I read thee posts about why an A&A tourney will freeze, but I was wondering if there was a workaround.

What if you did it as locked teams? People must choose an Axis team OR an Allies team or Both.

That way instead of an odd number of players you have an even number of teams.

Then maybe dual winner the best Axis and best Allies team based on their performance against the opposition?

Could you work around the tournament structural issues that way?