I edited all the answers to that in my text.
you pick A B A B A b A B u pick 4 Groups=16 civs in total which you can freely use over 4 Maps.
Scheduling is in the Group stage: u have 3 weeks total to schedule 3 games, Pretty simple and plenty of time.
This requires tho that enough Teams sign up. Which didnt happen so far.
I'm sorry man but it sounds like a joke to me. There is a rule or there is not a rule. I looked for a teamate careffuly to play according the rules. I am 1900 and I am trainning with a friend 1600 to follow the rules. See a team above the defined number playing is total unfair. The rules about skill cap have changed once, now people out of the rules will be allowed to play?You can sign up and i will check your voobly profiles then. And also i have to wait and see how many other Teams join and what there skill-cap is. If most of the Teams who will join are above 5300 Points, it will be fine.
I want to avoid that teams who will (for example) join with a total Rating of 5200 feel that they have no chances or feel excluded.
But people please dont forget there is also a 4v4 Event with an even bigger variety of maps.
In general you are completely Right Faraday. The reason for the adaptation is very simple. Without that there would simply be no tournament, since not enough Teams signed up. I had the choice to adapt to the situation or cancel the tournaments.
This is a compromise so that the tournaments can happen.
I hope you will still enjoy the tournament.
Please keep in mind this are my first two tournaments here and i use them as a test to see if the community is open to such tournaments. If the players and the pro players who cast the games enjoy it, there can be more tournaments like this for sure and i can adapt to the Feedback.
Springs team wont play in the tournament and they know that. You are right, they are way too high.
a suggestion of choice of civilizations, is the form made in larger tournaments ABBAABBA