Looks like I missed all the drama regarding tournament organization because I'm out traveling.
From experience, I can say that organizing a tournament of this caliber is so stress-inducing on the group running it that it has the potential to break even the most tight-knit friendships. I'd elaborate but it's not my business to have to go into details and I'm sure most people could get the gist of what I mean by reading through the last few pages.
It's too late now, but my suggestion is that the next time there's any animosity (which will be inevitable as you do more major tournaments!) you guys either discuss the aftermath IRL or at the very least within the privacy of PM's. We're all big kids, except Ray who is permafifteen.
Major props to Korea John for organizing something huge. From my perspective as a regular attendee, it was successful and smooth. Kind of like when giving speeches, the audience usually can't tell the speaker made a mistake unless they explicitly state they said something wrong. All the last few pages did was make me curious about what went wrong, when it's clearly none of my business.