I have to say I'm very disappointed by this decision. Firstly, retroactively enforcing rules created in the middle of our set, then also denying us the ability to rematch out of anger despite the two of us being on today... Very poor. Bringing up the issue on PS bore no fruit (instead, we were treated to
insults from the host) so I'll be the one to bring it up here.
Nowhere in the rules does it state or even imply doing what me and
Snorlax in the way did was illegal. After discussing this with the host, I was told that this was, to quote: "
common sense", but as we all know this is not sufficient. Rules need to be stated for one to be able to follow them, naturally. Since at the time this supposed rule was not in effect, me and my opponent had no reason to obey the host's orders, as seen in Game 1's replay. It's unfair to punish the two of us so harshly for breaking a rule the host invented during the middle of our game. I understand the host may be annoyed at our behavior but this doesn't justify a decision at all, let alone one of this magnitude, nor does it justify the slew of verbal abuse me and my opponent suffered during the middle of our set... In any case, I also briefly explained the situation to a qualified TD, and this is what he had to say:
(referring to games 1 and 2)
Can something please be done about this? This is quite unfair.