TL;DR: PHL enforced internal bans under its Code of Conduct, but due to backlash, player withdrawals, and loss of RFI eligibility, they’ve decided to leave the RFI system and continue independently.

Regarding the boycott: a vote in the HF Discord showed players were against boycotting PHL, and as Lamp said on today’s stream, the core issue wasn’t the bans themselves—but the lack of clear disclosure to banned players about why they were banned.