If the main even has 8 spots for qualifiers, the top 16, 32, or even up to 128 should be seeded and only kicked out of the tournament if they don't check in at all. For the rest you can do first come first serve. Giving the spots randomly or seeded after an hour is bad for those who check in and wait an hour to find out that they won't play after all.
It is not too complex of a ruleset and nobody would be against having the top 32 in the qualifier guaranteed. Top 32 has more face to lose than a random seed 238 who might not show on a saturday morning because he was drinking and doesn't see a reason to get out of bed just to get clapped by a top player.
It is actually kinda how I expected the thing to work with the top 128 seeds.
It is not too complex of a ruleset and nobody would be against having the top 32 in the qualifier guaranteed. Top 32 has more face to lose than a random seed 238 who might not show on a saturday morning because he was drinking and doesn't see a reason to get out of bed just to get clapped by a top player.
It is actually kinda how I expected the thing to work with the top 128 seeds.