We just finished our Houston City Championships and some good questions arose during the tourney. I will be listing these as soon as I complete my list.
One problem arose consistently and what to do at first was a dillemma. After our ruling, we were consistent. We looked in the Compendium and also at the Cleffa rule to make our decision.
Here is a ruling from the Compendium:
Q. At the store I play at, if the game has already begun and you forgot to draw your prizes you automatically lose, is that correct?
A. That is up to that store. (August 17, 2000 WotC Chat Q252)
What do you do in Tourney play? It should not matter if the player is drawing his/her first card, or goes to get a prize after knoocking out his/her first Pokemon. The start of the game should be exactly that and should be adhered to strictly. A loss is NOT what we decided on but there should be something concrete for the judges to adhere to.
Thanks
One problem arose consistently and what to do at first was a dillemma. After our ruling, we were consistent. We looked in the Compendium and also at the Cleffa rule to make our decision.
Here is a ruling from the Compendium:
Q. At the store I play at, if the game has already begun and you forgot to draw your prizes you automatically lose, is that correct?
A. That is up to that store. (August 17, 2000 WotC Chat Q252)
What do you do in Tourney play? It should not matter if the player is drawing his/her first card, or goes to get a prize after knoocking out his/her first Pokemon. The start of the game should be exactly that and should be adhered to strictly. A loss is NOT what we decided on but there should be something concrete for the judges to adhere to.
Thanks