Judges interferring with games when not asked to

[Whicker]

if that really happened, than I am forced to agree that that is wrong
but Kevin is correct, discarding a supporter isn't something that people should really try and win off of

 

[meganium45]

Although a "fun" conspiracy theory, there was a straight 1-32 bracket set up on day one that did not change walking into day 2.

I was one of the judges on both days, and it was handled correctly.

There were a lot of people "tied" for positions.

M45

 

[$DuckMan$]

meg is right it did not change, and it was still the same on day 2 but i did see a lot of supporter misplay.

 

[Whicker]

meg is right it did not change, and it was still the same on day 2 but i did see a lot of supporter misplay.

good thing I didn't make it to day 2 then
or otherwise the supporter misplay would have probably doubled

right Vince?
lol

 

[Professor Dav]

I head it from a couple of judges. why do you think almost everyone pair in top 32 were Japanese vs American. That's not a coincidence.

I highly doubt you heard that from a single one of our judges, as it didn't happen, and they have more integrity than to make up a silly rumor like that.

The top 32 were seeded directly from the swiss results and the pairings did not change on day 2.

Prof. Dav

 

[davechri]

Agent Scully told me about it.

 

[Physics Squirrel]

Somebody said that the extreme penalties aka. game losses were only given out in the higher end of play... and that there was always a judge watching. I still don't understand how a simple misplay that is easily reversable should EVER escalate to a game loss. It just doesn't seem right that someone should lose the chance at the title on a simple reversable technicality. It's just absurd. You may argue that the player was trying to gain an advantage by playing a second supporter that turn... Well if a judge is ALWAYS watching the game like some people said, why can't a judge just keep track of whether someone actually plays a second supporter and actually does CHEAT, as opposed to penalizing a simple misplay that might lead to cheating.

Would you give a game loss for not turning the active pokemon sideways when Dunsparce flips heads? Because that is a perfectly parallel situation. If it is something that doesn't directly affect the game IN ANY WAY, then it is totally different from something like attacking without the necessary energy or something like that. And I remeber at the Stadium Challenge, someone attacked multiple times before having the necessary energy attached and they just played the game as if the attacks had happened legitimately with no penalty. And yet at some Stadiums and Nats, there were bigger penalties for not discarding a supporter?!? How does this make any sense at all?

Just my 2 cents on the issue(s).