theoretically speaking this entire situation is rather easy to handle for someone who is a stickler for the rules.
this appeal can be outright denied due to Fire citing rule 10.02 as their reason for the appeal as seen in the original post. this rule exists to discourage players from actively cheating with the use of cheat engine, lag switches, and other extremely malicious program to influence the outcome of a game, and thus the punishment for breaking such a rule is extremely harsh. they are demanding Dreamwin to be permanently banned from TWL participation along with a full forfeiture of the match in question.
in my honest opinion what happened can not be classified as cheating at all as it is a bot design flaw which has existed ever since basing bots were implemented and the existence of the issue is widely known by the basing community. you simply can not expect teams, in the heat of the moment, to wait until someone has fully respawned to issue ship changes or switches as it has been seen as acceptable to make changes at any time, with no limitations, during a basing match. in the end this is an oversight from the league operators for not getting a simple known glitch fixed before the season started.
unfortunately this glitch did negatively affect the outcome of this game as Fire had a really good chance of winning the game. it would be fair to grant a replay should majority of Plade starting members support such a decision for the sake of sportsmanship. however, this appeal itself should be denied and sadly the 24-hour statute of limitations has already passed for Fire to send a new appeal.
this appeal can be outright denied due to Fire citing rule 10.02 as their reason for the appeal as seen in the original post. this rule exists to discourage players from actively cheating with the use of cheat engine, lag switches, and other extremely malicious program to influence the outcome of a game, and thus the punishment for breaking such a rule is extremely harsh. they are demanding Dreamwin to be permanently banned from TWL participation along with a full forfeiture of the match in question.
in my honest opinion what happened can not be classified as cheating at all as it is a bot design flaw which has existed ever since basing bots were implemented and the existence of the issue is widely known by the basing community. you simply can not expect teams, in the heat of the moment, to wait until someone has fully respawned to issue ship changes or switches as it has been seen as acceptable to make changes at any time, with no limitations, during a basing match. in the end this is an oversight from the league operators for not getting a simple known glitch fixed before the season started.
unfortunately this glitch did negatively affect the outcome of this game as Fire had a really good chance of winning the game. it would be fair to grant a replay should majority of Plade starting members support such a decision for the sake of sportsmanship. however, this appeal itself should be denied and sadly the 24-hour statute of limitations has already passed for Fire to send a new appeal.
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