Comments on rules / refs I sent to NA Hardcourt

So, to bring this up again.

This weekend in Geneva, they had a small tourney on Saturday, and a Bench Minors-esque tourney on Sunday.

In Both Tournies, there were NO referees at all, and responsibility of actions was with the players. I have to say, apart from the first game on saturday, where the old dude on Sparton was being a dick, all the games were really clean and respectful.

You may doubt this could work, but I think it was a really good idea to try it at a small tourney, there were plenty of fairly new players there, who you would expect to be over physical to make up for their lack of skills. And I can safely say, the games were some of the best I've played or watched. Fair play ruled the day, and everyone was really chilled out.

This is what I'd hoped the EAST tourney would be like. Minimal input from the ref, just keeping score and calling out the time.