Due to the small number of participants, I suggest extending the tournament until 29.01.2007, provided there are no objections from toxa and AmberSoler.

P.S.

as for informing participants about the tournament, is it possible to send an email blast, something like "on such-and-such date, such-and-such tournament starts, we would be glad to see you there"..

Yes, everything is possible... but I have already provided two links and the forum administration has remained silent in response to both, even though the second thread was created specifically by the Admin, but he hasn't replied in it since. Same goes for the private message (although it might have been lost during the site migration, I can't say for sure).