And the hill you've chosen to die on is the case of the guy who failed with that "incentive" and a ban twice in three months.
So your suggestion is what, exactly? That he shouldn't have been banned on the second offence? That he shouldn't be banned now for the third? Because unless you're suggesting it should all be forgotten after every season or 3 months he absolutely would've been banned by now.
What exactly is the "incentive" if there are no consequences?
Do you honestly believe he would've started consistently recording demos without the ban? Or would he have failed the next check as well?

Innocent? In what sense? He broke a rule, he's being punished for that. That rule is the obligation to upload demos when requested.
Is he innocent in the sense that he didn't cheat? Probably. Maybe. WE CAN'T FUCKING KNOW BECAUSE HE WON'T UPLOAD HIS DEMOS.

Well, for that there's:

If they felt like it they could request all demos. It's random. From what I remember they usually pick a match and request a couple from both teams.

If the foundation of your stance is "random checks have never caught anyone" then anything will be excessive.
Yeah, if you think the AC team has a list of suspected cheaters that they don't do anything about while requesting random demos from everyone else so they can ban them for shits and giggles, then sure, there's no point to any of this.

Do you seriously believe the guy just won the lottery?
Recorded all those demos except those three and RGL magically managed to request exactly those three?
Come on, go back and check how many demos that were requested from him he did upload.
And no, the three month ban is not meant to be inconsequential. The guy got banned for two weeks for failing to upload a demo three months ago. What is RGL supposed to do? Give up because he just can't be bothered and banning him isn't working?

Yes, I remember when an ETF2L admin made a questionable back in '11. Since then all rules have been suspended and everyone gets to do whatever they want.
That is the law after all. If you disagree with a league's rules often enough, then you don't have to follow them anymore.

Oh wait.

Ok, but you do get how the solution to that is to get a better AC team, not to give up and stop requesting demos entirely?

I wouldn't know.
Though it's whataboutism either way. Just because RGL gets to be incompetent, doesn't mean you're allowed to fail basic tasks as well.

It's simple: You can't have two different sets of rules for those who you suspect of cheating and those who were just routinely checked.
If you don't have the manpower to check three demos from every single player every year then it becomes way too easy to dodge all inspections completely. Just take the three month ban, that's nothing compared to two years. Or just stop cheating after the first demo request, and after the second (which you do upload) you can go right back. The missed one won't matter anymore if it expires after a few months or a year.

This is not one singular mistake. You need to make the same mistake over and over again. We're talking about a three month ban here, after failing at a basic task three times, that's not the end of the world.
Feel free to figure out how many times his demos have been requested, then calculate which percentage of that he failed.
Imagine if you had to play matches on servers running the wrong config just as often.
And yes, bans for not uploading demos usually hit players that broke a different rule, not the "no cheating" rule. That is not a problem. They are not being banned for cheating, hence much short bans, like 2 weeks and even that only after the second time.
If the vast majority of those banned for failing to upload demos were cheaters, then your league would have to be overrun with cheaters.

And that is 100% irrelevant.

You do realise that everyone's been complaining about RGL always bending the rules, and now you're asking them to bend the rules?

There should never be a "cast x games, allowed to cheat once" type of deal. The whole "but does he really need to record demos if he's not cheating" argument is garbage.

The odds are incredibly low that this random demo is the only one where the recording failed.
No, the guy got banned for failing to record a demo, got banned for two weeks, and still didn't fix his config.

And it's not like using separate custom folders for casting and playing is some sort of witchcraft. Then all you need to do to switch them, including plugins, is to rename the folders.

How many casters have managed to not break P-REC and their configs over the years? It doesn't seem to be all that hard. I'm sure if he had asked "how do I not fuck up my config every time I cast" someone would've told him.

Yet he didn't. No, he got banned for two weeks, didn't do anything to remedy the cause, and now he got banned again.
What was RGL supposed to do? Ask nicely?

I mean what do you want? That RGL stops banning anyone for minor infractions as long as someone else who you think is cheating hasn't been banned? Ban immunity based on popularity or community contributions?

He's got 3 months to fix his config now. And to cast games, I think he's still allowed to do that.
Let's hope he manages it this time.

DisplayPort 1.0 supports 1080p 144Hz (meaning any DP at all).
HDMI 1.3 supports 1080p 144Hz.
But yes, if you really, really want to, you can use USB-C too.
It's not the easiest way, it is not the cheapest way, it is not the sanest way, it is not even the most logical way, since for USB-C->DP to support 1080p 144Hz DP has to support it on its own and the devices you want to connect both have it, but yes, since in your case literally any cable that fits would work and get you 1080p 144Hz, you can use that way.

I do not recommend it, and I will judge you for it though.

How did we manage to get off-topic again within 5 posts? I'm starting to think you might not care that much about trains.

We have freed this thread from the clutches of the mods.

Post fast trains.

Has anyone considered the weird concept of moderating by signalling you want a thread to get back on topic by posting that, instead of communicating via thread lock morse code?

Jesus just randomly checking in on babies in the womb and reading them the bible, then killing them if they don't accept him as their saviour is certainly a hot take on stillbirths.

He's not even catholic, I think. He's linked videos on his profile page that, among other things, explain how Pope Francis isn't actually the pope. I am pretty sure that disqualifies him.
He might be christian on a technicality, but he sure doesn't act like it.

Don't worry, we'll stop building roads soon because some guy in New Jersey doesn't own a car and doesn't want to keep paying for roads.