ANNOUNCEMENT 8It's a good thing that some of you know how important is this league, especially the 5th Season which involves WCG 06 seedings. Unfortunately, some people didn't know about that, maybe they know but they don't care. Before i start the league in every season since the 1st Season, i will PM each and everyone to ask for their commitment on the league and if they are really free for the league. The response are all positive, stating they have no problems in finishing the league matches and following each and every single rules and regulations of the league. To my disappointment, in all of the 5 seasons that i had organized, there's at least 1 player that is irresponsible and breaking his commitment to the league.
I, as the organizer of the LYN League, am doing all this for fun and volunteerily without any benefits. Therefore, i shall only do what's right and fair for everyone in the league. Since there isn't a standard rules for Forum-based FIFA League, i will have to think for myself what rules are fair for everyone. I also did ask for feedbacks from the players, but there are not many, mainly because not all players are free to check the forum. I did asked Nigel Goh for opinions about my rules and regulations, and he gave me the fullest support and thumbs up for my rules. He also asked me to be strict enough this season to punish those who didn't follow the simple rules and those who aren't committed to the league.
Giving forfeit wins and abandoning the matches, are the 2 main things i can think of that can be fair for all players. These are also punishments to those who can't follow the simple rules and also to see if the players are responsible enough to play their parts as committed players. This time, i will explain with more details about the rules:
Forfeit-WinsForfeit-wins are only given to those who informed me about their unplayed matches. It doesn't matter what are the reasons, as long as those who can't finish their matches, they are required to PM me in LYN.net on Sundays (the end of the day which i will close the week's games). Those who informed me not according to the rules will be ignored as well (informed me through MSN or e-mail). If one party PM me and the other did not, the person who PM me will have the advantage to get the free points. This is made to award the person free points because he follows the rules and he's aware of the league while the other party will be punished because he doesn't care about informing me at all.
Abandoned GamesI will abandon the games on the 2 conditions below:
1. If i didn't receive any PMs from both parties of the particular game. Therefore, i didn't know what happen to both of them, so the easiest for me is to abandon the game. This is made to punish both parties who are lazy to PM me or are not aware about the league.
2. If i received both parties' PMs. Yes, both parties that PM me about their unplayed match. This is a really hard decision to be made, as well as i don't have any other choices to choose. Since this is not my problem that both parties can't find each other to play 1 game in 7 days, i guess it's the best to abandon the games, which both parties are blamed for not playing the match. Both parties might give me different kind of reasons why they didn't or can't play the game, and i shall not believe 1 side and not the other as i do not know who is telling the truth.
I hope everyone now fully understand how the system goes. It is a fair system because this is a forum-based league and not a real-time LAN competition. I'm not there to observe every single matches being played and the behaviours of 15 league players. I'm trying my best to organize this league for the sake of everyone who are interested in playing FIFA 06 against humans and not AI, and of course for the WCG 06 seedings as well.
Cheers,
Accelerator7