I pmed this to icky and havent gotten a reply so I figured id post it here for some feedback bc this arguement for me personally makes me think we should at least get a rematch:
The ping rule is in place to prevent people from purposly pinging when they are going to lose so that they dont lose right? That’s the only reason why it exists. In this situation, there is evidence supporting that it wasn’t fire’s fault (see the screenshot and the video of the server being full and spammed), and it is clear from trying to edit the replay that fire would have won. So I dont see why the ping rule should be upheld in this situation.
We decided that for clan league, the rules would not just be strictly followed and would be judged based on the situation, yet your decision on this seems to just be “the rules are the rules”. I am fine with counting diamonds ping during the tk match because it was not caused by outside forces, but allowing this one to count as a win for obey seems to be saying that it’s okay for viewers to try to screw with the people playing and make them ping. Even if you cant predict which player will ping, it reduces the chances to 50-50 regardless of who is most likely going to win (so whos to say we cant spam chat when one person is definitely going to lose to get that 50-50 chance and hope the winning person pings).