Tuesday: I'm sure I've seen Fencer say many times that "No one forces anyone to pay"

(Wouldn't necessarily be MY response, but I'm not the site owner!)

As far as your question on the Tournaments board, apparently no one who read it, had an answer. I doubt that Fencer reads every single post on every single discussion board. If you wanted a direct answer from him, after not getting one there, perhaps writing to him would have worked.

I haven't set up a tourney in a very long time, but as I recall, there is some difference in what shows, over what is entered, as far as starting date/time. It has to do with the time difference. I remember it being an issue in the past when I set up tournies more frequently. It seems to me I had to adjust the time for Czech time. I don't remember exactly, personally. I may also be completely in the dark and misunderstood your question. It wasn't all that clear nor full of details/information.

Tuesday: I know after creating a tourney, you are limited to what you can later edit. Perhaps # of players is one of them. I don't recall.