Man, if this is true, it's pretty disappointing. I'm not trying to take away from Posho's win or anything, but this should be a bannable offense IMO. Meddling with a tournament finals match is definitely a form of cheating that we shouldn't tolerate on Smogon.I'm usually not one to bitch about things that are out of my control but I think it needs to be said regardless. I'm referring to the people who went out of their own way to spam and challenge me in pms, with the server lag from people joining not really helping my case. the d/c's definitely influenced my moves as I did cancel a number of times but clearly the command didn't go through (to the ignorance of those who thought I choked). not to detract from my opponent's victory but I thought that finals was pretty garbage, i'm astonished that we had to play a stour finals under those circumstances. rant aside many thanks to those who helped and supported me, my opponents for putting up with my tentative schedule, and congrats to posho for winning this time around :p
No one was doing it to throw him off though, it was just the randoms from main spam challenging everyone. Not like they knew what was going on which is stupid by itself I guess but it's not like anyone went out of there way to rig the finals.Man, if this is true, it's pretty disappointing. I'm not trying to take away from Posho's win or anything, but this should be a bannable offense IMO. Meddling with a tournament finals match is definitely a form of cheating that we shouldn't tolerate on Smogon.
Congrats to Posho on a nice performance and for winning a Tour after reaching the finals twice! I wish the BW game wasn't glitched on Showdown.
Ben, someday you'll get it. You've reached the highest echelon in this game, both in skill and respect. Keep at it, bro. Always a pleasure watching you play.
ThanksGrats Posho
No one was doing it to throw him off though, it was just the randoms from main spam challenging everyone. Not like they knew what was going on which is stupid by itself I guess but it's not like anyone went out of there way to rig the finals.
Well the answer to that is simple.. those people dont care or dont understand how serious this was to you guysThanks
But let's use common sense for once, shall we: If it was announced it was a finals of a tournament, why'd you be challenging or talking to the players involved, even more when there was a lot of people joining, the server could not stand that and thus there was a lot of lag, it kinda makes no sense, it's like there's a final of whatever football tournament and out of the sudden random people start jumping in on the pitch and distract the players.
I'm deeply sorry the finals had to go this way, ben, I hope we have a cleaner series soon enough :)