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we discussed merging grand slam with wcop and frontier but after heated discussions we decided not toSo why exactly could this decision not be made earlier?
we discussed merging grand slam with wcop and frontier but after heated discussions we decided not toSo why exactly could this decision not be made earlier?
It's funny you know how some people can't really fathom the complexity behind the decisions that go into something like this and level to which we dissect the evidence given to us and how to proceed, since the decision that we make here affects decisions we make in the future, so we kinda want to get things right.So why exactly could this decision not be made earlier?
I mean, you'll have to inform me how calling the tournament dead is less cowardly, because to me that seems to be the easier decision, but then it assumes that we either or all: trust ~no one~ in the tournament/finals, are willing to completely disregard anybody's else's efforts to get to the finals, and/or assume that Mazar's cheating extended through the whole tournament which could have led to the elimination of more viable finals' candidates. The last one is probably most valid and hard to really make up for at this point, but I personally would rather we declare a winner after all the work the remaining finalists put into the season, and the fact that they did nothing wrong (as far as we know) should mean we should give them a fair shot at the trophy.what a cowardly decision lol
go krabby tho
Advice for the future: Don't announce that Mazar cheated and will lose the trophy, then wait ages until you announce how you will deal with the tournament. Just take the decision first and when you know what you want to do, post everything at once. It doesn't matter if you decided to DQ Mazar one month before making it public, but it just doesn't look very professional if you have a long break between those two announcements and you can avoid people complaining about Grand Slam being dead etc with almost zero effort.It's funny you know how some people can't really fathom the complexity behind the decisions that go into something like this and level to which we dissect the evidence given to us and how to proceed, since the decision that we make here affects decisions we make in the future, so we kinda want to get things right.
This is ignoring the fact that this is now the second big tournament in the last year that's been completely ripped apart by an instance(s) of cheating and you can begin to understand that maybe we wanted to let things cool and ensure nothing else was going to pop out of the woodwork before proceeding.
And hey, the lead host of this tournament also has a life, as do the rest of us, so discussions didn't exactly happen in a timely manner, our bad. Can't really blame us on this one in particular since it wasn't a decision any of us were too thrilled about making.
I honestly disagree with this completely. I'm a big fan of being as open with information as possible. As soon as it was confirmed that Mazar cheated, I think the right move is to announce "Mazar cheated; we're not sure how to proceed with this tournament yet because we have to confirm additional details about the situation and we have some big policy decisions we need to make, but stay tuned for future updates"—which is, of course, exactly what they did. There's really no reason to keep the information under wraps unless you're afraid it could mess with an ongoing investigation; transparency is the best policy because most people are understanding when they know the full details. Sure, there's a small number that will always complain about anything, and I'm sure there are more that respectfully disagree with the eventual decision the TDs made but I think that the majority of Smogon is grateful that we were made privy to as much information as was feasible at all steps of the process.Advice for the future: Don't announce that Mazar cheated and will lose the trophy, then wait ages until you announce how you will deal with the tournament. Just take the decision first and when you know what you want to do, post everything at once. It doesn't matter if you decided to DQ Mazar one month before making it public, but it just doesn't look very professional if you have a long break between those two announcements and you can avoid people complaining about Grand Slam being dead etc with almost zero effort.
Also Kingler hast this =]
I think you have a pretty good point actually... up until the point you imply Mazar would ever win a game of Pokemon on a team with such harsh anti-ghosting policies like the RuinersBesides—not that it mattered because he ended up getting benched anyways—but the outcry would be so much greater if, say, mazar had ended up clinching a week that knocked some team out of SPL playoff contention, and then the TDs were like "oh yeah we knew a month ago that he cheated." Holy shit, can you imagine the backlash from that. Definitely better to do what they did.
? teal lost to mazar and gets another shot through the bracket. Blunder lost to style and got another shot through the bracket. literally the exact same thing happened to both players wtf are u talking about, do u forget blunder vs whitequeen was OST finals?This was what I advocated for with regards to OST :( teal6 gets an extra life but not blunder? Fucking racism
Hi dice,conspiracy: teal6 is in cahoots with the tds and zarel b/c this decision gives him a monstrous advantage over the other playoffs players
how's he so lucky