I'm an established tourney host for Super Smash Bros., and I play that game along with Pokemon competitively. One thing I've really thought about recently is how drastically different the tournament scene works. With smash you can find a real person tournament pretty much every weekend in almost every (active) state. Pokemon on the other hand is almost all online. The only in-person ones I know of are random un-advertised GameStop ones, and the annual Nintendo tournies.
After reading a lot of the posts in the Official Nintendo PKMN Tourney thread and seeing the discontent shown by plenty of players, why aren't there standard tourneys that are in-person to provide the experience the players want? The demand is obviously there, the turnout at the tournament today in Philly was far beyond 1,000 players counting both the senior and junior division.
Problems with the Nintendo tourney though...
-Some rules not implemented like sleep clause
-Doubles only
-Cap on entrants
-Single elimination
etc.
After seeing the giant crowd at the tourney today it got me wanting to run in-person Pokemon tourneys. As it is I've already got a great location with living right in Philadelphia and having access to some nice venues.
What would people think of events like this?
-Singles and Doubles tournaments
-Entry fee for each (probably $5) and cash prizes paid to the top 3 or so depending on how many ppl enter
-Double elimination
-Proper rules
-Possibility of side events such as UU singles
Is this an idea I should pursue that would be supported by the players on this site?
After reading a lot of the posts in the Official Nintendo PKMN Tourney thread and seeing the discontent shown by plenty of players, why aren't there standard tourneys that are in-person to provide the experience the players want? The demand is obviously there, the turnout at the tournament today in Philly was far beyond 1,000 players counting both the senior and junior division.
Problems with the Nintendo tourney though...
-Some rules not implemented like sleep clause
-Doubles only
-Cap on entrants
-Single elimination
etc.
After seeing the giant crowd at the tourney today it got me wanting to run in-person Pokemon tourneys. As it is I've already got a great location with living right in Philadelphia and having access to some nice venues.
What would people think of events like this?
-Singles and Doubles tournaments
-Entry fee for each (probably $5) and cash prizes paid to the top 3 or so depending on how many ppl enter
-Double elimination
-Proper rules
-Possibility of side events such as UU singles
Is this an idea I should pursue that would be supported by the players on this site?