You won against Elite? Interesting. I'd love to see the replay, where can I find it? It's not on Kryptik's channel, that's why I ask
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I think this is the first time Elite and Daemon organised a tournament, right? If so, it's a little naive to expect the tournament organisation to go without any issues. Not meant in an offensive way, of course. Even the bigger cups occasionally experience some hiccups, causing people to forfeit, leave, be replaced etc. I get the impression that most of these situations occured during the last few moments of the tournament. It should always be made clear in advance.
However, if what Idrial claims is true, I'd be pretty upset myself too. I hope that all these issues that were experienced will be taken into consideration for the organisation of the next cup, so that they can prevented from occuring then.
Playing times rendered in some kind of bracket system is the basis of organising a tournament usually. I'd be surprised if that wasn't done this time around, you can usually find a generator online or make one yourself at home with some paper scraps. Try DOW II Elite mod, they organise small weekly and larger monthly rumble tournaments where people give small donations to organise the bracket system and grant prizes to the winners, like games etc. It's very well done. Casters and streamers usually have a bracket system including times to show to their viewers.
Finally, concerning Idrial's situation, I see two ways to grant some compensation:
1. Explain your situation to the team and hopefully, with a bit of luck, ET will help you with your current issue, because it is quite clear to see that you really wanted to be part of the beta testing team and being replaced by a random player, or one that is not of your choosing, is really frustrating. It is, after all, in the best of interests for both the organisers and the players of the tournament that the experience of the participants proceeds as smoothly as possible.
2. Redo the finals sometime in the future and decide from there.
I hope I could contribute to the post in some way. Please try to keep it civil as has been said.
Kind regards.