A total number of 140 (out of 204) questionnaires were returned. Below are the detailed results. The first column contains the (possible) answers, the 2nd column the number of hits, and the 3rd column the percentage (per answer or cumulative within a category).
Question: Registration information
Youth 7 5.0%
Student 29 20.7%
Regular 104 74.2%
Total 140 100.0%
Question: How were you informed about this years Obayashi Cup?
Flyer/Poster 35 17.0%
European tournament calendar 16 7.8%
Last years announcement 8 3.9%
Belgium magazine 6 2.9%
Dutch magazine 54 26.3%
German magazine 6 2.9%
Internet (rec.games.go, WWW) 11 5.3%
By friends 55 26.8%
Go club 14 6.8%
Total 205 100.0%
Question: How do you feel about the necessity to subscribe in advance?
Good 41 29.2%
No problem 86 61.4%
OK 79
No answer 7
Some problem 7 4.9%
Bad 6 4.2%
Total 140 100.0%
Question: What do you like (most) about the Obayashi Cup?
Formula 60 25.0%
One day tournament 34
Unique formula 6
No byo-yomi 5
Thinking time 14
Date of tournament 1
Sponsoring 54 22.5%
Prizes 40
Lottery 9
Small gifts 4
Low entry fee 1
Organisation/Presentation 42 17.5%
Organisation 13
Presentation/Decoration 6
Atmosphere 15
Strict tournament schedule 3
Flower decoration 4
Playing equipment 1
Playing field 35 14.5%
Lots of participants 19
Strong playing field 6
Widely spread strength 10
Location 22 9.1%
Amsterdam 9
Location 13
Professional presence 16 6.6%
Professional presence 5
Professional game commentary 8
Simultaneous games 3
See friends 8 3.3%
Children activities/presence 2 0.8%
No answer 9 3.7%
Total 240 100.0%
Question: What do you dislike (most) about the Obayashi Cup?
Nothing 74 48.0%
No answer 53
Nothing 21
Playing conditions 26 16.8%
Thinking time 16
No byo-yomi 10
Formula 19 12.3%
Not enough Sun. competition 11
Not enough Sun. activities 2
Not enough rounds 4
One day tournament 1
Formula (in general) 1
Breaks 13 8.4%
Breaks not long enough 8
Long wait queues in bar 4
Too crowded 1
Schedule 11 7.1%
Should start later 6
Should start earlier 1
Late prize ceremony 2
Lottery takes too long 2
Atmosphere 10 6.4%
Too much prize money 1
Too official 1
Too much English 2
Pre-subscription 3
Kyu's/dan's treated differently 1
Smoking in bar 1
Hall D (too) noisy 1
Lacking route description 1
Total 154 100.0%
Question: How do you think about the current formula?
Nothing 13 9.2%
OK 105 75.0%
Some problem 22 15.7%
Total 140 100.0%
Question: Do you have any ideas how we could improve the current formula?
No 96 64.0%
Nothing 47
No 49
Tournament formula 29 19.3%
More activities on Sunday 10
More competition on Sunday 8
Two day tournament 5
More rounds 1
Larger knockout group 1
Losers round in knockout 1
Macmahon bar at 4d (instead of 3d) 1
Go school on Sunday 2
Organisation 12 8.0%
Start earlier 2
Start later 1
Firmer time schedule 1
Lunch break 2
Longer breaks 1
No pre-subscriptions 1
More verbose announcement 1
Free drinks during tournament 2
Location to Artis 1
Playing conditions 9 6.0%
Quicker games 2
Slower games 3
Byo-yomi 4
Weaker/youth players 3 2.0%
Handicap for weaker players 1
Better conditions for kyu's 1
Youth players for free 1
Internet participation 1
Total 150 100.0%
Question: How do you feel about making it a two-day tournament?
Dislike 71 50.7%
Like 52 37.1%
Indifferent 17 12.1%
Total 140 100.0%
Question: What are your specific suggestions for a two-day formula?
No answer 100
More rounds 18
Side tournament 6
More knockout groups 4
Reduced thinking time 3
More thinking time 3
Longer breaks 1
Lightning tournament 2
Side tournament for 2-3 point up 2
Knockout championship for kyu's 1
Total 140
Question: Obayashi gets bigger, Amsterdam and Ing smaller, any ideas why?
Formula 96 41.2%
One day tournament 52
Kyu friendly 15
Short games 7
Special formula 7
Number of rounds 6
Atmosphere 5
No long breaks 2
Ing rules 1
No evening games 1
Sponsoring 81 34.7%
Prizes 58
Presents 18
Low subscription fee 5
Tournament calendar 18 7.7%
Too many tournaments 13
Good time of year 5
First time participant 7 3.0%
Professional 5 2.1%
Promotion 3 1.2%
Ing not well known 2
Promotion 1
No answer 24 10.3%
Total 233 100.0%
Question: Any other thoughts you would like to share with us?
As much attention as possible to youth players I appreciate non-smoking How about Japanese lunches? Waitresses serving drinks Games currently don't count for Dutch ranking, could that change? Maybe less thinking time and 1 more game I was missing from the registration list Make every 5th Obayashi Cup special How about a free lunch? Make it a 2-day tournament How about Go lesson(s) by pro on 2nd day? Keep the opening speech shorter (hang more info on the walls) Let people guess their score, prizes accordingly Make the tournament more interactive Collect the badges, reuse them I like the questionnaire (2x) I like the (professional) organisation (26x)