I just created a Gothic Chess "warm up" tournament.
Sign up if you want to practise your game a bit before the big money tournament.
Only for fast players, please.
Sign-ups close and games begin this Saturday.

Spiderman: a great idea you came up with.
Team tournaments between different countries would be quite interesting in many game types.
Interfellowship tournaments would be a way to do it easily (after that feature is added).

Fencer: Why is "Spider Line4 Fast Weekend Tournament" still listed as a "running tournament", even though it is completed?
Should I, as the one who started the tournament, have done something after it was completed?

hrlqns: Not if both games started at the same time, like it is done at IYT.
Kevin: I totally agree: if 2 games, one of each colour, were played it would be fair and S-B points would also be OK.

Kevin: Even if they beat you in a game in which the player making the first move always wins if he doesn`t make a mistake?

Yes, that would be right IF both players had an equal chance of winning the game. At least in 5-in-line this S-B system only makes an already very unfair system even worse.
As I mentioned earlier, with optimal play the one making the first move should always win in 5-in-line. Now if there are 2 very good players in the section, the one getting to play white against the other already has a really HUGE advantage. If we add S-B points we have a situation in which the other player cannot even compensate his bad luck of having to play black by winning all the other games even if the other good player lost one game against a lesser player.
And of course this 15x15 board (which is the best size, don`t get me wrong about that) compared to IYT`s 13x13 makes the white`s advantage even bigger.
So in this tournament system even the best player needs luck to win a section. For example, I`m not THE best 5-in-line player in the world, but I`d really like my chances against a world champion in a BrainKing 5-in-line tournament. That is, if I got lucky and got white in my game against him.

Signups for the first ever Sundance Tournament (Five in line) close tomorrow!
If you haven`t signed in yet, proceed urgently to "Tournaments" page!
Btw. Good luck to all players (myself included :)).