1. 16 Players works well as is, no need to change it
2. It moved from 3 qualifying events to 4 a few years back and I think that works fine. You still need to perform consistently well at events to be in with a chance. Scoring 90+ at 4 events in a year with the number of players out there is no easy task.
3. The side events are awesome for the community and should definitely remain a fixture.
4. It would be nice to have media coverage if it's possible. The limitations of the venue will have an impact on this.
5. I prefer the gaming to be the important part of the Masters. It's nice to have fully painted crews but I don't think it's essential.
6. Difficult to judge effectively, as it's not clear cut like a game result. It would be nice to have the best painters recognised though, perhaps anyone achieving 4 or more Best Painted Awards in a year gets invited to display a crew at Masters Weekend and everyone in attendance has from before lunchtime Saturday until after lunchtime Sunday to vote?
7. Definitely free, it's the Masters 'Invitational' after all.
8. Not necessary unless there are no places near the venue that people can go.
9. I think Open Faction GG2019. It does give any players involved in the playtesting an advantage but if you are in The Masters, you should be able to cope. Having Open Faction means that it will be harder for people to guess what each other are going to play.
10. I've been knocked out at the QF stage twice now and have never been bored. Leave it up to the players to decide what they want to do.
11. I put SWAG but I don't really know. Trophies are always nice. The Masters is more about crowning a champion than getting on the podium, so I'd probably just stick to first for that.
Martin