[ECS2] Bans & Suspensions

ARNI


The player Arni was found to repeatedly show a poor attitude towards the community in general. He insulted players and admins on multiple occasions, he showed no respect to the tournament rules and tried to bypass sanctions, even asked for the help of others and finally disrupted multiple matches by DDoSing tournament servers and threatend to continue to do if his ban wasn't lifted. His actions are not allowed as per the following rules.

§ 1 Maturity and Respect said:

(1) Players should respect both the letter and the spirit of the rules. The responsibility for ensuring that this happens lies not with one individual - it involves captains, players and referees. It is through discipline, control and mutual respect that the Spirit of the Game flourishes and these are the qualities which forge the fellowship and sense of fair play essential to the Game’s ongoing success and survival.
(2) In order to maintain a serious and professional environment players must be respectful and polite towards their opponents on the ECS Subboard and the ECS Servers. If a player shows a poor attitude and displays rudeness or immaturety he or she will be punished by the tournament administration. The range of punishments reaches from a warning to a ban from of the tournament, depending on the weight of the crime.
(3) On ECS servers, streams and forum players are advised they should refrain from using language (including team or player names) that is obscene, foul, vulgar, insulting, threatening, abusive, libellous, slanderous, defamatory or otherwise offensive or objectionable.
(4) Any team that uses, incites or benefits from disruption to the matches, practice sessions or organisation of other teams will face disciplinary action at the admins discretion, up to and including disqualification from the tournament.

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§ 10 Multiteaming said:

It is strictly prohibited for a player to play for more than one team at any given point during the tournament. If a player is found to be on the roster for more than one team that player will be disqualified for the rest of the tournament, teams who have accepted a player already on the roster of another team will face sanctions at the admin’s discretion up to and including disqualification from the tournament.

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Given Arni has repeatedly shown disrespect to tournament rules and players and tried to bypass sanctions on multiple occasions, we are not inclined to believe he will ever change his attitude. The comments he made on the forums only enforce that. You can't blackmail the community nor the administration, threatening us and disrupting our matches won't be tolerated at any point. The tournament administration has therefore decided to lifetime ban him from both the European Championship Series and the Warband Native League, and we encourage every other admin team to do the same.

SOTAMURSU & TIBERIUS


For clarity: As players active in the tournament, Deacon and Scar did not have a part in this decision although they were consulted and had a part in the information gathering.

The decision was intended to be made by majority vote of the remaining admins and consultant: Aeronwen, Captain Lust and Varsung. Unfortunately, Varsung was absent but his position was known. The final decision was reached with a majority vote for the solution detailed below.

Firstly, let it be stated that this decision was made, understanding that a precedent will be set as a result if it arises that similar rulebreaks occur in other matches.  When a player is proven to have cheated according to the rules, any resulting potential benefit to the team of that player, must not be allowed to stand.

The complication here is that Legend also broke a rule. The effect of this rulebreak is not equivalent we have decided that in should not be treated as cheating in the same way as altering textures.  We have a precedent for the punishment resulting from breaking the spec rule, from the WNL Season 4, of a one match suspension for the player concerned and no punishment for the team, or adjustment to the match result.
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,315682.msg7547263.html#msg7547263

Based on this and the other stated penalties in the rules, the following individual punishments will be given as follows:

Legend _Tiberius will be suspended for one match as specified in § 13.3 Spectating the match by joining a team after the spawn period is not allowed at any given point. Is a player found spectating by joining a team, documented by footage for example, he will be suspended for one match.

It has been agreed that this one match suspension will be for the next match Legend play in the tournament, which does not include their potential rematch against WeDontYou.

WeDontYou_Sotamursu will be banned for the rest of the tournament as specified in § 2.1 It is strictly prohibited to gain an advantage by modifying texture files or using game modifications such as aimbots or autoblock. Every player that is found to have modified texture files or using game modifications in order to gain an advantage will be banned from the tournament.

For the match, it has been decided that it will be replayed. Naturally, Sotamursu's ban will be in effect for the rematch.

Given the different nature of infractions committed by the two teams, Legend will have the right to dictate the date and time of the rematch, which WeDontYou must accept. The range of dates Legend can pick for the rematch is 20th-23rd May (inclusive)

Legend have been given until 19:15 BST Tuesday 19th May to accept the rematch and provide the date and time for it to be played. Their failure or decline to do so will result in WeDontYou taking the win.

Legend will also agree map bans and picks with Heroes tomorrow. In the case that Legend win the replayed match, WeDontYou will play the match against Heroes on the maps set by Legend and Heroes.