Sounds like a very different set up to Jhb. We had about 10 setups with chairs.
If you were a competitor you could mill around cheering on friends. I stood
right behind DP (who was seated) and cheered him on and trash talked him.
Only when the places was too full and the judges had trouble moving around, did
they ask people to clear out.
Our commentator were also complete retards who knew nothing about Mk or
fighting games in general.
Most of the noobs playing at our tourney were there for the fun and were
cheerful. A couple of them were online types who rated themselves, but lacked
fundamentals - like blocking or safety. Most were just happy and friendly noobs.
The finals were odd. They kicked everyone out and streamed the finals and we
all sat outside (chairs) and watched the crap quality stream and retarded
commentary. Everyone ignored the commentators and at least cheered at the right
places.
The main screen - the one for streaming also had bad lag on our side. For the
rest, some were okay (not great) others not okay.
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From: Ryan Williams<mailto:ryan820509@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 2015-05-24 13:37
To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail
Thanks a mil bro :)
On 24 May 2015 13:34, "Nicholas Robertson-Muir"
<nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Ok, we also managed to snatch some details on folks at the event.
I sold myself as Ryan's P.A. hehe.
I got the mail and cell number of Ronelle, the Ster Kinekor entertainment rep.
She wants to create some sort of a database for the Cape Town FGC... No, I'll
rephrase, just to be clear... the Cape Town MKX players.
They have an idea to create a team of sorts to participate locally and in JHB,
but it's early days yet.
I spoke to one of the reps from Corex as well, Tiaan. He is just looking to
smack his brand around and willing to dish out merch for it, or at least that's
the idea I got.
Then there's thid other dude, a fellow called Luca. I get an odd vibe from
him, like he smells of money, but it could be that DOTA life he's promoting.
Lol.
Anywaaay, he has a setup in Centuary City packing a fibre connection. Imagine
a stream-ready studio for live gaming. He's thinking of hosting a series of
"Wednesday night fights" for the CPT FGCommunity as well.
Regards
Ennohex (P.A. to Mr SAPhoenix)
Cape Town Showdown
On 24 May 2015 13:14, "Nicholas Robertson-Muir"
<nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Oooohhhh
I forgot something really important.
Know your competitors, I fail at this too, but getting that detail right adds a
10% bonus to the matches, because then peeps who know each-other will hype for
their player.
And for the love of all things holy, give those commentators another screen
with the bracket on.
Or a piece of paper... something... anything that can feed them info.
Like, I dunno, being able to react to the stream monsters.
Or just interviews with spectators or players.
Then there wouldn't have been a need for the same repetitive bullshit.
Interaction, information, entertainment.
On 24 May 2015 13:01, "Nicholas Robertson-Muir"
<nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Good Stuff Di.
I think we missed a lot of the "humble beginnings" guys. Many of the noobs had
that same feeling I had about my gameplay when I was a noob. You know, that
"I'm really godlike where I play" kind of attitude. My 3-0 matches were
against guys like this. I could see they were giving it their all but losing
to some really basic stuff.
The "online heroes" in this game were axed quickley, and felt the most salt.
You can see some guys were really dialled in to their online strategies, and
were upset that they didn't do better.
The X-box One crowd were moaning about controller differences, but that's not
whar was getting them killed. The screen differences was the issue, just ask
Di.
I think the TO's did a ok job for the most part, but the sound not being
available for either the players or the stream itself is something that could
have been ironed out.
I think the swiss system is ass, but it did allow folks to play each-other a
lot.
I can see how double elim would have sucked for the noobs in that respect.
That said, I dont see how an elimination type format would have "taken longer"
is a valid excuse.
Standing for the games was kak... even for someone like me who comes from an
arcade life experience. Morever, if you're going to stand, make the screen
head height. Ergonomics ffs.
Everybody was starting to get back issues.
The space between consoles was also an issue to me, and frankly, fuck headsets.
Give me sound from the screen. The venue sounded soulless.
Morever, the room upstairs would have better suited to running the finals, and
was clumsy for spectators. Watching one match every now and then isn't going
to cut it.
In all honesty, if I were running the show I most likely would have run the
entire tournament there.
On 23 May 2015 23:36, "Di Lhong"
<marongdin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:marongdin@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm trying to get into gaming journalism which caters for gamers. Would it be
possible if i can gather Intel from everyone's thoughts and feelings about the
tournament in general and how the players did? i'm sure you guys have a better
idea on the fundamentals. But no need to get super in-depth. Something that a
casual gamer could understand. We can also address what could be changed or
improved. Like Swiss Rules. And why Swiss Rules is not the best for fighting
games, etc.
I'm going to submit this to a journalist and hopefully get it published. This
way we can also expose the Fight Game Community in a better light. Because the
journalist that i talked to is also a gamer and he said he would like to hear
more from professional players.
I can cover on my gameplay but will have to rely on other spectators on others
because i didn't view everything. I manage to view some nice games from GB. He
did really well with Kung Jin. Nic played honorably and really well with Quan.
But not sure about the rest. Didn't make enough rounds.
I'm also going to start a blog. So i can manage the blog for CTS if you guys
want.
Thanks everyone :)
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Ilitirit Sama
<ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
This is pretty cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SvwtqsZ7Y
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