you're in chicago, right? where do you play locally
i dont have any super convenient locals. the one i went to yesterday is in glenview, but it was like a 30 min drive so whatever. ive also been to ASH@WIT in Aurora (was like an hour and a half drive) and GHQ in Third Lake (which is like an hour away)
EXP is also like 30 min away but its in a stuff area and its too expensive and the venue is garboge. its in Oak Park
if you want to find melee tournaments in chicago,
meleeeveryday.com is awesome and it has a list of upcoming tournaments and weeklies. ive also heard rumors that Ignite hosts a weekly but ive never gotten any info about that. Ignite is close enough for me to bike to, so I would definitely go there if they had a tournament