...this is why, when I first became a Mod, I swore off tourneys. Lana competing in sig tourneys convinced me that maybe I could do it, but there's been struggles.
- Needing to watch every single thing I do, or be accused of cheating, because I have powers that normal members don't.
- Having to guard against a backlash if people don't believe me.
- Socks PMing me to say that they're going to vote against me in polls just to spite me (which is why I pushed for 5 judges for the finals...bran/goober legitimately won that poll, but if it had been closer it might have made a difference).
- Having to balance my duties as a Mod with those of a tourney participant.
I talked to Blair personally, so hopefully this is resolved (I haven't heard back).
Hell, I was voluntarily PMing participants about tourney info early on so that we'd all be on a level playing field. If I had done anything that would be considered unfair or cheating, I would have turned myself in.
I love these tourneys, but it'll probably be years again before I even think about entering another, because all of this can be great, but it's also very draining to have to deal with.
{edit} I checked the post in question. I was fixing a typo (Physics) because I had spelled Psychics by accident, instead of simply reposting it. And BW/DC's next posts came in tandem quite a bit later, so I couldn't have even been changing something in response to their later posts. And the one that was only a few minutes after the 15 minute period that everyone else has was a dead link that I fixed (again, to save clutter instead of reposting).
Again, blessing and a curse...I was doing something that meant less clutter in the thread, and it comes back to haunt me.
*sigh*