I feel most of the hate towards "gimmicky" dueling tournaments has more to do with their record rather than the actual gimmick. Considering 80% of all of these gimmicky tournaments failed (see: most of everything run by King John & Nevino) the experiences aren't particularly positive. On the contrary, most Greatsword tournaments tend to succeed.
In fact, if I recall correctly, all of them have.
Regardless, I'm confident that Juvenile will effectively lead this tournament to success and wish him luck. I won't be joining because I despise dueling with a passion, but will offer Unicorn's Office for any European matches that want a NY server. Just toss me a PM or message me on Steam.