CPL loses all sense of reason
One of my character flaws is my giddy delight when I get to expose retarded ideas. I'm calling you out personally Justin Blanchard, Commissioner of the CPL, for posting this rule:
"In one-versus-one deathmatch competitions, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) expects all players to remain competitive and engaged in combat throughout the entire match. Stalling and/or hiding in an effort to keep your opponent from finding you or to stall game play, is unprofessional and not acceptable during tournament matches.
"This also includes hiding in locations not normally accessible or visible during standard game play (via normal running/jumping). A player using these tactics to prevent an opponent from engaging in battle or hiding in map locations not normally reached or seen during regular game play will be penalized based upon the tournament administrator's discretion.
"If a tournament administrator has reason to believe that any unsportsmanlike tactics are being used, the player will face penalties, which may include forfeiture of the match, expulsion from the tournament and/or suspension from the league."
http://forums.thecpl.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=27;t=000343;p=
I don't even know where to begin. As I wrote in my articles, something must be Discrete, Enforcable, and Warranted for it to be banned. This fails all 3 of those tests. Hiding in corners is a part of the game. Sniping from secret locations is a part of the game. The game does not need vague rules imposed on it, creating many situations where the player can do something the game itself deems legal, but the tournament organziner deems illegal.
Not only is the rule completely impractical, but it flies in the face of Playing to Win at all. Do you think Sun Tzu's Art of War has a section explaining that when you are close to victory, you should expose yourself to possible loss? If you are ahead in points and time is running out, it's only common sense you should do everything possible to avoid the opponent. Yet now, you must "sort of avoid him" because if you "avoid him too much" then you will be banned. The natural forces of the game tell you to do one thing (run and hide) and the Commissoner of the CPL tells you to do another thing (expose yourself to the enemy).
I guess the CPL needs to take a hint from the Evolution Fighting Game Championships (www.evo2k.com) which I help run. We encourage our players to do whatever they need to do to win, short of a few game-ending bugs. Some players attack relentlessly, some players run away relentlessly. It's all part of the tournament experience to face radically different play styles.
A few players wrote me asking for advice on this issue. I guess I'd have to say "play to win anyway and ignore this new rule. If you or anyone else actually gets penalized for it, then the entire tournament becomes invalid, and you should find another tournament." Sorry guys.
--Sirlin
"In one-versus-one deathmatch competitions, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) expects all players to remain competitive and engaged in combat throughout the entire match. Stalling and/or hiding in an effort to keep your opponent from finding you or to stall game play, is unprofessional and not acceptable during tournament matches.
"This also includes hiding in locations not normally accessible or visible during standard game play (via normal running/jumping). A player using these tactics to prevent an opponent from engaging in battle or hiding in map locations not normally reached or seen during regular game play will be penalized based upon the tournament administrator's discretion.
"If a tournament administrator has reason to believe that any unsportsmanlike tactics are being used, the player will face penalties, which may include forfeiture of the match, expulsion from the tournament and/or suspension from the league."
http://forums.thecpl.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=27;t=000343;p=
I don't even know where to begin. As I wrote in my articles, something must be Discrete, Enforcable, and Warranted for it to be banned. This fails all 3 of those tests. Hiding in corners is a part of the game. Sniping from secret locations is a part of the game. The game does not need vague rules imposed on it, creating many situations where the player can do something the game itself deems legal, but the tournament organziner deems illegal.
Not only is the rule completely impractical, but it flies in the face of Playing to Win at all. Do you think Sun Tzu's Art of War has a section explaining that when you are close to victory, you should expose yourself to possible loss? If you are ahead in points and time is running out, it's only common sense you should do everything possible to avoid the opponent. Yet now, you must "sort of avoid him" because if you "avoid him too much" then you will be banned. The natural forces of the game tell you to do one thing (run and hide) and the Commissoner of the CPL tells you to do another thing (expose yourself to the enemy).
I guess the CPL needs to take a hint from the Evolution Fighting Game Championships (www.evo2k.com) which I help run. We encourage our players to do whatever they need to do to win, short of a few game-ending bugs. Some players attack relentlessly, some players run away relentlessly. It's all part of the tournament experience to face radically different play styles.
A few players wrote me asking for advice on this issue. I guess I'd have to say "play to win anyway and ignore this new rule. If you or anyone else actually gets penalized for it, then the entire tournament becomes invalid, and you should find another tournament." Sorry guys.
--Sirlin
