Excellent thing you found Pegasi, that Gabbly is going to be really fun being able to chat with everyone.
I think the Golden Ticket thing will be a bust. It may have worked if they didn't have to play through open, but I think that will screw them over in the long run. They'll probably get top 16, but that's about it. They will have to play perfect in order to get top 8, but I just don't see it happening because they'll be too tired from gaming all day today, Saturday, and then on Sunday. As long as HaE can play as well as they did last tourney, I know they'll place top 8 again. (I'm 90% sure they were 5th, or at least top 8 in Meadows) No one on their team really stands out to me as a superstar either, just all solid well-rounded players who work well together.
You ready for Columbus? Who's your sleeper team this tourney? I'm going with Heaven and Earth, I think they could potentially get Top 4.