The LAN was very successful. Mario Kart was a great change of pace and the free play was lots of fun. The drum controls in Rock Band were really cool. Still, I have a few thinks to bring up:
1. There is a problem with the Smash Bros Tournament and I am not the only one who has noticed this. The Pros have been given waaaaaaaaaaay too much control over the way it is set up. I talked to a few of my friends who claim the Pros were allowed to alter the preset brackets so that most newcomers were pit against Pros. It was a way to weed out the new players. One of my friends quit in protest. I’d venture a guess that the proffesional Smash Bros players have become the most hated people represented at the LANS. There is no shame in being beaten by a better oppenent, but when a group of ridiculously cheap obsessives who only come to play one game, abuse every glitch, and generally *edited* people off are allowed free reign over a major tournament, we have a problem.
Bottom Line: If you play for any reason other than fun, you deserve to be kicked in the head. I’m glad wavedashing and many other glitches have been fixed in Brawl.
2. Introducing Ephraim the Hippie! I noticed that we generate a lot of empty cans at our events. I say it would be a good idea to set up a few containers where used cans could be thrown out, then recycled. Maybe it would make us look responsible. What do you guys think?