It is like a leak in our defence to fairplay, and you are saying we should not fix this leak, because it is not nice to think people would abuse the leak. Let's just close the leak? It's easy, no observer and there is no need to all have a huge faith in the superior morals of our players. The advantages of having observers aren't that big, they only lie with the observer (who likes to obs) and I don't think pleasing observers is the main target of LIHL, assuring fairplay is.
I am all for fairplay, but at the expense of more than half the league(because that's how many observe I would say), I just don't see a need for it. If someone is being suspicious, PM us and kick obs when they join; much easier to fix rather than limiting the options of all the players. The pro's definitely do not outweigh the con's here, imo. We can sit and assume all we want, but until there is some real evidence of abuse(which none has been presented so far besides Don's example), and an overwhelming majority in favor, I see no reason to remove observing as an option.
But as mick says, its Impossible to prove ghosting, as there is no kind of proof of ghosting if people use for example skype or mumble or whatever other programs that exist.
Its just fun when you beat players you believe are abusing those kind of things. On the other hand, they get advantages which is bad. And would be quite boring not to be able to watch when you get left out when a game starts.
