VDV_forever
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Since we're already discussing the rules, could you explain the sacred meaning of organizing a preliminary registration for participants in an offline tournament? Everywhere, the final save file serves as the registration.
If almost everyone who registered actually played, that would be one thing. But that's not the case...
It's very simple:
1) To allow participants to see that their save file has been successfully submitted and that it has been accepted or rejected, so they don't have to contact the organizers unnecessarily and worry about it. ;)
2) Agree that if there is only 1 player in the participant table, there is simply no point in participating, because without a quorum, it's no longer a game.
3) Usually, well-known players who have registered for the tournament send in their save files and add significant intrigue to the game, attracting new and old participants to the tournament just by their presence.
Example (Fireball, vbn, Qwerty, Dmitriy_AS, etc.).
4) With the introduction of such a table, there is at least some order in the naming of the save file sent by the players. Otherwise, they might send a file named =34gfd.gm1, and you'd have to guess who it's from.
5) Convenience for summarizing the results for the tournament organizers.
Sincerely, VDV_forever