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[[Image:Fair_Random_Number_Generator.png|thumb|right|400px|Screenshot showing one of the random number generators procured to Golly's E Division by the Piano Tuners' shell company. (Source: XKCD webcomic https://xkcd.com/221)]] | [[Image:Fair_Random_Number_Generator.png|thumb|right|400px|Screenshot showing one of the random number generators procured to Golly's E Division by the Piano Tuners' shell company. (Source: XKCD webcomic https://xkcd.com/221)]] | ||
| − | + | During the [[Toroidal/Season 16]] postseason, leaked documents revealed that the Ft. Worth Piano Tuners had been procuring backdoored random number generators to Golly's [[E Division]] (Engineering division responsible for all Golly simulations), with the help of shell companies provided by {{CTeam|DECO}}. This had enabled the Piano Tuners to manipulate the outcome of both [[Toroidal/Season 15]], in which the Piano Tuners emerged as champions by defeating the Boot Lickers, and Season 16. | |
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| − | + | The scandal caused a personality change in the {{CTeam|SAC}}, who were much more nasty and ruthless toward opponents following their [[Toroidal/Season 15]] loss to the Piano Tuners. When news of the hacking scandal broke, the Boot Lickers resolved to reach the Toroidal Cup by any means necessary, setting out on a bloody path for revenge against the Piano Tuners. | |
| − | + | The [Commissioners Office|Commissioner's Office]] ordered [[E Division]] to deploy patched random number generators in time for the [[Toroidal Cup]] series, allowing [[E Division]] to simulate matches without relying on the Piano Tuners' backdoored random number generators. | |
The {{CTeam|FWPT}} were nearly eviscerated by the eventual champions, the {{CTeam|SAC}}. | The {{CTeam|FWPT}} were nearly eviscerated by the eventual champions, the {{CTeam|SAC}}. | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 4 December 2021
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| #1 |  Ft. Worth Piano Tuners
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| #1 |  Milwaukee Flamingos
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| #4 |  Detroit Grape Chews
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Taste of Texas Series Rematch
With the Toroidal/Season 15 series being referred to as the "Taste of Texas Series," the rematch was very creatively referred to as the "Taste of Texas Series Rematch."
Once the series was over and the Sacramento Boot Lickers
had been declared the champions, it became known as the "Taste of Texas Revenge Reversal."
Ft. Worth Piano Tuners Hacking Scandal
Main: Piano Tuners Hacking Scandal
During the Toroidal/Season 16 postseason, leaked documents revealed that the Ft. Worth Piano Tuners had been procuring backdoored random number generators to Golly's E Division (Engineering division responsible for all Golly simulations), with the help of shell companies provided by 
Delaware Corporate Shells
. This had enabled the Piano Tuners to manipulate the outcome of both Toroidal/Season 15, in which the Piano Tuners emerged as champions by defeating the Boot Lickers, and Season 16.
The scandal caused a personality change in the Sacramento Boot Lickers
, who were much more nasty and ruthless toward opponents following their Toroidal/Season 15 loss to the Piano Tuners. When news of the hacking scandal broke, the Boot Lickers resolved to reach the Toroidal Cup by any means necessary, setting out on a bloody path for revenge against the Piano Tuners.
The [Commissioners Office|Commissioner's Office]] ordered E Division to deploy patched random number generators in time for the Toroidal Cup series, allowing E Division to simulate matches without relying on the Piano Tuners' backdoored random number generators.
The Ft. Worth Piano Tuners
were nearly eviscerated by the eventual champions, the Sacramento Boot Lickers
.
Consequences of Hacking Scandal
The hacking scandal was the biggest scandal in Golly since the Season 3 Fixing Scandal in Season 3 of the Hellmouth Cup. It had several important consequences for Golly:
- Establishment of a research program in E Division to investigate using entropy crystals to channel more randomness from the entropy vortex
- Formation of S Division (to handle security) and A Division (to handle audits) before the start of Toroidal/Season 17; in the seasons following the hacking scandal, S Division quickly grew to become a powerful, mysterious force in the Golly bureaucracy, permanently changing the organization.
- Planting the seed of the Cancel Texas Memo; four seasons after the hacking scandal took place, the Cancel Texas Memo would announce the cancellation of Texas in Golly, the incineration of the Baltimore Texas, and the ultimate humiliation of the Piano Tuners, moving them to Baltimore and rebranding them as the Baltimore Piano Tuners.
Promotional Poster
