Team Fortress 2 at V18 Options

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Given that last Respawn we had over 10 teams sign up to the Team Fortress 2 competition, but only 5 teams were able to play due to the competition being delayed because of (among other things) Flatout 2 to a timeslot which it is just impractical for a large number of people to awake at, is there any changes being planned to make it more accommodate for players to play a larger tournament?

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Also, even though I know I will never win the TF2 prize given the team that currently wins it constantly is still competing, but the prize for TF2 has been lowered over the time I have been at the lan because of lack of participation, could this be partially because it is constantly being pushed back?