billiv15 wrote:
Considering we have already thought about this, and that Jonny and I have already done one on our own, I think it's pretty simple.
Basically, you use a Paypal account, to have people pay (probably best to set a deadline a few hours before to ensure that they actually paid before letting them play).
I suggest a $10 cost. $5 goes to the winner, up til $95 is reached (cost of badge and entry into the championship). The other $5 and any extra go to one of our site sponsors to buy prize support for everyone else. Dean can get us gift certificate type things if we want, but I would probably just keep it simple and use paypal to pay everyone just to make it easier on the TO. Otherwise, you need to deal with shipping and mailing, but that's up to you.
Basically, you would need 20 people in order to have enough to buy the badge, but say you only get 15, well then, you just pay a portion of it. I suspect with enough advertisement and prep time, and a tournament plan for late June you should easily get 20 people willing to participate. Granted you might run into someone's local regional, but it shouldn't be that big of a deal, since the primary audience would be those that haven't already won one, and those without access to one, like those silly Canadians. I would play in it if the date worked out.
Then you need someone to run it, there are a few people who already have done DCI tournies on Vassal, so they can either do it for you, or walk you through it.
That's pretty much it.
I can stand behind this idea. I would also play given the date works out.