Moving forward, all players will only be allowed one alt per cycle. Hence, editing your signup post with a new alt is against the rules. Furthermore, if you have been caught cheating (eg: using alts to boost your elo), your (Smogon) account will be disqualified from the tour and you may be subject to other punishments. Once you make the top 8 and qualify (this does not mean making the top 8 at any given point during the cycle, it means being in the top 8 at the end of the cycle), you’re qualified for playoffs. You are free to ladder any other week you wish. However, making the top 8 more than once won’t give a player anything other than personal satisfaction and bragging rights. If a person qualifies again during the cycle after their initial qualification, the newly qualified account will be skipped and the next unqualified account will be selected from the leaderboard to participate in the tournament.