[Baldie]

To chip in, at Melbourne to have 65 open bracket players is both amazing but also logistically a nightmare. Being my first event as head admin doing all schedules etc there definitely was a lot of learnings from it and I hope they showed at Sydney.

Melbourne was in no way a demonstration of the kind of events and communication I want to happen but ultimately what I did needed to happen otherwise we would have finished at 2am again. Admittedly in the heat of the moments there were some communication breakdowns. All I can say is that kind of thing will never happen again.

In regards to the Day 2 walkovers. I made it clear to everybody the doors opened at 8:30am, I wanted people in client by 9am ready and if the game hadn't started at 9:15am whoever wasn't ready would be penalised. Now I hate doing that, but for PiG and MegaFonzie to arrive at 9:15 (apparently thinking I said 9:30am start) I can't do anything about. Games were meant to start at 9am to catch up as we were behind schedule, that 15 minutes buffer was until 9:15. You could argue me not penalising the HuT vs ?? game was a mistake but they were in client, not just starting to setup their peripherals.

Ultimately there are learnings for both me and players from that event and I understand your frustration at the situation. I also can take responsibility for a lot of what happened at Melbourne and like I said, I hope there were noticeable differences and transparency at Sydney.

[x5_Bard]

Originally Posted by Baldie

You could argue me not penalising the HuT vs ?? game was a mistake but they were in client, not just starting to setup their peripherals.

Hut was playing Fonzie, which is why I was annoyed you forfeited Fonzie a game when hut wasn't even set up to play. Also I remember us arriving just before 9, socialising a bit then being told that we were being penalised for being late. Obviously we remember this situation differently but no use arguing, its in the past and both PiG and Fonzie won 2-1 anyway!

Also you've got to remember that if your venue is an hour away from where people are staying then commute times can vary greatly. Its fine if you need to make the start time earlier due to a rough first day. But when you make the start time 9, people are now dealing with rush hour traffic. Someone could be well organised and just get stuck/miss a connecting bus/train. This is not really their own fault (especially interstate players), they were just unlucky. Being a little understanding of these kind of circumstances would go a long way I think. Especially on the last day of bracket play where 1 game can make a huge difference.

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Baldie:

Yeah all good learned from it hopefully a situation like it doesnt happen again!