I think they're on the right track, but there's still a couple steps to go.
The format wasnt changed on the site until friday after the tournament started. Also there was never any time crunch with matches, they had a lot of time off over 4 days, winners side & losers. Its set up that way to let guys go hang at their sponsors booth.The Bracket Format in Question is a Modified Single Elimination Tournament. You are guaranteed to PLAY TWICE, NOT LOSE TWICE. It is a common format to use when time constraints are in place. So yes if your going to lose it's best to do in in your first or second match, because generally after the 3rd or possibly 4th round there is no coming back.
It was clearly advertised on the registration form on the site. Someone posted an earlier version of the information before everything was set, or realized after the planning stages were over that based on the entrants a Full Double Elimination Event wasn't feasible. It's possible that the earlier site posting was also an omission from the plans and was corrected with an update.
At the end of all this I doubt it very seriously that Tournament Directors did or, changed anything on the fly. That would be crazy and very un-professional. Please give Mr. Hopkins and his Staff just a little more credit than that.
As for the price increases, as someone else mentioned no one knows what the overhead is to pull this thing off. So again be fair in your judgement. I know times are tough these day's, I'm currently working through a crisis myself, and that is the exact reason that I didn't attend this year. Had things been different I would have been there as in years past and I would have paid the entry fees and whatever other expenses that I incurred based on my budget.
Rant Over
~Black Cat~
The Bracket Format in Question is a Modified Single Elimination Tournament. You are guaranteed to PLAY TWICE, NOT LOSE TWICE. It is a common format to use when time constraints are in place. So yes if your going to lose it's best to do in in your first or second match, because generally after the 3rd or possibly 4th round there is no coming back.
It was clearly advertised on the registration form on the site. Someone posted an earlier version of the information before everything was set, or realized after the planning stages were over that based on the entrants a Full Double Elimination Event wasn't feasible. It's possible that the earlier site posting was also an omission from the plans and was corrected with an update.
At the end of all this I doubt it very seriously that Tournament Directors did or, changed anything on the fly. That would be crazy and very un-professional. Please give Mr. Hopkins and his Staff just a little more credit than that.
As for the price increases, as someone else mentioned no one knows what the overhead is to pull this thing off. So again be fair in your judgement. I know times are tough these day's, I'm currently working through a crisis myself, and that is the exact reason that I didn't attend this year. Had things been different I would have been there as in years past and I would have paid the entry fees and whatever other expenses that I incurred based on my budget.
Rant Over
~Black Cat~