15/08/2009 - NZism's National SFIV tourney!

[fluxcore]

Just a quick thought...

Putting the price $$$ aside...

If Humanbomb does in fact decide to join this tournament, and wins, will the NZ community recognise him as the ANZ champion?

This way the national champion title will still go to a NZ resident.

I don't really see how we couldn't... however the 'national champion' title isn't necessarily still going to be easy to determine (depending on how the brackets turn out), and I don't know if it's even worth determining like that...

[Cr8zyK1LL3r]

I haven't finished the stick. So if you wanted to you could change first prize to cash.

I would love the aus players to join our tournament also. Having a big player like Humanbomb to join our event is a good opportunity for us to open our eyes.
But i can also understand the NZism's feelings, having a player who is not belonged to NZ and carrying over 90% winning probabilities is going to kill half of the fun.

And even if we have a cash prize for him, say $5/person chip in, 5 X 50 players = $250 only. I wonder if he would fly oversea just to claim that $250.

he can win money to sponsor a trip to japan/evo (or whatever).
I'm pretty sure the money you win from this tournament won't be enough to cover your ticket + Accommodation in NZ. Left alone flying all the way to Japan or Evo.

This is quite a hard decision, I hope the organizers will sort it out somehow.....

[fluxcore]

Well, from my perspective:

The tournament is supposed to be for the NZ nationals and has been organised as such.
If any Australian players want to enter, they are welcome to, however we're not going to change everything because of it. Maybe if there are enough entrants we can have a prize pot, but the current entry fee is to take care of venue hire + prize costs. It's too late to just cancel the prizes and make it a prize pot, probably.

I can't really see what more we can do until the day of the tournament and we know how many entrants (and therefore how much money) are there.

[Lennysaurus]

Well, from my perspective:

The tournament is supposed to be for the NZ nationals and has been organised as such.
If any Australian players want to enter, they are welcome to, however we're not going to change everything because of it. Maybe if there are enough entrants we can have a prize pot, but the current entry fee is to take care of venue hire + prize costs. It's too late to just cancel the prizes and make it a prize pot, probably.

I can't really see what more we can do until the day of the tournament and we know how many entrants (and therefore how much money) are there.

The prizes have taken ages to organise.  if the Ozzy guys wanna come over and play for them, then they are welcome too imo.

If you dont want them to come here and take our prizes then practice hard!

[CptMunta]

Let teh Aussie think what they like, you can see for yourself if HE does come.
I don't take comments like such until I get a taste of the BOMB.

I will take it as he's the best Ryu player in Aus & NZ. But comparing to Daigo.........
I've seen both Daigo's matches and Humanbomb's matches. If you observe them closely, Humanbomb's style is more like a sword that can break through your defense. While Daigo's style is more like a Spear that can pierce through everything + he has an ULTIMATE shield.

And my el fuerte is like the rotten tomato that disintegrates when it hits you in the face. Its annoying, but it washes off pretty easily.

Quote of thread  LOL

[zos'la]

Well, from my perspective:

The tournament is supposed to be for the NZ nationals and has been organised as such.
If any Australian players want to enter, they are welcome to, however we're not going to change everything because of it. Maybe if there are enough entrants we can have a prize pot, but the current entry fee is to take care of venue hire + prize costs. It's too late to just cancel the prizes and make it a prize pot, probably.

I can't really see what more we can do until the day of the tournament and we know how many entrants (and therefore how much money) are there.

The prizes have taken ages to organise.  if the Ozzy guys wanna come over and play for them, then they are welcome too imo.

If you dont want them to come here and take our prizes then practice hard!

I totally agree with Lenny, Prizes won't change so stop debating over this.

Nothing will change, Aussies are welcome to join and that is FINAL. This is a chance for us to see what we are unable to locally, open your eyes, this is a oppertunity for you folks to learn and share skills and passion.

If Bomb does win we can change the faceplate of the stick to something else, simple.
(this is for you Flux)
As for everyone else, sportsmanship plz.

[inoxx]

Looking forward to meet some of you's!

[Cr8zyK1LL3r]

The prizes have taken ages to organise.  if the Ozzy guys wanna come over and play for them, then they are welcome too imo.

If you dont want them to come here and take our prizes then practice hard!

That's the spirit I'm looking forward to see top players in aus also. Let's not worrying too much about the prizes and have fun together.

[maelgrim]

The Australian players will not be coming here based on our prizes

Ive competed in plenty of National events with Australian invitees and they certainly didn't come for the prizes - but for the experience and help fuel / foster the trans Tasman rivalry (all good fun).

Last thing you want to do is treat this like NZ golf and Tiger woods - where they had to pay him heaps to entice him over & resulted in a rather big loss for the event.

It will be great if a group do come, really give our top players something to measure themselves against. Then hopefully we can send a group to theirs.

[zos'la]

The prizes have taken ages to organise.  if the Ozzy guys wanna come over and play for them, then they are welcome too imo.

If you dont want them to come here and take our prizes then practice hard!

That's the spirit I'm looking forward to see top players in aus also. Let's not worrying too much about the prizes and have fun together.

The Australian players will not be coming here based on our prizes

Ive competed in plenty of National events with Australian invitees and they certainly didn't come for the prizes - but for the experience and help fuel / foster the trans Tasman rivalry (all good fun).

Last thing you want to do is treat this like NZ golf and Tiger woods - where they had to pay him heaps to entice him over & resulted in a rather big loss for the event.

It will be great if a group do come, really give our top players something to measure themselves against. Then hopefully we can send a group to theirs.

Both these are quotes of the day

Yes I am sure they are not in for the Prizes but more for the experience against other nation's players, just like a warrior seeking a challenge and wonders around the world in his bare foot!!!

It will be our pleasure to have these guys over and exchange our experience and most important to have fun. These guys if they are coming are putting $400+ for fleight and another couple of hundreds for accomadations so please give them something worth while to remember.

[[NIUE] Optimus DAVE]

YAY

i cant wait to play against them

im going to practice hard on lenny, i mean with lenny

[CrazyMobius]

Aussies? Big deal. They'll probably lose anyway.

[gunsmoke]

Aussies? Big deal. They'll probably lose anyway.

lol like your spirit

[Cr8zyK1LL3r]

so.... what's the final answer ?? Is it a yes or a no ?? I think the aussies are confusing.....

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

I would say yes to them coming. But its up to them whether they want to or not, given that they wont be winning any money, since NZ is too poor.