The word "legitimate" (which in your mind seems to mean "approved by voobly") has no meaning here. This case is not governed by any form of law of ethics, and how you conclude that "this would be a morally dubious use of my power" is not that clear. It seems that the MoA3 admins just want to dissociate themselves from E., who has a very bad reputation, and they have any right to do so. Nothing is lost for them if E. does not participate, and arguably it is only to their advantage.
No, legitimate means accountable and transparent. You're relying on an is-ought fallacy here, because the fact this competition operates outside of broader norms doesn't mean it ought to. The moral dubiousness of excluding people from private tournaments is its unaccountability and opaqueness. Nobody has a means of vindicating whether my decision to exclude someone was taken in accordance with proper procedure or not. From what various donators are posting, it seems that this decision was totally unaccountable!
If Voobly acted as you describe that they could / should have acted, I would say that would be a morally dubious use of Voobly's powers. The fact is that Voobly leaves it to each and everyone of us to determine for ourselves whether we want to play with Emin. Personally, I don't have a problem with it - if I hosted a tournament then Emin would be welcome. I would be upset if Voobly took my choice from me, as you seem to suggest that they should.
It wouldn't be morally dubious because such a decision could be critiqued in terms of Voobly policy and terms of service. The wrong decision, I would argue, but still accountable. If Voobly just leaves it to everyone to decide whether or not to play with Emin, why do they bother banning accounts which violate terms of service? It wouldn't make sense to ban someone who uses hacks or trades points if other people's desire to play them were more important. If anything, your post seems to be a case against Voobly bans in general, rather than a case against banning Emin specifically.
This is a bad analogy. It would be more relevant to compare it to a job interview, where the interviewee was fired from his previous position for theft, and claims that having been punished by the firing and legal consequences, his previous theft should not be relevant in the hiring process. The prospective employers, 9 times out of 10, decide to protect their business by avoiding the risk of hiring a confirmed thief.
An Age of Empires tournament is not remotely like a hiring process. A tournament is a strict competitive meritocracy where outcomes are decided by the game mechanics. I'm genuinely curious as to how hard is it to verify that Emin isn't cheating when every tournament game is watched and recorded? Because Voobly doesn't seem to be concerned about this once Emin's tournament ban wears off.
Like you said, it isn't a Voobly organised tournament, so it doesn't matter what Voobly had to say about the matter.
This is a very minor point, but I'll address it anyway. If Masters of Arena 3 uses the Voobly platform, then Voobly would be within its rights to have a say in the matter (even if it chooses not to). If the competition is held by other means (for arguments sake, Gameranger), then Voobly would have no say.
...when I first created Malevolent... I will always consider him a core member of Malevolent
Honestly the only thing I find wrong here, is that Swissboy told he had nothing to do with descision and it was donators, but then multiple sponsors comes and says they weren't contacted or informed about it in any way, which is deffinetly wrong and should be addresed.
I asked for input, gathered information and discussed the situation with quite a few. But at the end of the day, I'm the one who has taken the decision.
While he was in Malevolent he told me all kinds of things like how he had cancer and how he was a sniper in the Turkish military fighting against the Israelis.
It wouldn't be morally dubious because such a decision could be critiqued in terms of Voobly policy and terms of service. The wrong decision, I would argue, but still accountable.
If Voobly just leaves it to everyone to decide whether or not to play with Emin, why do they bother banning accounts which violate terms of service? ]
It wouldn't make sense to ban someone who uses hacks or trades points if other people's desire to play them were more important. If anything, your post seems to be a case against Voobly bans in general, rather than a case against banning Emin specifically.
give this guy a top team player badge already..tl;dr from Google Translate is that he's actually leaving AoC because he can't remain in this uncomfortable situation, he provides his version of events regarding MoA 2v2 and NC2, and signs off with some praise for Taff and Viper.
lool, notice even when tuG_ doesn't play nor say anything publicly, he achieve to hurt and piss people off
seriously now i know why you old-schoolers hate him, only super-villains can repulse that much!
hope some turk can help in translating this to English. Have a nice day
The pot calling the kettle blackDoes come across as more than a little spiteful by Swissboy (who's always been a nutjob), who seems to just have taken it upon himself to boot Emin.
The pot calling the kettle blackDoes come across as more than a little spiteful by Swissboy (who's always been a nutjob), who seems to just have taken it upon himself to boot Emin.
Emin has been punished mainly because of 2 things: a) knowingly playing in an official Voobly Tournament with someone that was not signed up for the tournament and whose registration had been previously denied and b) openly lying about it.
That breaks a couple of the NC tournament rules, but breaks none of the Voobly platform rules and that's why his account wasn't banned from Voobly.
And the decision of a particular tournament staff can be critiqued in terms of that tournament's policy (which might not be explicitly stated anywhere but clearly exists in practice).
You are mixing apples and oranges, and you're incoherent. Voobly bans are very useful as a means of protecting other players from cheaters. The idea is that I can't know who the cheaters are, but Voobly do (because it gets reported to them) so they use information I don't have to improve the situation for all players. It's something else entirely.
You are absolutely free to boycott the tournament if you disagree with how it's run.