Yeah, this thing about flying the finalists to Vancouver to play there is one of these ideas that sound cool at first but are kind of impractical when thought through.
- Visas is the most obvious issue (ok, no idea why Noggano can't come, might be personal reasons, but the brackets that were up briefly also showed that Jove wasn't supposed to play in this qualifier...).
- It's hard to calculate what the tourney would eventually cost, because air-fare would have been very different depending on if either Jove or Dusty makes it to the finals, but you'd have to put some number in the budget.
- For traveling, the finals would have to be held on Saturday night anyways to increase chances people can travel there and back in one weekend. However, depending on where the finalists come from that still might not be possible.
- Ok, potentially one finalist might just hop over from the states while the other has to fly around the world to play the finals totally jet lagged. Sounds good
- The trip to Vancouver is cool and all, but maybe the finalist would prefer to get the 2,000 US$ (travel costs) in cash? Just saying...
Yes, clearly some mistakes were made, but I am glad Relic took the time to organize something like this. This was a great event that benefited many aspects and people of the community. This milestone may prove to be problematic, but it was with GREAT intentions.
All they can do now is try and remedy the situation in a logical manner; to which it seems they've done this far.