Originally Posted by Esso

there were several double byes last year too because of no shows in addition to the first round bye. iirc there were people not actually having their first battle til the quarterfinals....why do that again by filling 64 slots with a bunch of bullshit entries?

For the chance of more people showing up I'd imagine. We could very well get similar no show numbers from 32 people. Slimming it down to 32 people who confirm they want to be in would probably be the best way to go about things.

Originally Posted by Esso

there were several double byes last year too because of no shows in addition to the first round bye. iirc there were people not actually having their first battle til the quarterfinals....why do that again by filling 64 slots with a bunch of bullshit entries?

For the chance of more people showing up I'd imagine. We could very well get similar no show numbers from 32 people. Slimming it down to 32 people who confirm they want to be in would probably be the best way to go about things.