Good post, and I say this as a fan of Tweedy. There's always insider advantage in any competitive game. I've experienced that crap in my early days of playing CoD:BO2. When teams in your area get it early, it's a bummer to even attempt to compete when you're small. That beginning week is pretty precious to learn the "changed" mechanics of game.
You can't let an advantage get you down too much though. Having a meltdown over something small like this isn't good. There will be other tournaments to grind out matchups!