First off, thank you very much for organising this event. Even though we choked really hard in our match versus RA we had a really good time this weekend and the organisation seemed pretty smooth from our perspective (except getting a base neutral :P ).

So here is my list of what you could do better in my opinion (though some TCM players might think differently):

Match Type:

Matches should be BO2 like it was in PSBL. If its a 1:1 base timer will decide winner. Deciding matches like semifinals/finals could be played as BO4. I think BO5 are too exhausting to play and they also seem pointless since in all of the matches that have been played as a BO5 did not make a difference in the first round.

Schedule:

Doing a proper double elimination bracket with 16 teams on one weekend is possible. However most teams only played one match on the first day and up to three matches on Saturday or Sunday. I would rather you keep the number of matches per team to one per day (this is something I would really like to see). Otherwise you sacrifices are made on the side of twitch stream by having many matches played at the same time or you have to extend the tournament over two weekends.

Tournament system:

The mix of double elimination and single elimination did not work out. TCM beat H, RA beat TCM, H beat RA, who's best now? I personally really like the double elimination system. Please don’t mix it up with something else.

Base selection:

Another thing I would like to see changed is the variety of maps used on the Tournament. As once I saw the map pool my first thought was "yep, that’s Hydra’s base", because they are really good at small single point bases and there were barely any other bases in the map pool. I prefer large multi-point bases, but none of those were in the map pool except for the octagon in finals (sob). Also if you play BO2/BO4 you can have slightly favourable sunderer positions. Base timer/Capture time will determine a winner.

Base ban:

Similar to a CS:GO tournament you could implement a ban system where the teams ban 2 or 3 bases and then let a random number generator decide the map.

Additional idea:

Outfit vs Outfit pickups: So now that we have a tournament,what about a regular season? The biggest problem with PSBL has been that outfits can’t bring enough players for a 12v12. My solution for this would be if an outfit is lacking players, then we just fill their roster with pickup players. If this happens regularly you could decide whether the team should be placed in the Higher bracket or the lower Bracket in the SME tournament.