Maybe think about a different tournament format if we’d be running fewer tournies at an event. Some way so that even if you aren’t good, you can stay in the competition for a little while, versus Round 1- you sucked. Next please.
Also I don’t see why console tournies couldn’t run all day, back to back, just like the PC games. I made the point already in another thread, but that gives everyone an opportunity to either compete all day on either platform, or go back and forth.
I know it’s not about the competition, but let’s face it- competing is more fun than free play, even if it is just a friendly tourny.
For instance, you could run CS:S, Quake 4, DOD:S, and Unreal 2k4 all day back to back like gxti suggested, meanwhile a Halo 2 tournament is running during the PC tournies, and then Gears of War run in the other half of the day during PC tournaments. The rest of the time, the consoles can be free play or you can add in another game as well.
More specifically, a schedule could look a little like this:
2:00-4:00 CS:S//Free play
4:30-6:30 Quake 4//Halo2
6:30-7:30 Dinner Break – 1 hour
7:30-9:30 DOD:S //Gears of War
10:00-12:00 Unreal 2K4//Other console tourny or free play
Just a thought…