Please outline the acceptable scope for discussions and for expressing one's opinion regarding the tournament rules. Also, clarify here — what was the decision regarding the FTS and why was it made?
Regarding the FTS — in my understanding, a player who signs up for a tournament declares their desire to compete for victory within the tournament rules.
Vanya has already shown several times that publicly displaying his political stance is more important to him than the sporting result. Therefore, when he signed up for the tournament, I immediately clarified this matter with him. I thought — maybe his motivation had changed? It turned out it hadn't.
That is, there is a non-zero risk that somewhere in the playoffs he might encounter a principled opponent who insists on playing by the regulations, and Vanya would take a stand and say, "I won't play these templates, set the techs."
Therefore: