[Andy Grady]

Judging from the stories I have heard, I think that this situation is very unfortunate. I do agree with Karthik that 61 was put in a rough position. No one should ever be flamed for following the rules, and its unfortunate that is what happened. On the other hand...it IS an offseason event. The purpose of offseason events is for a good, lighthearted, fun competition. I respect team 61 fully and will always consider them to be great competitors, however, sometimes there are just cases where ya gotta lighten up and be lax about the rules. I learned a valuable lesson last year after Battlecry that sometimes we take ourselves and this competiton a little too seriously and to heart, and we need to avoid that and just have fun with it. That being said...was team 61 wrong? Absolutely not, they followed the rules as written. I may not agree with their decision, and I may not have made the same decision myself, but I respect it because its within the bounds of the rules.

As for the second thing I heard...if teams 61's alliance did not call a timeout in all of the elims, and they were not allowed to take a timeout during finals...there is something very wrong with that. I would hope that the ref staff would be professional enough to not let emotion or personal difference get in the way of making a decision. I would like to hear the explanation from Aidan or anyone else from the ref staff, as far as I have ever known of Aidan, he has never been the type to be unprofessional in that manner. There is always two sides to each story, it would be good for us all to be able to hear both.

Have fun!
-Andy Grady