Well, as of right now Sunny's isn't doing any special events for fighting games outside of Smash because there wasn't enough support for it. He might end up doing something down the line if enough people start supporting it though.
Actually you guys a really solid offline scene from what I understand up in Tusla with Sixkiller's Gaming House and Game Over Entertainment which just had a good turn out for one of their tournaments this past weekend
Sixkiller's Gaming House
https://www.facebook.com/Sixkillersgaminghouse/?fref=ts
Game Over Entertainment
https://www.facebook.com/GameOverEnt.GOE/?fref=ts
I've traveled to Tulsa before and played in Game Over Entertainment's MKX tournament when the game first came out and it was great. I just can't afford to travel to Tusla and pay the tolls and enter fees right now,Ha!
It's really disappointing that the people aren't supporting Mortal Kombat X,Street Fighter,Guilty Gear, or Killer Instinct at Sunny's Game Lounge and HXC Gaming Events here in OKC. Sunny is a really nice guy and Sunny's Game Lounge is a really awesome venue for weeklies and tournaments. HXC Gaming Events do a great job at running events and the TO lives near Sunny's Game Lounge and is a really nice guy too.
Right now the Smash community are the only ones out of the FGC that are taking full advantage of a great venue with streaming and the events for their game.
IDK if this is your intent or not, but reading this very much comes off as a "Every community except smash refuses to support Sunny/The FGC". Like I said, not sure if that's the intent, but that's definitely the vibe I'm getting.
I've never been to Sunny's and don't have any immediate plans on going. I do however go to a weekly Fighting Game tourney (mondays in norman) as well as both Sixkiller tourney's, and the one in Arkansas last month. My not going to Sunny's has nothing to do with me not wanting to help contribute to the scene.
Want to know why I haven't been to Sunny's and don't plan on going any time in the immediate future?
1) Despite being active in the OK FGC facebook group, I rarely hear of MK events happening at Sunny's. I hear a lot of "What if" events like "What if we had a weekly/monthly/whatever" but that's it. I heard of a tournament you guys tried to have a month or two ago, but it was the same day as Sixkiller's which I was already committed to. It's not the FGC's responsibility to go out and find you and assume you're a good venue and whatnot. It's the responsibility of the venue to make flyers/graphics/whathaveyou and promote yourself on relevant pages to entice me to come to your venue.
2) The couple of anecdotal tales I've heard from MK players at Sunny's have not been good. I'm not gonna drop any names, but I had a friend who went there and was doing well in some friendlies (read: bodying people) and then got the cold shoulder the rest of the night, and even some all around negative attitudes just because he was winning.
The other anecdotal tale comes from two friends who showed up for an MK tourney only to see one other guy there to play with, so nothing really came of it.
Between the stories I've heard of it and the presence online and the posts like this and other ones I've seen from people repping Sunny's on various forums, I don't get a vibe of "We are taking this seriously and want to have a good environment for all fighting games!" I get a vibe of "We had a rough start with a couple games and now we are throwing our hands in the air. WTF, fighting game community?"
Maybe Sunny IS a nice guy, and maybe it IS a nice venue, but these things really keep me from wanting to check it out. It's a two way street. If he wants my time and money, I need to see some effort on his part.
I don't mean for any of this to sound angry. I want to provide constructive feedback as to the problems you expressed in your post.
Thanks,
Upfish
