Hey all, I just wanted to offer a brief explanation for the less than ideal circumstances that transpired earlier today, since I think more than anyone, we owe one to you.
First and foremost, I think it's worth mentioning that I consider the Gents to be at the forefront of Guns of Icarus and I have nothing but respect for your clan and its level of competitive play.
Unfortunately as some of you know, it was tough scheduling our match as many of us were playing on extremely tight schedules. The match was delayed 15 minutes as we waited for the organizers. We did begin the match but unfortunately the streamer asked that we surrender the match in progress, though we had already begun battling, due to his recording software not functioning (there may have been disconnects as well, but I hadn't noticed any until after the match was surrendered). Some of your players were struggling to reconnect and it became clear after considerable time transpired from our initial start time, that we would not have enough time to play through all of our matches before several of our players needed to leave for work.
At this point our level of frustration at the organizers was extremely high. We had spent dozens of hours preparing for our match and it was clear that your team had as well but due to organizational issues neither of our teams would be able to play the game we'd been preparing for tirelessly. Though we would have really liked to schedule another match, the Paddling in its current form, due to real life issues, outside and unrelated to Anvalan or anything else in GOI, will no longer being competing in GOI.
It's clear to me that you were within the top two best teams in GOI, and I wanted nothing more than to determine which of our sides was the best. The chance to see who was the best was stolen from us, but to me at least you guys are now the best team in Guns, and I look forward as other teams try and prove otherwise.
Best of luck in your future endeavors.
Respectfully,
Smollett
