Let me first preface my examples be saying lively strategic plays fail to meat any definition of slow-playing or stalling. However, if your actions are unlively AND/OR non-strategic (no effect), that's when you're susceptable to being corrected or penalized. Even if you're making lively (quick) plays, that doesn't rule-out a penalty if the actions are considered by the judge to have no effect. You can argue all you want, but the judge might "see right through" your rationale.
- Asking your opponent to count his deck when there are still 20-30 cards left in his deck. Unless you are employing a deck-destruction strategy, the size of your opponent's deck is only valid during the late-game if it's obvious he only has a few cards left.
- Playing multiple Lux Balls, Poke Comms, Bebe's, etc., searching and shuffling your deck each time, but never retrieving a Pokemon. Certainly, reducing your hand-size might have a strategic impact, but if the time you took to search and shuffle your deck was merely used to reduce your hand-size, if you take too long, you're slow-playing or stalling.
I love Judge Judy's famous line that says "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!" Good judges can discern when players are performing unnecessary actions merely to eat clock time.
- Asking your opponent to count his deck when there are still 20-30 cards left in his deck. Unless you are employing a deck-destruction strategy, the size of your opponent's deck is only valid during the late-game if it's obvious he only has a few cards left.
- Playing multiple Lux Balls, Poke Comms, Bebe's, etc., searching and shuffling your deck each time, but never retrieving a Pokemon. Certainly, reducing your hand-size might have a strategic impact, but if the time you took to search and shuffle your deck was merely used to reduce your hand-size, if you take too long, you're slow-playing or stalling.
I love Judge Judy's famous line that says "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!" Good judges can discern when players are performing unnecessary actions merely to eat clock time.