So, I took the Professor Test yesterday after many hours this past year of reading the rulebooks and compendium. Here's what happened:
I finish the test and know for sure that I'm going to get 100%. I finish with about 10 minutes left -- enough time to make positively sure I've answered every question correctly. At the 45-minute mark, my test is automatically submitted and returns my score of 98%. Dang, I must have misread one. When I see the question and read the "correct" answer, I'm miffed. "WHAT?" Has something changed? Immediately, I go to the rulings/rulebooks and see that my answer was right.
You ask, "What's the big deal? You passed."
Well, it IS a big deal considering that players expect judges not to make such silly mistakes during tournament rulings -- and believe me, had I ruled the way the Professor Test ruled on this question, I would've made a really silly mistake.
At the top of the Professor Test, there's a warning not to use the mouse scroll-wheel -- it might adversely affect your test score. That's a tough habit for me to break, and I'm almost 98% sure I didn't wheel-scroll. Perhaps if I was 100% sure, I would've gotten a perfect score. :wink:
A few years ago, when I took the Professor Test "cold" (no studying), I failed by one question. On that test, I also knew that my test was incorrectly scored on at least one question. Regardless of my petition to POP, I had to retake the test.
I don't know how common it is for some of you, but twice now I've gotten questions wrong that I went back and proved otherwise. So, just a recommendation from an "old man" who has learned better:
Don't study barely enough to pass. The test can "bite" you when you least expect it.
PS:
This is NOT the question, but the answer is just about as silly:
Q: Can I use Call Energy's effect to search my deck and put both halves of Ho-oh LEGEND on my bench?
A: Yes.
I finish the test and know for sure that I'm going to get 100%. I finish with about 10 minutes left -- enough time to make positively sure I've answered every question correctly. At the 45-minute mark, my test is automatically submitted and returns my score of 98%. Dang, I must have misread one. When I see the question and read the "correct" answer, I'm miffed. "WHAT?" Has something changed? Immediately, I go to the rulings/rulebooks and see that my answer was right.
You ask, "What's the big deal? You passed."
Well, it IS a big deal considering that players expect judges not to make such silly mistakes during tournament rulings -- and believe me, had I ruled the way the Professor Test ruled on this question, I would've made a really silly mistake.
At the top of the Professor Test, there's a warning not to use the mouse scroll-wheel -- it might adversely affect your test score. That's a tough habit for me to break, and I'm almost 98% sure I didn't wheel-scroll. Perhaps if I was 100% sure, I would've gotten a perfect score. :wink:
A few years ago, when I took the Professor Test "cold" (no studying), I failed by one question. On that test, I also knew that my test was incorrectly scored on at least one question. Regardless of my petition to POP, I had to retake the test.
I don't know how common it is for some of you, but twice now I've gotten questions wrong that I went back and proved otherwise. So, just a recommendation from an "old man" who has learned better:
Don't study barely enough to pass. The test can "bite" you when you least expect it.
PS:
This is NOT the question, but the answer is just about as silly:
Q: Can I use Call Energy's effect to search my deck and put both halves of Ho-oh LEGEND on my bench?
A: Yes.
