BakaBT Mahjong Tournament Announced

The Slowpoke Express has just arrived bearing news - the 1st BakaBT Mahjong Tournament is a go.
As the participants have just been sorted into groups, the tournament kicks off with a league format, probably with a cutoff into further rounds. We're still rather unclear about the particulars. The tournament organizers should have their hands full handling game reports and matching up the 98 participants confirmed thus far, as almost all of them can only play at 5pm on odd-numbered Tuesdays in their respective time zones. BakaBT has always had one of the more active anime-based communities for as long as I can remember, so it's no surprise that the signup thread had almost 100 posts within a few days before it was slammed shut in a panic. We shall see who among the pantsu pundits shall prevail against their peers.