Thanks for the feedback everyone and thanks to the 5 teams that played in the end! There is unfortunately nothing that can be done about the currency. I tried to pick a better time and lowered the entry fee for the next edition. The next 2v2 P2P cup is next week on Wednesday at 20.00 CEST in the BBall format. Entry fee is £3 per team (resulting in a maximum prize pool of £48), 16 slots, top 8 payout. Proper announcement will follow when the signups open (this Wednesday). Don't forget that you can host community tournaments in the 6v6, Ultiduo or BBall format. It is piss easy, rules etc. are already set up. It is literally just a few clicks away: https://esagamer.com/tournaments/community/create

bo1 is pretty stupid tbh

1st have decent promotion (a post on a obscure forum of other league in the morning of the same day shouldn't even count as promotion)

2nd have a more interesting layout, by this I mean, maybe it could even work as f2p but then you should create different tiers so people from different levels can still have a chance at winning something. Or else keep them 1 tier only but dont make them p2p.

3rd these tournaments need to be casted... I can't count how many times there have been excellent 1v1 or 2v2 tournament finals on ETF2L (mge, bball, ulti) which didn't even have stv, let alone a proper cast. These gamemodes are awesome, they add a lot of variety to competitive but they need to be promoted more amongst the lower skilled playerbase so you see some decent numbers popping.

Today morning this was posted on this forum (which btw has a really low number of potential users viewing compared to other forums / websites around), I actually didn't have nothing to do at work and checked it and saw it in time, but I imagine there's a lot of people that would play but they have no idea this is going to happen today. Still didn't register for it because how the hell am I supposed to find someone to play with withing 8-10 hours and while still at work??

Don't take my criticism wrong, I love what you're doing, just trying to give my input on this situation.

Ultiduo is popular, look at the last ETF2L tournament... the problem is your p2p cup format. I'm not gonna pay £4 to play 1/2 rounds of ultiduo in a cup with no publicity or prestige when I can get more fun ultiduoing on a night playing with friends. Make it a tiny pay-in and group stages before knockout, or even double-elim so that people actually get at least a few games even if they suck. That way you'll get many more entries, and the end prize money will actually be larger imo. Talk to casting orgs and arrange for someone to cover it, make it more of a serious competition instead of just a random 1 night cup. If you make it open you'll get loads of signups but less of a serious feel and the top names might not be bothered. If you make it optional p2p like the 6v6 cups then almost nobody will pay but you'll get lots of signups, so I think p2p is the right option you just need to make the amount much smaller and give people more for their money i.e. casting, more games they can play even if they lose, a bit of hype and publicity

The interest for an Ultiduo tournament with paid entry and money prizes is by far not as high as I anticipated. Looks like this will become an 8 slot tournament with top 4 payout afterall.

The interest for an Ultiduo tournament with paid entry and money prizes is by far not as high as I anticipated. Looks like this will become an 8 slot tournament with top 4 payout afterall.