Perth, Aus, 1v1 Tournament up to $350 cash prizes! - Page 6

On March 26 2011 19:32 Griefer wrote:
Hey guys, its the host here!

I'd like to start by thanking all of those who turned up, ESPECIALLY those who didn't get a place. I'm very, very sorry I couldn't slot you in, bumping up the amount of players to 36 was a real stretch but I found it extremely hard to tell 20+ people just to leave and come again next time. As an avid gamer, and someone who wants the community to thrive it really affected me personally. By 1pm, I was running on 5 hours sleep with no breakfast, no lunch, no breaks, and a can of mother graciously brought to me by one of my amazing co hosts, Buff. I also would like to thank my dear friend Trav, for running the brackets and whipping people into their matches.

With the thanks out of the way, I'd like to take an aside and mention that the people running the venue were HORRIBLE.
I turned up at 7:30am to help them set their shit up, and they still managed to fuck it up and cause the massive lag problem that plagued the first hour and a half due to them turning on their switches in the wrong order... Basically they have a single copy of starcraft running off of a 7200 rpm HDD which then streams out ALL of the game data to the computers on a line that's also shared with the internet. Also did i mention that line, which effectively is meant to replace a SATA2 connection on your mobo, is a 100/10 mb switch which runs 36 PCs on ultra settings? Well i did now. The manual graphics change on each machine was also not necessary. I'm actually quite tired of this rant so I'm going to tl;dr it and end on a happier note. The systems admin FORGOT he had a registry file with the settings for each game on it, notifying me 2:30 hours into the tourney. They bumped the price up without telling me. Gave no reimbursement for the time i spent helping them set up early, and the 1:30 hour delays. Never, ever, going to touch that place again. I recommend you stay far away and tell your friends likewise.

But, apart from wanting to puke for most of the day and arguing with management this was a great learning experience for me and from what i gathered people had a great time (especially the winner who walked away with a cool $200 ^^). Going to apologise for the single match losers bracket but adding more people + time constraints and major stress made me settle for that. For the next tournament, that will, DEFINATELY be occuring i will explore all options and venues to make sure those who want to play will be able to attend and play in a great environment. It will NOT be at citypoint.

This was made possible by you, the community, and I'd like to congratulate you all for showing your support in what will be the start of something awesome in our sleepy little town.

On March 26 2011 21:13 vince2 wrote:

First of all ... WE the management did told you that 3 hours is insufficient for a tourney , and we offer you a better price 5 hours for 10 dollars but you reject it and insist that the tourney can finish in 3hrs , and guess what it turn up the tourney start from 10.30 to 4.30 total 6 hrs . I did admit that we wasted your first 2 hours due to boot order incorrect and caused the switch running on Megabit status , this is accident technical issue , no one wants it to be happen , and i already done my job to recover it as soon can i can . Regarding the reimbursement for the time u spent helping me to setup the computer , is seriously nonsense , cause this is part of your job as a host to come to the venue early and check it out do testing , this is what a organizer have to do , cash doesnt means anything understand ? And i really impressed on your leadership but u seriously have to change your attitude especially talking and dealing with people , believe it or not , james is just joking with you , he already decide to make everything for 200 bucks , and guess what you rise your voice and talk nonsense especially your epic " i pay for the venue why should i help ? " make james piss off and rise his voice as well , to be honest i working for james for 2 years you are the first person who make him mad , bravo bro . Mind you , u are just hiring our pc , and i m just here to help you , you are not the one who pay my wages . I choose to help u just for sake of responsibility , i can actually go home playing my iPad 2 at 8.30am . Anyway our server is running on 2600 Sandybridge i7 with 12GB ram , raid0 twin Western digital VelociRaptor 500GB 10000rpm HDD and twin gigabit port . And our pc specs are 2.4GHZ C2D with 4GB of ram and 40 of our computer running on Geforce 9800GT and rest are 9600GT . Anyway good luck for your hunting ,

On March 26 2011 21:13 vince2 wrote:


First of all ... WE the management did told you that 3 hours is insufficient for a tourney , and we offer you a better price 5 hours for 10 dollars but you reject it and insist that the tourney can finish in 3hrs , and guess what it turn up the tourney start from 10.30 to 4.30 total 6 hrs . I did admit that we wasted your first 2 hours due to boot order incorrect and caused the switch running on Megabit status , this is accident technical issue , no one wants it to be happen , and i already done my job to recover it as soon can i can . Regarding the reimbursement for the time u spent helping me to setup the computer , is seriously nonsense , cause this is part of your job as a host to come to the venue early and check it out do testing , this is what a organizer have to do , cash doesnt means anything understand ? And i really impressed on your leadership but u seriously have to change your attitude especially talking and dealing with people , believe it or not , james is just joking with you , he already decide to make everything for 200 bucks , and guess what you rise your voice and talk nonsense especially your epic " i pay for the venue why should i help ? " make james piss off and rise his voice as well , to be honest i working for james for 2 years you are the first person who make him mad , bravo bro . Mind you , u are just hiring our pc , and i m just here to help you , you are not the one who pay my wages . I choose to help u just for sake of responsibility , i can actually go home playing my iPad 2 at 8.30am . Anyway our server is running on 2600 Sandybridge i7 with 12GB ram , raid0 twin Western digital VelociRaptor 500GB 10000rpm HDD and twin gigabit port . And our pc specs are 2.4GHZ C2D with 4GB of ram and 40 of our computer running on Geforce 9800GT and rest are 9600GT . Anyway good luck for your hunting ,

On March 27 2011 11:42 acejem wrote:
Ah shucks totally missed this post... Any other perth comps coming up?

On March 27 2011 14:30 wordd wrote:
so where the fuck are the brackets/results spoiler tab

On March 27 2011 14:30 wordd wrote:
so where the fuck are the brackets/results spoiler tab

On March 28 2011 17:22 Sanic wrote:
So I was wondering if anyone I played or who was a spectator/ref in any of the matches I was in had any replays (just the ones I was involved in). I'm asking because I've already checked the internet cafe we played in but unfortunately they don't have it anymore (no fault of theirs) and since I was too foolish to change the settings on my b.net account to save the replays onto my b.net account.. well obviously they weren't saved on there.

On a different note, I also had a great time at the event (but then I won so my opinion is rather bias). Have to say I was also very lucky because I was contestant #35 which I think makes me part of the 4 who got in thanks to the extension to the # of players. In regards to that and to the host/organizers of the event itself; Cheers