Quote Originally Posted by Philomel View Post
In that light then, Dirks, having such things as making it compulsory for things such as the Gisela to have an entrance fee of 5 AP might need to be altered possibly? Or make temporary measures for a while until the wiki gets up, for more AP to be made? Is there a way for Gold to be transferred to AP?

Thanks for taking the time to do this.
No, and since I'm being frank in this thread, I'll throw it out here. Judging tournaments is the most time consuming staff activity on the site, and for the last 2-3 years the responsibility has basically fallen on me to judge them (even if someone else started). All players start out with 5 AP, so if they've literally done nothing they can apply. If you've spent AP without earning it, you've done nothing to help the site and don't deserve to participate. If you've contributed, then you will EASILY have enough to participate. After the first round, I'm basically giving out full judgments for free on my time. Nope, no how, no will.