Alright, people have suggested that I should apply for this, so here's mine.
I've been officially hosting tournaments pretty much ever since I joined AiB earlier this year, and while I had hosted a couple in person melee tournaments before then, they're really not worth mentioning as they were very small, informal things. I got into hosting online tournaments after being in a few myself, seeing them ran poorly, and knowing I could do a better job. I downloaded the Tio software and played with it for a couple days, and used it for a small in person brawl tournament, and it definitely was a nice change from handwritten brackets.
After that, I tried my hand at an online tournament,
The Dreamland Duels 1. While the turnout was low, it was alot of fun, went
smoothly, and I actually got KirbyKid to play an online tournament. (now that's a feat) The dreamland Duels has since turned into a very popular biweekly series,
The Dreamland Duels, coming up on our 6th tournament this week.
However, online tournaments only count for so much, and are definitely alot easier to run than in person tournaments, so I've gotten back into trying to host in person tournies on a monthly basis, with my
Waco Brawl Series. I live in a small city with not a very large smash scene, but we happen to be centrally located between all the major cities in Texas, so I believe my in person tournaments could provide a halfway point for many smashers that cant travel across the entire state. My first one, Alpha-1 was chosen to be a featured tournament, although it actually did not turn out to be a success, as our planned venue canceled on us the night before the tournament, and our backup venue was unavailable as well. The tournament still proceeded, but at a home residence instead, with a much lower attendance than anticipated. As of now we are still searching for a proper and reliable venue for the next tournament.
Continuing on, I decided to try my hand at an online Team Tournament, but as usual, I didn't want to do just any run of the mill tournament. I brainstormed the idea for a completely random team tournament, that would test your ability to work together with a stranger to win your match, and
Stranger Danger was born. It will be a very interesting experimental tournament, that I feel will likely also become a series. Currently, I have been informed that this tournament will be featured as well, so I have made sure to run a simulation of this tournament beforehand to make sure everything will run smoothly.
Well, I think I've rambled on a bit too much here in retrospect, so in closing, ... well, I can't seem to think of a closing. Anything else further you could possibly need to know, just ask me during the interview I guess.
Last edited by
Shiken, 3:27 AM on Jun 30, 2008