Hey everybody!
So, not to completely bash on yesterday's tournament, but out of ALL of the events that I have attended, the Triple Threat tournament was by far the "WORST" one I have EVER been to. It was said that the doors opened at 10:00 am, and the event was to begin at 11:00 am. I understand that a lot of times, these things start later then planned, BUT Triple Threat was over three hours late! It did not begin until around 2:30 pm. On top of that, we were charged $10.00 for parking in a crappy parking lot. THEN Keno and I found out that they were randomly charging for parking, and a lot of people paid, while others were not asked to. Of course he and I went to get our refund. That was so shady! This venue was in HAX, a damn gym and it was just ghetto, we were sharing the place with all these basketball players and bystanders. WELL, they were actually the people sharing their space with us all. Not to mention at night it was FREEZING COLD! In the grand finals, Justin Wong and Marn were blowing on their hands to try and keep them as warm as possible.
But WAIT... it gets even worse. Active Gamers was super short on their prize money and did not mention it to ANYONE until the end of the night. This tournament could have AND SHOULD HAVE ended by like 8:30 pm but lasted until practically 12 am. They were extremely irresponsible with organizing the events, and also providing the money that they said would be the prizes for the hard working winners. It has been a really really REALLY long time since I have dreaded these tournaments, but last night ROYALLY pissed me off. This was a complete waste of my time and to be honest, I am still peeved that I wasted my whole day there. But as always, being with my friends made the night a lot better for me and that was the best part of the night. My advice for active gamers next time (IF THERE IS A NEXT TIME) is to do a way better job organizing their events, and do not be shady in the monetary aspects of these things. Money is money, if you are short even one dollar, then you are short! OH and nobody has the time to stand around for over three hours to wait for you to start these damn tournaments, a lot of people were there around 9 am waiting for the doors to open at 10 am and we were not even allowed to see the venue until after 12:30 pm.
AND I have a super special question for active gamers... "What the hell was the point of the VIP tickets when the people who had them had to wait just like everyone else to get in the building?" Well, they provided 'free sandwiches'... whatever.
CONGRADULATIONS ON WINNING THE "WORST TOURNAMENT EVER ATTENDED" AWARD!
Good job to Marn for winning the tournament last night, even with the crappy weather conditions!
Thanks for reading!
Teresa Lee
watching the stream it seemed pretty cold over there. The idea of the "bleachers" was kind of cool. Seems like the Activegamer people dropped the ball on it. Wonder what some of the sponsers think about what happen? Funny how they were short on money, should teach any tournament organizer to never guarentee money.
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I am sure the winners were pretty upset seeing as to how long it took them to start playing after they discovered the money shortage. They negotiated how the payments would work and that is why they went back to play. It was really cold in that room, Active gamers ruined whatever they were trying to do. They really needed to be more organized!
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