Andrew, I will talk to you further, on the phone about a lot of this stuff.
Suffice it to say, those of you who took advantage of Andrew, AJ and Dan(as some of you have done in the past), all any of them have to do is let me know who you are, and you may as well not bother to show up to events because unless they are compensated, I simply won't enter you into the bracket... and if you doubt that this will happen... talk to John, Joe, and Big E. and see if they don't support me on this.... you'll get your ass laughed out of NJ and Philly.
With regards to putting people on blast by calling them out for abhorrent behavior... I say do it. People were there, they saw it... it's no secret. I hope they call you out for your behavior and I hope you're man enough to step up to the plate and take responsibility for yourself.
With regards to MK Players treating each other disrespectfully, and animosity. This is the MK community going through growing pains. This happens ALL THE TIME in other communities and fighting games. In the last 5 years, MK was this happy go lucky group of players all playing UMK3 and supporting it and everyone was cool and we were all friends... there was never really any smack talk amongst the group and players, save for two who are no longer around. The MK community is growing and developing...something that other, more mature(meaning existence, not maturity level of the players) communities have... we're developing true rivalries, true smack talk, genuine dislike for other players, etc. Believe it or not, this is the NORM for any competitive community. Nothing drives a person to get better more than the motivation to beat their rival, embarrass someone who talked smack to or about them, etc. I'm not saying that disrespect and animosity are GOOD things, but what they are, are signs that the MK community is maturing, developing, and is going to stick around for quite some time.
Guys, running tournaments at Majors is no walk in the park. SOME of you see it and SOME of you get it. Others... well, they think that everything just magically appears and all is well...and take for granted the time, energy, effort and MONEY that people VOLUNTEER to do this stuff. It's a totally thankless job where any issue becomes the TO's or TD's responsibility and where everything else is taken for granted.
You know how MC's always say, "Don't forget to tip your wait staff"? Well, keep in mind that the TO's are YOUR wait staff. They make sure that you get the best possible experience you can get, given the situation they're in. Sometimes(most times) there are things that are totally beyond their control(bracket issues, player lists, internet connection) that you should THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS that the person doing it is capable of thinking on the fly and rectifying situations by working around these kind of roadblocks.
I tip my hat to you,
SwiftTomHanks and congratulate you and
pherleece for getting it done, and getting it done right amidst all the chaos. I know what you went through, I've been there before and will be there to do battle with you guys again(should you choose to come back...and I sincerely hope you do).
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. Especially given the people like you, Rap, AC & now Soup of all people 
