Not sure if this has been suggested already, but I noticed in a bunch of tournaments the person that will exit the group is clear way before all the games are completed.  Couldn't a simple algorithm be implemented where the person is marked as a winner in the particular round, and the tournament can move on without being held up by people battling it out for 2nd, 3rd, 4th positions in a group.  I mean - sure they should complete their games, but nothing stops the tournament from going into further rounds at that point.  This could easily cut down tournament duration by months.

yep i totally agree with that suggestion

I signed up 37th for a 40 man tournament with a 1 day per move limit.  I don't know how long it took for the tournament to fill up 40 players from the time it was created, but I'm assuming it was quite a bit of time.  A few players timed out all their games on the first day.  It might be a good idea to have a sort of 'grace period' (3 days or so) after the tournament starts so people don't have to worry about missing the start, especially on these 1 day tournaments. 

That is one of the best tournament improvement suggestions I have heard so far. I agree with you, eternal21.

Another couple of ideas:

1) Put a column next to the % done that shows the ramaining games in the current round. A very helpfull information

2) When you finished all the games in one tournament and you know for a fact that you have no mathematical chances to make it to the next round, then please remove the tournament from the "My current tournaments" section. That will make things easier to read.