Thanks to BBP for organizing the touney. It's a real pity that a bunch of people got in who shouldn't have. It would be nice if
Noble can take the money they "won" out of their accounts. That would hit them where it hurts; I doubt any of them really care about being banned from the forum.
I also hope that for future tourneys, there are more secure ways of keeping non-members out. For example, AP and the Prima sites use allow lists, but i have no idea if
Noble has other options aside from PWs.
Anyway, don't let this incident dampen your enthusiasm. Just learn from it and move forward.