The standard league is a good idea, because I am sure that a lot of people would join that one who didnt thing that they had a shot in this one.
However I like the tournment you set up this time. This is by far the best Mario Kart tournment I have been in. If you do choose to do another one with the same rules as this one, you can count me in. I know that it can be hard to run a tournment by yourself, but if you set up another one like this you can always count on me to be there to help you out if you need it
. things come up and its nice to have some back up.
The next tournment there should be a way to weed out the people who are not going to show up before the tournment starts. Maybe look at how many post they have or see if they showed up in other tournments that they were in and so on.
I love the point system and the rules that you set up for this one, I just wish people would of stuck to there word about showing up. Of course that shows good trust on your part, because you gave everyone a shot and that was a cool thing to do, at least in my book it is