Morning folks,
Following last nights appalling attendance at the Custom Carnage cup I feel it's necessary to discuss future repercussions for teams not showing up to booked fixtures.
First and foremost, this is frustrating because after months and months of you folk asking us to pump out more cups and tournaments, and UNGL taking on more admins to do so (at the cost of a fair amount of their own time) it's all a wasted effort as no one shows up to play them anyway.
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This is quite frankly a joke. It's not even as if you didn't get an advance warning in the overview of the event:
[quote]Only sign up to this cup if you can, and intend to, play your fixtures. Is there a risk time might be tight? Then please don't sign up, you may still be entered in to the cup and a default may be given to your opposition. Further to this you may also be blacklisted from future events.
- http://ungl.org/forum/1/7815/1 [/quote]
In the past we've let this slide, understanding of the fact that the so-called 'real world' does exist for some of us and that commitments can occasionally get in the way of Events and Fixtures. But to not even have a single member provide a justification for the absence of the whole team is incredibly frustrating.
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The match-planners of all teams who did not show to the Custom Carnage Cup (20/05) have all received one week bans.
Repeat offenders will see these extended to 2-3 months and so on and so forth until I cannot count any higher.
Why so mad? You're taking spots of teams that wanted to, and would have made themselves available to play. You wasted the evening of admins who set aside time to monitor the cup. You wasted the evening of teams who actually showed up and wanted to play.
Did anyone else think the ending of Doctor Who made no sense at all?
Discuss.