Time to play with the big boys, folks. NEC was nice, but that has always been an event very friendly to the community and it is also (unfortunately) over. Final Round was a fight initially but the community showed up in force and brought the staff around. Evolution? One of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the world (if not the biggest), with players from not only all across America but from Europe and Asia too? Really? It's time to stand up and be counted. Let's get this thing so large that we alter the gravitational pull of the Earth (or at least pull a couple of Japanese players into orbit).
I don't care if Evo is seven months out, the community needs to plan to storm the block as hard as humanly possible. Everybody -- and I damn well mean everybody -- needs to come out for this.
I have two goals for this event:
1) Draw more people than at least one of the official Evo games. NEVER MIND IT'S PART OF THE MAIN CARD AT EVOLUTION THIS YEAR HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT.
2) Draw at least one top Japanese player to show up (bonus points if they came to play MBAA as their primary game). I REALLY SHOULD HAVE THROWN A ZERO IN THERE JESUS FUCKING CHRIST YOU PEOPLE STOP BEASTING. (Actually, don't.)
The actual rules will now be dictated by Evolution staff with input from the community at-large.
There will be some other events planned, including a live show of The Donjon Network and another episode of Sadlife Live! (this time, broadcasting from Club Pure, one of Vegas' hottest night clubs -- with a bunch of guys who can't socialize? It'll be comedy gold.) Plus the usual shit when a group of people get together in Vegas for a long weekend.
Who's staying home, and who's going with me????
Actual logistical information follows! This is mainly going to be used to figure out who has rooms and who is still looking for heads.
Lolisauce (at his house)
--Sp00ky
--Master Chibi
--Zaelar
--Brandino
--Komidol
--Tempered
--Level 0
--Oni
LoliSauce is more or less filled up, and it's at his house which is about 15 minutes from the strip.
AntiShoto (at Ceasar's Palace)
--Kusanagi
--Kirah
Team_Purple (at Ceasar's Palace)
--some guy
ViceVirtuoso (at Ceasar's Palace)
--Nobody else right now. Sad Sacchin is sad.
Spidey (at Ceasar's Palace)
--??? -- apparently he has a bunch of SoCal heads in, but no actual named names.