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2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 12th - 14th - Jester - 02-Feb-2015
Today I will begin putting together the flyer for our event. Casti, Chris A and I will be the 3 tournament directors.
I would also like to start figuring out all the logistics that will be associated with the tournament, remember I'm trying to grow this tournament every year, so that means even more effort than last year, a lot of it falls on me, but I will need support from the usual suspects (Jon, Vern, Dan P, Dan K, Casti, Mario P) and anyone else who can help support us, any and all help is welcome.
Changes from last year include moving the tables and having the tournament on the other side of the bar near the lounge/party rooms. Hopefully I will have both lounges during the tournament (and will be able to run some Jim Stevens DVD's on the TV's inside). See the floor plan attached. This will be a much more attractive venue for both the players and tournament directors.
Saturday I again plan on having a buffet dinner, last year was a great success.
2-3 computers will be available for players to view the charts.
I aiming to get 10 tables for the tournament, we currently have 5. That means we need to acquire tables for the tournament, there are a number of different ways we can do this:
1) People who are interested in buying a new table can opt in on a table order, by combining shipping we can save and those who do purchase a new table and allow us to use it for the tournament will get a discount on their package. I am on the market for a new table, I haven't decided if it will be Leonhart or Tornado, but am leaning towards Tornado since its back in the ITSF. So if we can start compiling a list of people interested and get it confirmed ASAP that would help us out a lot.
Players Interested: Jesse, Mario I, Mary
2) People who currently own a T3000 that is in good condition (Chris A, Casti, Chris T, Waleed, Merv, Kat) if you lend us your table for the tournament you will get a discount on your package, and we will pick up your table Thursday and drop it off Monday.
Tables Loaned: Casti
Events and format:
OS - considering different format options, Round Robin, Swiss, Match Play, Double Elimination
OD - considering different format options, Round Robin, Swiss, Match Play, Double Elimination
Team Roto Doubles - SE 2/3, teams of 4
Pro-Am - 2/3 winners and losers double elimination
DYP - 2/3 winners and losers double elimination
Amateur (under 1000 points) Doubles - 2/3 winners and losers double elimination
Expert (under 2000 points) Doubles - 2/3 winners and losers double elimination
Junior Doubles - For those of you with children (Mary, Manny, etc) if you feel like it would be worth while I will host a Junior Doubles tournament on Sunday morning/afternoon, 17 years of age or younger. If one of you with kids wants to take the lead on this it would be greatly appreciated. We could promote to the local YMCA's, Boys and Girls Clubs, and high schools in the area.
Sponsors: As always we are looking for sponsors. If any of you know of any companies that would like some exposure at our event we will allow them a banner, business cards/flyers on the registration desk, and a number of announcements throughout the weekend.
Production: I am going to be getting in contact with Live 885 to see if they would like to come out and broadcast live from TG, if they don't want to I will hit up another radio station. We could make the junior event a charity event or something of the sort to tie the radio stations in with a good cause. Whoever got in touch with the TV station last year it would be great if they could do that again this year, if not I will make some calls and send off some emails. It would be great if different people could do the TV appearance this year if we are able to get one, if I had my pick it would be JP (good speaker, connects well with people) and Mary and/or Kat (having a female presence would be nice and both of you are friendly/ welcoming). If you guys don't want to its all good, you were just the first to come to mind.
I would also like to bring more production value to our tournament by increasing the streaming/recording of matches as well as photographing (Gid has paid his dues, someone else should take over for him) and recording video throughout the tournament of players hanging out and having a good time. Jon I'm hoping you will be able to help us out with this, but if someone thats into video production would like to take the lead on this it would be greatly appreciated, as Jon's wife is having a baby in May and he might be busy. We have Go Pros, hopefully some camera(s) from Jon, and if any of you have a high quality digital video recorder let me know.
Chris and I are committed to growing this tournament every year, and we hope you share the same vision. Having been to tournaments outside of Ottawa over the past few years I remember the best tournaments being the ones with the most support, and that support is going to come from all of you at OFA who help us pull this off. Take a look at the AQBB for instance, their tournaments are fairly priced to enter, run smooth and are a great atmosphere the entire time, and its because their players support the tournament and the TD's by helping out and contributing. I hope you guys are all as excited as I am for this tournament, it will be a great time as always.
Logistical Support Needed (at this time, will be updated as needs arise):
Thursday - pick up tables from peoples houses who are loaning, set up, move tables, clean and prep tables, lighting, projectors, computers, couches
Friday - set up, computers, prepare parts/merchandise table, internet
Saturday - production
Sunday - production
Monday - take tables back to peoples houses
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Pixel - 02-Feb-2015
(02-Feb-2015, 01:21 PM)Jester Wrote: 1) People who are interested in buying a new table can opt in on a table order, by combining shipping we can save and those who do purchase a new table and allow us to use it for the tournament will play in the tournament for free (free package). I am on the market for a new table, I haven't decided if it will be Leonhart or Tornado, but am leaning towards Tornado since its back in the ITSF. So if we can start compiling a list of people interested and get it confirmed ASAP that would help us out a lot.
I may be interested in picking up a new table.
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Jester - 02-Feb-2015
(02-Feb-2015, 04:13 PM)Pixel Wrote:(02-Feb-2015, 01:21 PM)Jester Wrote: 1) People who are interested in buying a new table can opt in on a table order, by combining shipping we can save and those who do purchase a new table and allow us to use it for the tournament will play in the tournament for free (free package). I am on the market for a new table, I haven't decided if it will be Leonhart or Tornado, but am leaning towards Tornado since its back in the ITSF. So if we can start compiling a list of people interested and get it confirmed ASAP that would help us out a lot.I may be interested in picking up a new table.
Ok I added you to the list, thank you!
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - garbaggio - 02-Feb-2015
Looks awesome. Just one really early suggestion. Seeing as its the biggest tournament in Ontario (might even be the biggest one in Canada at this point), we may as well call it something grander, like the Ontario foosball championships.
Taha
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Jester - 02-Feb-2015
(02-Feb-2015, 04:30 PM)garbaggio Wrote: Looks awesome. Just one really early suggestion. Seeing as its the biggest tournament in Ontario (might even be the biggest one in Canada at this point), we may as well call it something grander, like the Ontario foosball championships.
Taha
Thats always a possibility, but I'm leaving the door open for the Toronto guys to have a tournament this year thats all. Wink wink nudge nudge.
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - deliverance - 02-Feb-2015
Why don't you get the guys on board with TSAC (which you're a member of....) and make it a National tournament.
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Jester - 02-Feb-2015
(02-Feb-2015, 05:17 PM)deliverance Wrote: Why don't you get the guys on board with TSAC (which you're a member of....) and make it a National tournament.
I am working with TSAC on this, working to get it ITSF sanctioned as well. Nationals is being held in Montreal in November when the Leonharts come in and will be multi-table. We can change the name, but this is what it has been called for the past few years so I posted it for familiarity. Talking more logistics here.
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - deliverance - 02-Feb-2015
Logistic wise that sounds about right, again I'm always more than happy to help out with the tournament.
A few points from my point of view:
- Sounds like quite a bit of events, but with more tables the conflicts shouldn't be as bad as our previous tournament where we only had 5 tables.
- Round Robin is way too much for my liking. You get your money's worth but you also get very fatigued playing that many matches. I'm in favor of any other format but that.
- Sunday is always our less popular day, it's more annoying to travel to for doubles. This year I would like to see you schedule Open doubles starting Saturday morning, it will encourage more people to show up for Friday's DYP as well.
- Move open singles to Sunday.
- Don't run Amateur and Expert doubles on the same day. Focus on the main events, with ample tables it will let people practice in the meantime, and advance those brackets quickly.
What I will commit to:
- 1 loan of my table for the weekend
- cost of a trophy for the team event if Thomas can take care of contracting that out. Nhu Merv myself and Carm need our name engraved as the 2013 champions of that event.
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Jester - 02-Feb-2015
2014 Champions on the Trophy*, but yeah for sure, I thought Morgan said he would cover the cost if we picked it up, could be wrong though.
Thanks for the table loan.
Wanted to start both OD and OS on Saturday, really want to encourage more players to make it out for the full weekend. One of the complaints in the past has been not enough events, so with 10 tables I think we can achieve both.
Added you as a TD?
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - deliverance - 02-Feb-2015
Sure unless something big comes up I'll be around.
We should see if we can get a hold of TSN 1200 and see if they are willing to plug it on the radio, it's right around the cup finals. I'll talk to some contacts closer to the event and see what we can do.
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - 5barwarrior - 03-Feb-2015
What about using the swiss tournament system?
RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Jester - 03-Feb-2015
(03-Feb-2015, 01:24 PM)5barwarrior Wrote: What about using the swiss tournament system?
I'm considering it, but I'm hesitant because a lot of players are not familiar with it.
Points/ranks also have to be spot on or your match ups wont be fair. Some swiss formats have no playoffs but I want to have playoffs. I then have to decide if I'm going to run multiple playoff brackets so no one is eliminated, or eliminate a set # of teams and run one bracket. Then you run into the possibility of a pro team who goes .500 against the strongest teams being eliminated and an amateur team who goes .600+ against amateur teams making the cut, I think players would take issue with this.
2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - mwhiting - 03-Feb-2015
Awesome job Jesse! I'm really excited about this tournament and I would be happy to help out in any way I can (distributing flyers, moving or cleaning tables, administrative stuff, etc).
I may be interested in upgrading my table.
I love the idea of a juniors tournament and would be happy to take the lead (with a little help and guidance).
I'm honoured you would think of me as a female presence for OFA. I'm not a great speaker so Kat may be a better choice here, though she could also be busy with her little one... so I'll do it if there's no alternative. I already know what shirt I would wear (eat sleep Foos)! Lol
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RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Jester - 03-Feb-2015
Great sounds good Mary.
What do you think of this so far? I think I'm going to do a 2 page flier, less clutter, looks cleaner.
see attachment
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RE: 2015 Ottawa Foosball Championships - June 5th - 7th - Pixel - 03-Feb-2015
(03-Feb-2015, 03:59 PM)Jester Wrote: Great sounds good Mary.
What do you think of this so far? I think I'm going to do a 2 page flier, less clutter, looks cleaner.
see attachment
Looks good, but I'd stay away from white text on yellow background....
http://webdesign.about.com/od/color/l/bl_contrast_table.htm