LOL, Revalations screwed the FGC over too? The side Gears event there never got paid out either, but I figured it was just our scene that was screwed since it was run by a different guy, and the FGC set up looked pretty legit in comparison.
Oh God, MLG lol. Hey, you guys can't play and we offer no chairs. But you can't leave or you get DQ'd. Good times.
I was told at Meadowlands '09, that if I left the station to go to the bathroom after just finishing a match, and even though their rules gave at least 5 minutes between matches, that my team would forfeit a game in our next match.
Throughout the circuit, they slowly started to remove all the seating near our main stages with each event and were also told that sitting on the ground was prohibited as it was a fire hazard. By Nationals we had no seating, and still weren't allowed to sit on the ground.
If you weren't a top placing player they'd treat you like shit. Not sure if the Pro-lounge was still around by the time MK9 was put in the circuit, but that was literally the only convenient place to get water at any event without having to pay $5 dollars a bottle. They also had free gourmet-ish food in there meanwhile, everyone outside was stuck with Dr Pepper and Doritos. There's a reason why MLG is on death's door and ESL is becoming the prominent name in competitive gaming, at least in NA.
Hope to see more of you there 
