It sounds like a few things need to be addressed, but mainly the rules/regulations simply need to evolve.
It's like the Holy Roller/Immaculate Deception incident in (American) Football... it happened, and the rules were changed.
The ground rules need to be basic, too many rules is a bad idea for many reasons... you want enough leeway for each team to show their stuff... you WANT a distinct delineation betwixt "against the rules" and "frowned upon". That's where legends are born.
Break things out with Home Team and Visitor. Now break down the configurable rules. Maps? Planes? Fuel? Gun Package(s)? Let the home team pick x rules for 2/3 of the maps, let the visitor pick x rules for 1/3 of the maps (all of this is rough at this point, but you get the idea).
The trick is consistency in application. A really simple rule that pretty much spans the tournaments I have been in, regardless of genre, over the past 15 years or so: EVERY player/pilot records a film (or demo, or playback) and MUST send it in or their team forfeits. Of course, these stipulations are agreed to prior to joining said tournament.
One thing that would get the ego hounds involved in this again would be if HTC were to post results on FB/AH Page...
It'll be months/years before I am even close to good enough to participate in something like this, but I would LOVE to watch!! Some of you guys are downright artists, and seeing your moves firsthand is amazing - and I know I am not alone in that thinking.
Why don't you all stop being little faerie puff-puffs and put your big boy pants back on and bring back the World Cup of Aerial Asswhoopin? The unwashed masses demand satisfaction!
