EVE Alliance Tournament Discussion

Throwing the match isn't the issue. Logging off and not contacting the organizers is. It shows a severe lack of sportsmanship and thus the disqualification from all future events. The response from CHODE. reinforces the validity of that judgement.

Judging from this and that minerbumping site + comments, CODE are the EvE version of Tumblr SJWs ?

I'm confused, what's going on? At least it's moderately entertaining at parts. (although site is horrible)


Honestly it's still a little harsh to ban the alliance. Guess they can always make xXCODEXx or CODE RELOADED or CODE ALLIANCE RELOADED if they want to join later.

CODE. shoot newbies and calls it "fair contest"

CCP perma-bans CODE from AT and calls it fair verdict.

This is EVE dude, harsh, cold universe, full of injustice, treason and without any honor

I think you're not looking at it from the correct perspective. The purpose of the rules is to make for a more or less entertaining and professional performance for the viewing audience, other teams and the organizer. Cheating is often just one of the teams wanting to win so badly they resort to forbidden methods. Such action warrants a slap, since they performed mostly as desired from the view of the overall purpose of the event. They just need a reminder to stay within the rules and to ensure others, that the competition is fair. On the other hand, a team which chooses to just bail without a justified reason or notification when the match is already set up, broadcast has been organized and public is waiting for the match to start, is pretty much the worst case scenario for a tournament. They let everyone down, embarrassed the organizer, didn't provide their end of the promised entertainment and caused everyone involved extra trouble and inconvenience. To top it off they ran away without a word like little children who were afraid of their parents scolding. CCP would be foolish to take a chance with unreliable and irresponsible trash like that a second time, when there is no shortage of willing, capable and reliable teams who want to compete.

This is why you at least tell CCP "hey guys, we can't make it"

as a guess I don't think the word educated is appropriate, you are being far too generous

team that cheats surely has just as many members?

your spin was tenuous weak sauce at best and that's me being generous

Regardless of who or what CODE is, CCP has been pretty clear that the AT is special and TQ antics will not be appreciated if it interferes with providing entertaining matches.

The given sanction was listed in the AT rules as the harshest penalty CCP was prepared to dish out. Simply logging off just before your match is probably the biggest middle finger you can give to the AT and it's organisers. Colour me unsurprised that CCP chose to dish out the harshest penalty.

I'm pretty sure it is your attitude toward the tourney that warranted the harsher response.

♦ Did you communicate your inability to field a team to CCP prior to the match?

♦ Did you apologize to CCP about your lack of communication, or did you simply brag that your callous disregard for playing in the tourney with the blog post "they will always remember the CODEdot team. They have achieved immortality."

Seriously, you (CODE.) have openly stated you haven't put any effort into the tournament, that you are ill prepared, and that CODE. is at the heart of drama everywhere they play. Our AT Organizers have spent many unpaid hours organizing the tourney, accommodating the thousands of players involved, and setting up a highly publicized event for the players of this game. When your alliance has made it abundantly clear that the only reason they are participating in the AT is to cause drama and stir up ****, do you really think it is inappropriate for CCP to simply say "Be gone from the tournament"?

Sure it is.
Players that specifically go out of their way to disrupt the entire tournament receive a harsher penalty than those caught cheating for personal gain.

It doesn't get much more clear cut than that, as one is much, much more disruptive to the tournament than the other.

And... to put it bluntly... I don't really much care if the crap on my shoe gets upset when I scrape it off.

The fact they do this and flaunt it to the playerbase as if they are something incredible is kinda insulting. I've gone up against the incredible hoard of the CFC a dozen times, losing some and winning some (Good fights all around), and the only thing I have to say is 'gf' in local. Sometimes us in MOA get utterly obliterated and yet STILL we put that 'gf' in local, and the CFC pilots do the same. Here, outside of the sandbox, in the AT, they mock the players, they mock CCP, they boast and brag and post in such an arrogant manner, that it's just insulting in a way (inb4 I take the game 2 srs). I wanted to see them destroyed, but after all that's happened and even beyond the laugh I've gotten out of it, I still get the feeling of "Seriously? They did that?". Whenever I see loyalanon or that DJ guy talk about it or James harp on and on and on, I get a kick of joy but also I get insulted. The ban they get is deserved. They didn't do it for the goodfights, they did it to cause trouble, whether planned or not. This is what they deserve. While CFC drops fleets from cyno domis in 5ZXX in search of goodfights, these guys give the middle finger to the entire playerbase and CCP. Good job guys, good job. While you're busy saving highsec, see if you can save your gosh darned reputation