TOURNAMENT TROUBLES!

Okay, let's rephrase the question.
1. The Competitive event is for Heroes 3, right? So why do we need a third-party program to run the tournament properly? And also: why include battles that are obviously won (like a Fairy against Zombies in a single stack)? Is it to make less experienced participants feel even worse?

2. Let's consider two scenarios. A high school student with plenty of free time, and a working person, let's say with a family. It's clear that in the second case, there isn't much free time. And that's where those infamous, hours-long battles with a PREDICTABLE outcome come in. Technical battles. Where the winner is immediately known; you just have to spend a lot of time flying around with a Fairy or a Devil... Why is this necessary? To weed out busy participants? So that Kyle, Zingel, or Geksorin don't have time to complete the tournament?