[quote=@Darth]
This is the part where I ramble like a doddering old man about how we used to walk 20 miles in the snow to attend our 32-person mild powers tournament and we were happy to suffer a little bit of frostbite for it.

I want to tap into that level of play again, but running a tournament well takes a lot of people. I'm trying to retool the idea for something a little easier to work with. When I get it finished, I'll probably pop up a link here for people to take a look at.
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Honestly, it sounds like it needs a lot of organization, definition, and monitoring through out the event from what I've seen and heard. Rather than when players require a judge calling as the competitive nature of some individuals can get out of hand because not everyone can handle defeat well and if you have newbies, mainly those who know very little about the system or have less experience, they tend to feel forced to trust the judgement of their opponents. And some times, that's not a very good thing because some people toss fairness out the window in favor of winning at all costs. *shudders*