I think it's true that for America it's harder to get out and run more tournies, which is why single elim wouldn't work for like majors and stuff, but if it's a small local and people want a reason to go out and see each other every week, why not run small, quick tourneys that you can do in a Friday night? If there are more small tourneys like that, people will be more prepared for big tourneys. We can do both!
At the end of the day, a tourney is often a full day dedication because it's not only 2/3 matches - but also it's double elimination. That means you can fight
18 rounds and
still get last place! That's 29.4 minutes of play if no one stops the clock with heat! That's 1 round! Sure, it means you get to play a lot, but it also means a 64 man tournament takes 8 hours to run(on average length, upwards of 15 with maximum play time). Let's start engaging in some activities that people can do on a Friday night and get people playing for good tourney EXP, and always play the most and be at our best, all the time!
I don't think there's anything we need to improve on in our majors/big regional tournaments. We just need to overcome the lack of game centers and make efforts to play more. A small, quick tournament is extra incentive to do that.
I honestly feel like the mental game isn't any weaker from single elim. If nothing else, it's stronger, because those decisions mean all the more, and risk taking means that much more. "If I take this silly risk here, I may lose, but I have the entire next match to make up for it." Rather than "Do I have enough health to potentially survive this one match right here right now and am I prepared to head home in this round if I don't and lose." I think it puts more emphasis on making smarter decisions, faster! Making smarter decisions quicker I feel is more effective than learning them the hard way through longer casual sessions or even tournament matches.
There's definitely pro's and con's to both. A lot of people are calling me out recently saying things like "those top JP players really aren't as good as everyone says they are" and you say this format is "Japan fanboyism", but I think if the community works hard (despite that it may be more difficult because we're not just a train station ride away from a major arcade), we can really proliferate melty and get more people playing locally. I want to turn more potential players into real players and see people get better. At the end of the day, those mythical Japanese players, that I have met, ARE THAT GOOD. We can be too. I mean, in the end, we want our skill level to be as high as JP, right? Is that not a goal we have, to win? A lot of people play to have fun and for the community but mostly everyone here has a competitive spirit that drives them to keep playing and getting better. Let's do that. And right now, JP melty is the strongest region for melty. So why not borrow their playing institutions a bit and try it out? I honestly see no harm in it!
I mean, maybe this isn't the same for everybody, but I definitely, definitely remember every mistake that led to me losing in tournament. But what sent me to losers? Usually not as much a month or two down the line. I think those single-elim mistakes stick out more.
Like I'm saying, venue fee is huge in America, I'm not saying lets make NEC with the 30$ venue fee a single elim tournament. But hey, maybe Connecticut at battlegrounds wants to run weeklies and generate more interest in the game. Maybe Rokrew wants to find more people at 8 on the break if they say hey, we're here every Friday. These sorts of things that create entry ways for new players.
I mean, in accordance with the thread, I'm trying to consider time management for tournament organizers. That way we can run those extra events and those team tournaments. I don't want to fight, that's just how I feel, really.
I also really like team tournaments! I would like to see more of those, for sure.
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