There’s a concern that the organizers did not communicate the rules clearly enough beforehand. I wanted to share some feedback regarding the point deductions in the PMNC PH. ||For some teams there were no grounds for point deduction/Disqualification as it was not mentioned in the rulebook. Were the rules made out of thin air?||
From what I’ve gathered, this is the first time this kind of point deduction system has been implemented in a tournament like this. In other international events, the rules were always clearly stated upfront, and referees would perform round-by-round checks, issuing warnings before any penalties were applied.
It raises the question as to why PMNC PH didn’t have a similar system in place. If Discord was being used for communication, it’s unclear why the necessary warnings weren’t issued properly to the players ahead of any deductions being made.