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Shock I have a question, how would you suggest MLG and Grassroots get these concerns of players and spectators addressed?
In tournament, TO's are busy, out of tournament the point seems moot. It seems like everyone's concerns are valid, but the way they are worded is what causes the issue.
I would suggest more staff with more specific jobs, but a lot of times adding more staff adds more people sitting around, doing nothing, and apparently playing casuals for hours DARTH ARMA! I was under the impression MLG was loaded tot he gills with refs for stations and that is what makes them run so smoothly, but this was not the case. Having a TON of stations to check and update can be a problem and you can't depend on your clientèle to do this, although they are generally capable and willing to help. The main TOs are busy but we can usually get a hold of them,. I have had experiences at tournaments though where TOs yell at me for shit they are responsible for and then it takes them hours to get it done and they realize things are hectic and a lot of us are stuck where we are.
You typically need 1 pool runner for every 32 people (two 16 player pools) and preferably 2, then you need at least one person for any game to locate players they are waiting for who might be playing other games. Then there's at the door security and then there's tech stuff like system errors and swaps, game swaps, just someone who can make that stuff happen fast, it all winds up coming down to a 1000 player tournament needs something like 40 staff members to really run efficiently and we probably run on less than that. I have to research it.
Establish community wide rules and have tournaments apply to be part of this system so their results can be recognized and made into a better ranking system. It takes a lot of work and I know people are already trying to do this.
Find a real sponsor. Not people who are already involved in teh FGC, find someone serious. It sounds crazy, but just ONE million dollar investor could send us through the roof, but the problem is figuring out who is going to handle that opportunity for us if it ever arrives. Sponsors simply don't know who to go to. Evo right now is the pinnacle of FGC achievement I'd say. We can probably do even better.
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Spectators are sort of enter at their own risk. It's really hard to please them but they are paying. There could be a special spectator room with free food and stuff, maybe a sports game on TV, consoles with more popular games. It's VERY hard to lock down the true way to please friends of gamers who aren't there specifically to watch and play casuals.
Having projectors so everyone can see at least one major match for any game that is going on is something we've been working on and have basically gotten there, but for everyone to be able to crowd around the pool stations and watch their friends play, it can get difficult to maintain. At FGC events, we just let it happen and if the venue tells us we gotta clear people out, we do.
