=Stinger=
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I think the idea of giving different weights to the votes of different players is a bad one. The community lives and develops as long as there is a constant influx of new participants. But if newcomers are immediately told "your opinion is not very important to us," their enthusiasm will noticeably decrease. In my opinion, it should be exactly the opposite - "we are glad to have all participants." The fact that some percentage of newcomers will drop out in the process is just something that happens. Even veterans sometimes drop out at the last moment. Therefore, I propose the following system for counting votes: tournament participant = 1 vote tournament viewer = 0.5 votes If the problem of attendance is really relevant, then introduce a prepayment - something like 20% of the accommodation cost. Accordingly, all those who voted for a specific option agree to make a prepayment. For example, within a week after the voting results are approved.
I completely agree. I already wrote to Merlin that I am strongly against points. I remember the first CIS tournaments, when it was difficult to earn even a little trust in their organization/status, and everyone wanted the event to become massive and to attract more and more new participants/viewers every year.