| 2017-02-18 17:44:56 Oleg Bulatowsky (logelo0one) | |
RE: Admin date issue | # 7046 |
| Dear Committee,
On account of your silence, I take it you have not made a decision that would shatter the grounds of the EL rules within the same season and/or round and hence the admin date and time remain the same. Otherwise you would have come with a statement in the Decisions part of the Forum. We will obey your choice. We will regret to learn about your decision and we will quit if we cannot find the 4th player, as we consider it humiliating to be forced to play 3x4, without our best players, against the strongest Russian lineup in the EL ever summoned in quest of and EL title. Thus, our team (a three-time winner of the EL with two winners of Polish championship and two vice-champions of the world on the squad, two of which not being able to take part on the admin date and time in this round due to objective reasons) will just disappear, as we have all agreed in case the admin date (and which is a lot worse, TIME) will be kept, before the publication of the post of 15.02.2017. However, back to the case: if the force of the rules within a season (even if they are obviously unfair) and the hazard of changing them within a season and/or round remains an obstacle, I would like to draw your attention to the following facts that directly apply to the rules that are in force and are not to be changed now: - The team "Dasha and Bears" obviously jeopardizes rule 13.1 (fair play, check the Russian forum in vk.com [https://vk.com/topic-19499145_34638538?offset=580]: "Нет, естественно мы им сделаем все в пику, чтобы им было как можно более неудобно" [benirvana, 17.02.2017, 09:54: "No, for sure we will do all the worst to them, so that they feel least comfortable"]). From the forum message cited, it becomes obvious that the disagreement on date and time was cynically stipulated on purpose. - Rule 5.2 clearly states that "A team match between two teams is played with two, three or four players of each team," without any further provision how many players MUST play in the match from both sides; nor does it state who, when and under what circumstances is to decide the numbers, that is, captains, players, or the Committee. Considering the above, I address you, as you perfectly understand the moral aspect of the problem: should you view it impossible to change the admin date (please also consider TIME) rule within this round (it will need amendments later on anyways for the purpose of avoiding its misuse), please review an option of enforcing rule 5.2's treatment that will help keep the match of at least 3x3 for the history of the EL. I hope none of you would mind watching it. Best regards, Oleg Bulatowsky on behalf of "The Lords of XO" P.S. Please consider that the lines of the EL team members have been decreasing drastically over the past years. And you will contribute to this process by letting “Dasha and Bears” misuse the rules and forcing one of the top teams out through outrageous mistreatment. Will your silence and admin date rule blind obedience make the EL season better? Will it raise the level of competition and trust into the Committee’s common sense? Had laws described and prescribed everything in this world, no-one would have invented lawyers and courts whose work is meant for the common good. Please take this into consideration. | |