Is sanctioning a determining factor in your choice of a tournament? On other words, if the Land of the Sky tournament were not sanctioned in 2019, would that alone keep you from entering?
We chose to sanction the first Land of the Sky tournament to differentiate it from the endless list of options. As a first-year tourney, we applied for medal-match only sanctioning, meaning not all games would be refereed. Going forward that option goes away. Finding referees for a large tournament will be difficult and the decision to sanction or not will be influenced by player response.