Come one, come all, COME ON DOWN...To COMPLEX 2010

Have you ever noticed how some businesses seem to put up a going out of business sale sign, hang it from the doorway, but NEVER seem to go out of business for about a few years? I'm a fan of the Men In Black trilogy, more so the 3rd and final installment of the films. In Men In Black 3, there is a scene when Will Smith goes to see a store merchant about using a device for time travel. When Will arrives, the shot makes sure that it is clearly shown that the stores name is the "Going Out Of Business" store. Inside the store, there were signs on EVERYTHING saying that everything must go! I thought that was HIL-A-RI-OUS!! And at the same time, I thought that it was PURE GENIUS!

Bare with me for a minute because I'm getting to my point. 

COMPLEX 2010 has heard through the client grapevine, that some people feel that the company caters entirely too much to higher clientele that can afford the (affordable) rates. The comments initially started out as a low murmur, but as of late, its becoming a slight roar. 

How do we fix it? How do we reach out to other potential customers without offending our current clients? How do we remain upscale, without sacrificing our standards. 

I GOT IT!!

A GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE....But not quite...

What I have come up with is to design a hourly rate of $35 for 1 week and 1 WEEK ONLY. 

At the same time knowing in my mind that it will be for longer than only one week. 

How long? As long as it is felt that it is working. 1 month, 6 months, 3 days, I don't know yet. 

Im going to get the word out about the hourly rate and let it be known that the rate comes with terms. 

The key two terms are...

1. This rate is for NEW CLIENTS ONLY!

2. You have to have an established catalog of at least 10 songs. (We have to know that you're serious!)

I passed this info on to Cayex and Merk and they agree. "Whatever you think works JB", is what they usually say. And at the same time, I hear the dreaded words..."Make It Happen!" 

(Scoffs)

That means now that I've come up with the idea, I have to lay it out properly and execute it.

1st and foremost a flyer has to be designed...DONE and APPROVED!!

Now the TRUE fun begins...(I hope that it is obvious that I am being sarcastic!)

COMPLEX 2010 Present The NBA 2K15 Tournament of Champions

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The big event for the week at COMPLEX 2010 was our newly created NBA 2K15 Tournament. Initially, I wasnt supposed to be at COMPLEX​, or Chicago for that matter. I was supposed to be in Milwaukee celebrating my 7 year olds birthday. But my baby mama shifted the day of the event, which freed me up for Sunday. Cayex and Merk were glad to see me because they needed someone to make sure that the event stayed organized. Who better to make sure that the event stayed organized, than the person who organized it!. (ME!)

The event started at about 6pm. It originally was scheduled to have started at 3pm, but the Bears game was changed to 3pm, and there was no WAY that anyone would be willing to play while the Monsters of the Midway were playing the Georgia Dirty Birds. It was an assumption on my end, but I assumed correctly because no one was willing to come any sooner.

Drinks were served by Elementz Emcee, and for those that didn't want any alcohol, there were a few cases on Monster Energy drinks that we had on deck for our late night shifts.

20 invitees showed up, and were very glad to contribute the $50 dollar entry fee. 3 television monitors were set up in 3 separate parts of the complex. Teams were selected from a pool of the 16. The 1st round eliminated 8 teams, 2nd round eliminated 4, 3rd round eliminated 2...and then there was only 2. 

One shall stand...one shall fall! 

And indeed there was a victor! @Mr_4thQuarter beat Merk in a hard fought game between the Heat and the Bulls, and gladly accepted his $500 prize. A few people stated that I had made them aware that the prize pot was for $1,000. No sir! I stated that the prize was UP TO $1,000. The devil is ALWAYS in the details! But please believe that @Mr_4thQuarter had no reservations with accepting the prize. If this game was an omen to the things that are to come, then the Bulls will scrap and scrape their way to a victory over the Heat. 

Gamers ONLY!!

Complex 2010 is always active with activity. One of the best ways that we have found to relax is to play NBA 2K on Playstation 4. Now you may ask yourself, "why are these grown men playing video games?" Well if that's what you're thinking, then CLEARLY you've never played any of the basketball games in the 2K series. 

Understand that this obsession has a long history, and goes back to 1989. This is when Electronic Arts  (Now known as EA Sports) first released Lakers vs Celtics on the Sega Genesis game platform. Fast forward 6 years to NBA Live 95, which currently brings us to the now.

One day while taking a break at COMPLEX 2010, playing the newly released 2K14, and participating in heavy trash talking, we decided to round up everyone that we know that shares our love for the game, and start a basketball tournament. This way we could get everyone that we know, clientele and non clientele, and actually create something that could possibly grown into a much larger platform.

Initially when we first started discussing it, I thought that this would be an easy enough task to handle. But all tournaments require rules, regulations, fees, and a lot of patience while reaching out to find other players. Adding a cash prize would be an added incentive, as WELL as a special guest. (I'm working on getting one. Not including the fact that yours truly, myself, was in charge of creating the artwork for this newly created venture. Once again, I'm thinking that this would be simple enough to do. Once again, I thought wrong! 

After 8 revisions, and 13 hours later, the artwork was completed! The good thing about it was that I didn't have to give the hopeful participants too much info. I emailed them the finished artwork, asked them to share to all that may be interested, and waited for the replies. Fortunately I didn't have to wait long.

The official launch is Sunday October 12th at 5pm. (after the Bears VS. Atlanta Falcons game...) Unfortunately I wont be able to be in attendance. It's my 6 year old daughter Justice's Birthday!!

Other than that...Let the games begin!!