No, I get the point, I just don't get the over simplification. You're refusing to see that there has to be some sort of oversight and room for rules to be interpreted differently in different situations. I see the point you're raising, but you're glossing certain things over, when it's really as simple as if a team is having a legitimate latency issue, and they request the map to be replayed because of it, there's a valid point to consider. However, if a team is having a latency issue and *doesn't* request any action, there's obviously nothing to consider.
I understand what you're getting at; there needs to be more clarification. As a ladder admin, my interpretation is that a team who has a large amount of their team having latency issues has the ability to request a reschedule, at which point the other team is obliged to acquiesce if the request is legitimate and not lag produced by an obvious attempt to stall the match, aka a team is down 1-4 and starts torrenting.
Clearly, the interpretation is there for the admins, and I think that my simple explanation is a pretty easy to grasp point. Latency problems need to be announced quickly and handled at that moment. The only reason BkS vs Balion went on is that, if I remember correctly, I let Balion know we were having issues yet the sentiment was that we were expected to deal with it. In essence, we were forced to play with it. The teams now know they have the option to request a reschedule, and if they don't exercise that right immediately when the issue arises, they should forfeit the right.
Edit: Part of the issue is that the precedent lies in the fact that we, as an entire group of players under a new ruleset, were learning the rules as to what happened in that exact scenario. Now that we all know the rules and are very well defined, it's not acceptable to go to the third map and then request the entire match be thrown out for a little bit of lag on one map. The only reason the initial BkS vs Balion map went that long is the situation never arising before and neither team being aware of their responsibilities or expected actions in that situation; that's no longer the case.
Edit 2: A livestream and VOD set of the finals and third place match would be an awesome cap to the season. Perhaps I can co-commentate the third place match with Lust and a few other notables, and have the finals match commentated as well? We should make an event out of it; hype it up a bit.
I understand what you're getting at; there needs to be more clarification. As a ladder admin, my interpretation is that a team who has a large amount of their team having latency issues has the ability to request a reschedule, at which point the other team is obliged to acquiesce if the request is legitimate and not lag produced by an obvious attempt to stall the match, aka a team is down 1-4 and starts torrenting.
Clearly, the interpretation is there for the admins, and I think that my simple explanation is a pretty easy to grasp point. Latency problems need to be announced quickly and handled at that moment. The only reason BkS vs Balion went on is that, if I remember correctly, I let Balion know we were having issues yet the sentiment was that we were expected to deal with it. In essence, we were forced to play with it. The teams now know they have the option to request a reschedule, and if they don't exercise that right immediately when the issue arises, they should forfeit the right.
Edit: Part of the issue is that the precedent lies in the fact that we, as an entire group of players under a new ruleset, were learning the rules as to what happened in that exact scenario. Now that we all know the rules and are very well defined, it's not acceptable to go to the third map and then request the entire match be thrown out for a little bit of lag on one map. The only reason the initial BkS vs Balion map went that long is the situation never arising before and neither team being aware of their responsibilities or expected actions in that situation; that's no longer the case.
Edit 2: A livestream and VOD set of the finals and third place match would be an awesome cap to the season. Perhaps I can co-commentate the third place match with Lust and a few other notables, and have the finals match commentated as well? We should make an event out of it; hype it up a bit.
