As a long-timer reader (but not poster), DN's blog has moved me to add my 2 cents... I'm not going to simply respond as others have that "its the principle". And I'd even go further than DN on the subject. The principle involved here is the arbitrary violation of their OWN pre-published rules. If the organizers of the tourney can ADD players at (non) random, there's nothing to stop them from REMOVING them (e.g. to substitute "name" players, or in the name of brevity, or what ever). In fact, toleration of this kind of thing only emboldens them to make any change at all at any time for any reaso