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Guarantees are a very complex issue. Even in real life, mistakes happen often, and in our virtual world...
In my opinion.
If a player I respect contacts me, as a tournament organizer, and asks me to vouch for a new player, help with activation, saying that he knows him, has been playing with him for 5 years, and he's from [resource name], my reaction will probably be clear. Such a guarantee is both necessary and useful – for the player and for the organizer.
Or, again, a good acquaintance of mine says about an unknown player – I've played with him more than 10 times – everything was fine, and this will be significant for me.
But recently, something like this happened. A new player registered for the tournament, asked a lot, and promised. He referred to another player, whom I've known for over a year – a fellow countryman, we've been playing together for a long time... The result – both played half of their games and disappeared. Without explanation or apology. Should both be put on the "Black List" for disrespecting the tournament?
A year ago, many players would have readily vouched for a well-known player from two resources.
If you set a goal, you can deceive anyone, regardless of their level of trust/naivety/vigilance.
And I've already discussed this with Vitya. Yes, the current "Newcomer," especially in light of recent events, causes serious concerns for the AC, not so much because of "smurfs," but because of clones and cheaters. But how will Cash check this now? He's already overwhelmed with work. I would definitely help ABI, but I have no ideas at all... We'll have to work on it as the tournament progresses. Therefore, both the organizers and the AC insist on attaching saves to the reports.
Maybe in the future, we can include in the regulations conditions for participants – registration on the forum for at least 1 month, at least 5 and no more than 50(?) games in the season?
Then, how will new players find a guarantor? When I joined the forum, I didn't know anyone. One or two games with well-known players don't prove anything. Personally, I won't be able to take responsibility for any of the new players.
"Mentorship" for new players is a good thing, and ABI has been doing this for six months. I know that they help, advise, teach, and find opponents... Should we involve more people in this?
In general, nothing useful comes to mind on how to organize this. If you, Alex, come up with something, even if it's not very strict, some kind of scheme, it would be good. But making such a guarantee mandatory is unclear, and it's hard to see how it could be done.
