Here are some of my comments:
1. Before we can settle with an entry fee, it's important to note what the prizes are. It will probably be better to see that the whole pool (in this case, P4,000) will be spent on prizes for the winners.
2. TIME! Let's compute how long the tournament will approximately take:
-First Round: Estimated 8 minutes for one player to finish 3 pop-mode stages (clearing all 3 stages, including boot-up, loading screen, etc.). There are 16 players, and this will be repeated 3 times. 8 * 16 * 3 = 384 minutes ~ 6.5 hours.
-Second Round: 4 matches of Pop mode = 32 minutes ~ 0.5 hours
- Third Round and Fourth: 4 matches of Club mode (approx 10 minutes) ~ 0.5 hours
So the tournament will take 7.5 hours to complete? That is roughly 12nn to 7:30pm. Oh, and not only that, we cannot just simply block someone else wanting to play T2 just for the sake of the tourney, we don't own the machine
3. Round pairings are better this way (I'm not sure if this is already what will be implemented) :
First Tier:
1v4
2v3
Second Tier:
5v8
6v7
Third Tier:
9v12
10v11
Fourth Tier:
13v16
14v15
Usually the above pairing is better than the typical 1v2, 3v4, etc... to ensure that two strong players won't battle for a top tier spot, and one strong player falling off. (sorry if I explained it poorly)
3. It's probably better to have effectors consistency throughout the whole tournament. I mean from the start, we should already decide if effectors will be used on ALL or NONE of the rounds. Not every player practices on effectors, and it may not be fair for some stronger players who hardly even touch the effectors.
Though those are just quick comments I generated, if you need some help with the tourney planning, I can happily help out.