Yeah, let's break it down since you're incapable of being neutral about this.
If you're that desperate to hold the finals in person with both contestants then simply postpone the tournament which is not ideal but if you give such late notice to the parties involved then Relic, Kyle or whoever organised this rushed mess should have anticipated such a possibility.
I think you'll find i'm the most neutral person ever when it comes to things like this. I've never put any kind of argument forward with an agenda in mind. The 'breach' as it would be called is that technically Noggano would have known that there was 0% chance of him getting a passport in time and therefore he was not eligible to enter the tournament. That sounds harsh, and I would never say don't let Noggano play, but maybe this shouldn't have been left till the Finals to come to light when all these plans have already been made and put in place.
There was no 'late notice' to people involved. You participated yourself and you would have known that from the start of the tournament it was said that if milestone 5 was reached you would need to play in Vancouver. Anybody who didn't prepare for that, clearly didn't value themselves high enough to be positions 1 or 2.
The whole notion that Milestone 5 wasn't going to get hit is just people's opinion. It was always likely to hit milestone 5 so this isn't just something that should have been looked over. Relic have their own schedule and dates. They shouldn't have to be subject to this embarrassment of changing schedules and things they have made specific plans for because players have not upheld their side of it.
I've already said this, but there was already a written plan in place in case anything like this happened which was that disqualification would take place, so actually this event WAS anticipated as something that could happen and that's the plan that's being followed currently.
I personally think Noggano should be allowed to fight for 3rd and hopefully that's something that comes around. There's just no way there's going to be rescheduling or stuff like that. I don't see how that can happen