This is great for me, I'm excited.
But I can hear it now.. " I thought I was supposed to go first, thats why I didnt kill my game right away"
"but it was me and this other dude not you this round, why did you use that item, it messed us both up"
I think it should be mandatory to set up an AIM/MSN/ICQ/irc room chat with a staff member before each game + the 4 players, so everyone is clear as to the 2 players who play first and the 2 players who play second.
(instant disqualification to those who dont show up to the chat), this would save some playing time,
and the staff member could join if 3 people show up, and give the person whos match partner didnt show up a bye for the round, and will automatically play the winner of the other team.
If only 2 show up to the chat session, they can play a 2 player battle best of 3 and the winner will go on to the next round while the other team was disquailified. Telling the staff member who the winner was in chat, both agreeing, if an argument insues both disqualified.
Players could also post their ratings if this happens, before the 2 player game, and post their ratings after each game so there will be no question on who the winner of 2 was. Even if ratings are differenet they still go down if you lose.
then while we play the games and still in the chat session the staff will instantly know the winner, or problems. The staff memeber can then ask if everyone agrees that so and so won the match.