This is kind of late but I wanted to post a bit about my TFC experience. I already did this in the TFC thread, but I just want to reiterate it here.
I went 0-2 in the tournament, not because I lost both my matches, instead I was DQ'd in both matches. When you walk into the tournament, SF4 stations are the first thing you see. I saw about 8 set ups and I don't know why, but I assumed that was it and I stayed there the entire time since I don't care for anything else.
A few hours later I talk to a guy I played in casuals about my pool. He tells me my pool is probably over already. It turns out that there were more SF4 stations on the other side of the room which is separated by the audience for the main stream. I had no idea about this of course. I go over there only to find out that I've been DQ'd already.
If that wasn't bad enough, I played against 3 guys in casuals earlier and got bodied hard. I went something like 0-20 overall against one Gief and Two Bisons. It turns out one of them was Tampa Bison. Basically the skill difference was too big and I had no chance against these guys. It was kind of a wake up call after not going to a tournament in a while.
I had some other bad luck as well, so overall I was pretty free at TFC. I only went there for one day and Raleigh is a two and a half hour drive. So it was a depressingly long drive home.