[Baldie]

Addressing Issues with wT Events

Firstly,

I would like to apologise for all players affected by the situation which occurred during wT Weekly 45. I appreciate your patience during it all and the support throughout. I will do what I can to avoid the issue occurring again. I would also like to apologise if at any point during the night I appeared erratic or frustrated - I just simply do not appreciate blatant disrespect for people's time be it mine or others.

Banned Players

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For those of you who were not involved on Monday night I decided to do an "undercover boss" and admin the event I manage each week to see if there was anything I could see which would make a difference to those admining it in the future.

I was horrified to see two players signup for the wT Weekly for what appeared to be no other intention that to ruin it. Never in my year of work within SC2SEA.com or with SC2 in general have I seen something like this happen and never have I been so disappointed.

This is a transcript of the log of events for the event (isolating the incidents):


They both then had this to say in the discussion log:


I pride myself on remaining calm, positive and thoughtful when it comes to any situation however this is beyond acceptable. You waste not only my time but the time of others and in forcing my attention away from administration you impact the flow of the tournament and any chance of participants having a smooth and enjoyable experience.

I have emailed Challonge to see if there is any way to ban accounts/IPs from signing up to events and/or being able to remove the privilege of reporting your own scores.

Neither of you were in the [wT] chat and even if you were you did not make yourself known to me with a concern. After changing the results to reflect the situation you changed them again to reset the bracket.

Unsoundgeko and ItzDante/ItzVGaming have been banned for 1 year from any tournament I run.

Reporting Your Own Scores

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Over the last three weeks there has been concerns raised by administration and the team around the way in which admins are being treated and in regards to players reporting their own scores and walkovers.

I wish to make it VERY clear as it states in the rules:
• Players must not submit their own scores, including walkovers, within Challonge - players must report all scores through the admins who will submit the scores

From now on there will be a 0 tolerance to reporting your own scores. All scores MUST go through the admin(s) on the night. Failure to do this will result in an instant disqualification no questions. Repeat offenses will result in bans from future participation.

You may continue with your next game without the bracket being updated once you have reported your score in cases it is not updated straight away. This 0 tolerance also relates to any disrespect or abuse to admin(s) and pointless time-wasting requests such as "Can you please seed me top 16 next week." and "Do I get to advance anyway because I am only 12". Don't waste my admin(s) time.

Walkovers

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Fenner raised a good question during wT Weekly 45 in that we should make walkovers earlier.

From now on Round 1 walkovers will occur 10 minutes after the start of the event (down from 15). Each subsequent round will also have a 10 minute grace period for players to return to play their next match. If player A returns within 10-15 minutes it is up to player B if they take the win or play the game. If player A returns after 15 minutes they will be disqualified.

It is each players responsibility to read the rules before participating.