Subject: GP Boston Date: Mon, 14 Sep 98 13:31:48 -0400 From: fairbank@muhthr.hlo.dec.com To: el0g+@andrew.cmu.edu CC: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com I'm glad you brought up the penalty guidelines, since people need to know about them. If anyone hasn't read them, you should. The 98-99 Floor Rules http://www.wizards.com/DCI/MTG_DCI_Unirules.html The 98-99 Penalty Guidelines http://www.wizards.com/DCI/MTG_DCI_Penalty_Guidelines.html In the future players will be allowed to conceed a deciding game in a match. GP Boston was my first event under the new floor rules at a strict or higher level of enforcement. The floor rules as written state that a player may only conceed if it benefits them in a *match*. Since then it has been clarified by the author that players should also be allowed to conceed if it could benefit them with regard to that opponent in future rounds of that event. Unfortunately you were caught in a situation where the wording of the floor rules (and my then current understanding of the meaning behind them) caused me to rule against the intent of the floor rules. It's since been clarified that players can conceed the deciding game of a match if it serves an explainable strategic purpose. Also, every players should know to ask for extra time if a judge has to be called for some reason. Even if the judge was just called to allow a concession to happen. -Nat (the guy who denied Erik the chance to conceed) -- Nat Fairbanks DCI Level IV Judge fairbanks@alum.wpi.edu New England Area ===================================================================== Subject: Re: GP Boston Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:40:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Erik Lauer To: fairbank@muhthr.hlo.dec.com CC: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Suppose it take the judge 40 seconds to come over and evaluate the situtaion, is the judge going to award me 40 seconds (plus the time it takes me to ask for this extra time)? I don't feel I can be sure that a typical judge will award me this time, and I am risking wasting more time. Personally I feel a definate improvement would be to have a dedicated person who did nothing but hold up a sign that said "I am a judge, you may conceed" in the front of the room. At GP Boston, people were flipping coins, and I don't think anyone was stopping them.