@Skorcher , the plan is to ask anyone who wins a tournament to sit out the next one (or play something else) assuming there are enough players to hold next tournament without them.
I'm aware that in the past that tournaments have had trouble with the same person/team winning every single time. I realize what a killjoy that can be (for everyone but the winner) . While i think such skill deserves to be displayed and rewarded, other people need a shot at the gold too. Assuming i have a large enough player pool to draw from, we're going to try and make sure that doesn't happen here.
in re: monitors we're heavily stocked on Dell and IBM screens, but it really will come down to what i have on hand come tournament day. I'm aware that everyone wants Asus or Viewsonic screens, but i'm limited to what i have to work with.
@Mobile Game Trucks - i've passed your email to my boss, and am awaiting his decision
@ Cody - bring you + 7 players and i'll run a round how you want it
Keep in mind this is our first tournament in what i hope will be a reoccurring and expanding event. We're figuring this out as we go along. I have to be able to balance the desires of the players with the resources of the store. Since we are running this for marketing/profit purposes I don't expect any other retail venue to hand me their play book on how to hold a tournament, and in truth, they are not us, what may or may not work for them, may or may not work for us.
This time out we're doing 20 consoles, but we are aiming at 50 for sci-fi horror fest , and have capacity of 60 consoles when we add in the desktop sales floor. More consoles = more variety = more fun