Stop.
I urge the tournament organizers to speak up and create at least some clarity.
The participants have clearly expressed the following questions:
1. When will the tournament start?
2. Which version of the game will be used for the map, and which version should players use?
3. Will there be a separate ranking for each game version, or will there be a general ranking regardless of the version being played? There are the biggest disagreements on this point...
4. Will there be a single save file for everyone, or different ones? In other words, during time trials, can one person run three kilometers cross-country, while another runs a hundred meters?