badganondorf
New Member
I don't usually do this, but...
This time I just can't sit and watch when things aren't being fixed.
In this year World's Championships, I was watching my Japanese friend to play in the Grinders. He used a Random Receiver and the first card he revealed was a Supporter. (I think you already know where this is going). Suddenly, he shuffles his deck. The judge beside him says that he isn't allowed to shuffle his deck if he doesn't reveal any other cards before a Supporter. At that point I thought that it was just a simple mistake, because I often do that also in my practice games. The judge gave him a prize loss. Fortunately, he still won the game even though he got the prize loss.
Why fortunately?
Since in Japan you have always had to shuffle after using the Random Receiver! Even if the first card is a supporter. Just like all over the world nowadays. And the only reason he got a prize loss was, because of the lack of communication with the officials of Japan and the TPCi. He played exactly by the rules and for that he was awarded a prize loss. Sounds fair?
It's a small thing and doesn't really matter to most of us, but as the lack of communication between Japan's and the TPCi officials has always been slow (just how many last-minute rulings we have had before Worlds) - this is in my opinion unbelievable. Give a player a prize loss since he plays as the card should be played - in the World Championships!
I think something should be done about this, because the slow communication doesn't just affect the prize losses of Japanese players in the Worlds, but every single of us since from time to time we play with the "wrong rules".
Thoughts, opinions?
This time I just can't sit and watch when things aren't being fixed.
In this year World's Championships, I was watching my Japanese friend to play in the Grinders. He used a Random Receiver and the first card he revealed was a Supporter. (I think you already know where this is going). Suddenly, he shuffles his deck. The judge beside him says that he isn't allowed to shuffle his deck if he doesn't reveal any other cards before a Supporter. At that point I thought that it was just a simple mistake, because I often do that also in my practice games. The judge gave him a prize loss. Fortunately, he still won the game even though he got the prize loss.
Why fortunately?
Since in Japan you have always had to shuffle after using the Random Receiver! Even if the first card is a supporter. Just like all over the world nowadays. And the only reason he got a prize loss was, because of the lack of communication with the officials of Japan and the TPCi. He played exactly by the rules and for that he was awarded a prize loss. Sounds fair?
It's a small thing and doesn't really matter to most of us, but as the lack of communication between Japan's and the TPCi officials has always been slow (just how many last-minute rulings we have had before Worlds) - this is in my opinion unbelievable. Give a player a prize loss since he plays as the card should be played - in the World Championships!
I think something should be done about this, because the slow communication doesn't just affect the prize losses of Japanese players in the Worlds, but every single of us since from time to time we play with the "wrong rules".
Thoughts, opinions?