Hate Speech War Report: Final Round XV

[ShinBlanka]

i had alot to say, and alotta rage to post , mainly because i had to play my best friend first match and we were from the same area, and that just made me furious and i couldnt even play right the whole tournament. but larry's post said everything i wanted to say. shout outs to larry being a trooper and dealing with all this stuff even though his real world problems were much bigger. even if this was the worst FR i ever attended it was still a blast, and nothing will keep me from coming to the next one, or the next one after that, or the one after that. FR is more than a tournament for me and it always will be.

I'm sorry about that man. Simple shit like that should never happen. :( we didn't properly place people due to region or state. That's not a good thing, period! Like I said if people don't show up for next years event i'll understand.

 

[BLACKSTAR]

I had my own share of problems, but pretty much everybody else mentioned or addressed them in their own posts, so I won't touch it. I will say that I still had a blast, despite all of the problems, and I MOST DEFINITELY COMMEND shinblanka for running a relatively successful DESPITE real life problems as big and sudden as his slapping him in the face at the worst possible time. Honestly, i wouldnt have blamed u if u had cancelled the whole tournament the day before, but I'm glad u kept things movement, as the community as a whole benifitted.

I will offer these suggestion.

1. BIGGER VENUE. This is easily the largest tournament IN THE WORLD behind EVO, and it will likely be that way for years to come. Plus it runs more games. I hope next years venue will be as big as the one at CEO

2.,NO AT THE DOOR REGISTRATION, PERIOD. UFGT does it. EVO does it. Both of these tournaments are considered the best ran tournaments in the US. NO door reg is a big part of it. I think final round has gotten too big for on-site reg.

Well, ill be back next year

 

[RTD]

lol @ hates, it's been 10 years since i've been able to invoke rtd mode but i continue to strive ;)

also, a mention of the Lord's rise to deliverance and your sheer amazement/disgust as he made people repent would've been a great addition. but great write up as always. it's giving people a place to reflect which is most important.

as for the tournament, i'm overall happy with the way that it was ran. in the top 16, i was in winners and i got knocked out by 2 Atl players. that really sucked.

but that aside, there was no one there better than Omega. If the tournament was ran perfectly, he would've still have won.

If you are the best, no matter how bad the tournament is ran, you'll overcome that.

No matter how you dice and slice it, Omega was the best. It's that simple.

He was even the best player in the previous caliburs -> he took SC3 nationals with Mitsu and he only lost to Hilde's at Evo/Nats with Zasalamel.

Now he is beating everyone with Nightmare. It doesn't matter which character he uses, he still finds a way to win.

Wish him luck as a pro player because the money is out there now.

EDIT: i heard that there were like 10 seeds in pool 8 while the other brackets had like 1 seed. in an attempt to correct that, the floating happened. at least that's what i heard.

 

[Dr. Hates]

it's giving people a place to reflect which is most important.

You know me. I'm a man of the people/I do it all for the kids, etcetera. ;)

As for floating, the talent still wasn't ultimately spread out that effectively. The biggest issue was the fact that it continued throughout the course of the tournament, I'd wager, and that some players had input into where and whether they'd float.

 

[soakrates]

Good write-up, and good to see ShinBlanka weighing in too. From the perspective of someone who was only a spectator, I think Final Round was great fun to watch and did a good job of helping the FGC recover from the Cross Assault debacle. There were lots of memorable moments from the SC5 tourney as well as Marvel, SF4, KOF, etc.

I hope the people who've pledged never to return to FR after this year will reconsider. Going by his response to the complaints, ShinBlanka takes the feedback very seriously and really wants to make sure everyone gets a fair shake. Final Round was (and is) one of the biggest tournaments of the year, and despite the logistical problems was a boon for the SC5 scene.