The only thing you NEED immediately, is the motivation. If you have this, you will be able to go out and talk with venues, strike deals and plan out your event. Ideas for venues can be a church, arcade, college/high school gym, LAN centers, gamestops, hotel meeting rooms....ect. Seal the deal with a venue and the rest (people/set-ups) will be taken care with what I'm talking about below v v v v v





Thankfully, we live in 2014. The age of social media/internet. Twitter, FaceBook, Reddit, Myspace, smashboards, allisbrawl,,,,ect. These websites will help you reach out to the people who you cannot meet in person. It also allows you to spread in for/updates and communicate with people 100x faster. This also means that if you request people to bring set-ups on these social mediums, more than likely people will bring them.



As for streaming, do not be deceived, it's not required. Streamers will have you believe streaming is pivotal in terms of bringing in new players. That is false. I have pulled in over 100 people for a MONTHLY event multiple times without touching anything but SWF. Yes, streaming can help but it is def not required so do not feel like you MUST do it.



You do not need people to help you run an event unless you feel you require it. I have helpers when I want to go grab food or go potty. For me, that's all I need. If you want them, get them. It's not required though.