Giday
It's BOTH players job to make sure the prizes are put out.
If a player forgets ... Caution for BOTH players !!
Repeated offences ... step up the penalties.
Game Loss ... way to severe !!
When the pressure is on .. it's easy to forget them.
As for the Prize Swap penalty ... i like it, but it needs to be carefully handled / issued.
I totally agree with the suggestion above & this is my suggested Penalty Levels
- Caution
- Warning (Minimum starting level for Nationals & Worlds)
- Prize Draw - 1 prize either taken or put out (Penalty Guidelines to dictate how this is done, NOT the players or judge at the time)
- Prize Swap - 1 prize taken & 1 prize put out
- Game Loss (Head Judge ONLY issues)
- Match Loss (Head Judge ONLY issues)
- DQ with Prizes (Head Judge ONLY issues)
- DQ NO Prizes ... ONLY used for extreme cases. (Head Judge ONLY issues)
This gives ALL judges 4 levels to work with, which would be probably 90% of their rulings.
You may ask ... why the 2 different DQ levels ... The DCI has them & i agree with the need for 2 levels.
For example ... you're playing in the 1st round of playoffs & make another mistake, which for some silly reason you''ve done a number times already & it results in a DQ. Should you lose out on the prize because of it ?? I say no.
Now i know it's unlikely to happen that exact way, but i'm sure you can imagine the need for the level.
The second level is for the more serious problems ... Cheating (proven), Fighting, Fraud, Bribery ...
It also means the Head Judge is the ONLY person dealing with the more serious penalties, ones that will effect the players tournament result & as the head judge, something for which they are soley responsable for.