If Conegamer is doing his tournaments at the usual 1pm EST, then I think this thread should be at a later time, like 7pm EST. That way if someone can't make one tournament, there's a good chance they might be able to make the other thanks to the significant time difference between them. I believe 7pm EST is like 9am for those in Japan n Australia, so hopefully they'd be able to make it!
Also, best pic from Miiverse so far!