@Rookitiki
I had to dive into this, it's been a while since I've been online on ICC. They have bots there handling the tournaments, the most prominent one being a bot called 'tomato'. This is what tomato tells me about the dr points system:
>Tomato Help on dr-pts:
>
> ***** DISRUPTIVE POINTS *****
>
> Note: On Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 we changed to a new disruptive point and ban
> system as described below. At that time the dr-pts of all players that
> were not banned were reduced by 50 points.
>
> The objective here is to discourage delaying or irritating tourney
> behaviors. Those registered players who violate the rules will receive
> disruptive points.
>
> To see how many dr-pts you have type: tell tomato finger
> If you get more than 50 disruptive points, you will be banned from Tomato
> tourneys for one week. If you get banned again, then it's two weeks, then 3
> weeks, etc.
> After the ban, the dr-pts go back to 0.
>
> The amount of times you have are already been banned is also in your Tomato
> finger, where it's called 'Bannings'.
>
> Your dr-pts total increases in these cases:
> - When you don't show up for a game and the game is set by the
> manager: Issues 3 points.
> - Leaving a tourney when you have still game(s) to play.
> In styles TEAM, RR, or Manual: Issues 15 points.
> Swiss, Luton, Elim: Issues 10 points.
> - Forfeit by manager due to disconnecting (intentionally or not) and
> gone for several minutes (depending on time control and manager
> decision).
> In styles TEAM, RR or Manual: Issues 15 points.
> Swiss, Luton, Elim: Issues 10 points.
> - Not accepting the games can lead to a setgame and after that also
> to a forfeit when the player is not responding and/or idling.
> - You can also be assessed dr-pts or banned for other unsportsmanlike
> actions or repeated behavior problems.
> (Example: Resigning a game on move 1 to avoid a player or to avoid
> dr-pts in last round when you should have forfeited.)
>
> Your will not get dr-pts in these cases:
> - The manager removes them during the tourney.
> Example: For special tournaments with no dr-pts or if the manager
> decides they should be removed.
> - If you latejoin, and then leave the tournament, without having been
> paired into the next round.
> - If you are removed from the tournament by the manager based on high
> lag. The manager will then remove them.
>
> Your dr-pts total decreases in these cases:
> - You finish the tourney without receiving any new dr-pts then:
> 5 dr-points per finished tournament when you played from the start.
> 3 dr-points per finished tournament when you latejoined.
> (done at end of tournament)
> - You appeal your dr-pts, in a message to TomatoComplaint or a Senior
> Manager or higher.
> Type 'tell tomato managers -a' for a list of managers.
>
> You may be wondering why you have gotten disruptive points. Even though it
> wasn't your fault that you were away for more than 5 minutes (for example,
> because your server or ISP crashed).
>
> Well, the idea with Tomato tourneys is that you and the other players should
> have fun when you PLAY. Nobody wishes to join, just to have to wait for
> several minutes on the disconnected opponent, and then win by forfeit.
> That's why we forfeit people with bad (slow) connections.
>
> People who are lagging are also slowing down the tourney. That's why people
> with high ping times actually can be forfeited, even though they try to play
> all the time, with no pauses between the games.
I can't say I have ever been a subject of tournament bans as a result of dr points. I've had a few leaves I had no control over, but generally I finished my tournaments. In general, these tournaments worked completely fine. There were occassional leavers, but this system did manage to keep it all acceptably clean and operational.
I had to dive into this, it's been a while since I've been online on ICC. They have bots there handling the tournaments, the most prominent one being a bot called 'tomato'. This is what tomato tells me about the dr points system:
>Tomato Help on dr-pts:
>
> ***** DISRUPTIVE POINTS *****
>
> Note: On Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 we changed to a new disruptive point and ban
> system as described below. At that time the dr-pts of all players that
> were not banned were reduced by 50 points.
>
> The objective here is to discourage delaying or irritating tourney
> behaviors. Those registered players who violate the rules will receive
> disruptive points.
>
> To see how many dr-pts you have type: tell tomato finger
> If you get more than 50 disruptive points, you will be banned from Tomato
> tourneys for one week. If you get banned again, then it's two weeks, then 3
> weeks, etc.
> After the ban, the dr-pts go back to 0.
>
> The amount of times you have are already been banned is also in your Tomato
> finger, where it's called 'Bannings'.
>
> Your dr-pts total increases in these cases:
> - When you don't show up for a game and the game is set by the
> manager: Issues 3 points.
> - Leaving a tourney when you have still game(s) to play.
> In styles TEAM, RR, or Manual: Issues 15 points.
> Swiss, Luton, Elim: Issues 10 points.
> - Forfeit by manager due to disconnecting (intentionally or not) and
> gone for several minutes (depending on time control and manager
> decision).
> In styles TEAM, RR or Manual: Issues 15 points.
> Swiss, Luton, Elim: Issues 10 points.
> - Not accepting the games can lead to a setgame and after that also
> to a forfeit when the player is not responding and/or idling.
> - You can also be assessed dr-pts or banned for other unsportsmanlike
> actions or repeated behavior problems.
> (Example: Resigning a game on move 1 to avoid a player or to avoid
> dr-pts in last round when you should have forfeited.)
>
> Your will not get dr-pts in these cases:
> - The manager removes them during the tourney.
> Example: For special tournaments with no dr-pts or if the manager
> decides they should be removed.
> - If you latejoin, and then leave the tournament, without having been
> paired into the next round.
> - If you are removed from the tournament by the manager based on high
> lag. The manager will then remove them.
>
> Your dr-pts total decreases in these cases:
> - You finish the tourney without receiving any new dr-pts then:
> 5 dr-points per finished tournament when you played from the start.
> 3 dr-points per finished tournament when you latejoined.
> (done at end of tournament)
> - You appeal your dr-pts, in a message to TomatoComplaint or a Senior
> Manager or higher.
> Type 'tell tomato managers -a' for a list of managers.
>
> You may be wondering why you have gotten disruptive points. Even though it
> wasn't your fault that you were away for more than 5 minutes (for example,
> because your server or ISP crashed).
>
> Well, the idea with Tomato tourneys is that you and the other players should
> have fun when you PLAY. Nobody wishes to join, just to have to wait for
> several minutes on the disconnected opponent, and then win by forfeit.
> That's why we forfeit people with bad (slow) connections.
>
> People who are lagging are also slowing down the tourney. That's why people
> with high ping times actually can be forfeited, even though they try to play
> all the time, with no pauses between the games.
I can't say I have ever been a subject of tournament bans as a result of dr points. I've had a few leaves I had no control over, but generally I finished my tournaments. In general, these tournaments worked completely fine. There were occassional leavers, but this system did manage to keep it all acceptably clean and operational.