Because there's a hidden agenda behind this tournament which probably isn't that hidden: to expand the U.S. Melty Blood scene. One year is enough time for anyone to convert their friends to this game and get serious. And since it's teams, you HAVE to find two other competent players. And this tournament is gonna improve every existing scene.
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I gotta say... your dedication to the MB scene is awesome, Arlieth. I guess I'm saying this because what you're doing is like what The WiLL did for Naruto (GameCube). He created the hype for GNT4 by running a forum for it and hosting monthly tournaments for it. It reached a point where people actually travelled from California, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, everywhere... just to go to Florida for WillVolution. The WiLL took a game that people loved to play and made it even more worthwhile to play it. So moving away from The WiLL, I'm saying that what you're doing is making Melty Blood worth it. All the time that everyone's invested in the game.. it's all for this. We didn't waste our time practicing some animu fighter. We did it for MELTY CUP.
Arizona took Teams at Evo. We'll take Melty Cup. The power of UNITY AND BROTHERHOOD