I'm gonna agree with Kitty on this one: I doubt this dude is maliciously trying to deceive people in any way, but it seems pretty clear that he should have planned things a bit better, asked established tournament organisers for advice, got his name out, etc. Like most of the other posters here, I don't see how he could pull off what he's claiming to have organised. I might drag my UWE guys up to Cheltenham to get some first-hand experience of the outfit because anything I have to say at this stage is pure speculation, and as a wise man once said: "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation"
Dev, it's all well and good quoting these sayings as long as they are pertinent, and although this one sounds grand enough, it is not.
The guys who tried to set this up, lied their frikkin ass off, they had zero chance of delivering what they were promising and as such, how can we trust them in anything?...Now that is a pertinent and relevant saying, yours was not mate.
And it's no good now saying, 'well they didn't mean to lie', any fool would know you couldn't deliver what they were saying and as such, it then falls into the category of 'deliberate and willful deception', hardly the ingredients for a professional acting promoter.
This guy is calling me up today and so, we shall see what he has to say for himself because i am pretty pissed off he used my site to talk bollocks and and in my eyes, attempted to defraud my members.