Tournament Organizers in Los Angeles?

On June 05 2019 01:32 afreecaTV.Char wrote:
I'm in LA and have a venue/pc bang we've used in the past for PUBG/LoL tournaments. If there is enough interest, I'll make it happen.

On June 05 2019 01:57 Jaeyun wrote:


That's awesome, around how many people (and money) would qualify as enough interest? I'm assuming having some sort of sign up sheet and buy in like the NYC LAN is doing would be good to help fund the venue.

I think if I could get a solid 16+ players with a $5/$10 buy in, then I think I could get a $300-$500 prize pool. If I could get 32 players, then maybe more.

The buy-in is just to cover the costs of taking up a PC at the cafe for a couple of hours. Typically our tournaments there have allowed players to play for most of their time there and ideally we'd have a setup so everyone gets enough opportunities to play without simply going 0-2 and being done for the day.

On top of that, the pc cafe has always provided free food to the players - pizza, tacos, sandwiches, they just pick something the day of. In addition, Lotte has also provided us with a ton of snacks/drinks for the players.

On June 05 2019 11:59 dark.matter wrote:
Depending on the date could happen

On June 05 2019 04:34 Jealous wrote:

Wow, that's really awesome! I don't think we ever got that kind of treatment in NYC

On June 05 2019 05:13 Jaeyun wrote:


That's awesome man, that would actually be a pretty legit tournament then. If someone wants to take hold of official tournament organizing, I can put together some grassroot efforts to build hype, funds, and awareness of the tournament (i.e. hosting NA events/fundraisers leading up to the tournament to donate to the prize pool, etc.).

At the end of the day, whoever is the official organizer will command the ship on it. I'd be down if it's just a small, fun event, but would also be down to build up to something larger. I have some ideas circulating in my head and I'm sure I can get some of the Blizzard team to join up for funsies, though not sure if we can justify an actual contribution from them.

On June 19 2019 15:10 Shinokuki wrote:
I'd go. Let's go to kbbq and then karaoke.

On June 19 2019 17:13 BLinD-RawR wrote:


who? there is only GHOSTCLAW.

On June 21 2019 03:18 afreecaTV.Char wrote:
Is there anyone that would be interested in casting onsite?

On June 27 2019 07:49 Jealous wrote:

Not enough baseball cards.

On June 26 2019 23:30 Jaeyun wrote:
I'll wait to see if there's any interest with casters but if worst comes to worst, I'm sure we can designate a few player-casters to rotate around when not playing. I have some casting experience myself and would be happy to hop in here and there when I'm not playing, though ideally it would be best to have a couple heading the job.

Once we ink in a date and get things set, I can start promoting and hosting events to raise funds towards the LAN.

On June 27 2019 08:43 EndingLife wrote:
Did I hear hockey cards?

On July 12 2019 10:19 afreecaTV.Char wrote:
To keep those interested updated:

Was hoping to do it towards the end of August, but looks like it will have to be in September.
The good news is an event is very likely to happen with a base prize pool of $300-$500.

On July 13 2019 10:07 nbaker wrote:
Obviously, there are a ton of variables and organizers should do what is best for them, but a lot of players made plans to attend a meet up at Dreamhack in Montreal, Sep. 7-8. I'm not sure how much overlap there is from the west coast, but I know that personally I wouldn't be able to make it that weekend, but would definitely come to an event that was after then.

On July 14 2019 13:42 Jealous wrote:

NYC LAN #2 may be some time in October as well so if things come together this way, please reach out to me so we can book separate weekends. Month of Brood War revival?

On July 19 2019 14:57 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
If it's October 5th. Count me in. Where is the venue exactly so I can start planning my hotel/flight?

On July 20 2019 04:22 afreecaTV.Char wrote:


The venue would be K-Town PC Cafe - 2748 W 8th St #201, Los Angeles, CA 90005

I'll try getting the date confirmed next week.

On July 20 2019 08:19 nbaker wrote:

Looks great, thanks!

On July 20 2019 15:00 Shalashaska_123 wrote:
I looked around a little on the Google map and found a place very close by for Korean BBQ:

TGI Korean BBQ
2585 W Olympic Blvd
LA, CA 90006

It seems they're open from 11-1AM, and they have all-you-can-eat for $18.99 according to one review. Perhaps afreecaTV.Char knows the area better and can recommend this or suggest a better place?

On July 31 2019 19:57 MelLOw[bwL] wrote:
Waiting for details! Is this happening?

On July 27 2019 05:35 afreecaTV.Char wrote:


I've never ate there, but my co-worker who lives in K-Town recommended these two:

Oo Kook - 3385 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005

Moodaepo II - 3014 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005
(CEO Kevin ate at this one.)

Building up an East vs West rivalry would be awesome, even if it is just a show match between the winners.

Also, I would like to do something for iNcontroL, but truthfully I'm not sure of the best way to go about it to satisfy all parties involved. I'll bring it up internally as part of the overall proposal and see what we can do.

Apologies to everyone for not having it finalized this week, but we are making progress.

On August 08 2019 05:04 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Looking forward to the confirmation.

Is it possible for outsiders to contribute/donate to the prize pool?

On August 22 2019 09:36 afreecaTV.Char wrote:
Saturday, October 5 date confirmed. Start time will be at 1PM PDT with check-in starting at noon.

We'll make a separate thread / official announcement next week with more details.