I was gonna start off by saying what a great venue it was....and about the other pluses of the event....but i cant. and i have been an advocate of what Sparklie is trying to do with this series, and i have only spoken the truth in the past, and i will continue to do so.
The judging at this event was among the worst i have ever seen, and i played Portugal!!! judges were rooted to the spot, did not make checks, did not even know the rules in some places, did not make decisions. They were AWFUL!
I will give examples of this to back up what im saying,
On the draxxus field, residue Dogs vs some other team, the Dog player was in the tape stand up bunker and one of the opposing players was sure he had shot him, the judge stood still on the wrong side of the player ignoring the call to go and check him. Thgis lasted for about 25 seconds with the player screaming for a paint check! Eventually the Dog player who had been hit turned to the judge when he noticed the paint and the judge pulled him out. props to the Residue Dog player....wtf was the judge doing??
the judges on the Draxxus field were slow, and honestly they would have been better if they had not bothered to turn up!
The judges on the RPS field were equally as bad! They were slow to check, and in most cases didnt even bother. They were watching the wrong players, and often stood in the wrong places. At one stage in one of our games there were 3 judges standing next to each other watching the same player! there were still 5 other players on the field! Why do these guys even boither to turn up if they are not going to put the effort in??
My team marshalled the last M25 event, and we were all making a concious effort to marshall fairly and by the rules! Why the hell do teams that judge feel that they do not have to do the same???!!!
the only field that i saw was marshalled well was the Smart Parts field.......Props to Outcast.
The Blue and white field was marshalled equally as badly. In our game against the tigers, none of the players had any odea what was going on in the game cos of the inconsistency of the marshalls. One of our guys was mugged in the 50 tape lay down by a Tiger. The judge ruled that the Tiger player had been hit before he mugged our player, so our player was left in. The judge did not wipe down our player who had been hit about 9 times, all over his body, gun and goggles. the judge just told him to play on. When our player moved to another bunker, a different judge pulled off his armband saying Clint had been hit. when the other marshall came over to explain, they both put Clint back in the game with no armband on, and didnt wipe him down. even though he was my player, if you have ur band removed you are out! Whether it is the wrong or right decision, it has been made, it shouldnt be adjusted. The Tigers were then baffled by an opposition player running round the field, with shots all over him, and no arm band on! And rightly so!!!!!
It was without doubt the worst piece of judging i have ever seen!!
Why bother if you are going to do a crap job? Teqams pay a lot of money to get treated by the rules, and there is NO EXCUSE for not knowing the rules and being a judge at one of these, or any, event!
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!
Sam
The judging at this event was among the worst i have ever seen, and i played Portugal!!! judges were rooted to the spot, did not make checks, did not even know the rules in some places, did not make decisions. They were AWFUL!
I will give examples of this to back up what im saying,
On the draxxus field, residue Dogs vs some other team, the Dog player was in the tape stand up bunker and one of the opposing players was sure he had shot him, the judge stood still on the wrong side of the player ignoring the call to go and check him. Thgis lasted for about 25 seconds with the player screaming for a paint check! Eventually the Dog player who had been hit turned to the judge when he noticed the paint and the judge pulled him out. props to the Residue Dog player....wtf was the judge doing??
the judges on the Draxxus field were slow, and honestly they would have been better if they had not bothered to turn up!
The judges on the RPS field were equally as bad! They were slow to check, and in most cases didnt even bother. They were watching the wrong players, and often stood in the wrong places. At one stage in one of our games there were 3 judges standing next to each other watching the same player! there were still 5 other players on the field!
Why do these guys even boither to turn up if they are not going to put the effort in??My team marshalled the last M25 event, and we were all making a concious effort to marshall fairly and by the rules! Why the hell do teams that judge feel that they do not have to do the same???!!!
the only field that i saw was marshalled well was the Smart Parts field.......Props to Outcast.
The Blue and white field was marshalled equally as badly. In our game against the tigers, none of the players had any odea what was going on in the game cos of the inconsistency of the marshalls. One of our guys was mugged in the 50 tape lay down by a Tiger. The judge ruled that the Tiger player had been hit before he mugged our player, so our player was left in. The judge did not wipe down our player who had been hit about 9 times, all over his body, gun and goggles. the judge just told him to play on. When our player moved to another bunker, a different judge pulled off his armband saying Clint had been hit. when the other marshall came over to explain, they both put Clint back in the game with no armband on, and didnt wipe him down. even though he was my player, if you have ur band removed you are out! Whether it is the wrong or right decision, it has been made, it shouldnt be adjusted. The Tigers were then baffled by an opposition player running round the field, with shots all over him, and no arm band on!
And rightly so!!!!!It was without doubt the worst piece of judging i have ever seen!!
Why bother if you are going to do a crap job? Teqams pay a lot of money to get treated by the rules, and there is NO EXCUSE for not knowing the rules and being a judge at one of these, or any, event!
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!
Sam
