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« on: February 21, 2014, 11:39:24 pm »
I don't mean to be a downer on the event here, but I feel some clarification and advice maybe be helpful for the good of this event.
On Friday, myself and the rest of BFS had gotten three full ships worth of BFS members ready with a new 3v3 build we were eager to try out against some skilled opponents. I was under the impression The Iron Fork of Friday was a weekly event where Cake threw down the gauntlet to all comers in a public 3v3 challenge match, and we came into the lobby hoping to have a good game and good practice. I was particularly excited as this would be my first streamed competitive game as a captain of full BFS team in months. As it happened, only 8 BFS members were able to join as the rest of the blue team, including a captain's slot, were filled by Cakes. I asked if the Cake members on the blue team could leave so we could have a proper 3v3 Cake vs BFS match. It was explained to me that IFOF was "just for fun" event and that priority was given to Cake members wanting to play on either side. I completely accepted this and asked if we should leave so we could have a practice with all our members elsewhere.
Cake insisted that they wanted to play with us, so out of goodwill, we agreed. Our allied Cake captain took a harpoon/mine junker without consulting me or Zinc, and then left halfway through the game without warning. This was irritating in itself, but when we found out the game was being casted as a Cake vs BFS match on the stream when Cake had explicitly refused the offer of a scrim before the match, it was very aggravating to all our members, especially since we had excluded some of our members to play the game and wasted valuable practice time together.
I feel greater clarity about this event for both the casters and participants of it would really help. I do not hold anything against Cake (you know we love you guys!) as I think this all sprung from misunderstanding rather than malice, but until everyone is on the same page about whether this is an actual competitive event or "just for fun" silliness, I feel this may give rise to further misunderstandings. All the best from BFS and I hope we can have a proper 3v3 scrim with you guys sometime.
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