On the other hand, while judging Masters, when one player would play a Vaporeon ex down, he would say nothing and the other player would start to shuffle their hand it.
I stopped him, saying "He has to tell you to do that" and the other player would say, "Oh yeah, shuffle and draw".
So, there is really a lot of sloppy play out there.
People assume left and right what is the other players intent.
Whose fault is it?
General sloppy play leads to bad play.
Pop -
This happened to MY son.
In the Juniors division, it was not sloppy play on my son's part. The foreign kid knew exactly what he was doing. If time had been taken to review the situation, then the truth would have come out. For the record, my son appealed, during the match, for the head judge and the head judge never went over to dig into the situation due to extenuation circumstances.
My son was beating the foreign player. The player had 11 cards in his hand and went several turns without an energy. My son played Vap ex on his active and
specifically DID NOT INVOKE the power. The kid immediately shuffled his hand in his deck
BEFORE my son could stop him. He drew 4 (including an energy). My son called for a Judge. He then asked to have the HJ come over but due to circumstances, the HJ never came over. The foreign player was given a
WARNING. That's right, a warning for shuffling his hand into his deck without the effect of a power or card. The foreign player then top decked a switch for the win. This kid needed a new hand and took it. I believe that's cheating. Using the crutch of a different language is an easy and lame way to cheat.
My son told me exactly what happened, he did NOT play sloppy. Any intimation that my son gamed or was sloppy during his turn is flat out wrong. If anybody disagrees with me, PM me and we can talk about it in private.
I did what I could to rectify the situation. I appealed to the head judge of Juniors. I then appealed to the head judge (BDS) of the Event. This was all BEFORE the PAIRINGS went up. Still reversible. This was to no avail. Since I was a judge at worlds, I had to keep my cool and I did. I thank Vince for talking me thru it. I support the decision of the judges and I still do. But NOT for any reason as sloppy play or gaming.
Do I have any animosity toward the Judges?
Not at all. I respect each and every judge,
especially the HJ of Juniors. He is a great man and has done so much for the game and specifically for my son. Do I disagree with the call? As a judge in the event, I HAD to back out and let the system work itself and let the outcome be what it is.
My son did make T16 and we are all very proud of him.
Steve