We are going to wait him forever to finish his games -.-

Probably upgraded his account. 

How fuzzworks had less than 10 vacation days left last week and now he have 18??

If more than one player has the same score after finishing then all those players tied move to the next round

What happens when three people have finished the group on exactly the same points and tie break? 

A lot of the participants over 1400 were rated in the 1300s until very recently and were invited to the tournament. I didn't realise that invited players couldn't be removed if they exceeded the limit so, to maintain a balance, I'm not going to remove anybody who is either over or below the threshold.

The players over 1400 who registered (rather than accepting invites) have all also been in the 1300s until very recently too so I don't think there's too much danger of a big divide in quality.

I'd wish everybody the best of luck but I'm sure people would prefer to keep luck out of it and hope to play good, solid games.

Enjoy the tournament.

DS

14 players exceed the rating limit.  Should they be removed/drop out before the tournament starts?