Man, it makes me happy to hear (read?) that the finals of vintage worlds was a real Clash of the Titans (although apparently they weren't Sundering anything), as opposed to the Finals of major T2 events in which it's usually between two players whom I've never heard of. My playgroup is always bringing up how awesome Steve and Rich are. So, congratulations to Rich and Steve.
Also, it's really cool to see an Ichorid deck in the Top 8, considering I played it in the only two TMDOs I've been too, despite a good chunk of my playtesting group saying it's dead.
It would be interesting if they have like a GP system for byes (maybe 1 or 2 byes for really high ratings) since it is sanctioned and all. Its not like it would be very hard to implement, and if nothing else it would encourage people to play Sanctioned Eternal.
And from my knowledge, this is the only sanctioned Type one tournament of the year. But hey, I've been wrong before.