So, do you think we could try it Real Time?
I would prefer it, too, it's just it might be difficult to set a time to play.
The competition I mentioned had this type of commitment: for a phase there was a week players had to post the days and hours they could be available and this way a common date would be found.
Example (all hours CET): traddles27 - Monday to Friday 6pm to 11pm, Saturday, Sunday - 8am to 11pm
Wreckage - Monday, Wednesday - 10pm to 6am, Sat, Sun - 5pm to 6am
Sergioreboot - Tue, Wed - 11am to 2pm, 8pm to 11pm, Sun 2pm to 9pm
So, in this case there would be Wednesday between 10-11pm and Sunday between 5-9pm... thetournament manager would choose one of those dates.
Anyway, it'd be difficult, but might work, in the end.
Eventually, we could play only 3 games, so people won't have to be online for too long.