Wow, this has been a hell of a journey.
From start to finish, on the player side, this has just been an incredible tournament. Teams in the 10-1k were no joke and it really was a battle of skill and stress management. I never imagined being pushed to tiebreaker not once, not twice, but THREE times by THREE Different teams. To everyone who participated in 10k-1k, it was a hell of a fight, and that's exactly what I wanted. From the player side, thank you teams 7up, Hail Lord Gravified, and Creamy Nougat Everywhere for the amazing battles that came down to the wire each time.
On the management side, It's been a cluster****. Overall however, I think this has been a really good experience, since as a part of the cluster****, I think I know where we went wrong on each aspect of the tournament. I'll definitely make sure that I'm a part of the next Z Tourney so that we don't make similar mistakes on the management. Now, I'd like to give some shoutouts. -Kupo-, for carrying the streaming set up, making ALL the graphics and that cool animated client background we had, and streaming way more matches than I couldve. electricbullet9 for busting his arse and losing sleep over organizing everything, despite it being the first time he ever took charge of an event like this, and doing a really good job considering the circumstances. Histoire for seeing that stuff was falling to pieces, coming in and backhanding Bear, laying down the law, AND creating the best damn 10k-1k mappool ever (Except for PP Genome). Sexual Tentacle for doing great work on the 50k-10k pool (waiting for me to come in and throw in BS maps to make it hard :3). Smc, Kardshark, and SirenMuzza for reffing all kinds of matches at weird times, even amidst the confusion. Gaburieu- for coming in last minute and streaming the 10k-1k grand finals. haxsu for coming in last minute and commentating (With the worst conditions on earth)!
Overall, i've met some incredible people I never would've met due to this tournament, and it's been awesome. Discovering commentating was perhaps the best part staff side. Looking forward to the next z tourney!
EDIT: I knew I forgot people.