"There are over fifteen hundred contestants participating in the Twin City Cup! We are grateful for your warm reception, but having so many contestants means that we couldn't present the tourney in the most exciting manner possible. Therefore, we are now commencing the first round: a preliminary stage where eighty percent of contestants would be taken out of the equation! Only the best of the best have a shot at the second round!"
After the citizens became calmer, Mayor Corinth then announced the objective of holding the first round.
The crowd immediately burst into chatter in surprise and the scene was noisy once more in no time at all, although the contestants themselves appeared mostly unaffected.
Even though eliminating eighty percent of contestants on the first round sounded serious, it basically meant cutting their number down from fifteen hundred to around three hundred, which wasn't beyond what they expected.