As you may know I ran City Hunter's 11th Pro SCII event over the weekend (and our 3rd low tier event),due to an extended holiday I am taking and an already busy schedule Ive decided to halt the regular tournaments for a couple months.
With that in mind I have a few idea on how I want to run the events in the future.
1) Cash Instead of JBHIFI Gifts Cards- I believe I have found a solution, essentially "I" will run the events not City Hunter, so instead of paying City Hunter you either pay me via paypal or on the day
2) Two Comps instead of one!- Running the BSG/PD event alongside the "Invite" event seemed to work well, Im proposing to run a " and Below Comp" and a " and Comp"
3) Now heres the part I want some input For prize breakdown Im proposing something unique, I combine all the entry fees (lets say $300 for this example) then Giving the / a majority of the Prize Money, Im considering 1st-50%, 2nd-25%, 3rd-10%,
With the remaining 15% I want to use that money to Purchase coaching off s such as PiG, Iaguz and yang to use as prizes for the " and Below" comp (perhaps 2 hours for 1st and 1 hour for 2nd), the " and Below" Comp will also include shop credit and some other little goodies like Usbs, SDs and maybe some RAM, If I manage to have cash I dont really want it as part of the lower league comp I want prizes that smurfs do not want
4) Frequency- Im considering making these approximately every two months!
5) Helpers- Next season I want to encourage other people to jump on board and help, two things I would really like help with is some who could do a write up after the event and someone to take photos, If anyone is interesting in gaining some experience running comps I dont mind giving some training!
The major reason for this is that I want the rest of the world to know how awesome SEA events are, Id love to do it all myself but I am one man and I know there are others out there who can do a better job than me
6) Stream Im fairly happy with the the format our stream uses (Benji + Pros co casting) but happy to hear advice to improve on this!
7) Format Depending on the sign ups Im thinking " and Below" Will have group stage into a Semi Final Bracket and / be standard Double Elim, happy to hear thoughts thogh
8) Entry Fee- Happy with $10, how would you feel about the / being raised to $15 so there more money in the kiddy?
Anyway thats about all, any advice / opinions are welcome (feel free to PM if you are uncomfortable replying here)
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