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• Las Vegas, Nevada: PDP Mortal Kombat 9 Tournament, $21,000 prize pool, May 14 - 15. Team Sp00ky will be streaming this for viewers at home, noon PDT start time on Saturday.
• Tokyo, Japan: Capcom vs. SNK 2 tourney, May 14 - 15. A live stream will be available, 8 p.m. PDT start time, this event will last for several hours.
• Blackwood, New Jersey: Body Shop Saturdays 11, May 14. Live stream available, 8 p.m. EDT start time.
• Rancho Cucamonga, California: I.E FridayNight BattleGrounds, May 13.
• Online, Xbox 360: Free online MvC3 tourney, May 15.
• Columbia, South Carolina: Game Nation Tournament, May 14.
• Irvine, California: UCI Ranbat 2.7, May 14.
• Lynnwood, Washington: SSF4/MvC3 Tournament, May 14.
• Lowell, Massachusetts: Souper Bowl SSFIV, MVC3 & MK9 Tournament, May 15.
• Lisboa, Portugal: Versus Clash Club, May 15.
• Chattanooga, Tennessee: Chatt-Town Beatdown, May 14.
• Charlotte, North Carolina: Rocke'em Sock'em, May 14.
• Houston, Texas: Test Your Skills Bar Fights 2, May 14.
• San Antonio, Texas: Thursday Night Fight Club, May 19.
• Ladera Ranch, California: Friday Night Fights, May 13.
• Dunellen, New Jersey: Weekly tournaments at The Break, May 16. Tournaments held every Tuesday, streamed on Justin.tv, 8 p.m. EDT start time.
• Portland, Oregon: Best Bout Presents: Throwdown Tuesdays, May 17. Streamed live on Justin.tv, 7 p.m. PDT start time.
• Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Tubby Dog/Canada Cup Weekly tournament, May 18. Multiple streams available. 6 p.m. MDT start time.
• Central London: UK MvC3 Tournament stream, May 17. Held every Tuesday, no start time given.
• Fredericksburg, Virginia: GamePad Fighter Fridays, May 13.
• Baltimore, Maryland: Wednesday Night Xanbats, May 17. Live stream on Justin.tv, 8 p.m. EDT start time.
• Florence, Alabama: Saturday Night Fights FTW, May 14.
• Long Beach, California: P-LAY Cards & Games Weekly MvC3 tourney, May 15.
• New York, New York: Battle Of 8 Bit & Up 13, May 18. Team Sp00ky will be streaming this tourney.
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University Family Fun Center tourney, May 15.
• Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Iowa Monthly Series, May 14.
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It basically just comes down to some people being gracious enough to run these tournaments.
It's not uncommon for some tourney hosts to ask for donations to help with the costs, or for the bigger tourneys, to take on sponsors that cover a good chunk of the expenses.
On top of that, nowadays if a tournament is streamed, money can be made off of ads run during the stream in order to further cover the some of the costs.
But yeah, for the most part a lot of these tourneys (ESPECIALLY the smaller ones) are basically run on charity work by host(s), so I don't blame you for questioning why there's always so many tournaments all over. It's all about dedication, really.
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In addition to what @4 said, a lot of the tournaments are run out of arcades and/or game stores. If you go to a lot of tournaments you will be going to these places a lot and the chances of you buying stuff at these locations rise regardless of whether or not you're there for a tournament.
The smaller streams you see during the week (and weekends) are probably not hard for those guys to do it. The equipment is always there at the venue (comic / hobby shops and local arcades). You just have to take it out and set it up (which isn't hard if you've done a million times). You just have to get people to attend. That's it. There's not a lot of Spookys out there where a group travels all over the country (or outside of the country) to provide the stream. Spooky is dedicated and relies mostly on donation to keep the stream running. Hence, that's why he asks for donation everytime he's on. Other streamers not so much b/c they don't travel everywhere.
In addition, Spooky probably gets paid by the organizer to stream the event.
I don't get why there are so many tournaments. I meant ... you need find a place to run it, and therefore someone got to rent the place. Then you need the equipment to record it. I sounds lots of work... for no pay.
Hence why I don't get how so many people can run tournaments.