Sorta wanted to revive this...
I think we should do an OU tour, no gimmicks, single elimination, just straight OU with as many willing participants as possible. I don't think it would hurt to have a tournament with real "stakes," which I guess would be bragging rights. But the whole point would be that it's a sort of "official" deal where everyone just plays and may the best player win.
If that's a little stuffy, I think we should still do one because it's BATTLING and team building so we best be doing some battles, and I think a simple single elimination OU tour, maybe with a different banlist (like a no Aeg/Thund tour or something) should happen. I'm definitely a fan of a casual battling atmosphere, but I think tours do give a nice contrast where it's more spirited competition, and seeing as joining is voluntary, I think there's only upside.
I'm happy to organize it if you don't want to, Karp.
(While in theory I'm in favor of any tier, I don't know how much experience people have with, say, RU, and I'd prefer not to resort to a fake tournament like RandBats as imo that defeats the purpose.)
Why are the beautiful sick and divided like myself?