Appeals Committee. Disputed situations in tournaments.

I'll explain once why I don't assign technical wins and losses in the "Novice" tournament, but instead assign zeros to both. It's clear and with examples.

No, Vitya, I don't understand. For example, consider the best-case scenario. If I have one more win than LeBron, and there are no other competitors, can I prematurely celebrate my victory, even though he might challenge me to a match and win, thus winning the tournament? Another thing is that in real life, this challenge didn't happen, and it wasn't beneficial for me to violate the rules. Still, at least if it's clear that one of the opponents cannot play and doesn't deny it, the other should be given a win. IMHO, of course, but I hope you will still listen to my opinion.