[mlthmp]

My biggest suggestion at this point.. is to keep this simple. OR, if you do decide to add the above suggestions, consider including a way to disable them.

Im sure there are board where such would be overkill or unused features. The bracket system alone makes this a killer modification.

My final suggestions at the moment,

Give the system its own AdminCP menu, where you don't alway shave to go through VB Options.

Consider adding the ability for an administrator to create events from the Admin CP.

May it be possible in the future, to make some events "Invite Only" ? So only the people you want to join can do so (without having to add them yourself) OR just a way to disable joining for some events?