Okay, I have been searching through the forums and ive seem to run into alot of competitions/tournaments.
There should be a seperate forum that users post in if they want to host a tournament. Or to discuss a tournament recently held here at SEN.
Unless it's a HUGE tournament like the official SeN tournaments and what not can still be posted in the Portal News, but if members want to discuss the tournament they can make a new topic in the tournament forum.
No; there aren't enough tournaments to warrant it, nor would it be healthy to have more tournaments.
How would it not be healthy? It would be ALOT more fun to enter competitions and what not. Not only would the tournament forum be for hosting tournaments, but it would also be for discussing tournaments.
More than one tournament at a time steals participation from each. One tournament at a time is better, which does not warrant its own forum. Want to discuss a tournament? Make a topic in Null.
There would be all kinds of different tournaments. Modding, mapping, terraining, etc. Whichever the member would like to join, they would sign up in that one.
The only way it would actually steal participation is if there are certain rules the hoster uses or if there is an entry fee. If one is cheaper they would go to that one. So, overall it's mostly the hosters problem if they don't get participation.
Major tournys (Blizzard, Game events, Clan battle/Clan related events, etc.)can go into the News section. Minor tournys (Mineral, picture, avatar, sig, etc.) can go into the Null/Game section. Mapping tournys (Maps, Mods, er...Maps, etc.) could go into the General Map Making section. That simple.