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FFG community is up in arms over a player being caught changing his dial on camera. From what I heard FFG forfeited his next game but was still awarded the win for this game. The player who lost against the cheater failed to qualify for the next day due to being short one win. So the cheater moved on to the next day of the worlds...here is the video..

https://clips.twitch.tv/SparklyFantasticCrowBrainSlug

It's an awful situation made worse by the way FFG has more-or-less bungled their response. They've apparently found some way to compensate the victim and now consider the matter closed, although the community is (rightfully) still pretty angry at both FFG and the cheater himself, Parker Guidary (or Guidry - it's been spelled both ways so not sure which one's correct).

Apparently the process went down something like this:

> Parker Guidary cheats on camera in Round 3.
> He's caught, and a warning is issued.
> The community gets upset due to how blatantly dishonest the action was (changing his dial after seeing his opponent's moves).
> FFG fails to act further until Round 4 has started, and therefore cannot retroactively change the result of Round 3 without re-organizing the pairings in Round 4.
> To quell the growing animosity, FFG penalizes Parker with a loss in Round 4, but he still earned enough points to advance to Day 2.
> Parker's Round 3 opponent is notified of the issue in the middle of his Round 4 game, disrupting his play. He fails to qualify for Day 2 by a margin of approximately one win.
> FFG offers the victim some kind of back-room compensation as a result of their screw-up.

Personally, I thought this cheater should have been DQ'd on the spot. As it stands he got little more than a slap on the wrist, and the reputation of Worlds and FFG suffers for it.

Yeah i heard about this yesterday (my time) and the outrage has been large. i agree with Xcaliber and he should have been DQ'd on the spot, as this is probably not the first time at the comp he had done it. i had a chat with some of my mates about it and we reckon he'll be selling his stuff after this and getting out of the game as he'll probably never get a game in again.

This popped up on Facebook in multiple memes, how stupid can this guy be? He is on camera. Makes you wonder how much he has cheated in the past to get there. What a loser

I was cheated in an Star trek tourney by the organiser!!!!!!!

licclerich wrote:
I was cheated in an Star trek tourney by the organiser!!!!!!!

That's low....

Am I the only one who was hoping that the guy won worlds just to see the complete debacle it would have been?

 Peregrine wrote:
Am I the only one who was hoping that the guy won worlds just to see the complete debacle it would have been?

While I never hope for this to happen, and noting how great my experience has been with the xwing community, It would still be pretty funny

 Peregrine wrote:
Am I the only one who was hoping that the guy won worlds just to see the complete debacle it would have been?

Would have been a total PR nightmare for FFG but I would of loved to see the neck beard drama unfold...

 Chute82 wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Am I the only one who was hoping that the guy won worlds just to see the complete debacle it would have been?

Would have been a total PR nightmare for FFG but I would of loved to see the neck beard drama unfold...

Drama yes, neck beard not so much. Cheating in any competitive setting incites anger. No need to get derisory just because it's a tabletop game.