Indeed – and about that exact point I am trying to ask a very simple question. You don't seem to realize my point: if anyone at all had tried, at all, to communicate at the time of the incident, it might have actually avoided the situation altogether. In passing, please also understand that whether Jim's post is conveying what you or i would consider "common sense", that's no more an argument against it now than it would have been then. The only difference is that the common sense is of little use. You clearly aren't using common sense when making that point...Mr_Bramboy wrote:zoom wrote:Did anyone make any attempt to communicate with the players while the series was being played? I would have tried to explain some of the above in the moment, instead of ensuring everything is properly ruined first.
Furthermore, ESOC should consider implementing a zero-tolerance policy in blatant cases of this practice. I'd sooner watch Tibia play than allow anyone who's behaved like this back in any tournament.
What Jim said is common sense. You don't forfeit in the semi-finals of a tournament that was funded solely by one great community member for any reason. Players are responsible for their own environment and are required to know the rules. I haven't watched a minute of this series so I can't speak for other casters or staff members, but from what I understand there was no need for intervention up until Kaiser unexpectedly quit.
I can't promise any disciplinary action. Since our community is so small, we've always been extremely reluctant with long bans, especially in tournaments, and that won't change because of this. We've had far worse things happen in tournaments before.
The community is not nearly too small to handle a few stuck-up kids who will come crying back once their fit of arrogance and entitlement abruptly ends. Your current respone is, by contrast, actually incredibly harmful to the community.