My brief opinion, just because I haven't written here yet.
1. I am absolutely against the Arbitration Committee (AC) interfering in my Tournaments and influencing my decisions. But there may be situations where their help is needed.
Firstly, I mainly work with beginners, and not all of them are reasonable. I can handle it and make my unbiased decision, but... We have a democratic resource. An offended (as it seems to him) beginner may have a brilliant idea to appeal this somewhere on the forum. Support from an uninformed public, then my sputtering in an attempt to justify myself... Why do I need all this if there will be a special body to which I can submit all the materials in such a situation and save my nerves?

And I am absolutely against the AC not interfering in your Tournaments!!! In fact, it doesn't interfere anywhere, in any Tournaments until it is asked to, but if any of the participants, in the event of a controversial situation with you or your opponent, considers your decision unfair or biased and decides to appeal it to the AC, then he should have such an opportunity. And this is his right! The AC is guided only by the rules and the system of penalties for violations and should generally be indifferent to public opinion. And the AC knows better whether the decision is correct or biased. In your Tournament, I had a situation where I was given 0 points because rewhait couldn't play against me... You told me then that it was just a "fun" thing and I was "confusing things," but I think that if I had appealed to the AC then (probably I should have), the AC would have ruled in my favor, because there is also a seasonal Tournament. It is also unknown what would have happened in the case of maxlewis, if he had not started writing what he started writing, but had calmly appealed to the AC. Maybe it would have defended his victory over Enik. If your decision is correct and unbiased, then you have nothing to worry about - the AC will support you and you will not have to prove or justify anything. And all your Tournaments and, in general, any Tournaments for the third game on our resource should be held on a level playing field, and any of their participants, including you, should have the opportunity to immediately contact the AC if they suddenly feel that they are being treated unfairly.

And in general, a very interesting situation is observed: we created the AC, but no one appeals to it. Nothing has changed. When a controversial situation arises, it starts like it did before the AC appeared!!! And why is it necessary to have all these squabbles??? If you think that your opponent or the Tournament organizer is wrong, do not prove anything with foam at the mouth in your posts - write to the AC and provide it with the data that it asks you for. And if you are right in this situation, then the AC will make a decision in your favor!!! Why did the AC appear, but in fact, no one uses it, and everyone still tries to resolve the issue on their own???!!!

If a controversial situation arises with an opponent or organizer, do not write anything on the forum!!! Contact the AC!!! Contact the AC!!! Contact the AC!!!