I agree with " Cell " on using 4-6 dedicated servers. As most of us rent from different companies ( Ours from Trinity ), we can basically give up our servers for the day etc, use the same .xml's , passwords, etc, & named ie: Tourney Server #1 , #2, #3, etc.
A couple days before comp starts each player goes to each server & rates them, run a pole & let everyone vote the servers. That would give us the top 2-4 servers needed for the matches, before brackets are drawn or filed, draw placement of servers, then draw for teams on the bracket. That way its all even luck.
I guess we can all type this to death or get on some TS / Vent server & talk out the details.
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