I am looking at this objectively, here is what happened:
18:17 - Gonzo teleports to a hide which is close to Roperz, violation of rules.
18:35 - Maciej, the player having the worm that is far enough, shoots a bazooka, aiming at Gonzo. Note that at this point, non of ps members mentioned anything about Gonzo being too close, in fact, they continued playing.
Another two turns go by, we are back to Gonzo, who has no wind. One more thing to note, the conversation between Maciej and Roperz:
[00:19:31.12] ••• beer (CF-Gonzo-) starts turn
[00:19:41.60] <<ps`rOpz>> he is prety close lol
[00:19:44.74] <<ps`Maciej>> lol, attack gonzonow xd
[00:19:58.74] [ps`Maciej] ye that's less tan half screen
Quote from: BnG Rules
- Piling is not allowed. The distance between yours and opponents worms must not be less than:
*if 1vs1 - 1/2 (half) of a map width -if 2vs2 - 1/3 (third) of a map width
*if 3vs3 - 1/4 (quarter) of a map widthTeleport/move to another position.
This shows that neither of the sides were clear with that exact rule.
20:12 - Maciej attacks Gonzo's worm again, opening up his hide. Still
no effort, no direct approach regarding that he should move. If they say: "well that must be too close, teleport away please" he would have done that.
20:49 - Roperz attack Gonzo. Even though he was too close to him, he did try and attack.
Then Gonzo ends up hitting - suddenly it becomes an issue.
The fact that both of them did try to attack Gonzo's worm means they were okay with continuing the game. Making it an issue after getting hit is just a cheap way of trying to avoid losing points.
And saying that the game would have been balanced without that 45HP is absolutely stupid, you can't tell what would have happened in that game, that's absolutely unwise and an amateur thing basing a decision on that as a moderator.
I am looking at it objectively, that is what happened, you must have looked at some different replays or I don't know.
They continued the game.