Grand Prix

We still need 8 players; we have 5 with contributions and 7 without. Ideally, we should also have 1-2 backup players in case someone drops out unexpectedly. Amiloo and The_ are asked to confirm whether they will play without contributing. Since the roster is still being assembled, we can start thinking about the schedule. April 23rd is too early, and then we'll miss two weekends due to the CIS games, so a reasonable date seems to be May 14th (Saturday). All players are asked to let us know if they can play on that day (you can send a private message). I suggest that all tournament matches be streamed mutually, so players who don't have streaming experience should familiarize themselves with the technical aspects and conduct a couple of test streams according to the specified rules. There is also an important question about restreamers – playing Blitz and commentating simultaneously is quite difficult, so a reasonable solution seems to be using a restreamer-commentator. So far, only nik312 has responded; we need more. Ideally, we need 4 people, one for each quarter-final match, and then we can divide the semi-finals and final between them. We can even have 2 commentators for the final. If anyone wants to try their hand at this role, please let us know; now is a very good time for it, as demand exceeds supply. Regarding the tournament rules, I have an idea to distribute castles to players at the start of the tournament, so each player will play with a specific castle throughout the entire tournament. How exactly to distribute them is not important; it can be random or not. We will probably have to remove Castle (too strong) and Necropolis (too weak) from the list of available castles and distribute the remaining 8 to the players. This will reduce the time spent on drafting/trading and increase the variety of the game.