Okay, so first I would just like to say "hi, hello, greeting, and salutations" to everyone who happens to stumble upon this blog by accident when they meant to look for something else. Welcome to my little space on Destructoid!



So now that we have that out of the way, let me bring up something I had to deal with this weekend... POORLY PLANNED TOURNAMENTS! There was a Street Fighter 4 tournament going on near where I live so I figured why not try it out. For one thing I'm not half bad at fighting games and it could be fun. My plan to have a good time was sabotaged however by a couple of kids who didn't seem to know what they were doing, still setting up the place when it was past the time they advertised, and pretty much anyone jumped in for the next fight depending on who was closest within a crowd of people. People, this is NOT how you go about creating an enjoyable experience!

DO
Schedule when people face off against each other in a bracket type style

DON'T
Pick people out randomly from a crowd to face another random person

DO
Make different controllers available for all players

DON'T
Have two joystick style controllers on one table and on the other table only have an Xbox 360 controller and BROKEN special Street Fighter controller FTL (FOR THE LOSE)

DO
Create an environment where people can comfortably play / wait for their turn

DON'T
Just have a couple of bar stools and a bench to accomodate for EVERYONE

Catch my drift? I ended up only playing twice before frustration set in and I figured there were other things I'd rather be doing. How would you set up the ultimate gaming tournament? Keep in mind this doesn't have to be just for Street Fighter. I've seen really nice set ups for Halo tourneys that would make me want to play and I'm not even a Halo fan.