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HL Season 2 Playoffs 2 - Semifinals

Match Date
03/15/2019 09:30 PM EDT
Default Date
03/11/2019 09:30 PM EDT
Latest Reschedule Date
03/15/2019 09:30 PM EDT


Home
2.30
Away 0.70

Match Comms

32 Comments

Last Comment:
Jacob Admin
 03/05/2019 02:49 PM EST
Welcome to the Semi Finals of the Top-4 Playoffs of Invite. This Match will be played best of three and will have the maps determined through pick bans. This is a double elimination playoff, you can see the bracket at the top of the league table for your respective division.

The maps that can be picked and banned are the following:
Koth: Product, Lakeside, Ashville
Stopwatch: Upward, Borneo, Swiftwater, Steel

Pick/ban order will be:
Away bans,
Home bans then picks,
Away picks then bans,
Home picks.

If you have any questions please message Exa or Myself directly! Good luck and have a blast!

Jacob Admin
 03/05/2019 05:39 PM EST
*IM playoffs, I was at work and just copy pasted that from the previous scheduling haha

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/05/2019 05:39 PM EST
Nah- we are invite now. lmao

Welcome to invite Frag2Play

exa Admin
 03/05/2019 09:01 PM EST
KOTH will be played first to three (Bo5). Stopwatch will be played best of three halves (Bo3), unless both teams agree to do a Bo1.

FAQ:
Q: Who starts off on which side?
A: Home team gets to pick starting side on their map picks, while away team gets to pick starting side on their own respective map picks.

Q: How many pauses do we get?
A: One per half. If a team is having issues, it is expected that teams be courteous and show proper sportsmanship during pauses by allowing additional pauses.
NOTE: Any team caught abusing pauses SHOULD contact any admin available to force an unpause. Teams may face additional consequences based on severity.

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/05/2019 09:05 PM EST
Ban: Ashville

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/06/2019 01:55 PM EST
Requesting RINGER:

http://hl.rgl.gg/Public/PlayerProfile.aspx?p=76561198119658379
He was our spy S1, and he left middle of S2 to join Clearer comms, a main team which went 2-5 (one win was bye week).

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/06/2019 09:18 PM EST
Pick: Product
Ban: Swift
Ringer denied

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/06/2019 10:38 PM EST
Pick Lakeside
Ban Steel

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/06/2019 10:57 PM EST
pick borneo

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/11/2019 02:09 PM EDT
We will be ringing this bbg.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/Poogg
Best of luck tonight

-Hoekstra

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/11/2019 07:29 PM EDT
ringer allowed best of luck

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/11/2019 09:25 PM EDT
WE want to ring this dude demo

Our wifi isnt working and we wont be able to play

http://hl.rgl.gg/Public/PlayerProfile.aspx?p=76561198267673943

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/11/2019 09:26 PM EDT
Ideally we would like to reschedule, this is so shitty

Work all season towards a goal to have it shut down because my wifi company are apes

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/11/2019 09:27 PM EDT
ringer allowed

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/11/2019 09:33 PM EDT
connect frag2playts.game.nfoservers.com; password beef123

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/11/2019 10:24 PM EDT
The Garage Band has forfeit the match.
Start time was scheduled for 9:30pm EST.
wax contacted and extended the match time deadline to 10:05pm EST.
At 10:06pm EST, per waxs orders, the deadline passed and we claimed forfeit win.

Daoko Auto Generated - Frag2Play
 03/11/2019 10:25 PM EDT
Match score submitted. Final score
Frag2Play: 3.0
The Garage Band:0.0

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/11/2019 10:38 PM EDT
I am sorry, but we did not forfeit.

I was actively talking with the admins during these events.

I informed Daoko I was doing so as well.

Witness specifically told me he was seeking information from other admins in relation to the issue and no conclusion has been drawn.

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/11/2019 10:54 PM EDT
we received the OK from head admin of IM to take the win we have proof as well

exa Admin
 03/12/2019 12:28 AM EDT
The match has been forfeited in favor of Frag2Play.

exa Admin
 03/12/2019 01:04 AM EDT
"Frag2Play" waited close to an hour to allow "The Garage Band" to get into the server and ready up. This is well over past the time to request a forfeit. "The Garage Band" failed to secure 9 players to ready up and play the game. It is within the right of the other team to request the forfeit and leave the server, as stated by the IM admin, wax.

exa Admin
 03/13/2019 04:12 AM EDT
Due to new details and evidence surfacing after the match, we have decided to evaluate the result of the match again.

The essential issue that is apparent here lies within the issue of the request for the match forfeit and rescheduling. As per rules to request a match forfeit, the match must be past the start time and the team has been clear that they are wanting to start prior to the request. The team Frag2Play had stayed in the server close to around 30 minutes to allow the other team to get into the server and ready up. They had also gotten confirmation from the IM admin, wax, to extend the match deadline to 10:05 PM EST. The Garage Band failed to secure players by this timeline. Thus, it is within the right Frag2Play to request the forfeit and leave the server.

exa Admin
 03/13/2019 04:12 AM EDT
If this was a regular season match, we would let this match forfeit go through. However, context matters in any case, especially since this is an important semifinals elimination match. A third of the players on The Garage Band were suffering with ISP issues and were unable to connect to the server and other related services. Due to these unfortunate circumstances, the team in question requested both in the match comms and in Discord DMs to request for a reschedule. Frag2Play clearly knew about the status of their opponent and displayed very little attempts to accommodate the issue either with rescheduling or requesting or using a different server provider.

It should be reiterated that Frag2Play is perfectly within their right to request the forfeit but given the circumstances that this is a playoff series and means a lot to both teams, it is in good spirit of RGL that this match is played as as possible where both teams are able to compete the very best that they can.

exa Admin
 03/13/2019 04:13 AM EDT
Upon further review, we are forcing this match to be rescheduled. This match must be played before Sunday. Both teams in question must post 3 match times from at least 2 days for the match between 9:30 - 10:30 EST for the start time. The deadline to post your available match times is Wednesday (3/13) 11 PM EST.

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/13/2019 05:43 PM EDT
Thursday 9:30est

oskie. - Frag2Play
 03/13/2019 08:53 PM EDT
Thursday 10:30 est

oskie. - Frag2Play
 03/13/2019 10:22 PM EDT
Friday 9:30 est

exa Admin
 03/14/2019 12:27 AM EDT
The match date has been set to 03/15/2019 09:30 PM EDT

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/14/2019 12:58 AM EDT

Daoko - Frag2Play
 03/14/2019 01:04 AM EDT
we wont ring we got a sub who can join us for 930

Hoekstra - The Garage Band
 03/15/2019 06:05 PM EDT
We will be ringing this bbg.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/PooggBest of luck tonight

-Hoekstra

Daoko Auto Generated - Frag2Play
 03/15/2019 11:43 PM EDT
Match score submitted. Final score
Frag2Play: 2.30
The Garage Band:0.70