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Originally Posted by
Storm Veritas
The health of a tournament is critically reliant on the judges. Certain tournaments can get stuck in limbo indefinitely because judging is hard, thankless, and cannot easily be incentivized. The Shinvitational went great because Shin broke his back to carry the tournament and run it start to finish.
A properly motivated judge can run a tournament by themselves, but great intentions can often lead to abandoned tournaments.
Not that I could think of any tournaments that have been finished for a very long time (even through the finals!), without being judged, but that would really stink.