around and such - OKgamers.com provides you a place to put the info now with a easy to remember URL okgamers.com - that url and the forums being the focus, get people right to the info.  But don't stop there - post about it on your blog.  Mention it to friends on their sites.  Use your myspace or livejournal account.  Spam your friends :)  Seriously just review where you go think if you can post about that tournament and do so.

Another big thing - keep diligent to answering questions that come in on the sites you post your info.  Just like the flyers, once you put up the info, you can't just leave it alone.  Flyers get torn down and taken.  Websites - have questions and people wanting to know more.  Keep up with any questions, and you'll be fine.

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RSS Feed for the Tournaments and Events forum

Do you use Windows 7 (Vista and 7 sidebars have a RSS reader + OKgamers = up to date!)
Use google reader?
Have another RSS solution?  Then plug in OKgamers RSS feed to know WHEN and WHAT is going on in Oklahoma! 

http://www.okgamers.com/forums/index.php?action=.xml;sa=news;board=4;limit=10;type=rss

(MORE RSS / XML feeds on the front page!!)

If you need rss2 - simply put a 2 at the end. 
If you need XML - then remove the ";type=rss" off the end.
If you need more than 10 posts - replace the 10 with the correct number you would like
If you need the POSTS and not the THREADS (Aka, this takes you to the currently talked on thread, first post.  If you want to go to the most recent post on that thread...) - replace 'news' with 'recent'

Pretty straight forwards, and I know I heart it!  KEEP IN THE KNOW - USE THE INTERNET!@#  :)


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And finally - thank you for helping the cause.  Just by posting your information - you are providing more content into the OKgamers resource for Google to find us both - and for new gamers to get excited about.  It seems so simple - but to many?  It means a WHOLE lot.

If you want to help the "Cause" of gaming in the Oklahoma area more, please promote us by putting OKgamers.com on your flyer, or using your new thread on OKgamers as your link on Facebook, the local calendars, and where ever else you post your info and want to "link back" to something for more or current details.   You never know for sure where flyers will end up, and how search engines like Google will index your info.  6 months after you threw your first tournament, and now your looking to throw another?  You will have people already waiting for it simply because you used OKGamers.com to put your info up.  We've already seen this effect in practice, and with every day we find new google and search engine terms that point directly to OKgamers.com

We've got a GREAT site here - but Google can only link to content that EXISTS - help us centralize info by posting your event here!


Why use "OKgamers" as your Flyer URL?
OKgamers.com is an easy to remember url, and a central place which is all you need when it comes to gathering info and making life easier for gamers in Oklahoma.  The only thing that stops events from being fun, or from dying out is often the attendance numbers.  The more people that know about the site, and post information the more the word will get out with people using it, wanting more events and having others to know about their events.  So I ask you to please use okgamers.com to further your cause and ours.  Let's continue to get the word out and having more tournaments, and bigger events in Oklahoma that people actually know about.  Posting your content may seem small, but TRUST US, every event helps, and shows gamers that there's A LOT going on for them in Oklahoma!


Want to help more?  We've got resources for how a student, a gamer, and businesses can help out even more - just check it out!


Questions?  Please post them here, so we can use them as a resource for others that might ask the same question!!



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Some think it's too easy and a mashers game, others realize it's complex and feel it's over their head.  Takes all kinds.

But - there are those fringe groups that find it's to their liking - and those are the people I like to meet :)  Anyway - I responded to your email, so you should be good to go there.  Also - on your other post in the forums - Virginia?  You can check www.soulcalibur.com to find out about tournaments all over the world - just check out the forums - tournament announcements!



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This last Saturday we held a Smash 64 tournament.  We have had small smash tournys at the RWT house [the nickname for my party location of a house] in the past - at least 2...  Because 'Ashley3'won one, and Eugene or Mark the other...  I just can't find LJ proof of this lol.

Anyway - so why did we even have a smash tourny?  Because we'd had them in a small setting back in the day, as my friends and I have played games together alot, gathering and beating each other up in video and board games.  So after already having a small scale one or two just around the house, and after I had thrown all these SC3 tournys - the hardcore smash'ers wanted some fun too.  And hey, what do I care - beyond the cost of the fliers it's not all that much effort vs fun for myself.  So Eugene and Mark and Jeremy and I pitched in on flyer cost, and we papered the town.

As with any new or even somewhat established event - some were worried about attendance.  I knew that Funhouse flyers had at least shook 10+ or so randoms into Soul Calibur tournys, and even if this was a old game, we'd probably have at least a few show up from no where.

We had 24 people sign up for the Smash 64 tournament.

I gotta say, it was kinda random.  I had been behind it even thinking we'd not get a large turnout; only to have it be larger than even a SC tournament.  Really, I had just hoped to have good times for my friends by throwing them a tournament, and hopefully get the word out about OKGamers.com some more, as that's the problem with things in Oklahoma.  First you build the place to get the info out, then you have to try 3 times harder to get the word out - so please - help spread the word :).  The forums are free and easy to sign up on, and all we want to do is facilitate more sharing of info - tournaments, and where to and who to play in the games we all love.  Just take the effort to say something when you run across other gamers, and that spreads the word ;)

Anyway, it turned into a duel success - plenty of people, and since it was happening during Rooster Days in BA - it got some needed business for Funhouse - so much so, they are totally behind any other non-AC related tournament - sounds like we are in business lol. [Gotta realize throwing a random console tournament at a arcade seemed a bit odd - and other than in like Europe (where tournaments happen in Burger Kings) and such, I've got to say it's not the usual - but it worked out, so good times.]

In addition to the normal tournament stuff, we also had 'the Bens' Ben[G], and Ben Wolf my roommates, itching to record something, with their zombie movie they've been creating on hold.  So - out came a film crew and a documentary on the event was held.  Kinda made it all more exciting even. I appreciated the idea, as it's also to help spread the word about the website, so good times.

1v1  tournament [with smash having up to 4 players, we did one vs one, and 2 vs 2 tournaments] went just about as was expected by the hosting party - the members of the 'trinity' beating up on the competition.  The 'trinity' or 3 guys from our group of friends that played each other way back in the day - Mark, Eugene, and Karl that wer friends of Phil from way back. They play Smash 64 as serious as anyone I'd ever seen play a game.  That being pretty significant considering I've hung with Soul Calibur players that played that game to the point they went to Nationals for SC2 and placed top 5.  Sure enough, Semi's were Karl vs Eugene, and finals were Mark vs Eugene, with Mark winning.

The Team tournament, however, was why several of us that were part of the original idea to have the tournament really showed up.  2 vs 2 meant the 'trinity' would be broken up, and evidently Mark and Karl, the two that live the farthest / frequent our game nights that spawned all this - teamed up and left Eugene out in the dark - and pretty much had claimed victory from the start.  Phil, Jeremy, and myself if nothing else being stubborn, didn't exactly like that.  So - Phil and I and Jeremy and Eugene practiced up over the course of the last few weeks to make sure they had no easy wins.  In the end, Eugene and I teamed up to try and take on the Trinity.  At first I really didn't like this - cause I thought Phil with his character also being a good 'spiker' or a character that can pretty much hunt down anyone and kill them easily - Phil should be the teammate to take em on.  However, after some thought I see some logic - it's a team game.  2 hunters and no support means that if the team catches on to your lone wolf action, it's alot easier to team up on one and go at taking apart your opponent that way.  I could definitely hold my own, but I also consider my team play as 'support' - avoiding that issue - so - maybe that was what Eugene had thought out.   It wasn't the most popular thing, cause it broke up 2 teams and Jeremy and I both CAME practically for that event, but it would have to do, we all wanted to rival 'team trinity' - or as they razzed Eugene by naming their team 'the best of the Trinity'.

When it came down to it, 11 teams signed up, and 'Clash' or Eugene and I took Trinity and everyone else for the win.  A couple of good results were Jeremy and Foxhole Aaron teaming up and getting 4th [which looking back at one of the old signup sheets for WAY back in the day inhouse smash tourny - they had done this before...] And Ashley3 and Spikey Justin taking 3rd, with Trinity on second.


The tournament was overall considered a success, and we'll probably have another in June.  COURSE - if people would go and yay / nay the idea over on the okgamers.com forums - life would continue on a bit faster / we'd have it locked down already ;)

BIG Shout out's go to Eric and a bit to Jeremy who helped run the event with me, and without them wouldn't have gone NEARLY as smoothly.  Thanks also to Eugene and Foxhole for providing hardware, the games, and controllers to make the speed of the tournament go as quick as it did.


Saif aka XianghuaALPHA aka Tulsa Tourny type lol
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Thread Archives / OK Street Fighter Players (all 5 of us...)
« on: May 15, 2006, 01:32:51 pm »
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maybe even set up a forum for 2d, 3d, and other... because most 2d fighters stick together... most 3d fighters stick together.. and most anything else doesnt count... you know this, saif!
Yes and no.  I don't like the divide - do you?  I think OKGamers needs to be focused on communication between the groups - and working together.  There is NO reason if we have a big enough location to not have 2 tournys running at once - ya know?  Also - I play 3rd strike.  Not to a pro level - but who says if I didn't hook up with the locals and such - I wouldn't get better?


I say OK's not big enough to demand having the Tournaments and 'match finder' type forums broken up by location or game type. I say we have big area's with strick rules on naming of threads - that way everything stays straight forward - and we go at it that way.  

More communication, better awareness of what's going on in the area - and - you know your into Tekken, once SC, an iirc - GGXX?  WHA - 2d?!@#  So yea - the lines are more blurred than some admit imo.  I say we work with that, and keep everyone in the know.



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Sounds like to me we should have a AC tourny before Funhouse makes it's move to the new location on the Riverwalk!  So - sometime in June - maybe June 24th?



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Hey - awesome.  I helped spread the word btw, and we'll hope you have a great turnout!  Keep us updated.



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Tourament went great with the largest turnout OK Gamer's has had for a Funhouse based tourny.  Pictures, and even a documentary and video footage to follow.



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