I think I speak for nearly everyone, 3 months to participate in the Gst is just too long! Some people on the game only log on for the Gst. I think we need more types of tourney's scattered throughout the year. So my ideas will cover the months with no tournaments. So every month it would rotate to a new tournament.
Single Spars Tourney: This is pretty self explanatory. Basically anyone on the spar boards would be aloud to compete. Best 2/3 matches with admin monitors like gs to keep an eye on laggers.
Dual Spar Tournament or Tag Team: 5 v 5 gs is pretty fun but I think this would be pretty interesting. Seeing how others can work with 1 other person. This would either just be 2 v 2 gs or possibly a tag team fight. Your taking too much damage and you feel you just need to sit for a second you could tag your partner in by grabbing the corner of the arena.
Ok to wrap this up it would basically be like: January=Gst, February=Singles Tourney, March: Dual or Tag team tourney. I understand this would require admins to be on and more hats would need to be made for the prizes, but why not just use gralats and bragging rights as the prize? I don't think hats need to be made for every tournament. Anyway tell me if you guys like these ideas or not and why. Or if you have any suggestions feel free to post them! Thanks!