33 including PB's entries... I've decided to put everyone into qualifying groups so I'm just about to visit the random number generating site.
edit : here are the groups
(any late signups will be randomly placed in one of the groups with only 4 players)
Top two from each group go through to the next round, though there will also be "backdoors" into later rounds to keep things interesting.
Group A
PSH
KoeN
ReligFree
`mac^
Timeline
Group B
Obli
Kurashima
JonnyBGood
Ephor
Group C
JC
roadrunner
furball
paolo
Group D
isildurx
Leshy
Smudge
milo
Group E
1-X
Kila
Maladoni
pablissimo
Group F
sigrid
Opi
Ste
Entium
Group G
Appocomaster
Curufinwe
Nadar
PureviL
Group H
Torz
Mintsource
Gzambo
All Systems Go