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It's not like multiple people didn't say that dodgy shit like this would happen (both when the DPC league system was fully announced and again more recently). Valve have tried many experiment in Dota 2, except the whole 'writing down a comprehensive and reasonable rulebook' one.https://twitter.com/T1/status/1366916306604351493 …
Instead they would make some decisions hidden from the public, or just outright uncertain - this way it gives them power to adapt and choose whatever is best for them. Sometimes what's best for them just so happens to be good for teams, or spectators.
A similar but different situation happened before, where Valve implemented roster locks - and in response all the Chinese teams bypassed them by dropping their squads. Instead of punishing bad actors Valve just pressed the 'shuffle' button on the rules.
What happened?
A team has kicked a player pre-major (which they qualified for) and he will receive no points, and now the only way they can make TI is by displacing another player on another qualified team - or by joining an OQ stack for Div 2 and spending 6 weeks playing lower division.
I thought they’d said you had to play at LAN/wildcards with who you qualified with, but I clearly made this up... Valve just needs to own the whole system at this point paying salaries and reasonable prizes, and organise play.
It's obviously a shitty situation for the player, but I'm not sure what Valve's decision-making has to do with it. They made the policy about it clear on the DPC FAQ.pic.twitter.com/gMuAvNTMZl
Creating a penalty disincentivizes the behaviour, but it doesn't prevent it.
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