So the tournament today brought up some issues I'd like everyone to be aware of.

1. Low turnout. We went from 27 in January, to 13 in February, to 4 today. We've gotten a pretty good deal in terms of getting saturday table space back and prize support, but I doubt that will continue without numbers to support it. I know Crucible is this weekend, but WM/H is sufficiently popular that we're not going to be able to avoid scheduling conflicts with out-of-state cons throughout the year. In-state of course we'll try to avoid, which is why we did this weekend instead of second staturday, to avoid the mayhem cup conflict.

What do people need to make tourneys more worthwhile? Is is a notification issue? What would help, beyond reminding people on Wednesday, the DL calendar, and posting events on centex?

2. Bickering during games. DL got some customer complaints regarding behavior in one of the games today. I've previously been pretty low-key about a certain amount of smack talking between people that I assume know each other well enough to deal with it if tempers start to flare. But I can't tolerate situations that endanger our playing space, or our reputation.

Be polite and keep your temper in check, or I will warn you once, then ask you to leave for the day if it keeps up.



In happier news, Ben Andraka is the overall winner for the quarter with 8 straight victories despite missing today. Talk to me next time you're around on a Wednesday, I believe DL has some shinies for you.