Celtic Throwdown - September 5th & 6th, Ashling Hotel, Dublin

Time off work sorted and booked in for the weekend.

Now to not be Allen Iverson when it comes to practice.

So you won't be let back in to compete in top 8 or whatever if you only buy a 1 day ticket and happen to make it through to the second day? That seems a bit silly.

ayjayirl wrote: »

Tickets are available as follows

Competitors Pass (1 or 2 day): This entitles the competitor access to the event. (These are your kappa passes)
Spectators Pass (1 or 2 day): This is to cater for non competitors to come into event. Limited amount due to limited space

(Main tournament) Tournament entry fees: Fairly straight forward. 1 tournament ticket allows you entry into one tournament. 2 for 2 and so on for 4 tournament pass. You are asked which tournaments when you purchase these tickets.

so to get it straight to play mkx (and get into top whatever) it will be e35? (e37 and change through the online booking)

also pm your progress with wb/nrs, phone was off for a few days when you text and when was talking to ciaran the other day he said you were talking to the condiment twins and got some emails. ill try get in contact with razer aswell, he might have a contact or two

I just had a look at the pricing and i think it`s a little expensive and slightly confusing when ordering tickets. First of all, I would change the competitors pass to (venue entry or admission pass) because the competitors pass is slightly confusing. I think its important to make people aware that you can`t compete with a competitors pass, so i would definitely change that.

I would also make it clear what day your buying your ticket for (Saturday or Sunday) and that the ticket is only valid for that day. Then if you want you can have a separate weekend admission ticket at a discounted rate to make people not only want to attend both days, but also make them feel like their getting value for money. I don`t feel the current pricing structure reflects value for money and i think that value for money is key to maximizing your turn out.

I would also scrap the spectator pass in favor of an admission ticket, but also state that the admission tickets allows for casual play, which should be encouraged for newcomers who might be a little scared to take part in a tournament, it`s also a good chance to meet new people.

I would also have individual pricing for each game so you can gauge how many entries each game is going to have and start forming your bracket in advance. At the moment having one ticket for one main event means nothing except that one person has entered one main event, but you don`t know what event they have entered ????? I feel this completely defeats the point of having online sign ups.

I would get rid of all the fancy confusing names and would price the structure and layout something like this

Venue Entry

Admission ( Saturday) 15 euro

Admission ( Sunday) 15 euro

Admission (Weekend Pass) 20 euro.

Main Tournament Game

Ultra Street fighter IV 10 euro

Side Tournament game

Super Street fighter II Turbo 5 euro


Combo deals are attractive and four games for 25 euro is excellent value for money, but allow people to select what games they are actually playing in so you can keep track of whats popular and update the bracket in advance. Keep it clear and simple and don`t confuse people with crazy names and poorly structured price plans.

I've used the service and thought it was slightly confusing in fairness.

Dreddybajs wrote: »

Whatever you think of Chunkis' ability to run events, he probably has the most experience of anyone in the scene in this area.

QFT. I also found it very confusing to read, simple is the way to go lads. If it's not broken :P

Regarding the Chunkis comment, he simply does have the most experience with this kinda thing, and I do agree with/echo his points.

From my own experience of being involved in the planning, execution & documenting of events within the FGC scene in Ireland (very similar to this) and from speaking to the various organizers of HypeSpotting and WGC – a lot of work that happens behind the scenes often goes unnoticed & under-appreciated & a few have commented that it is a thankless job & that trying to maintain the whole collegial & community aspect while trying to get the tournament off the ground can often result in some dynamic negotiations

I'm always overwhelmed as the amount pre-planning that goes into these events - networking with sponsors, venue personal & communities as well as within the community itself; sponsorship and venue acquisition; identifying new avenues for funding & sponsorship; advertising, public relations & marketing as well as all the creation and distribution of materials that go with these mediums, video creation & editing; management of social media & the distribution and moderation of that media; scheduling of the games, the stream and the overall event as well as the personal physical and mental work and time given up by all those helping out.

From what I’ve seen so far, this event does seem to follow (mostly) the templates set out by the larger, European tournaments - those who are affiliated with the Capcom Pro Tournament – no? Ireland is a much small place in terms of pool of players and finance available - so you've got to give a bit of flexibility. Given that this style of tournament was only established since 2013, in terms given emphasise to personal experience & presenting of said voice / opinion / position / argument, - speaking with the organizers of these European event such as Hypespotting and WGC (who I have personally found more than accommodating) as well as the players who attend these events, would seem like a more inclusive & more informative way of exploration than just emphasizing the experience of one over the experience of others. Moving the dialogue & interaction from a personal view of how they think something should be done to a more wholistic point of view?

I suppose what I am really saying is that it is very easy to pick out the faults in someone else's work or efforts but it's not that easy to back those criticisms up with action and become a participant than just purely observer. We all want to make this event a success, so that not just Ireland gets a look in but that the FGC in Ireland (as a whole) gets the great opportunity in terms of inclusion and in terms of showing the wider scenes what we’re made of!

Zoomyzoom wrote: »

From my own experience of being involved in the planning, execution & documenting of events within the FGC scene in Ireland (very similar to this) and from speaking to the various organizers of HypeSpotting and WGC – a lot of work that happens behind the scenes often goes unnoticed & under-appreciated & a few have commented that it is a thankless job & that trying to maintain the whole collegial & community aspect while trying to get the tournament off the ground can often result in some dynamic negotiations

I'm always overwhelmed as the amount pre-planning that goes into these events - networking with sponsors, venue personal & communities as well as within the community itself; sponsorship and venue acquisition; identifying new avenues for funding & sponsorship; advertising, public relations & marketing as well as all the creation and distribution of materials that go with these mediums, video creation & editing; management of social media & the distribution and moderation of that media; scheduling of the games, the stream and the overall event as well as the personal physical and mental work and time given up by all those helping out.

From what I’ve seen so far, this event does seem to follow (mostly) the templates set out by the larger, European tournaments - those who are affiliated with the Capcom Pro Tournament – no? Ireland is a much small place in terms of pool of players and finance available - so you've got to give a bit of flexibility. Given that this style of tournament was only established since 2013, in terms given emphasise to personal experience & presenting of said voice / opinion / position / argument, - speaking with the organizers of these European event such as Hypespotting and WGC (who I have personally found more than accommodating) as well as the players who attend these events, would seem like a more inclusive & more informative way of exploration than just emphasizing the experience of one over the experience of others. Moving the dialogue & interaction from a personal view of how they think something should be done to a more wholistic point of view?

I suppose what I am really saying is that it is very easy to pick out the faults in someone else's work or efforts but it's not that easy to back those criticisms up with action and become a participant than just purely observer. We all want to make this event a success, so that not just Ireland gets a look in but that the FGC in Ireland (as a whole) gets the great opportunity in terms of inclusion and in terms of showing the wider scenes what we’re made of!

It is a messy job alright, running events like these provides some insight into the workload involved, sometimes its straightforward, and sometimes your losers bracket players have disappeared for lunch so the tourney is held up.

Running these events can be exhaustive, especially when you're a competitor at the event, there are probably things I would do differently, however, I know that organizers are doing the best they can to ensure everything is as good as can be.

Also, Is it €5 per side tourney entry or €5 to enter all of them?