Hayden

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VGC judges collectively gave me 2 round losses for their error. After Round 5 (3-2), I stayed at the table to mentally prepare for the next round. With no ongoing matches nearby, the staff repeatedly rushed me to leave. I packed up in a hurry and left my Switch on the dock. When Round 6 started, I noticed my Switch was missing and immediately told the staff about it, including Loss and Found, the judge who rushed me and other judges. Despite describing my switch and providing the switch and in game name at lost and found, they refused to double check the lost and found box and insisted the Switch there wasn’t mine. About 15 minutes later, another judge reported that my Switch was found. Miraculously the switch was wrapped with a paper displaying, not the console name nor in-game name, but my full name that appears on pairings. Some floor staff must have identified that I was the player leaving the Switch, but did not return it in Round 6. I had no way to get my switch back because of the staff. Despite this, the head judge ruled that I had delayed the match too long and forced a Game 1 loss on me. I lost the game to some misfortune. As we appeal the decision, the assistant lead said we may have a conversation on how we proceed and we needed a Cantonese translator. The search for the translator and the conversation took around 20 minutes, which Round 7 has started. Before the conversation, the assistant lead, in such choice of words, promised that I would not receive penalty in starting late due to this conversation. The conversation concluded in: The Head Judge believed it was practically not possible to complete the whole search and find process within 5 minutes so based on perception (not evidence) a game loss would be reasonable. After the conversation, my opponent had already left. The assistant lead did not tell my opponent to stay for the match, so he told me we may have a double win [first in history of worlds? see score sheet]. Later the VGC lead came and told me, the system cannot perform a double win, so he is assigning the defeat to me. As a follow-up, he told me I may file a support ticket if I would like to complain about this situation. This decision feels incredibly unfair. Whether I complain or not, or whatever the result of the complaint may be, and my worlds journey this year ended like that.. This is WORLD championships, every mistake made by each involved staff could be prevented. Such unprofessional performance crushed my dreams and efforts I’ve worked towards for many years.