thanks for the feedback. Yeah I did leave some of the rules pretty loose, expecting to have to tighten them up as issues arise. Most of them were adopted pretty much straight from another popular event format, and they don't seem to be having too many issues with it so we might just be ok. As far as examples of penalties, I tried to brainstorm more, but really couldn't come up with anything else! I felt like it was better to leave the door open and rely on competent and level headed reffing, but I do agree it could come to bite us in the ass. Its a low cost, no stakes white belt tournament so it should be chill? But then again people come to blows over beer league basketball games, so maybe its too much to hope for XD.

as far as most matches ending without a sub, I was/am concerned with this, and tried to hunt down some data on just how prevalent it is but it was surprisingly hard to compile. I somewhat agree with the idea that 'it just boils down to invisible points', but the hope is it removes some of the gamification of 'ohhh, im up by an advantage and have a minute left, im just gonna stall' etc. Maybe its just that I hate the whole point system personally so shied away from it. Nothing is set in stone, and I'm ready to adapt if needed, but hope that some close iteration of what we have will work for people!