You were able to play already? Heck, I thought the tournament had to fill up before you could start.
I've seen that no saving thing with several arcade games. I remember one that I could play for far longer than the board allowed. Seems the board didn't recognize game activity as board activity and it would log your account out for being idle too long. So when you went to submit your score, the game couldn't save it because you were no longer logged in. Bummer!
This tourney should fill up tomorrow and it'll become the luck of the draw. **rubs rabbit foot**