So Kyle and I have been discussing lately the idea of having a SMK world championship here in the US for the NTSC version.  We both feel that Colorado would be a pretty epic location since it's somewhat central and there's a lot to do/see for anyone who's never been there.  Again, Colorado is only a suggestion so we'll post another poll later to see which state is best for all the state dwelling karters since the majority of participants would more than likely be from here in the US.  We'll also post a poll for dates later as well.  Now we're only curious about the number of people who would be interested if this were to actually happen and for the sake of the poll just assume that the time for the tournament is perfect for you.

KVD wrote on 02/08/17 at 10:55:07:



Well it would be nice if you and the other top dogs could make it.  Some of y'all are even more beastly at the NTSC version so it would be a real shame if we couldn't import any of you SMK superstars  
Though we'll all be sharing the same common enemy in GP.......lag    Or as me and Eric like to call it Aron "Lagnarok"    (Eric actually came up with that one  )

Sounds great and now that I'm playing NTSC lately it sounds ever more fun! Too bad I have to be honest and I'm more then 100% sure this will be not not possible for me financially   For a lot of other topplayers it would be awesome!! CDM 2.0  

Of course I'd love to. I have the feeling I'm the only French player asking for a NTSC championship every year since 2008 or 2009. Even when I was the FFSMK president I tried to convince the players it would be cool to alternate PAL & NTSC every year, but nobody seemed to care.

Echoing Lagnorak, and GAS, id love to come but doubt I could do it financially. At least this year anyway.

Its the same really with getting more players from outside Europe to attend CDM, can probably get a few each time, but only a few as it is difficult for them to travel and the costs etc. Maybe the focus would be to get as many from USA to attend this meet. Though America is huge and flights would still be needed but at least it is nearer. Then if a few from Europe can make it that would be good. Not likely i can do it either.

wxyz wrote on 02/09/17 at 09:16:15:

This never prevented you from attending the regular CDM.

Well to somewhat echo what Sami said, the main priority here is to get as many people in the US involved as possible so that we can start having an annual "CDM" (with NTSC) here in the US.  With that being said, it would be ideal to have as many karters from Europe as possible come considering that is where the heart of the community lies (and best players as well to better represent the community :p).

Another idea that I've been flirting with is to maybe not make this an SMK exclusive event but to make it a part of an all Mario Karts event.  The entire Mario Kart Community is united by this website so I don't think that it would be that hard to plan.  Also, it would give a lot of us the opportunity to meet friends on the forum that we would otherwise never have the opportunity to meet.  Also having all of the communities involved would potentially cut down on the overall cost of funding.  There's even a good chance that Nintendo would partially sponsor the event with newer titles like Mario Kart 8 involved.  Again, this is only an idea.  I feel that an "American CDM" would probably have a better chance of success (especially for year one) if the other communities were involved.

The VA meet is going very strong, they have loads attend it (not sure how many, maybe 20+)

The way I feel is regardless of weather Nintendo condones the event, this needs to happen.

Mark me as interested. Someone message me
If this comes together as I never check this forum. The VA met does happen every year and we may have 4 of the top 5 or 6 players in the World there this year for kart 64