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Ch4zm at 21:50, 29 November 2025

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	The {{CTeam\|LBFB}} were understandably outraged by the flawed tiebreaker decisions, but tiebreakers were not subject to review, and the Commissioner's Office issued no statement on the matter, which left the {{CTeam\|FWPT}} free to advance to the postseason on stolen credentials.		The {{CTeam\|LBFB}} were understandably outraged by the flawed tiebreaker decisions, but tiebreakers were not subject to review, and the Commissioner's Office issued no statement on the matter, which left the {{CTeam\|FWPT}} free to advance to the postseason on stolen credentials.<noinclude>

	As word of the Piano Tuners' stolen postseason spot spread throughout different Golly fan bases, the Piano Tuners' postseason run continued to attract greater scrutiny and criticism. In Game 1 of the Division Series against the #1 seeded {{CTeam\|EA}}, the match went just 1,006 generations - only 6 generations more than the bare minimum mandated by the league. The Tuners established a microscopic, barely-stable tub pattern, the Astronauts were called on a technical foul before they could even launch their first spaceship, and the match was over before fans had even reached their seats. Everyone was mad - fans, team collectives, concession stands, even the Commissioner - everyone except the Piano Tuners.

	When the Piano Tuners defeated the {{CTeam\|SS}} 3 games to 1 and clinched the Cold League pennant, many people expected a repeat of the Piano Tuners' [[Season 7]] Cup series flameout. But when the Piano Tuners snuffed out the {{CTeam\|AA}} 4 games to 1, clinching the [[Hellmouth Cup]] for Ft. Worth, the entire league was stunned. Somehow, a middle-of-the-pack team that never should have been in the postseason to begin with had turned a bug in the tiebreaker code into an improbable run for the Cup, poking their opponents in the eye, defying the league's low expectations and low opinions of them, and humiliating the Commissioner and [[E Division]] in one fell swoop. The tiebreaker mistake that snowballed into a stolen Cup blew a hole in the notion of a benevolent Commissioner.<noinclude>
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Ch4zm at 21:48, 29 November 2025

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	The ~~Flightless Birds~~ were understandably outraged, but ~~tie breakers~~ were not subject to review and the Commissioner's Office ~~had nothing to say~~ on the matter, ~~leaving~~ the ~~Tuners~~ to advance to the postseason on stolen credentials.		The {{CTeam\|LBFB}} were understandably outraged by the flawed tiebreaker decisions, but tiebreakers were not subject to review, and the Commissioner's Office issued no statement on the matter, which left the {{CTeam\|FWPT}} free to advance to the postseason on stolen credentials.

	As word of the Piano Tuners' stolen postseason spot spread, ~~their~~ postseason run continued to attract scrutiny and criticism. In Game 1 of the Division Series against the #1 seeded ~~Astronauts~~, the match went just 1,006 generations - only 6 generations more than the bare minimum mandated by the league. The Tuners established a microscopic, barely-stable tub pattern, the Astronauts were called on a technical foul before they could even launch their first spaceship, and the match was over before fans had even reached their seats.		As word of the Piano Tuners' stolen postseason spot spread throughout different Golly fan bases, the Piano Tuners' postseason run continued to attract greater scrutiny and criticism. In Game 1 of the Division Series against the #1 seeded {{CTeam\|EA}}, the match went just 1,006 generations - only 6 generations more than the bare minimum mandated by the league. The Tuners established a microscopic, barely-stable tub pattern, the Astronauts were called on a technical foul before they could even launch their first spaceship, and the match was over before fans had even reached their seats. Everyone was mad - fans, team collectives, concession stands, even the Commissioner - everyone except the Piano Tuners.

	When ~~they~~ defeated the ~~Seattle Sneakers (~~3-1) and clinched the Cold League pennant, many expected a repeat of the [[Season 7]] Cup series flameout. But when the Piano Tuners snuffed out the ~~Alewife Arsonists (~~4-1~~) and clinched~~ the Hellmouth Cup, the entire league was stunned. Somehow, a middle-of-the-pack team that never should have been in the postseason to begin with had turned a bug in the tiebreaker code into an improbable run for the Cup, defying the league's low expectations and low opinions of them, and humiliating the Commissioner and [[E Division]] in one fell swoop. The tiebreaker mistake that snowballed into a stolen Cup blew a hole in the notion of a benevolent Commissioner.<noinclude>		When the Piano Tuners defeated the {{CTeam\|SS}} 3 games to 1 and clinched the Cold League pennant, many people expected a repeat of the Piano Tuners' [[Season 7]] Cup series flameout. But when the Piano Tuners snuffed out the {{CTeam\|AA}} 4 games to 1, clinching the [[Hellmouth Cup]] for Ft. Worth, the entire league was stunned. Somehow, a middle-of-the-pack team that never should have been in the postseason to begin with had turned a bug in the tiebreaker code into an improbable run for the Cup, poking their opponents in the eye, defying the league's low expectations and low opinions of them, and humiliating the Commissioner and [[E Division]] in one fell swoop. The tiebreaker mistake that snowballed into a stolen Cup blew a hole in the notion of a benevolent Commissioner.<noinclude>
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The successful [[Season 11]] run at the [[Hellmouth Cup]] by the {{CTeam|FWPT}} is the thing that keeps [[E Division]] auditors awake at night. The Tuners’ path to the Cup began with a grotesque 3-way tiebreaker for the Wild Card. The wild card tiebreaker only occurs when there are more teams than wild card spots - usually 2 teams and 1 wild card spot. In this case, it was 3 teams: {{CTeam|FWPT}}, {{CTeam|LBFB}}, and {{CTeam|OSHA}}. According to the rules, the tiebreaker win goes to the team that scored the most points over the course of the season. But the point totals for [[Season 11]] show a terrible mistake: the Flightless Birds, finishing the season with 7,069 points, lost the tiebreaker - and the Piano Tuners, finishing the season with 6,607 points, advanced to the Division Series.

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The Flightless Birds were understandably outraged, but tie breakers were not subject to review and the Commissioner's Office had nothing to say on the matter, leaving the Tuners to advance to the postseason on stolen credentials.

As word of the Piano Tuners' stolen postseason spot spread, their postseason run continued to attract scrutiny and criticism. In Game 1 of the Division Series against the #1 seeded Astronauts, the match went just 1,006 generations - only 6 generations more than the bare minimum mandated by the league. The Tuners established a microscopic, barely-stable tub pattern, the Astronauts were called on a technical foul before they could even launch their first spaceship, and the match was over before fans had even reached their seats.

When they defeated the Seattle Sneakers (3-1) and clinched the Cold League pennant, many expected a repeat of the [[Season 7]] Cup series flameout. But when the Piano Tuners snuffed out the Alewife Arsonists (4-1) and clinched the Hellmouth Cup, the entire league was stunned. Somehow, a middle-of-the-pack team that never should have been in the postseason to begin with had turned a bug in the tiebreaker code into an improbable run for the Cup, defying the league's low expectations and low opinions of them, and humiliating the Commissioner and [[E Division]] in one fell swoop. The tiebreaker mistake that snowballed into a stolen Cup blew a hole in the notion of a benevolent Commissioner.<noinclude>
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