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Thomas:
The problem with dropping teams is that we'd have to drop 3 teams to allow everyone to have the same opportunity for matches. If we just drop the one team to even things up, then teams will still have a different number of matches.

We really don't want to drop teams.

Nat Nyls:
There was an incident in one of today's matches where a team almost didn't show up. During the 3 minute timer countdown, they wanted to replace them with a full team. As stated in the rules:


--- Quote ---16. If a team is a no-show, the match will count as a loss for their pair. All points lost will come from the team that did not show (20%). The winning pair will receive points as if they had won 10% from each team.
--- End quote ---

When I didn't allow them to bring in a sub team, certain people in the lobby decided the best response was to yell "bullshit!" at me over and over again.
This isn't a chill thing to do. If a referee, caster or organiser is met with abuse over doing their damn job again, your team will risk being kicked out of the league or being penalised severely. This is everyone's first and last warning on this.

Remember, we're all people here doing this for everyone's enjoyment. And we will not tolerate you all screaming at us.

The Mann:
I am sorry that teams have acted so violently towards you Nat. This should not be happening to anyone - regardless of tournament and other factors.

Despite that, this is not the reason for writing this message.


Due to multiple factors, Team Crazy Bards will be forfeiting from the rest of the tournament. Due to factors such as the lack of updates, the long waiting times without updates and the lack of information displayed on the forums and Google Doc; Team Crazy Bard no longer wishes to participate in the event. Their decision is final and we apologise for any inconvenience.

The wait between games today was extremely long and no captains received updates. According to other teams, captains were expected to visit the forums to find information regarding forfeited events and such. Teams such as Crazy Bards had no knowledge that the games were forfeited and thus we decided to leave before the final game to play Planet-Side 2.

The Google Doc only showed Red Squares and teams to be decided. There was no mention of teams not playing due to forfeits. None of us on Team Crazy Bard knew what was going on.

Upon receiving the knowledge that our final game was starting (Even though we received no knowledge of round 2 games.) I returned to continue the match. We were then told by other teams that our scores no longer stand despite our victory due to the lack of team.


I enjoyed the tournament at the beginning but team Crazy Bards have multiple issues which must be faced every week. First of all, we all have terrible connection issues. Secondly, each week we require at least 2 subs and this cannot continue as we will eventually run out and be forced to play with just 2 people. This will result in no points being gained – similar to the events I have been told about today. Third of all, the tournaments start at 7pm GMT for us which can be a burden due to how late the tournaments can end up being due to long waiting times.

All in all, our team is no longer suitable for the tournament and thus we will not be participating anymore.

Thomas:
I'm sorry to have you go. Fun fact, you are getting points for the last round. Normally this match should not have taken place, since your team wasn't present. However, you did show up with a single crew member and the opposing team was pushing for giving you an opportunity to participate. Although I made the call to not have the match, it proceeded anyway, and we will let the result stand.


It is up to the teams to check the forums, document, or even watch the stream to stay up to date of the tournament news. I cannot stress enough that I am not your mother. I will not baby you or any other team. This information is available and updated regularly. If you choose not to stay up to date, I will not  and cannot help you.

Today took a lot longer than usual, and I understand it felt even longer to your team who played in round 1 and again in round 3, since you didn't have an opponent to go against in round 2. Our caster had a lot of technical difficulties that set back that half of the league around 30 minutes. Combine this with a lot of matches taking just about the max amount of allotted time, and you have a long day, despite being down a team.




This is also the second time a team at the bottom of the scoreboard has quit the League for reasons completely unrelated to their score. The simplest solution may be to remove whichever other 2 teams are at the bottom of the scoreboard for this week and continue the tournament without worrying about substitute teams. Or we can try to get two substitute teams instead of one.

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