Hey y'all, me RGL admin me post. I don't really have a lot of answers for the invite situation, mostly because I've been out of town (I just landed yesterday at 8 PM), and I'm not totally in the loop for that situation. I will say I've shared my thoughts with the team internally, and the investigation/audit of the case will be finished shortly.
Mostly, I'm here to clear stuff up about the IM situation. Fleskore and I were led to believe that Darty would be playing scout in this match, to which we gave the other team the ability to decide whether or not they would deny him. The RGL rule supporting ringers states that any ringer that is above the skill level of the player they are replacing can be denied, you can read that rule here (1009.4.2 ). We were not linked match page or told anything from the point he was denied (4 days before the match) until after the match was supposed to happen. This is not okay, as if we had known Darty was playing medic, we would have reverted the denial, and prevented this from happening. I will also acknowledge and accept responsibility for not looking into this further at the start, but please do understand that sometimes we only know what we have seen, and sometimes we don't have the time to check on every match page to assure they are being played correctly and with correct ringer formatting, etc. I personally received 4 messages on Friday at 11:40 PM, at which time I was asleep and 600 miles away from my computer. I asked both teams to reschedule and play the match out due to the communication errors, and I would like to think that was the correct decision, but again I do apologize for the trouble that it caused both teams and will make an active effort to be more diligent in the future.
b0nes_NAadmin buddy
Fleskore being "friends" with Queequey and therefore Quee gaining additional favor is just false. Fleskore was contacted a grand total of one time, and has no bias for Queequey and from what they have told me, has rarely interacted with this player. I ask that in the future when making an accusation like this, please be prepared to show proof, as it is important that every player is treated fairly, but at the same time throwing around accusations like this can make admins feel confused particularly when it is not true. I will say the fact that the denial was not communicated in match comms or in DMs by admins or team leaders contributed further to issues, so I apologize for that as well. (As a side note, the RGL website is subpar, to say the least, so please for god's sakes send someone a steam/discord message as well as communicating in match comms.)
Lastly, more generally, I'd like to ask that despite how frustrated and annoyed you get with admins, though sometimes justly (trust me I've been there), please refrain from throwing personal insults, attacks, and demeaning comments
towards them, as for one, it is likely to not help your situation, and secondly, it is shockingly immature especially considering how old some of you are.
Edit: The ruling I linked is very confusing, so basically know that any ringer in any division can be denied as long as they are reasonably outside the skill level of the player they are replacing.