UnknownMight true. I can't change it anymore. I'll try for next round

    zadokk Hi, zadokk, team opponent sign open border pact, add you as friend to discuss details, please advise.

      FirstOfDao omg, people still offering pacts? Did you said it was a no pact game at start of the game? Let's talk in chat of game

        Good morning, I want to get out of this tournament, how can I do?

          ZioKhan hi your teammate already dropped out. So your team is eliminated from this tournament. Tx for participating.

            Hi zadokk @pajada We would like to report abusive behavior, Group 12 from Medicus. Should I attach the screenshot here, or send it via email?

            Goldan Hi Goldan, yes, please attach it here.

              Goldan
              zadokk
              I'm sure it is about pace of the game. You and your teammate are ridiculously slow. Every turn on reserve. No fun to play with such team.
              Edit: I guess I was right, Goldan Timed Out already 😃

                @Straszyk No, it's not about pace, it's about nationality, see screenshot above. Also me and my friend had been playing by the rules, there is no such rule like "using reserve time is not allowed, because it's not fun".
                Yes, I did time out after that interaction happened. I didn't want to play with that team anymore.

                Goldan Hi, I am quite busy for the next days. But I will discuss it with @pajada. Will keep you posted.

                zadokk Thank you, looking forward to the updates.

                  Goldan I'm quite mitigated on this one. In case you didn't notice they are polish and they are on the front row of what's happening right now and it's really inhumane. A game should stay a game and what's happening out should not interfere in any way but at the same time Russia is a fascist regime right now (check for characteristics on: https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Opposition-to-parliamentary-democracy) and unfortunately too many Russian are supportive of Putin's rethoric (which might be your case as you felt offensed by medicus statement). I can understand you felt offended as it was a rather indiscriminating statement but you can consider they're seeing too much atrocities to keep it for themselves. Maybe a rematch with no pact and no chat could be the solution here. But playing the offended card when an onslaught is going on seems illegitimate to me. If anyone wanna talks about propaganda or discuss russian war, add me in a game or whatever but we should keep this forum from straying too much from the awesome and completely harmless goal of zadokk. War and aggressions should stay in game.

                    @Goldan @Medicus: this tournament is neutral on this topic. I am against war myself, but please keep this out of the tournament. It is a very sensible topic which I do not want to touch here. If needed, I will remove the flags and nationalities in the Google Doc. For your case, I propose a rematch, and in case you do not want to play again, i will end this game as a draw...so both parties gets 1 point. . In case you do not agree, I would like you to step out of this tournament to keep the peace here at least. Regards, zadokk

                    zadokk I am also against war, and this topic is extremely sensible for me, as you can imagine. TTA is absolutely not the place where I'd want to discuss any of that. I didn't say anything in the game chat.
                    I'm fine with the draw, I don't want to play with them again. I'd like to continue playing in the tournament.

                    However, I do think that there should be a clear policy regarding such behavior. I see two options:
                    1) We ban players from Russia from participating in the tournament. Some sports organizations have done that. I personally think it is the wrong thing to do, but I can understand some logic behind that.
                    2) We welcome players from all countries, keeping it neutral, and don't touch this subject. Then we shouldn't tolerate any verbal abuse like what Medicus has posted. I hope everyone agrees that being called a "Russian killer" and "stop killing people" is a harassment, especially in times like this. Then it should result in a ban from the tournament or at least a hard warning. If anyone else does something like this, they should be banned.

                    The "middle ground" position similar to what @Runawaaayyy stated, which I understand as "all players are welcome, let's keep it neutral, but it's okay to harass Russians because they have a fascist regime, and people understandably can't keep it for themselves. Don't play the offended card and just do a rematch", is absolutely insensitive.

                    I'll add you ingame so we can discuss "harrassing" and "insensitivity" in an appropriate place 😉

                      Runawaaayyy Sure. I just tried to start a private discussion on the forum, but for some reason the dropdown couldn't find your (or any) nickname, so looks like that feature is broken.

                        admin Hello, just to inform, one of our opponents has timed out. Group 44 game 1.

                        Goldan Hi Goldan, I really think you are right. I prefer option 2. And the attitude of Medicus is not the way to go. I will try to have a chat with him. It is indeed a form of harrasment.

                        GAM3NURD I hope we'll end up with 8 teams for a top 8 after round 7... :-)