passwords for tournaments

do you really need passwords for all these tourneys?

austrastralian university etc

If you attempt to register for a tournament and it asks for a password then yes you need one.

Was this a procedural question or a philosophical one?

Yes, you need one because the tournaments were set up to have one.

As to the need to set them up that way, it is to preserve the benefits of the forum for the active members.

its not a big deal anyway just to check the password in the forum
if u have 3hrs to play a tourny i think u can have 15 minutes to check the forum and c the password