Well, we're not in the hole with a visual display. Southtown has said they will get a projector in the future, but they are willing to lend us a TV for ourur gatherings.. This means all the necessary bits to this plan are done aside from picking the day and getting a list going.
I also was discussing amongst some friends and they expressed some dissent on giving newbies unlimited free games.. That's hard to keep track of who is new and some may abuse it. For five dollars, you get unlimited use of the PS2 all day, that shouldn't be too hard.
Speaking of which, we're also considering doing the same kind of thing at Game Center, a new arcade that opened in San Mateo. They have TVs set-up that are like karaoke, pay per hour for their use and bring whatever you want to play on it. What I want to do now is get some ideas on days (many are saying Sunday), but we can't figure out what to do for the Southtown Melty Blood gathering until we know what days we can have the space without obstructing any events (Like ranking battles). That's in two weeks, enough time to get more hype and brain storm.