Pretty much its the malaysian mentality, no free stuff no show up or even if theres free stuff people are just "lazy" to attend.

I told my friends "hey lets go to this tourney, doesn't matter if you're bronze or gm or whatever, lets have fun, meet people, etc" and they say "nah lazy" even if i offer to fetch them.

pretty much if there's even an incentive for anyone, people still cant be bothered to show up