I agree with Yoda, double elimination is a much better way to run the tourney, everyone gets that one bad game and can still compete, more matches to follow, I think it's way better.
However after seeing just how few people wanted to continue or even didn't play their first match, it was pretty clear that it just wasn't going to work and probably should've been scrapped earlier, but now it's probably too late and we've just got to power through with the remaining few players. It'll really be a shame if next year goes back to single elimination because of this.