Meh just seems like you want a noobfest competent people can clear all the content it takes 1 hour no big deal but if gear req is what u want then why allow access seems kinda dumb I mean you are either in or out you don't ride the line and consumables lol wth tournaments use consumables pretty weak but you are right about one thing it is your event doesn't mean I am not entitled to my opinion of the matter nor anyone else =D have fun with it though.
Another concern that was brought up is this might be a rigged tournament, you're going to disallow T13 but I've been talking to alot of people and an interesting point was brought up. You better disallow the nexus T12 pvp gear if you're going to disallow T13 because that nexus gear is far superior in every way shape and form.
That would also give people far more of an advantage than any T13 piece in their possession and I'm 100 percent sure not everyone is going to want to fork over credits for a huge advantage in your tournament.
All in all, nexus is way too new to allow any of the gear to be used from there, especially if you're setting a T13 limitation.
Wont have high enough rep except for armor and weapons from T12 easily some of us will have it tonight with even more tomorrow. You must honestly live in your own little fantasy world.
Hopefully teams of lvl 59's that are questing will join up in your tourney. It does seem like your guild's idea of PvPing.
Just have two tier of tournament, not very hard? With like 2 hours apart, run by different set of ref.
t12 cap first, then t13/t12 nexus minimum next.