TWL Staff

[Ivan]

Good job. Thanks for playing.

4.02 In the event that all technical difficulties are resolved within 30 minutes before the next time slot, the match will be played immediatly.

4.03 If all technical difficulties are resolved after the 30 minutes before next time slot games, and if the game slots allow it, the match can be replayed immediatly in consent with the Captains.

4.06 When replaying a cancelled game, the affected Squads must have the exact same number and type of ships that they had in their line-up prior to the break in the game. Please refer to Rule 5.06 regarding eligibility and postponed games.

[Phizey]

Lol

[Windreaper]

I don't like criticizing staff, but this time they MVPd hard.

Couple of questions:

a) We had the right to reschedule the game, since 3rd round was announced after our time slot ended. Are TWL rules to be abided only when staff feels like it? I'm fine with that, but at least try to be consistent when breaking the rules.

b) Most of our guys had been playing since 1pm EST or earlier, we were fudging exhausted. Since the bots kept crashing repeatedly, why not just schedule the round 3 to next week to decide the winner. Common sense and goes by the book too?

c) Why not just keep hosting it manually? It's not hard and prevents nasty complications caused by bot deaths. It's a lot easier than trying to host base using a chess clock . Of course you'd have to input the stats manually afterwards, so I suppose it isn't worth the trouble .

[Izor]

Now is my time to be able to just point and laugh, because everyone did the same to me. Now with us out of the picture, look whats happening elsewhere.

[Izor]

double post

[Jeenyuss]

The bots were a fucking mess today.

[Reaver]

I don't like criticizing staff, but this time they MVPd hard.

Couple of questions:

a) We had the right to reschedule the game, since 3rd round was announced after our time slot ended. Are TWL rules to be abided only when staff feels like it? I'm fine with that, but at least try to be consistent when breaking the rules.

b) Most of our guys had been playing since 1pm EST or earlier, we were fudging exhausted. Since the bots kept crashing repeatedly, why not just schedule the round 3 to next week to decide the winner. Common sense and goes by the book too?

c) Why not just keep hosting it manually? It's not hard and prevents nasty complications caused by bot deaths. It's a lot easier than trying to host base using a chess clock . Of course you'd have to input the stats manually afterwards, so I suppose it isn't worth the trouble .

I wont answer A and B, because it wasnt my decision. I will say, however, that the reason why the game couldnt have been hosted manually is that when the game is hosted manually the bot doesnt spec people if they dont enter base, or spec people if they leave the base. Which is why it works for TWLD but not TWLJ.

[Ivan]

Rofl.

[Windreaper]

Anyway, we believe the bot crashes and delays hurt our performance to the extent it had a significant impact on the result of the game, a (polite) appeal will follow.

[Ivan]

When the bots kept dying, it screws us over. Whenever we have the lead again, we just kept thinking 'is the bot going to die?'.

The decision that the TWL Staff made is absolutely - unacceptable - ridiculous.

[Dutch_]

I agree with -Final-. Round 3 should be replayed.

[genocidal]

My theory is that Disq whined about playing before adding his exact same line that he had had in the previous two rounds just so he could have it on record in case his squad lost. Now -F-'s PR whining guy comes onto the forum to complain about it as he does everything else.

Don't you think both squads were adversely affected by the delays? It's not a one-sided thing.

[Ivan]

My theory is that Disq whined about playing before adding his exact same line that he had had in the previous two rounds just so he could have it on record in case his squad lost. Now -F-'s PR whining guy comes onto the forum to complain about it as he does everything else.

Don't you think both squads were adversely affected by the delays? It's not a one-sided thing.

Rofl unacceptable.

[Windreaper]

Don't you think both squads were adversely affected by the delays? It's not a one-sided thing.

I didn't notice Pirates having any other games. It was almost 01:00am Finnish time when the 3rd round finally started after staff had delayed it over 30 minutes (and way past our time slot). Even when you don't take that into account, we were entitled a replay according to TWL rules. Otoh, I just heard they were only "regular season rules" . I haven't seen any playoff rules posted anywhere, so I assumed we'd be going by those.

[Ivan]

It's 'Regular Season Rules'. Ah where did that come from. This is just un-organized.