Jan 05, 2012, 02:55 PM
Ah, my good friend Wombraider. Always a pleasure to read your forum posts. I see you are still upset for getting permanently banned from our forums for trolling, unsportsmanlike behavior, and general rudeness towards players and admins.
You, as always, over simplify issues making them completely one sided against us and in your favor. You have little understanding of the reasons behind things so I will try and help you understand them a bit better.
"they banned a player so that a match would be overturned so an admin's team wouldnt have a spot on their perfect record."
The only banned player in our league was banned for cheating, period. It had nothing to do with playing against an Admin's team. I really hate to dissapoint you but there is no conspiracy other than the one you created in your head.
"an admin told one team that they were no longer welcome just because they couldn't field 9 players for a match."
The team you are referring to, Wonderbolts, forfeitted a UGC playoff match because they wanted to scrim for an ESEA 6s match which occured 3 hours later. They lied to us during that event, as well as being under a probation of sorts for other rule violations during the season. They were told they were not welcome back if they are going to continue breaking our rules and forfeitting playoff matches. They dropped, but guess what? They reformed under a new name, Tangerine, with a new leader and promised to do better this time around. They were welcomed with open arms.
"one of the admins doesnt even play the game, yet his opinion is injected into every league decision."
You are referring to the leader of the league who owns the league, the website, and everything. He has been administrating TF leagues for over 8 years and has lots of valuable insight to contribute. Hes got kids, a busy life, and does not have enough time to play on a team. It actually works out well to have someone not on a team because he is available to help teams with problems on match nights because all the other admins are busy with their own matches. You're statement shows me you have little understand of how to run a successful competitive league.
"5 of the admins were all on the same team. "
This claim has already been proven false in another post.
"they think that it's OK for it to take four or more players to take down a wrangled sentry and refuse to ban it."
Yep, we refuse to ban it. Same with the only other popular highlander league - ETF2L. They ban zero weapons whereas we actually ban 3-4. Plenty of people in our league enjoy our liberal banning philosophy and this has actually been one of the reasons so many new teams are joining.
" they think the vocal minority that posts on their forums is a good sample of the players in their league."
Hmm since you were a vocal minority on our forums are you actually trying to say we shouldnt listen to you? If that is the case then we already dont.
"also concerning their prizes: a lot of sourceop players played in their 3rd season and we have yet to receive the prizes promised "
i just checked their roster http://steamcommunity.com/groups/StackOP and all of them got medals. Another one of your claims proven false.
"do not expect anything but bullshit from that league"
Sorry you still feel this way. You are welcome back at any time once you start acting like an adult and be respectful and constructive when you present critisicm.
And lastly, if our league is so full of bullshit, why do we have over 200 teams signed up for the next season?
You, as always, over simplify issues making them completely one sided against us and in your favor. You have little understanding of the reasons behind things so I will try and help you understand them a bit better.
"they banned a player so that a match would be overturned so an admin's team wouldnt have a spot on their perfect record."
The only banned player in our league was banned for cheating, period. It had nothing to do with playing against an Admin's team. I really hate to dissapoint you but there is no conspiracy other than the one you created in your head.
"an admin told one team that they were no longer welcome just because they couldn't field 9 players for a match."
The team you are referring to, Wonderbolts, forfeitted a UGC playoff match because they wanted to scrim for an ESEA 6s match which occured 3 hours later. They lied to us during that event, as well as being under a probation of sorts for other rule violations during the season. They were told they were not welcome back if they are going to continue breaking our rules and forfeitting playoff matches. They dropped, but guess what? They reformed under a new name, Tangerine, with a new leader and promised to do better this time around. They were welcomed with open arms.
"one of the admins doesnt even play the game, yet his opinion is injected into every league decision."
You are referring to the leader of the league who owns the league, the website, and everything. He has been administrating TF leagues for over 8 years and has lots of valuable insight to contribute. Hes got kids, a busy life, and does not have enough time to play on a team. It actually works out well to have someone not on a team because he is available to help teams with problems on match nights because all the other admins are busy with their own matches. You're statement shows me you have little understand of how to run a successful competitive league.
"5 of the admins were all on the same team. "
This claim has already been proven false in another post.
"they think that it's OK for it to take four or more players to take down a wrangled sentry and refuse to ban it."
Yep, we refuse to ban it. Same with the only other popular highlander league - ETF2L. They ban zero weapons whereas we actually ban 3-4. Plenty of people in our league enjoy our liberal banning philosophy and this has actually been one of the reasons so many new teams are joining.
" they think the vocal minority that posts on their forums is a good sample of the players in their league."
Hmm since you were a vocal minority on our forums are you actually trying to say we shouldnt listen to you? If that is the case then we already dont.
"also concerning their prizes: a lot of sourceop players played in their 3rd season and we have yet to receive the prizes promised "
i just checked their roster http://steamcommunity.com/groups/StackOP and all of them got medals. Another one of your claims proven false.
"do not expect anything but bullshit from that league"
Sorry you still feel this way. You are welcome back at any time once you start acting like an adult and be respectful and constructive when you present critisicm.
And lastly, if our league is so full of bullshit, why do we have over 200 teams signed up for the next season?