The fact that the tournament didn't happen is a big blow. They were trying to kill an hour apparently. Yah, an hour to run a one on one tournament. However it seems at the end of the night, the organizers had plenty of prizes left over, they hadn't actually had many tournaments remember, so they began to give them away in some kind of Trivia Contest. I wasn't actually there, but the way things were organized, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this was true.
Rumors are abound that the organizers took home a number of the donated prizes for themselves.
This is obviously both unethical, and in some cases illegal. It wouldn't surprise me if many of the sponsors think twice in the future about donating to similar events. I hope it isn't true, but I know of organizers took mouse pads donated by id software, took all the t-shirts and caps again from id software, one had a joystick from Mad Catz that they appropriated, etc. Hopefully the sponsors will look into this. Why mini tournaments were not held, I will never know.