Appeal to the appeals committee regarding the Novice 2018 - Winter tournament, specifically to investigate and make a decision on the following issues:
1. Change the tournament format back to the previous one. Currently, 4 players advance from each group (5-6 players), and the playoff stage is bo1. This playoff format, which doesn't allow for any mistakes, is not suitable for novice players.
2. Prevent players who cannot be considered novices from participating in the tournament, and who did not meet the rules at the time of group formation (the rules were changed 1 day ago): PaTRioT (250+ ranked games, participated in two Novice tournaments), Mori (already participated in two Novice tournaments), ckotuHa (participated in two Novice tournaments), o1dboy79 (100+ ranked games, participated in two Novice tournaments), Порфустанг (a clone of Принц, at least he writes reports in the fan forums for Принц), Alin (200+ ranked games).