Preparing for the "Van Kanegem" tournament.

It all depends on how it works out... :) History doesn't know of many multi-stage tournaments that last for a whole year...

Perhaps not for Heroes, but I know of a game where a similar tournament (an offline tournament) was held in 10 stages (1 stage per month) + a final stage for the top 10 players. Moreover, the number of participants in each stage ranged from 10 to 30.