It is time for a DM Tourney

[kermit]

4 would be more fun i think...not to mention being more efficient. then with 16, you only have to have two rounds of competition assuming you just take the top player from each match. if you take the top 2 from each round instead, you could have 3 which seems cool. there are some possibilities here.

how about the first two rounds emphasize dm play and mentality and the very last round emphasize map skill? so, with 16 players for example:
1st round: 4 matches with 4 players/match
2nd round: 1 match with top players from their respective matches
3rd round: 1v1 match with top2 players from 2nd round.

or

1st round: 4 matches w/ 4 players/match
2nd round: 2 matches, 4 players each with the top 2 players from their respective matches in the 1st round
3rd round: 1v1 using top players from 2nd round.

could be a lot of suspense with this.