(Jun. 06, 2011 2:49 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: I do like the idea of a guide for people who are new to tournaments, actually. Very basic rules, some tips to playing well in a tournament, warnings about deception (not to say it's illegal, but so they don't freak out and accuse cheating when it happens to them). Just a one-pager document.
Ah, I was going more along the lines of something for the hosts, but I think a tip guide would be great! I'd like to hand those out to the younger kids who play in tournaments because they don't switch beys and end up losing earlier than they should.
I assume you're referring to what happened to Kei? It's terrible that hosts are normally blamed for winning. For example, I remember I won in a tournament of 8 in Virginia, which was something like my 9th or 10th tournament that year so I was extremely happy! As parents were walking out, they scolded me for winning and claiming that I was rigging the tournament. My solution was for them to stay behind and I'd gladly teach them how to play and judge, review the rules, and go over recording results so they may run a more efficient event than I do. I completely skipped over defending myself in this instance. They shut up.
These kind of situations can be tricky because you want them to bring their kids back to events, but you also need to stand your ground. It would be ideal to have in a guide kind of like a warning and a method for handling these sort of things - like a "host etiquette". Not only would that help the stress level for the host and decrease tension, but it helps us maintain a better and more professional image for the WBO.
I'm considering typing up a step-by-step guide for promoting/planning events. It would mostly be geared toward meeting the minimum 8 in a rural area. When I was out in farm country, I saw that it is very difficult to get others to commit so you need back-up plans.