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. This is the reason for the rule:
§ 2 Cheating
(4) If a player is found to have broken any of the rules during a match and the admins determine that a significant advantage was gained, that player’s team will forfeit the relevant rounds.
It should be noted by all players that the term ‘significant advantage’ is intended to separate rule violations that could have no possible advantage from rule violations that do give a possible advantage. The extent of the actual advantage in any given match is not the proper application of this term. The term ‘relevant rounds’ is taken to indicate all rounds in which the player broke a rule.
In week 1 Austria Switzerland played a banned player, Disturbed, in their match against Turkey. Regardless of the actual performance of the player, such a roster violation is a potential benefit and therefore the official match score is adjusted to: Turkey 12-0 Austria & Switzerland
In week 1 and week 2 Arys, of team NA, played with highlighted projectiles in the NA match against Finland and against Austria&Switzerland. Among the benefits of highlighted projectiles are that they enable the user to more quickly: find their range and shoot/throw more accurately; locate used projectiles; locate enemy ranged players and notice enemy projectiles. For this reason the NA official match scores are adjusted to: North America 0- 12 Finland and North America 0- 12 Austria & Switzerland.
The admins are naturally disappointed that players and teams have failed to understand the rules sufficiently for the tournament to play out fairly. We remind all players that it is their responsibility to read, understand and comply with the rules but admins are available to answer questions if necessary.