Baldie, have you considered having something like DreamHack?.. with Multiple Group stages? Might make things run a bit faster? Seed top pro's into final groups and spread things out like that before moving onto a single or double elim bracket?
Not sure if that system runs much faster, but It should do? since you play three series rather than a full group of 5 series?? but there are more people?
Might be worth doing some research into? I like that format.
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