Tournaments don't advance beyond the first round

I have entered 20 tournaments in the past two years. In some of them I've qualified for the next round, but none have ever advanced to that round. What's going on?

I checked five of your tournaments and they were all still in the first round because there are still first round games going on. You are waiting for some slower players to finish up their first rounds before you can go on to a second round. 

Some of your tournaments allowed up to 14 days per move, so you should not be surprised if some of them take three or four years for the first round to finish.

I see you have one from June 2016 that is still in round 1-  https://www.chess.com/tournament/supsk-tournament-5    At this point, there is still 1 first round game unfinished. It is a 7 day time limit and they have made 54 moves, which means they are both taking most of the full 7 days per move.  It is  rook and knight versus rook. That could go on for a long time.

Eventually, the game will end.  You are evidently impatient to start round 2.  One complication I see it that the tournament director had his account closed more than a year ago. I don't know if the tournament software automatically progresses to the second round if the tournament director is banned.

I suppose the smart thing would be to write to the staff and ask if you could take over the tournament, so that the 39 of you still in the tournament don't just sit around in limbo forever.

I think you must be incorrect. People who win get a point. People who lose don't get any points,  Draws are worth 0.5 points.

Please show me a screenshot where that principle doesn't apply to tournament results.

There's actually something to be gained by playing a little slower in tournaments.  I naturally move a little quickly (20 min/move in daily games); probably because about half of my OTB experience was G/30; so I have a natural tendency to move quickly.  In matches it doesn't matter.  I discovered early on in my first online tournament, it doesn't pay to move quickly.  If one of the players in the group loses early on and decides not to continue and withdraws, everybody within the group gets credit for the 2 wins; one with black, one with white; even if they have only made a few moves against that opponent in their first game.  Why take the risk and put in all the work to win quickly? This has substantially changed my approach to tournaments.  Early on, those first few moves could take over a week.