great guide this will help a lot of people!

bump for re-sticky.

I mean , I did this very early in the game and have no experience at all in organizing tournaments so I would like to hear opinions/additions from great tournament organizers on this site :3

I did read this guide before i set up my tourney :D

thanks thino :D

but whats tournament discussion o_O

i have a tournament for saturday if anyone here wants to race for it

JOKE AROUND. Try not to be completely serious all the time. You're running a video game tournament, so have some fun. This will also make people like you more.
That's just Thino in a nut shell

lol if you where talkinng to me yer i love the fun you get out of mkw i just need 2 more racers for my mario tournie on saturday 6:00 gmt

This is worth a sticky. Hopefully this will stop the many incomplete attempts to set up a tournament.

I think that one of the main things, when you're organizing a tournament, is to be realistic of what you expect from the tournament.

Some things you need to take into account:

Amount of potential players: For example, if it's a temporal tournament, then expect a larger amount of signups than with a long-standing tournament (people then don't feel dedicated to keep going to something that they may not like) . Do you necessarily want to host a big tournament? Do you want to micro-manage several rooms or do you want to just host a 12 player tourney? Do you need help with this?

All of the things that could go wrong: Arguments from hacking, to cheating, to sandbagging, to track selection. You need to have your mind made up as to how you're going to tackle these details. You need clear-cut rules that people can understand, and clear-cut consequences if these rules are broken. Also, you have to be fairly absolute with these. You can't punish somebody for breaking a rule and then letting another person go scot-free.

Making your tournament unique: There are plenty of 'pro rooms', there's already a clan league, you need to come up with something original yet not entirely bizarre to scare off people. If you think you have a great idea, go with it. If it doesn't work out, then at least you tried. Try to use the game to the maximum :).

Concluding your tournament: If it's temporal, then what is the prize of the tournament? What makes your tournament worth playing through? If it's long-standing then how are people rewarded for participating in the tournament? Are there going to be special events?

thanks for your input Vi , added those that interested me to the first post

thino... i still dont know where "tournament discussion is" link please?