Since its locked....

[Mal Nova]

"Sign-ups will close on March 14th and brackets will be posted on the 15th, at which point the corresponding fights will officially begin."

How the hell did it close a whole week before it was suppose to?

[John Doe]

There were only 16 slots open. After all 16 slots were taken, signups close.

[Mal Nova]

No. See the limit was never mentioned.

[John Doe]

Sign up here.

1) Arose
2) Orion
3) Shou
4) Orsalis
5) Alexander Trafford
6) Zex
7) Edward Reynolds
8| Shane Warnock
9) Alura
10) John Doe
11) Aero
12) Hajimaru
13) Victoria
14) Jayd
15) Ja'ar
16) Belle Hibiki

It was the on the very first page. :\

[Mal Nova]

Lol Actually... when the first 2 or three were shown it only showed their numbers... and names... not a number down to 16

[Mal Nova]

But I understand... and its been talked about.. this can be locked

[Vad]

As you wish.

[Jonathan Meer]

[Ashe]

I looked through the thread, Mal, and you are correct in that there was never any indication of a signup limit, neither through explicitly stating a maximum number of participants nor by making 16 spaces for signups in advance as opposed to adding a new line per signup. We had discussed beforehand and 16 participants felt like the appropriate number in order to allow for even brackets (the next allowable scaling would have to go to 32 people) and apparently overlooked actually stating as much in the post.

I apologize for any inconvenience that may cause anyone and appreciate it being pointed out. Hopefully we'll be clearer in the future to avoid such miscommunications. It is planned to have more events such as this, on a similar scale, so don't worry that you may have missed something like a Dante's Abyss, because that is not the intention.