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It’s unpleasant to read all this nonsense about responsibility for registering for a tournament and about blacklisting those who withdraw. If you want to put pressure on people, write about the responsibility in the tournament description, not after people have withdrawn. We don’t come here to work; everyone has their own things to do. I can’t imagine what kind of pathetic nerd you have to be to put heroes on the first place in your life. I don’t see anything wrong with withdrawing. If someone suffers because of one person withdrawing, it’s not their fault, but a problem with the tournament system. There is a normal, dynamic, and fair double elimination system; play on it, and no one will suffer. I don’t know why they make these Swiss-system and group stages, which cause so many problems and arguments. You should look at the root of the problem, not just its surface.

I agree that the Swiss system is not the best option, and the group stage also has its pros and cons, but even in double elimination, people withdraw, and they don’t do it because their life or plans have suddenly changed, but simply because… they just don’t feel like it anymore.
People who have long lost motivation continue to register for tournaments and withdraw after the first failure, which very often spoils the whole situation or simply creates an unpleasant feeling. To fully understand this, you need to put yourself in the organizer’s shoes. When you spend your time and energy organizing a tournament (and want to do it well, not just any way), you contact players, etc., all on a purely enthusiastic basis, and instead of gratitude, you are simply lazily told “I don’t feel like playing anymore, deal with it yourself” – that’s :smile48:. Just try to organize at least an average tournament, run around after the players, etc., and you will understand that withdrawals are always a headache and a morale killer for the tournament.
And people aren’t being banned yet, although the organizers themselves should take note of players who regularly flake on tournaments and think about whether to accept them next time or not.
And what does putting heroes first in life have to do with it – what kind of nonsense is that? Or do you only do well what is on the first place in your life, and you don’t care about everything else? If you don’t have a serious attitude, don’t register for a tournament; there is a season mode for that – play for fun.