Too many tournaments, not enough players and creating really large tournaments probably exascerbates this problem.

Are you inviting players that you want to join? You can send out invites, even if its not an "invite only" tournament.

a) 12 people per group = too many games for some people

b) No vacation = bad for many members

No vacation is the problem for me, what with Labor Day coming up. Count me in if it doesn't start until after that, though.

Basic Members can only be in one tournament at a time. Sorry.

First rule of tournament invitations is to not bother to invite basic members.

TadDude, you're a jerk. 

I think he's joking.

Somewhat ironically, I was joking when I initially posted this forum topic. I was just secretly hoping it would draw people into the tourney :]

Really?

Yes really. I know why people don't/can't join large tourneys on this site. It was pissing me off that I couldn't devise a creative way to draw more potential traffic to the link. So... I made yet another post linking to it. BTW is that really you Capa? I LOVE YOUR ENDGAMES BRO!!!

No offence intended. It is not practical to invite basic members. Even if they were interested in joining they are less likely to have an available entry with which to join a member-created tournament.

Members can decline and free up the invitation for reuse but it appears most do not.

That's a pretty clever idea, Fonix.

And for the record, I have gotten 3 additional people to sign up since I posted this earlier:) 

p.s. I think it helps to have a catchy post title. 

yeah, i think these huge tournaments aren't half what the smaller ones are.  ironic?

I wouldn't know. It still hasn't started. 

In a previous thread, as I recall, I predicted that there would be scant interest in "no vacation" tournaments but I think it's great that chess.com allows us the choice.