You paired at 5:06pm GMT, not 10 past, if that was true i'd have made it.
I know you are eager to get started with 8 players, but you can do the Tournament with 12 players and 16 too.
Honestly thought there was a rule on TUS where a Tournament MOD must wait 20 minutes before pairing, but couldn't find it...
I swear was so angry when I tried to register at 5:08pm GMT and realized you closed it, but if there isn't an actual rule then I guess it's my fault for showing up 7-8 minutes after registrations began
Will see about having a minimum waiting period for Tournaments in future.
Apart from that, looks like a good Tournament, GJ.
P.S - When you PM'd me asking if i'd be streaming shortly before the Tournament and all I replied was "No", it was because I was in the middle of critical listening in a mixdown, and if I started typing anything else i'd lose focus and screwup/forget/lose what I was doing, didn't intend that to be rude.
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