Just an idea.

First off, Quakecon is a massive BYOC and tournament, and most of the staff is working on the BYOC. Now, most tournament players don't care about the BYOC. Most of us need to practice and play for the tournament, etc.

Basically, split the two. It's obvious Qcon staff and Qcon attendees have NO positive thought process about the Tournament. If Qcon staff truly cared, we'd have the tournament games announced a LONG time ago.

When I say 'split' them, I mean have them at different times in the year. As an example. one in the summer, one in the winter.

Three weeks left, and no announcements. Sure, all the BYOC'ers don't understand the problem, that's because they're BYOC'ers. We need to purchase flights, we need to get money from our sponsors, book of time for work, and so on. For example, this year Quake 3 is being used in most tournaments, so if Q3 is used, most of us wouldn't go to the event, because we haven't practiced it at all. Sort of like playing Football all year, then expected to play in a Soccer tournament. Yes, Quake 3 and 4 are VERY different.

Your BYOC'ers don't care about the tournament and players either. I've asked many people on Quakecon IRC about the tournament, and NONE of them want anything to do with it. Not only that, they completely unnecessarily make fun of us, insult us, harass us, etc. If a BYOC'er knows a person is going to Qcon for the tournament, they tell them usually to just fuck off.

Listen, all these BYOC'ers need to get a grip. Most of them live near the event, and drive 10 minutes to get there. Once they get there, they go to the BYOC, stay up all night, and play CS.

And those players have the BALLS to tell us tournament players the 'meaning' of Quakecon. Sorry, but I'm playing Quake (And playing it competitively) spending hundreds of dollars to FLY to the event, and compete in it.

The hostility of your BYOC'ers on the forums and in IRC are typical of an average douchebag/asshole.

Just split the two events. Have one in the summer, the other in the winter.

That way, specific staff can focus 100% on the tournament, and the other can deal with the BYOC.

I have NOTHING against the BYOC'ers, but when they tell me to fuck off because I compete seriously in a Quake game, things need to be said.