i have been consulted about this situation as a tournament director
RE: Vulpix03 vs
Bag of Trixx /
romanji
Bag of Trixx failed to reply to Vulpix03's initial contact attempts. As per
the guidelines:
" - If no time was agreed upon (i.e. due to inadequate communication or scheduling conflicts), a player or another authorized party must have given their opponent's team notice of their last period of availability. This period must have been given at least 30 minutes in advance and must have been at least 1 hour long."
Vulpix03 indicated that he would have been available until Sunday 4:00 PM GMT-5. US Midwest provided a substitute within that window, at
3:51 PM. However, Vulpix03 had left, and US Northeast refused to make further substitutions to allow the game to happen.
Despite Bag of Trixx being unresponsive for a long time, US Midwest followed all guidelines required of them, and it is US Northeast who ultimately refused to play within a window which they agreed to, or to rearrange to any other potential window.
Result: Activity win to romanji.