Apparently, we are all GA's bitches
The rules page for the ETQW tournament (http://www.gamearena.com.au/competitions/etqw/rules.php) no longer contains any references to allowing substitutions, and added (amongst other changes) the following:
Teams must comprise of 8 players.
and
Teams must not use any player who is not listed in the registered player list.
And this juicy chestnut:
Any team that has less than 8 players on their team … forfeits the match.
Which is changed from it’s previous version where you could play with fewer than 8 if the other team agreed.
So….. GA expects anyone entered in this tournament to be completely ready to play at any time they happen to announce (less than a weeks notice in most cases) and not be able to sub? If not? NO TOURNAMENT FOR YOU! Am I reading the rules incorrectly or something? Surely some of the other teams have lives… or maybe not.
I know the effort of running a tournament from GA is not trivial, and usually don’t demand people to run things by my rules especially when they are doing it for free. But it’s still irksome, especially when the promo for the competition said:
And maybe you’re just out to have fun.
Hmmm… nice way to let us “just have fun”.
In any case, I certainly won’t blame anyone from IPX who can’t make a scheduled match under these conditions, although do let us know as far as possible in advance.
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GA? Anyone would think it was EA
Well that sucks more than before.
My first idea was if people can’t make it – as long as they give us enough notice we can get others to log into their accounts (would involve people setting passwords they dont mind others knowing). But Lt rightly pointed out that could result in cdkey banning.
The only other option is to beg and plead our case if anyone can’t make it – but we’d want to do know early and do it early. GA doesn’t sound like the type to be quick to act in the event of an emergency.
So as Lt said, if you can’t make a certain game (we should hopefully know at least a couple of days in advance the day of the games) – let us know as quickly as possible – and maybe we can do something about it.
.. well at least we weren’t first round losers :)
Fuk That!
What grounds do we have for arguing that they have changed the rules after the team sign up deadline!
bastards
And just cause they change the rules isn’t an excuse to let the team down adn not tell anyone you aren’t playing
Screw that… If you can make it, you need to let us know ASAP.
Im sure the shad can get a way around it
All we can hope is for some people in rok and nesreca and the other teams to have accidents and break hands and fingers so they cant play and forfeit
Maybe I’ll make some calls to “hired goons” and “men in masks”
Wishing physical harm on other people… I’m a nasty piece of work aren’t I? I knew there was a reason i played ice hockey… Were is Carson?
Don't blame Telstra? WTF?
Apparently it’s not GA who has set the rules for the comp. The company who donated the prizes (Activision) is also the one who sets the rules. There was a thread in the GA forums (if you think the ETQW community forums are bad, this will make your stomach churn) where other clans were discussing the changes. It eventually got locked due to the general retardedness of the community. Kinda feel sorry for any admins over there.
If I say Telstra and
If I say Telstra and Activision are communist, will that make people try to stop them? Or does it only work when they’re the ones accusing others of being communists..?
>=|
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