[EricH]

Originally Posted by alectronic

Sometimes the RDs hold spots for Rookies and such. I don't think regionals are even allowed to be that small, they're probably just reserve slots.

Not quite.

What you're seeing is the INITIAL capacity. Basically, at initial registration, those are the slots that will be open. However, at second event registration, another batch of slots will open, and maybe another at third... That still won't be full capacity, though...

The RD is probably holding about 10 slots for the estimated rookie quantity, as well as later-registering veterans, that will be released at some point very late in registration or build.