Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

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IMO this was a pretty well run tourny, but there was one problem. One of my friends is suspended from POP, and was sitting off to the side in a table (that wasn't being used for matches, not even in viewing distance of any matches) when he was called to the front table. One of the official people (not sure which one) made him leave the premises. He was causing no harm, he was sitting at a non-tournament-table and was just playing games for fun. He did nothing noticable, he didn't do anything he wasn't allowed to yet he was kicked out. I thought this was wrong, so I looked into the official site's ruling on suspended players. These were the only rulings that ment anything in this situation.


The official pokemon rules said:
9. Suspension
Pokémon Organized Play may issue suspensions to players who disrupt other players or the events they
attend. In these cases, the players will be notified and their names and POP IDs will be made available
to POP Tournament Organizers.
Suspended players should not be allowed to participate in any Pokémon Organized Play events as a
player, judge, Tournament Organizer, or volunteer. If a suspended player disrupts an event by trying to
participate and then refusing to leave, the incident should be reported to POP and may result in an
extension of the existing suspension.
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This is the only thing relevant to what happened. Does it say anywhere a suspended player can't peacefully sit outside the tournament tables? No. I don't know why the judges would do this but I think it's completely unfair.
 
gashmoigidy said:
IMO this was a pretty well run tourny, but there was one problem. One of my friends is suspended from POP, and was sitting off to the side in a table (that wasn't being used for matches, not even in viewing distance of any matches) when he was called to the front table. One of the official people (not sure which one) made him leave the premises. He was causing no harm, he was sitting at a non-tournament-table and was just playing games for fun. He did nothing noticable, he didn't do anything he wasn't allowed to yet he was kicked out. I thought this was wrong, so I looked into the official site's ruling on suspended players. These were the only rulings that ment anything in this situation.

This is the only thing relevant to what happened. Does it say anywhere a suspended player can't peacefully sit outside the tournament tables? No. I don't know why the judges would do this but I think it's completely unfair.
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considering what this player was suspended for, said action is completely appropriate, AND has the approval of the OP folks.

'mom
 
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SD PokéMom said:
considering what this player was suspended for, said action is completely appropriate, AND has the approval of the OP folks.

'mom
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Yeah I had actually played said guy between rounds at regionals, and after finding out why he was banned...I was like WOW. I didn't know you couldn't be on the premises though, just can't enter tourney's.
 
okay we can all have a sigh of relief now, the tourney is supposed to be uploaded tonight, by POP. apparently there was an error with the junior's file and had to be sent to POP to be fixed.
 
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