Subject: for your information, there was no dojo corruption!
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:17:17 -0400
From: David Doust <efreet@mindspring.com>
To: one__shot@hotmail.com
CC: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

I have been traveling extensivly over the past few weeks and have not had a
chance to respond to this dojo corrupting thread yet. Sorry to bother all of
you that have no interested in this issue, but for those of you that was
wondering, here is the exact rule:

DCI standard Floor rules:

1.3.3 Conceding Duels
Players may only concede a *duel* in order to maintain a strategic advantage
within a *match*. Whenever players wish to concede, they must have the
approval of the head judge. If players concede duels for any other reason,
they will be subject to the appropriate provisions of the DCI penalty
guidelines.

I was basically enforcing the rules, unfortunately, the standard floor rules
is not available to everyone, and apparently there was some misunderstanding
on what is "your advantage" and what is collusion!

I run and judge tournaments for a living, and I do have a very good
reputation. I try to be as fair as possible. Not to say that I never make
mistakes, but I do my best with what I have! And my numbers are showing that
my tournaments are popular.

I knew that I was right about the ruling and I thought that I might just let
the issue die. But I thought about it, why should I? Not only is this person
slamming me, he is also accusing the dojo of protecting me! why? because I
am his sponser? If that is so, then why was the first thread posted in the
first place.

The first thread never should be in the tournament report section to start
off with anyways. There was nothing in that report that has anything to do
with the tournament. So I responded to it and Frank took the whole thing
down and put them in the issues section. What is the wrong in that? That was
what it should have gone into in the first place!

So, my advise is: make sure you know the rules before you open your mouth in
a public forum, otherwise the embarassement is all yours! and one final
thought.....since I am both the tournament organizer and the head judge at
all my events... I guess I am closer to God than I thought:)

David Doust
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