Pokemon TCG Master disqualified from LAIC for playing too slowly

  ❘   Published: 2023-11-21T18:09:45  ❘   Updated: 2023-11-21T18:09:57

Pokemon TCG legend Tord Reklev has reacted furiously to being disqualified from LAIC 2023 after he failed to satisfy time controls on the occasion in Brazil.

World Championship runner-up Tord Reklev was unable to defend the Latin American International Championship trophy that he received in 2022 after he was disqualified on day two of the occasion in Sao Paolo for gradual play.

According to the principles, a participant might be sanctioned in the event that they play unreasonably slowly with the intention to manipulate the time remaining in a match.

However,  Reklev has disputed the judgment, arguing that he wasn’t given truthful warning and that the ground judges exaggerated his tempo when speaking with the pinnacle decide.

Why was Tord Reklev disqualified?

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Following his disqualification, Reklev defined his model of occasions in a lengthy post on  X / Twitter. He mentioned he obtained his first penalty on day one after a prolonged sport in opposition to one among his associates. “I misplaced the sport, however with none warning, the decide issued me with a match loss for tempo of play.”

He additionally obtained one other match-loss penalty for tempo of play after spherical 11 on the next day. Again, the Latin American Champion mentioned that he didn’t obtain a warning.

However, he claims that it was the judges’ exaggeration of the size of his matches that led to a disqualification. 

“The flooring judges enormously exaggerated when chatting with the pinnacle decide,” he mentioned. “This included claims of a 13 minute flip amongst different issues. Unfortunately, this escalated to a DQ…”

He continued: “There had been a number of judges watching me each spherical all through the match and on the final match they put at least 4 judges on the duty”

Reklev additionally claimed that none of his opponents had any points with the tempo of play.

He described the result as going in opposition to the rules… “Just getting match losses and DQs with none indication that my tempo was not adequate is in opposition to the rules for judges,” he mentioned. “The folks right here in Brazil have been so amazingly variety to me and I’m unhappy that I’ll in all probability not return after this expertise. My DQ is one among many questionable choices made by LAIC through the years.”

Pokemon followers react to Reklev DQ

The choice to disqualify Tord Reklev has divided opinion within the Pokemon TCG group. While some sympathized with Tord’s clarification, others consider that the principles are clear that gradual play constitutes unsporting habits.

Posting on X / Twitter, Steven Lepas mentioned, “Tord has a popularity for gradual play… I’ve seen matches the place he’s carried out it on stream to trigger a tie.”

Replying to Tord’s publish, @XytusVortex added: “You shouldn’t of performed gradual then, mate”. @bergie_jessica mentioned it’s “about time you bought punished for gradual play”

However, @Jokergeek sided with the Norwegian. “He was positively focused. Everyone he performed mentioned he was playing quick.”

Pokemon TCG participant @whimsicast added: “Slow play is such a unfastened time period. The truth that they had 4 judges on you leads me to consider that this was coordinated and preplanned.” Tord’s disqualification indicators that Pokemon TCG judges are usually not taking the more and more controversial concern of gradual playing in Pokemon tournaments frivolously.