RE: Shiba vs The Kyle
The Kyle and Shiba scheduled for Sunday afternoon between 3-4 P.M. -7. When The Kyle approached Shiba asking when to play, he got no response. The Kyle then called activity on Shiba and presumably went to sleep, while West subbed Vaboh in over Shiba. However Canada wasn't able to provide a sub in return and it was said that Shiba had missed the time and seemed to have a solid case for activity.
This is a decision that I didn't want to make since it directly skews Canada's playoff chances, however just making it a dead game didn't seem fit for a game that determined if Canada moves to playoffs or not. I acknowledge that an activity win to get to playoffs is also pretty bad, but there's not much of a better solution to be had when this decision was discussed.
As such, The Kyle will get the act win over Shiba. While I would've preferred a cleaner way to decide whether Canada goes to tiebreak or straight to playoffs, sadly there isn't much of another solution that's present at this time.
edit: The case was reexamined and I decided to make this a dead game. There was clear evidence that The Kyle was trying to fish for some sort of act and Vaboh was also subbed in over Shiba to get the game done, however The Kyle presumably fell asleep (at 7 pm no less). After re-reviewing the case I determined that there's no real evidence in either favor for a proper act decision and as such this will be ruled a dead game. Either way this does not effect playoffs - Canada will still face LA, while NE will face the winner of the 3-way tiebreak for 4th place between France, Europe, and US South.