Kuuhaku

You owe me expensive sushi for not calling me and telling me to arrange a setup. Only two of the six setups that were supposed to be brought actually made it. And that's just for BB/Super. We ghetto rigged two more setups, but still... that hurt our time a lot. The only game we had the full setups for was MBAA. BB/GG/and Super were all short one, and that was after we had Vince run out and get two more. So... yeah. EXPENSIVE. SUSHI.

Oh yeah. And if there are any questions/comments/feedbacks/concerns/you're missing shit/etc. Contact me through PM.

Here are the results for everything but Super. I should get Super from the SRK guys eventually.

:3 I'll post them in a bit. But first an overview- We got done and we got most of what we wanted to get done get done, so... that was good. We also didn't get kicked out by the Aki-con Staff and they do want us back next year. Aki-con staff in general were awesome and really helpful. Super props to- Scooter for commentary (even though the stream exploded) Spark for running the streaming setup (even though the stream exploded) Christian for hugs and letting us use his computer ( and winning Karaoke Contest~ woo! w0ki for being really pro with running Guilty Gear MissedFRC his help too SRK guys for being really understanding Dusty and Melissa for helping to run brackets and MVP goes Vince for getting the extra setups. Canadians for showing up (I know it's a super troll drive/bus trip for you guys). It was super fun meeting you guys. Main issues- Communication. A) Volunteers. A lot of you dropped the ball and seemed to have forgotten that you were volunteers to help run brackets and keep things moving. A lot of things got held up because of this. For example- We were supposed to stream and record GG and MB. However, because it took so long to go down the hallway and get a monitor from the Canadians, we only had time to test the setup for Blazblue. It was partially my fault for not contacting you and setting up a meeting place, but we also lost a lot of time looking for people who had wandered off. If you are going somewhere and you are a volunteer, you need to have your phone on you (and answer) and let someone know where you are. B) Communication between games. Actually, it wasn't bad because we could see right away with MB/GG/BB if there was someone stuck at another game, but we got almost no communication from the Super side. As a result, we had a lot of games stuck because people were over at Super. However, that's not even the issue. Technically, those who were stuck at Super when they had another game going could be DQed because it is up to the PLAYER to relay that to the brackets, not the bracket's job to be Scooby Doo and figure out where the hell people went. I was very disappointed that with that, the most communication issues were from people in our scene. Landis and Osuna, I know you guys are kind of salty about almost getting disqualified, but I did not know you were at Super. I called out both of you more than three times, and let other games pass. So you both had plenty of time to let the brackets know. Shouting something across a noisy hallway does not count as "letting us know". C) Setups. I will address two bits. One, if you say you're going to bring a setup, then we are counting on you to bring that setup. If it cannot happen for some reason, then you need to A) let the people in charge know and/or B) arrange for a replacement. Two, telling someone that "life happened" and keeping us a setup short was not cool. We did have a lot of confusion as to who was to bring what, but I didn't understand that much since at any time you could have contacted me to ask what you were going to bring, AND it was posted at all times on the front page of this thread. We started really late and setups short because of this and that was probably one of the main reasons we didn't finish on time. Conduct- A) Yelling at con staff is not cool. We could have gotten kicked out. B) Missing PS3. Saying "IDK we don't have their PS3" when we did was not cool. I initially told Aki-con "no" because I thought that people were keeping an eye on their own stuff, but when I had the suspicion it wasn't I asked someone to check out the PS3s. That didn't happen and I do thank Kaigu, Dusty, and Stark for finding the missing PS3. But future note- If stuff is missing from the convention and there is a possibility we took it, it's our first priority to investigate that. I feel really bad that we brushed them off when we did have the PS3. We had to apologize to the Aki-con staff for accidentally stealing a $400 machine. They were just happy to get it back, but that still looks really bad on us. Overall- Time Crunch: When there's a time limit, there's a time limit. Everyone here should have known what time the tournament was running from and until when. It was absolutely NOT okay to say "oh, we can just run over the next panel" nor is it okay to say "we can hijack another room and finish there". We're very fortunate that the Aki-Con staff was lenient enough to give us a spare room to finish finals even given the attitude that some of us were showing. At any other venue, we probably would have gotten kicked out. We actually would have finished on time if we had started on time and if people brought the setups they said they were going to bring. Things already noted that need improvement: -Have backups in case people decide to flake -Recruit better volunteers -Have designated sticks/pads for setups and mark them -Bigger setup time slot -More laptops for the brackets -Cattle prod and role call people bringing equipment the day before -Do not repeat the mistake of encouraging people to sign up for all games -Make a cap at how many entries (people or how many games you could sign up for), or limit the number of games running at one time. -Longer time slot. -Better handwriting on sign-up sheet -More coffee. There were some things I could have done better on my end too. I did panic a bit, and I was rude to a lot of people. I do feel bad for that. However, I did what I felt needed to be done to keep things running while still being respectful to the Aki-con staff. I appreciate the people who did help out and I know everyone had good intentions for this. It wasn't a disaster, but it could have been better.

It's not like I started preparations in July or anything. But... uh... we could work on communication. Myself included. I'll bring a nerf gun next time instead of trying to get people's attention by yelling into the mic. And, I did request for an extra laptop(s) with Tio. Since originally mine was supposed to be used for displaying stuff on the projector (which never happened). We had a bunch in the hotel room, but they never made it down.

Sorry. I put the URL to the stream wrong on the front page. It's fixed now. We will start streaming at 7pm PST. :3

Why would the famous BANG player play lower tier characters?

http://www.akiconforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=43 Maid cafe. WE'RE GOING.

Right. :V All the games will be starting at the same time 7pm. IF THERE ARE ANY DIRE LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS. POST HERE, PM ME, OR IF YOU'RE NOT CRAZY ASK SOMEONE IN THE PNW FOR MY PHONE NUMBER.

Why not? Party hard~ Just don't get arrested. :V None of us can afford bail.

The hotel has free parking, which is surprising. And uh... from what I saw of their registration organization, you might want to get there early. Plus you guys will be surprised at the free stage area. My suggestion is meeting up at like Spark's or Christian's and then carpooling to Aki-Con (since with free parking, those are probably going to go quick). But it's up to you guys to arrange that.

:3 Sure. I don't see why not. :D Let's make this hype peeps!

Lol. I was thinking about doing the same. But I'll be nice and let Laura and her friend have the other bed. XP =3= Dibs on the corner.

Most of us will be at the hotel or at Spark's place.

Important reminder: Sign ups will now start at 6:30 and end at 6:55pm. We start at 7pm. :V

Double checking for who is still in the hotel. Post here if you're 100%.

If you're going to try to get out with IB, do NOT do anything other than 5A. He'll smack you for it (unless he has no idea what he's doing). Though even on IB, most of the time he has time to block 5A because lololol + frames. He's like Bang on crack. But luckily, he doesn't have D nails so he can't also out zone you too. Getting hit by this guy sucks balls. His damage is good and he can guard crush pretty easily if you're not careful. Because he doesn't have any real answer to rods when Rachel's full screen and Rachel's 5A makes her one of the few characters that can get out of his bullshit on IB, I'd say this match up is 6-4 in Valk's favor. His damage and normals kick you in the face. Try to keep this guy out with zoning and IB + 5A is your best friend here. Random note: Oh, and his overhead kick that's really slow. As tempting as it is to 2C that, don't. He'll wolf cancel it and make you cry~ I'm not sure if you can 6A it on reaction (6A might be active enough to hit him if he wolf cancels). I've been too scared to try.

sG. You should teach me Rawrgna. I want to spam Inferno Divider ALL THE WAY.

Some of us are already going to be there on Friday. But setup time is 6:30 at the Free Stage area on Saturday (come a little bit early though since uh... things always take longer to setup than planned. ). And the pre-registation date has passed. It's $25 at the door now.

Uh, no. Rachel's damage is shit, but not that low. Rachel also has the advantage of being able to punish Mu's crappy mix up thanks to IB + 5A/5B. And... you're forgetting that against V-13, CT Rachel couldn't zone V-13 for shit either. Rachel v. Mu is similar in concept to CT Rachel v. V-13 except V-13 had good mix up and 6k meterless damage while Mu, in comparison to V-13 and a good portion of the CS cast doesn't really shine that bright (then again Rachel's pretty awful so it balances out to about the same). 4.5k off of a situational 2B (I'm assuming she needs meter + setup) is nothing compared to Litchi 5-6k meterless combo + 50 meter corner oki... because that's a 7-3 match up. It's a shitty match up, but at worst 5.5-6 in Mu's favor. And... I dunno what you mean by Mu's 2A being gdlk. Mu's 2A is actually worse than Rachel's. It's just a crappy version of Lambda's 2A.

$15 for Saturday. :3

LAST DAY TO PRE-REG.

Aside from me generally laughing at this thread- Carl- Kyaku Rachel- Matsu (no idea if he still plays anymore) Taokaka- Tsujikawa Tsujikawa also has a Makoto combo video. So maybe? he plays Makoto too.

I ate some Twix. I think that counts. BTW- LAST DAY TO PRE-REG FOR AKI-CON.

>w<b Good job. :3 That's the spirit.