Would it? M2Dave vs Scar was the original "hype" for dallas, but m2dave never went and dallas was still nuts. same with detroit playing all shang, but he never went, and so on. Honestly when people dont go they're quickly forgotten. By the next tournament noone cares who "was going to go but..."
Yes, we all love seeing you play (as well as interacting with you because as i said in my last post you're great people and great players), but i'm sure other great players will go that will make the tournament interesting. And you never know, if you dont go maybe a random makes it out of the pool you werent in and beats reo or xblades or pig, some top player, who knows.