Overall, I'm just playing in a competitive match and looking at it as either you get to the finals and win, or you lose. Whether we get redemption chances or not, it boils down to whether you win or lose. Noone is getting free passes on matches, and while the bracket here may be a little silly in pitting 1 seeds against each other so quickly, in the end you have to win to advance so you would have to be good enough to beat these teams anyway. Naturally there is more to it than that, but these competitions don't determine the best. That's impossible. They determine the best at a certain time/place/situation. So unless we start advancing the losing team, changes don't bother me too much.
That said, the rules should encompass situations like this. There should be rules governing how to handle all foreseeable situations. And let's be honest, teams not showing up was foreseeable. A lack of casters, due to time or a splitting up, is not impossible to see. The fact that the rules don't handle this (or that there are a hidden set of rules somewhere that I haven't seen) is my bigger cause for concern.
What if a team fails to show further down the line? Is a team advanced without an opponent, or does the most recent conquest of that team get a redemption chance? What if a match drops into slow-mo in the middle of an engagement, or permanent slow-mo when no team is heavily damaged? Will you restart the match on a new server and allow that team to gain brand new ships? Relatedly, how does slow-mo affect the match timer?
I don't mind changes. I honestly don't. As long as I get my shot to play, I know I have to win or get knocked out. Whatever else happens is fine with me. But for an event to be premiere, a headliner, the new competitive scene... There should be contingencies for every one of these situations and more. We shouldn't be left sitting around wondering what will happen, what will change next.
TL;DR: The changes don't bother me, but either this or whatever follows it needs to have clearly laid out contingencies for every conceivable situation.
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Imagine, I would like to request that you show a little respect to members of my team please. If you can't then please show a little professional courtesy by not commenting. To insinuate players in my clan are butt hurt over what they view as a genuine grievance, thus suggesting they should keep their mouths shut is highly disrespectful and unprofessional.
I could say the same to you and your teammates berating the tournament organization repeatedly.
We are all in the wrong. Let's be honest.
Imagine, you shouldn't be jumping to conclusions. We enjoyed our fight to get into the bracket stage. I had a blast at least. We are more commenting on the general status of a tournament that puts 4 teams together who, on a good day, could all probably get to the finals, while allowing a team to join past the deadline into a group where only one of the teams had a shot of making it through any fights at all (sorry new teams >.<). We aren't complaining, Just pointing out flaws.
Ace, I appreciate you getting defensive on our behalf, but the more we post, the more we misinterpret each other. Some things need to be let go of or approached in private messages.
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And you redria, you aren't the police of these forums, you aren't a mod or a CA, and you aren't doing a good job of it anyway. You don't run this tournament, and even if you have your own ideas for a premier league, they should be discussed elsewhere. Go take your strange ideas elsewhere. If you think changes should be made to the structure of this event, I'm sure they can be discussed after the event has concluded.
