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Any thoughts on how many games it is reasonable to expect each person in
the tournament to play? Let me offer a suggestion and get feedback. The
tournament could be set up so that each entrant will play in five
subtournaments, each subtournament consisting of eight players. With eight
players to a subtournament, each subtournament would have three rounds,
with four eliminations in the first round and two in the second round. If
each entrant played in five subtournaments, his games would fall between a
minimum of five and a maximum of fifteen. 

As for the logistics of deciding which games entrants would play, the top
five ranked games would be played by everyone if exactly eight people
signed up. If more than eight signed up, then there would be additional
subtournaments, but not everyone would play in each one. Assignments to
subtournaments would be made based on a list of ranked preferences from
each entrant.

Anyway, deciding the exact logistics of the tournament is not as important
right now as it is to decide on a reasonable number of games to be played.
A minimum of five, a maximum of fifteen, and an average of ten seems fine
to me. But I would like to know what other people think.