Hi Yoshi you missed out on a great tournament, sounds like a great idea that you guys have however the American sticks will be BIG turnoff for a lot of people, for fun and casual games it's okay but for competitive gameplay it's just not possible a big example is how No.17 performed in Mexico and how he performed here, v1.0 it's also going to be a problem.
I encourage you guys to have a tournament, I know it will help to have a little more tournament experience which is a big factor.