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Brawl, Steet Fighter IV, and Soul Calibur IV will both be in the next LAN if we are going to keep some games from the previous LAN because they were our 3 highest attended games (if I’m not mistaken) and I do not see anyone arguing with me about keepin these because they really do draw in big crowds.
Audyo said:
My suggested list for the next LAN:BRAWL.
SFIV and/or SCIV.
GoW2/H3/CoD4 (Urging that at least 1 must be there).
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This will most likely be how things turn out for the next LAN, after what we tried in this one. Brawl ALWAYS draws a big crowd, no question. It’s good that we had SF4, because it was new, but now that we see how *edited* it can be in a tournament setting I think it should be left for free play. It seems unanimous that holding dual console fighting games was a bad idea anyway.
However, I think it’s a good thing we went through with 007. I talked to a few people from Reynolds that only came because they heard about this tournament (I’m not saying we should vote it in again, but that hopefully they will return for the next LAN regardless). Gears 2 always draws a guarenteed following for the LAN, but while holding our 12:00 to 5:00 UC setup for a week before the LAN we only had 3 people total ask about a Halo 3 tournament. I have no input on CoD4 or Resistance 2, I never got any questions about them nor saw how Resistance was run (I heard there was a networking problem?).
Considering how popular ST4 was I’d say it would be adventageous to host it at least once more to gauge if attendees are still interested (which I believe they will be). It is very possible to do both ST4 and SC4 at the same LAN, as long as they are at totally different times and we nail down one system.
My ideal list:
Street Fighter 4 (PS3)
Soulcalibur 4 (PS3)
Halo 3 (360)
Gears of War 2 (360)
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
Halo Wars/Killzone 2/Mario Kart/ Guitar Hero WT/ Rock Band
Ephraim said:
Considering how popular ST4 was I’d say it would be adventageous to host it at least once more to gauge if attendees are still interested (which I believe they will be). It is very possible to do both ST4 and SC4 at the same LAN, as long as they are at totally different times and we nail down one system.Another thing to consider though, almost all of Soul Calibur and Street Fighter’s competitors entered both competitions (and a few people got excluded from Soul Calibur somehow, not sure why). Considering we’ve already established a following in Soul Calibur from previous LANs, we can’t assume that we would have a lower attendance if Street Fighter were to no longer be a tournament.
We really can’t assert anything about Street Fighter without a survey of all the participants. Regardless, I think we need a flexible framework that will work for the upcoming LAN and every LAN afterward.
As far as PC goes, the line-up needs to be tweaked as well. I don’t know how well the L4D tournament played since it was really experimental in all regards, I think. CS:S and TF2 are definites though. I think UT3 needs to be at least considered (especially since it won’t have the programs setting up that CoD4 has). We could even look into bringing back CS 1.6 or some other game.
I had fun..but NO JOSEY! where dat foo at?? need a comp dat can run TF2, L4D, and Source also..other than that..all gravy baby…LOOT()()L!!!
My Ideal list is very similar to the ones previously stated
Street Fighter 4 (PS3)or(360) not both
Soulcalibur 4 (PS3)
Halo 3 (360)/Cod4(360)
Gears of War 2 (360)/Gears 1
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)/melee
Killzone 2/Mario Kart64/ Guitar Hero WT/ Rock Band 2/MK DC/Halo 1
I will only allow 6 games total for console tournaments. Preferably at least 1 for each system and no game will be played on multiple platforms.
PLEASE GOD LET MELEE BE IN THE NEXT LAN
I WANT TO ROY THE CRAP OUT OF THAT TOURNAMENT
ROY’S OUR BOY!
I strongly suggest we compile a catagorized list such as the ones people have been posting so we are assured to please the most people and vote from those instead of the way we have been doing it.
I have my notes made for all possible game choices that have been mentioned so far. We’re not aiming to “please” the most people here. We’re attempting to 1) maximize the potential LAN attendance while 2) maximizing efficiency.
Games that should be played for consoles:
-Super Smash Bros. Brawl
-Street Fighter IV (PS3, Ill explain why Thursday)
-Soul Calibur IV (PS3)
-Gears of War II
-MK vs. DC Universe (PS3) or Halo 3
-Killzone 2 (Its pretty bad *edited*)
Thats just my opinon though. As far as the first 3 fighters though, I HIGHLY suggest that we keep them because they really do bring in a majority of our people. I know some of these would be experimental, especially MK vs DC, but from what Ive read on other forums, MK vs DC Universe has had PLENTY of tournaments around the US, and I personally think it would be worth looking into. Its user friendly and has a deep side to it (the just input specials and hidden combos out of specials. In my opinion, its what a true 3D Street Fighter IV would have been.
I have already been talking to MasterP about the new PC lineup, we are thinking something like:
CS:S
TF2
L4D
UT3
CS 1.6
Kaz-Ka said:
I think thats a good idea Nickname but why 2 Counter Strike games (just curious).cuz pretty much any computer ever can run CS 1.6 and it has a dedicated fan community. CSS players and CS1.6 players are from opposite spectrums
Nickname said:
cuz pretty much any computer ever can run CS 1.6 and it has a dedicated fan community. CSS players and CS1.6 players are from opposite spectrumsq4t!
I have no idea why anyone would oppose hosting SF4 at the next LAN. When a game brings in a huge number of people at one LAN, it is only logical for it to be played at the next. It should be played and played until we see numbers decline.
Also, I think MK vs. DCU would be great. Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat at the same LAN. That’s just cool.
Here is a thought, I have been hearing that many people would be willing to come out of state to play a game. What if we allow people to nominate games on the forums, this would give us a bigger game base to play with. However voting on which games to play could still only be done at the meeting. Forgive me I am thinking and typing at the same time, I dunno it is just a thought, maybe somebody can take it and run with it. If some of the people’s opinions that I talked to are correct, you could increase LAN attendance by offering games that people on the forums would like to play. I know we all have our opinions of what a good line up would be, but what it comes down to is not everyone is going to be pleased and that everyone needs to be open-minded about the types of games that are played.
Audyo said:
If they can bother posting nominations on the forums, then they can bother hopping on our IRC chan.No Audyo, that’s not how it works. lol
I’m just saying, if they can’t attend the meeting in person, then they can be in our IRC channel.
All of our members should be focusing on any and all games that are viable options.
MasterP said:
Yeah I know, I was being sarcastic.Sarcasm in a true way. We are not big enough to make people do things. We should leave it open and give them many ways to contribute so they have all the options to do so. It opens us up and it gives us many more options for games. Again, just my opinion, but I don’t feel like we should limit the ways people can nominate games.
I agree that people should get on IRC during our meetings and do it that way, but lets be realistic how long have we done that and how many people have actually been there?
How often have we bothered to actually talk to the people who show up to the LANs and get to know them as opposed to sitting at our computers or consoles the entire 12 hours?
Eyce said:
Most of my concerns have been expressed already, but I’ll make a short list.– We need to leave the microphone in one place, so everyone who needs to make an announcement can.
lol i didnt even think about that…that was a pain lol
Audyo said:
How often have we bothered to actually talk to the people who show up to the LANs and get to know them as opposed to sitting at our computers or consoles the entire 12 hours?Amen, I only played in 2 tourrys and zero free play games. and just walked around meeting some of the new consul guys. (as their was not any new pc ppl). Definitely need more social ppl, but its hard in a club of this genera. but yeah, it would be nice Audyo
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