This post reflects my individual opinion -- not TDs, my teammates, etc.
The decision for
S1nn0hC0nfirm3d to be allowed to play is not good. I am tagging you because you know what you did was wrong and you should feel bad.
I am aware hosts consulted TDs, but the majority (not unanimous admittedly) was ignored. I am aware this is technically a grey, unprecedented area, which defaults to "best judgement of the hosts", but I do not think that judgement was exhibited. I understand it is a possible conclusion to draw and everyone can have different judgements, but I want to stress that this judgement adversely impacts the tournament.
I have played team tournaments for ten years across pretty much every tier and I have never had a teammate that refused to use discord/skype/IRC (boomers know
those days). As a manager, it is an obvious red-flag if someone refuses to log-in to any chat interface the team uses. A majority of managers would not bid on anyone under these circumstances.
S1nn0h is obviously a great player in this setting as he went 9-0 last year and surely would've been worth >20k, but even if he was not, getting him for 4.5k AND him suddenly being active on discord days after telling managers the exact opposite is not fair. I want to stress that since I cannot prove any collusion occurred, I am not trying to blame Drud or anyone else on his team, but S1nn0h should not be allowed to play if we want the most fair and competitive product.