more like pick up game, go to tournament, play pre-tournament casuals, socialize with people, lose first round of tournament, get sent to losers, watch other people better than you play, learn from them, lose loser's round, ask opponent for advice on what you could improve on, watch the rest of the better players than you play and try to learn from them, play after-tournament casuals, improved.
come on, tournaments aren't that simple where you just play your tournament matches and then do nothing.