Ogden Hastings

The Hastings weekly was started by Terrance "Tyrant" also known as the grandfather of Nortah and was the first venue in Nortah to hold regular weeklies, and is the namesake of the Hastings Era. The venue is notable for being the original Nortah venue, and giving the region an identity of its own. Many notable players today started out going to tournaments at Hastings, and it remains one of the most beloved venues of many who attended. The venue was the host for both Melee and Project M tournaments, though by the end of the Hastings era, Project M had fallen out of favor for everyone except the most dedicated of Logan boys.

The venue was not all positives, however, as the extremely long drive made it difficult for some to attend, and being a public store, tournaments were prone to being interfered with. The weekly also is where the darkest event in Nortah history occurred when the weekly was sweeped by non other than "Chris" and "Kev" Aguilar.

The weekly started having attendance issues near the end of it's lifespan due to Syracuse boys having band practice and some of regular Hastings shoppers treating the weekly like a day care for their young children. The venue was killed abruptly in favor of a Weber weekly, much to the dismay of many of its regular attendees. Some believe that the players left behind in the Hastings/Weber split still play together somewhere...

Notable Hastings Events:

 * LSP who only recently joined the scene almost defeating "Chris" at the Darkest Event in Nortah History resulting in the classic Nortah line "All you do is shield grab."
 * The Banishment of PM from the Nortah scene resulting in Pumpinz receiving a mod infraction on SmashBoards and Sinz swearing off the Nortah scene forever.
 * Lonk showing up to the weekly, doing a 180 after seeing that there is no PM setup, and walking out the Hastings front door never too be seen again by the Nortah scene.