Since you and I are the TOs, I can tell you what I'd like you to do while I'm gone. (I'll return sometime Sunday)
*Get a pretty good idea of what rules people want for the tourney, I posted some preliminary rules to spark discussion, but I'm leaving in two hours, so I won't see what people say for days.
*Take down dates that people don't want the tourney to be on. Right now We have from comboking not to have it on the 17th or 19th. We don't have to exclude these dates, just keep them in mind and try to find others if possible.
*Find out what time of day people want to have the tourney, be sure to keep it all in central time so we can keep everything standardized.
*Anything else you feel that is appropriate. When I return we can decide on a date/time and ruleset and start RSVPs, and give a few days for those to come in. Then either one of us can make brackets and get this stuff on the road.
*Do you think host advantage is significant enough to warrant regulation? Also, will the tourney be single elimination, best 2/3? Counter picking? Counter picking could be our answer to the controversy over Pentagon and Bunker.... Please find out what you can about what people want, but since this is just a first tournament, it by no means has to be perfect. Thank you so much for helping out.