Because players are given the benefit of the doubt. Absent any other information, it's assumed a player will not choose to cheat.
This would be the deeply flawed assumption.
To the extent in which sports stay clean of drugs, it involves proactive testing of all involved at high level competition. Not just those with a proven record of cheating. Not that this easily translates to the MTG context, but seriously, pros play to win, by whatever means the DCI allows, allow meaning whatever they do not punish. And you can't blame serious competitors for acting this way, nor can you hold a naivete that they would act any other way.
Tomoharu Saito’s status as a Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame member-elect has been rescinded and he will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2010 World Championships.
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Hrmm, so does that mean he is going to have to go through the whole voting process and everything once he gets un-suspended? Im not 100% certain how that works, so I figured I would ask :).
Hrmm, so does that mean he is going to have to go through the whole voting process and everything once he gets un-suspended? Im not 100% certain how that works, so I figured I would ask :).
I think at this point no one (and that includeds the dci) knows quite how to handle the situation with Saitou getting the boot.
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To the extent in which sports stay clean of drugs, it involves proactive testing of all involved at high level competition. Not just those with a proven record of cheating. Not that this easily translates to the MTG context, but seriously, pros play to win, by whatever means the DCI allows, allow meaning whatever they do not punish. And you can't blame serious competitors for acting this way, nor can you hold a naivete that they would act any other way.
You absolutely can blame them for this. The rules are clearly laid out for all players. A player must make aconscious decision to break those rules. If he is willing to break those rules to gaina competitive edge, then he has shown he is unwilling to play on a level playing field, and every game he has ever played or will ever play will be suspect.
"Allow" does NOT mean "whatever they do not punish. "Allow" means "as described in the DCI rules. If you break those rules, caught or not, you are a cheater. Plain and simple.
People can try and split hairs all they want, but it's pretty black and white: he cheated, which nullifies the only thing that protects against cheaters, which is each individuals personal moral decision to not cheat.
Hrmm, so does that mean he is going to have to go through the whole voting process and everything once he gets un-suspended? Im not 100% certain how that works, so I figured I would ask .
I'm be surprised if he is ever voted back in. There's no way to know if his past success was based on illegal play.
This would be the deeply flawed assumption.
To the extent in which sports stay clean of drugs, it involves proactive testing of all involved at high level competition. Not just those with a proven record of cheating. Not that this easily translates to the MTG context, but seriously, pros play to win, by whatever means the DCI allows, allow meaning whatever they do not punish. And you can't blame serious competitors for acting this way, nor can you hold a naivete that they would act any other way.
Hrmm, so does that mean he is going to have to go through the whole voting process and everything once he gets un-suspended? Im not 100% certain how that works, so I figured I would ask :).
I think at this point no one (and that includeds the dci) knows quite how to handle the situation with Saitou getting the boot.
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You absolutely can blame them for this. The rules are clearly laid out for all players. A player must make aconscious decision to break those rules. If he is willing to break those rules to gaina competitive edge, then he has shown he is unwilling to play on a level playing field, and every game he has ever played or will ever play will be suspect.
"Allow" does NOT mean "whatever they do not punish. "Allow" means "as described in the DCI rules. If you break those rules, caught or not, you are a cheater. Plain and simple.
People can try and split hairs all they want, but it's pretty black and white: he cheated, which nullifies the only thing that protects against cheaters, which is each individuals personal moral decision to not cheat.
I'm be surprised if he is ever voted back in. There's no way to know if his past success was based on illegal play.
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