What would be the point of having admins if there is 0 interpretation? This is literally the reason why admins exist is to have interpretation and say in fixed rules. Given RGLs history with set rules, don't you think it would be better for admins to be necessitated to assess these rules and situations on a case-by-case basis (especially when we fuck up)? Main stay rules as well as admin discretion, feedback, adjustment, etc. are necessary for the league to operate at all. I will say that the lack of give/assessing/patience in cases has fucked RGL in the past, so having a system automatically give people penalties for shit that may not even be in their control would be a mess in code (how do you code for every situation?) and logistically (how can we fairly interpret outcomes?). I will say the staff we have now are adjusting rules to be more specific or be more lenient as there are more cases of "x" things that happen. We've all played the game and never want to punish anyone if they don't truly deserve it.

I absolutely agree with investing with the development of systems. This is something that we want to take into consideration, if people don't want a large prizepool, to instead invest that money into the development of the website, match servers, etc.. I will say that the lack of automation on the RGL website (imo) takes up a lot of time as an admin, for example, it is extremely painful to do demo checks especially in the lower divs of 30+ teams, where randomizing and going through each match/player is tumultuous. We've talked about several things as admins that could lighten the workload recently, it's really just about putting the stuff in writing into action.

No need fork, no need knife, rip and tear meat with hand/teeth, then swallow.

Bump, picked up Rave! Looking for more soldiers (both roles).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnAm-Z6E1Bg&ab_channel=zanda
Shoutouts to Zanda again was a fun season :).

Paul is holding me hostage to make a team again because he is bored. I would be willing to play soldier depending on who we can pick up :)

Scout: Zanda
Scout: Pauly
Soldier: Bumbo (beast)
Soldier: Scream
Demoman: Sleepy (not getting cut this time)
Medic: Fridge

Looking to play low invite or top advanced.
Add me on Steam or message me on Discord at Scream#4249 if interested!

MATCHES ARE OUT HAVE FUN AND PLAY THOSE MAPS

The cup officially starts tomorrow at 8:00 PM est. Please make sure you have 5 players on your roster by 2:00 PM est, this way we are given ample time to send out matches an hour or so before the start time. Also, PLEASE make sure to view the golden cap rules, as they are different for this cup. I will paste them here, but they can also be found in the article and in the match comms.

Lastly, team div placements are mostly final, please let us know ASAP if you have any questions. GLHF

Maybe not the best idea to post on a form where 90% of the average viewer base is full of higher-level players or does not know you. Just a tip for next time. (Also if you're going to apologize it would probably be better if you said it to the people you actually offended, it's a lot more personable, while this can come off as trying to get people off of your ass, though I'm not sure whether you've done that or not.)

https://clips.twitch.tv/PrettyHelplessSandstormMau5-SKYl-aTZAMR7Ot5m

Deserves high advanced

Why do all of your posts have ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in it?

I had a lot of fun playing, shoutouts to THE BILLDOZER for hosting and being flexible as always. I hope this inspires people to run more events like this!

A reminder that Wednesday at midnight is the last day to sign up for the cup, you will need to have your roster ready by that deadline! No changes in the way the cup is formatted besides the new version of mannbase that skaz uploaded the other day (https://www.teamfortress.tv/post/1041349/mannbase-alpha-5cp). Please let me know if you have any questions, I hope to do more stuff like this in the future with varying maps, gamemodes, and config changes (mainly the 3 minute round timer, which is pretty cool if you haven't already checked it out)!

I was aware that at match time, Fleskore knew that Darty was trying to ring medic, it's something I just did not mention in my original post as I wasn't being specific enough, hence why Setsul posted context. The only thing I was genuinely unaware of was what was said specifically on the match page. Outside of that, I don't feel I came unprepared to this thread, and assure you I read it over 3 times before even writing my post. Secondly, the reason I posted was to clear up something for my division, this is why I barely mentioned the invite situation because it is largely out of my hands. If you feel that RGL "deserves more" than me at least attempting to post, then I truly don't know how to satisfy you. As you said, this is "an unwinnable PR shitshow", so whatever attempt was made, whether it was me or another person, it would never be good enough for what "RGL deserves". Also, I have absolutely no idea what the last sentence means, whether the context is being an RGL admin (which I assume it is) or just existing on tftv?? lmfao. Lastly, I'd like to say that no one put me up to this but myself, I was the one who volunteered for this (in fact I did a couple of days ago, immediately after this situation was mentioned) because I wanted to try and propagate discussion, instead of the usual radio silence that the community has experienced with RGL in the past. I'd like to think I've done a better job of that in this thread, but ultimately that is up to others to decide.

Edit:

Just to clarify with mods, they have the same powers as admins, there really is not a difference (which I admit is confusing). The only large difference is that Admins typically do more for their specific division, whether that be demo checks, ticket answering, etc. Admins/mods of specific divisions are told to stay in their lane, which basically means that I, for example, can only accept players to rosters, list minor penalties, etc. for IM teams (i.e. admins should only complete administrative tasks for their division, this keeps people in their zones and also serves to prevent favoritism). The mistakes we made are listed in Brody's post above, which I believe covers the rest of the concerns here.

100% agree and that's something I've been trying to push since I joined this season. Also, the rule I linked is written like total garbage and really needs to be reformatted, I don't hold any members of either team accountable in that, and I take the blame for not making that clearer.

We beyond fucked up in the match page regard, there isn't really much I can do besides apologize for that and try and communicate that to other admins in the future. To your point that RGL shoots itself in the foot every few weeks and doesn't deserve to be treated angelically, I agree and think that public outcries in situations like these are beneficial. I was more leaning towards private conversations between players and admins, as since joining I have seen multiple players just pm admins statements like "fuck you" or "are you genuinely stupid?" in the midst of disputes. As much as I dislike that, I don't really see it stopping completely until RGL fixes its public image. Again, I would just like to see people be more courteous but again to your point there isn't much we can do until RGL stops fucking up.

As a side note, I'd like to respond more in these threads as I think in seasons past, saying nothing as an admin team can lead to (us) admins not holding ourselves accountable in situations like this, as I believe has been the case since RGL 6s began.