Possible Blind Structure Revision

Following is a proposed revised starting chip count/blind schedule;
Reference Jan. 13th post for original blind structure.

The reason for the change is some discussion as far as the meaning of the first couple rounds. I know people like to use them as a get to know time and feel around. However, after thought and debate, taking these rounds out and adding more later in the tournament seem to be more beneficial to all players in the long run. As you can see by the blind schedule below, we have gone from doubling every other round to doubling every 3rd round for many of our tournaments. Obviously we are also eliminating the need for the $25 chips, but may introduce them, for the time being, as $2,500 chips until I acquire more $1,000 or acquire a new color of chip of a larger denomination.

I also posted the maximum time in playing time (not including late starts, breaks, chip ups, table breakdowns, etc.) that each tournament would take with 20 people. 24 person tournaments would last approximately 1 round longer, 16 person, approximately 1 round less.

Blinds:
#1: $100/$100
#2: $100/$200
#3: $200/$300
#4: $200/$400
#5: $300/$600
#6: $400/$800
#7: $500/$1000
#8: $600/$1200
#9: $800/$1600
#10: $1000/$2000
#11: $1200/$2500
#12: $1500/$3000
#13: $2000/$4000
#14: $2500/$5000
#15: $3000/$6000
#16: $4000/$8000
#17: $5000/$10000
#18: $6000/$12000
#19: $8000/$16000
#20: $10000/$20000

Exceptions - not limited to - are as follows

$20 tournaments
$4,000 in starting chips
$500/$1000, $1200/$2500 & $2,500/$5,000 eliminated
17 minute blinds
20 entrant tourney time = 3 hours

$40 tournaments
$5,000 in starting chips
$1200/$2500 & $2,500/$5,000 eliminated
20 entrant tourney time = 4 hours 20 minutes

$60 tournaments
$7,500 in starting chips
$2,500/$5,000 eliminated
20 entrant tourney time = 5 hours

$80 Tournament
$10,000 in starting chips
20 entrant tourney time = 7 hours

20 minute blinds typical

25 minute blinds for $80 event