Between school, other 360 games out now and in the future, and just not having a very free schedule for arranging game, I'm just going to let Arikado have the win... even if I won, I'm not sure how well I can commit to future matches so it wouldn't be fair to him even if I won to just drop out of the tourney later. Starting the tourney at the beginning of college put a big strain on me, unfortunately.
Sorry Arikado, but win it for both of us!
Sent him a PM about it too.