France - Turkey Ruling
As many have noticed, a player under the name FRA_Aymerald joined the NC_GER_1 server during the official match between the teams Turkey 1 and France. He caused a disruption in the match by joining the Turkish side and teamkilling players. This ultimately affected the final result (an 8-8 draw). We hope to address a few important questions some might have in this announcement.
What happens to the result of Turkey - France 1?
After a long discussion, both teams Turkey 1 and France have decided to look for a rematch date somewhere this week. In case the teams cannot agree on a rematch date that doesn't jeopardize their week 2 matches, the tie will stand.
As France and Turkey had initially agreed to reset the server after the incident happened, it would not be fair to again reset from 2-0 onwards with a gold advantage for France.
Who was FRA_Aymerald?
We are still investigating who it was, but it was very likely not the actual Aymerald. We will follow up on this once we find him, but it is complicated as it was a Russian throw-away ID. We are aware of the steam account and name of the original owner of the ID, so no need to send us. The ID is obviously banned permanently from hereon.
What lessons can we take from this?
From the admin team, we would like to apologize that this disruption could even occur. There are two important lessons to take going into the future.
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[*]When such an incident occurs, please contact any admin to help resolve the situation. If both teams agree to a decision resolving the situation, we cannot change it when it works out poorly for one team without disadvantaging the other.
[*]From now on, please change the password of the server for the duration of the official match. Any admin and referee will do this for you when assigned, but we do not possess enough referees to arbiter all matches. As such, the captains are from hereon advised to also adopt this practice to avoid something similar happening to your matches. For both streamers and teams, we obviously advise to not share the changed password with anyone other than team members and co-casters.
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