Bare@Rose celebrated it’s 2-year anniversary last night with a C:SI tournament, good music, and lots of great community. I got to meet June Dion finally, and while she was way too busy to spend much time in idle talk, I did enjoy the opportunity.
It was a small-ish event (maybe 25 people), but we had loads of fun there with over $30,000L in prizes given away. The tournament wasn’t so much for C:SI as it was for B@R, so there were only a few of the more well-known C:SI community fighters there, but even those new to the combat system put on a great show. My favorite part, as usual, was the Master’s Treasure tournament after the main event, and for the first time ever I participated. Not that I did all that well, which wasn’t the point anyways, but I really enjoyed it.
I also got a sneak preview of the changes coming out in the next version of the C:SI system, and I gotta tell you: It freaking rocks! I’m going to keep mum about some of the stuff that impressed me most until I get word that it’s okay to talk about it, but let me just say that the guys have done an absolutely fantastic job. Those of you that are regularly asking me what’s new and if anything is being planned should believe me when I say that you probably aren’t expecting what’s in store for you.
I also talked a bit with Ayame about some new uses for the bots I’ve been working on. As I said earlier in the post, I’m going to keep it close to the vest for now, but Ayame had some great ideas and I see these plans having a very real benefit for the C:SI community.
I’ve got to admit that I’ve been pretty irritated with Second Life lately, and have gotten a bit of a bad attitude about whether Second Life is living up to it’s potential. While I do honestly feel that it’s got a very long way to go before it begins to realize even the smallest part of that potential, for now I’ve got a renewed interest and vigour in the development side of things, and I’m excited to be working on new stuff that I think people will enjoy.
Have patience, dear friends, it’s coming. And it will be cool.
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Interesting. I usually read about tournaments and how good they were… after the fact. I wonder why communication is so crummy in the C:SI community? There has got to be some place that tournaments are posted? Yes, there is the offical C:SI web page of which I have never seen a tournament posted becuase most are unoffical. So how do you get of the “A” list for tournament communication?
JulieAnne
Good question… I guess I don’t know the answer to this one either, since I seem to miss most of the tournament announcements myself. I know that there is a Tendai tournament next weekend, but only because I am in Tendai and am helping to sponsor the event.
We could definitely use a way to communicate more effectively and broadly about tournaments and such. I will see what I can come up with, and everyone’s ideas are welcome.
Another tournament I have never heard of. Where? When? How do you registar?
Personally, if I was a sponsor I would be choked. I’d want as many people to know about the event, and what I am sponsoring, as possible. I wish I knew enough about how the C:SI community works in order to suggest something beside groups, webpages and post boards. I need the Oldies to help me!
JulieAnne
Believe it or not… I am not sure of the answers to your question. It is being set up by Aregon Auer, it will be held in the first weekend of September, and… I don’t know how to register. Contact Shika Kuri or Aregon and let them know you are interested, I guess…
This clearly highlights the need for an event registration / publication sort of deal, doesn’t it?