Only at times when I state my opinion without doing research. In this case, every sign pointed to a smaller turnout because people said, "Hey, I'm not coming."
If I did more research in Renegade's brain, and found out he'd make the Smash Tournament go till 11pm, thus pushing everyone else's schedules back, forcing Melty Blood to start at 9pm, thus giving Eli the incentive to tell Nas to make a Random Team tournament for 2 dollars, getting people who don't know how to play to enter, then yeah, I would've known that the turnout would've been bigger. If only I cared enough to foresee this event.
Though, I guess a few GGers would've joined regardless if the above stated event happened or not, but the turnout would've probably been around the same as last month's. I can confidently say that because there is no accurate way to prove that I am wrong.