EPTOn April 12 2012 08:35 MLG Deimos wrote:
Please have them PM me here for assistance.
Please have them PM me here for assistance.
Sorted now thank you, can I ask exactly what time the EU qualifiers start tomorrow
Compete in the Open MLG Online Qualifiers - Page 6
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Tidus Mino
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Superiorwolf
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On Tuesday we were supposed to begin at 5 PM PST. Due to brackets that simply would not work at all, most people had to wait at least 1.5 hours before even starting their matches. Even then, the round two matches were postponed - so we spent about 2.5 hours just to play a single match. The following day was also filled with delays, with people confused about what time matches were and the bracket STILL not working properly. We had to send in replays via email! Incredible waste of time. If it was just for these things I would not be complaining. It is MLG's first qualifier like this and it is understandable that they are having problems, and I think it is awesome that they are doing this. But throughout the tournament the administration proved completely inept and worthless. To top things off, I ended up being forfeited today and my opponent given a walkover, in a COMPLETELY unfair scenario in which MLG_Deimos blatantly lied. I came on to play my match at 5 PM PST, the default time. Again, the day was filled with delays, and my opponent was still playing the previous round's matches, and so I was told to wait. Since I had an ESEA match at the same time, I took the opportunity to get the ESEA match out of the way. It had already been about 30 minutes after I left the first game of the ESEA match, and Sparticus (one of the MLG admins) had messaged me "are you there?" I responded with "is my opponent ready?" to which he did not respond. This was at 16:55ish in my stream. Unfortunately I made the decision to put myself on busy status in my next game. By the time I came out of the 20ish minute game, there were multiple messages about how I had been forfeited due to not being able to be contacted. I messaged Sparticus and was directed to talk to MLG_Deimos, who informed me that I had been unable to be contacted for 30 minutes and so I had been forfeited. I argued that I had not been gone for 30 minutes as I was pretty sure it had not been that long. Then he said I had been unable to be contacted for 45 minutes, and so I had been forfeited. Now I'm not saying that I'm not at fault here either. I should not have put my status as busy, and I should have given Sparticus more time to respond (only gave him about 1 minute before my game began), and I should have asked my ESEA opponent if he could wait. But I cannot help but feel that I was treated completely unfairly, especially from MLG_Deimos who either was not properly informed or just blatantly lied. I had to wait at least 30 minutes for my opponent, and I was given less than 24 minutes (which MLG_Deimos claimed was 45 minutes - which wasn't even CLOSE to the actual time). I don't think it's fair that you wait for one player, and yet don't wait for the other. And I especially don't think it's fair that you disqualify the player who DID have all his matches done on time and WAS online and ready to play at the specified time. Now I know that these tournaments have tight schedules to run, but inconsistent administration like this made this tournament an even more horrendous experience than it already was. If MLG is looking to provide "the user experience that we pride ourselves on with our tournaments," then they have GOT to do a better job than this. In total I spent perhaps 6-7 hours for this tournament to play just THREE matches, and then only to get disqualified. That's not the kind of user experience I would pride myself on. http://www.twitch.tv/superiorwolf/b/314793536 16:50 - received a message from Sparticus 40:40 - finish my game for ESEA 23 minutes and 50 seconds =/= 45 minutes. | ||
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