I think the tournament should be blind draw for the brackets. ITs really the only fair way. I understand the arguement that its not fair if a less experienced player has to play someone line Sayomie or Shinobi in the first round but at the same time its not fair to players like sayomie or Shinobi if they HAVE to play tougher opponents first.
The tournament will start tomorrow, the brackets and updated rules will be posted in a few hours. I'm going to be playing despite what's been going on, but we WILL have refs, and if ANYBODY starts any kind of trouble, they're out.