<\/p>You are the head judge of a Grand Prix Trial and entering into the final round when floor judge Justin approaches you with an appeal. Justin has issued a game loss for Tardiness to Amy. Amy admits that she was not in her seat at the start of the round, as she had gone off site with friends for breakfast. Amy protests, “but you announced the last round would end at 10:05, and I was back before that!”<\/p>\n
What is the most appropriate way to handle this situation?<\/p>\n
Judges, feel free to discuss this scenario on Judge Apps!<\/p>\n
[expand title=Answer]As several of you have noted there is (most likely) no infraction here!
\nAccording to the MTR if a player returns before the announced round start
\ntime (or in this case the announced end time) then there is no infraction.
\nThe head judge should explain the confusion and overturn the infraction and
\nallow the players to play on with an extension.<\/p>\n
Kudos to Marc DeArmond for correctly dissecting the situation and citing
\nthe appropriate documents. According to the Magic Tournament Rules if a
\nround has begun early and the player has arrived at their seat before the
\nschedule round time we do not wish to issue an infraction. Fantastic work!<\/p>\n
I would also like to take a second to recognize James Butler for mentioning
\nfantastic customer service in having the head judge assist with the
\nexplanation to both players and of course in withdrawing the game loss.
\nPlayers are never quite as happy as seeing the correct ruling and the head
\njudge can go a long way in smoothing over potentially tricky situations.<\/p>\n
Everyone also mentioned issuing a time extension and that’s absolutely what
\nwe want to do! As Rene Oberweger noted we absolutely want all of our
\nmatches to have the same amount of time and not be penalized for something
\noutside of their control.<\/p>\n
That about wraps things up here, thanks for participating and please check
\nback soon for another edition of Knowledge Pool.[\/expand]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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