[Tuidjy]

I know I am in the minority here, but I have
always felt that strategy game tournaments should
not be decided by your social skills, or by your
reputation.

I.e. I would rather have a N-1 games against each
opponent, rather than some crazy and
uncontrollable mix of free for alls.

My suggestion (snowball chance in Hell) is that
the tournament is played on 1x1 maps, with both
players submiting a first and second race choice
for each match, and the tournament officials
rolling for first/second choice when the first
ones coincide.

That is the one way you will get the fuzzy stuff
out of the competion. Otherwise you will have
everyone pussyfooting it around the veterans,
people negociating and building up, waiting
for someone to start a war, and teaming up on
them, etc...

Hell, I'll play any way it ends up being,
but I would rather screw the diplomacy and get
on with the conquest.