Group B of the World Cyber Games ended yesterday with a three-way tie at the top, with Dignitas, Norway and Immunity all leveled on twelve points.

Quoting the WCG rules, in case of a tie, "the following criteria will be used to determine standings".

a) Total Points

b) Head-to-Head (Total points obtained in the group matches between the teams tied)

c) Total amount of rounds lost in the group matches.

Since the three teams were once again leveled according to the second criteria, the third one had to be used, thus eliminating Dignitas - who had lost more rounds than its direct opponents - from the tournament in the first day of play.

According to Dignitas, the second criteria is completely wrong as it should look at the total rounds obtained in the group matches between the tied teams instead of total points.

"The widely accepted interpretation of the rule is to only take into account the rounds between the teams that are tied," Alex "AlesKi" Way told GotFrag.com.

"Shiva (the WCG event organizer), agreed but due to a typo in the rules he would not put us through."

"ESWC has this rule (rounds between teams tied). We spoke to several other top players and admins and they all agreed with our position."


Disappointment in Dignitas' faces

If the WCG had used Dignitas' proposed rule, then the British side would have secured passage into the last 16 instead of Immunity as it holds a -2 record from the matches against the tied teams, while the Australian team has a -4 record.

And Dignitas - who filed a formal complaint - also proposed that the three teams should play between them once again to decide who qualified for the knock-out stages, a solution rejected by the WCG.



Commenting on the team's spirit after being eliminated in the opening day, Way said: "Next time we will try to turn our anger into headshots."


WCG deciding on the Dignitas matter