Stockholm Sweden October 6 2007
It's with a heavy heart we issue this press release.
Joy Stockholm will withdraw from the NPPL series after the last event in San Diego 2007.
It has been a great experience but unfortunately the deteriorating quality of the reffing has made it impossible for us to commit the time and effort it takes to attend. We feel that it's now impossible for us to be able to compete on equal basis in the NPPL with the present reffing staff. We originally had hopes that the situation would get better after the OC fiasco but it has not. Event after event we have suffered horrendous, unjust calls against us with the last incident in KC where we were denied hang points because the flag wasn't in place (the judge's responsibility) was just the last straw.
It was bad enough the refs had forgotten to place the flag in our opponent's base before the game but after the game had finished and the head judge was made aware of the ref's oversight, they obvoiusly had an opportunity to put things right and elected not to thus precluding our advancement into the semi-finals, that was an outrageous decision and the straw that finally broke the back and heart of Joy Stockholm. We have tried to contact NPPL after the event but they have not bothered to answer or email.
Our apologies to our fans in the US who have been fantastic, the degree of support we have got is what kept us going after OC but I'm sure they will all understand our decision and hopefully we will see each other soon.
Also, apologies to our sponsors who have made it possible for us to attend these events in the US.
WDP-Draxxus-NXE-REBALL-STIFFI-BK-SNAPBOX
We have had 2 great seasons where we have made the final 4 no less then 5 times the last 7 events !!
We hope that NPPL will wake up and solve this problem so other teams can compete on an equal basis and stop denying the bias and incompetent reffing.
As for now, the NPPL makes it impossible for a European team to compete on an equal footing due to biased and incompetent reffing. And that is truly sad because Joy helped NPPL in the first years after the split with the reffing program. We reffed many events before taking a pro spot in 2005. We are truly sorry that it had to come to this, hopefully changes will be made in the future that can make us feel welcome in the US again.
Joy have always been about playing the game for the love and fun of it, and when that is taken away we can't find any reason to continue. Joy have been NPPL's biggest supporters and have attended every event since 2005. We still love everything the NPPL have done for the sport and wish the legue all the best in the future.
Team Joy Stockholm
Magued Idris
Maximus Lundqvist
Sebban Samuelsson
Karl Brian
Karls Samuelsson
Jake Eriksson
Magnus Storckenfeldt
Robin Larsson
Rasmus Larsson
Knut Andre Olstad
Björn Sjödahl
Erik Mellgren
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