I know this is your tournament A_E and i respect your decision, however i would like to say i believe this was the wrong course of action.
The rules specifically state no smerfing. The fact that you can smerf if you ask the tournament organisers nicely seems like favoritism, it also promotes smerfing as a totally legitimate way to get around a ban for bad behavior and relic rule breaking.
I have no problem with him playing in the tournament, i want him in it actually, but he should have either accepted the ban or gotten around the ban by playing custom matches with scrim partners.
I also think if this was the course of action best suited to the situation, that it be revealed before he began playing on this smerf account.
It wasn't just me that made this ruling, the referee group on the whole discussed it.
I appreciate what you're saying with regards to the additional rule that was made in the first week of May that read:
"As of 9th May we request that all players seeking to enter GCS2 cease activity on any smurf accounts in automatch. We need a level playing field to ensure that automatch ranks are as accurate as possible, please play on your main account only in the build up to qualification seeding."
After seeing that Kimbo then communicated politely with myself, me and the referees then discussed the issue, and he acted in accordance with what we communicated to him.
Kimbo only played on one account during the time he was banned, then once he was unbanned he played on his unbanned account.
It's not up to me or the referees for GCS2 to police the game, just ensure the players are legit, aren't going to cheat, and will follow GCS2 rules.
As far as tournaments go he's effectively done nothing wrong at this point.
That said to be unofficial for a moment, he's clearly a bit of a dick at times, and I'm sure Relic/ Sturmpanther are watching his actions very closely. If he can't play on his main during GCS2 he can't play.