N0rdicNinja
Digital Pro Sports
There has been a lot of talk, specifically with regard to the NFGRankings, on whether or not Flawless Victory should be counted as a major. Ultimately no one person can make that decision, not us, not Sin and not Brady. The community as a whole determines what is or isn't a major with participation and support. However SWBeta and myself talked quite a bit about this and we wanted to share our thoughts on the subject, as FV was a tremendously important milestone for MAK.
Instead of butchering his thoughts into my post, I'm just going start by quoting the man who started all of this himself:
As for my thoughts, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what MAK is and what exactly FV was supposed to be. The point of this write up is to give the community some insight into who we are and what our goals are, not only with regard to FV but with our events as a whole.
First a history lesson, who are we?
SWBeta (someone who doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves) ran MAKs first tournament at a Tekken 6 event known as Summer Crowns and Beatdowns back in August of 2011. It was very much a small side event with 16 total participants, but his goal was to spark some life into an area that had little in the ways of competition and hopefully kick start a true scene that people wanted to be a part of. Without him MAK would not exist and FV would have never happened, even though he may not be as vocal as Blackula or myself, he deserves to be recognized for what he has created!
SCB Is where Beta and myself met for the first time and he quickly realized how motivated I was to not only play, but truly support the MK scene. A week or two after the event he approached me about helping him raise and nurture what was eventually going to become known as MAK (had yet to be named at that point) and I jumped in head first without ever looking back! Fortunately for Beta, when he brought me on board he got a lot more then he bargained for, as I brought with my a very large supporting cast of friends who bust their butts for our events for little in the way of recognition.
Since the beginning Blackula, who also participated in the SCB event and every event since, has been a tremendous supporter of MAK. Before he was ever an Admin he would relentlessly advertise our events, transport people from as far south as North Carolina, go out of his way to contact people directly and has given countless tips and tricks on correctly creating/running a bracket. He had a huge impact on the quality of our events so Beta and I quickly snatched him up into our ranks, he’s a key part of our team and I have no idea what we would do without him. I’m confident FV would have had far less of an impact without him.
What was Flawless Victory?
Flawless Victory was intended from the get go to be MAKs first attempt at a Major, and in that regard I feel like it was a tremendous success. It’s no secret that we throw tournaments for MK every 2-3 months, and we will continue to do so to support the Mid-Atlantic scene. But FV was not just another one of those tournaments and it was never at any point intended to be, we were intentionally attempting to reach much further than that. To emphasize this even further, Flawless Victory WILL be a yearly event and you can expect us to go just as big if not bigger next year!
We didn’t call FV a Major from the get go because that is not our decision to make, only the community can decide that. However I feel we did everything we could have possibly done to represent FV as such. We may not have the money MLG does, but we have an amazingly talented and dedicated team and we authentically care about making the MK scene the best it can possibly be!
In the end, whether or not we are incorporated into the NFGRankings is irrelevant, it doesn’t take away from anything that was accomplished over the weekend. We would certainly be honored, but the thought had never crossed our minds until now. We just want everyone to know what our intentions were, and we hope we met your expectations. We love this community, and we plan to help it grow the best we can!
Major thanks to everyone who has shown their support! In the end we don't care if we're on a ranking list, our goal is to throw awesome tournaments that foster the MK scene and we will continue to do so!
-- TLDR --
Yes, FV was intended to be a Major, and we hope we lived up to that expectation.
Instead of butchering his thoughts into my post, I'm just going start by quoting the man who started all of this himself:
SWBeta said:
As for my thoughts, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what MAK is and what exactly FV was supposed to be. The point of this write up is to give the community some insight into who we are and what our goals are, not only with regard to FV but with our events as a whole.
First a history lesson, who are we?
SWBeta (someone who doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves) ran MAKs first tournament at a Tekken 6 event known as Summer Crowns and Beatdowns back in August of 2011. It was very much a small side event with 16 total participants, but his goal was to spark some life into an area that had little in the ways of competition and hopefully kick start a true scene that people wanted to be a part of. Without him MAK would not exist and FV would have never happened, even though he may not be as vocal as Blackula or myself, he deserves to be recognized for what he has created!
SCB Is where Beta and myself met for the first time and he quickly realized how motivated I was to not only play, but truly support the MK scene. A week or two after the event he approached me about helping him raise and nurture what was eventually going to become known as MAK (had yet to be named at that point) and I jumped in head first without ever looking back! Fortunately for Beta, when he brought me on board he got a lot more then he bargained for, as I brought with my a very large supporting cast of friends who bust their butts for our events for little in the way of recognition.
Since the beginning Blackula, who also participated in the SCB event and every event since, has been a tremendous supporter of MAK. Before he was ever an Admin he would relentlessly advertise our events, transport people from as far south as North Carolina, go out of his way to contact people directly and has given countless tips and tricks on correctly creating/running a bracket. He had a huge impact on the quality of our events so Beta and I quickly snatched him up into our ranks, he’s a key part of our team and I have no idea what we would do without him. I’m confident FV would have had far less of an impact without him.
What was Flawless Victory?
Flawless Victory was intended from the get go to be MAKs first attempt at a Major, and in that regard I feel like it was a tremendous success. It’s no secret that we throw tournaments for MK every 2-3 months, and we will continue to do so to support the Mid-Atlantic scene. But FV was not just another one of those tournaments and it was never at any point intended to be, we were intentionally attempting to reach much further than that. To emphasize this even further, Flawless Victory WILL be a yearly event and you can expect us to go just as big if not bigger next year!
We didn’t call FV a Major from the get go because that is not our decision to make, only the community can decide that. However I feel we did everything we could have possibly done to represent FV as such. We may not have the money MLG does, but we have an amazingly talented and dedicated team and we authentically care about making the MK scene the best it can possibly be!
In the end, whether or not we are incorporated into the NFGRankings is irrelevant, it doesn’t take away from anything that was accomplished over the weekend. We would certainly be honored, but the thought had never crossed our minds until now. We just want everyone to know what our intentions were, and we hope we met your expectations. We love this community, and we plan to help it grow the best we can!
Major thanks to everyone who has shown their support! In the end we don't care if we're on a ranking list, our goal is to throw awesome tournaments that foster the MK scene and we will continue to do so!
-- TLDR --
Yes, FV was intended to be a Major, and we hope we lived up to that expectation.
