Seems I signed up for a Champ Tourney a million years ago and havent started a single game. However , I just signed on for another RT and it started right away. Whats up?

The current championship started October 16. If you click on “nn groups” in the leftmost coloumn on the tournament page, you can see how it's going. Apparently there is only one game left, in league 1. When it's finished, the next championship should start after one week. RT-tournaments start as soon as four players in the same rating range sign up (unless the system is “clogged”). HTH.