{"id":247,"date":"2015-10-09T06:51:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T03:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2025-11-21T05:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:18:08","slug":"mtr2-13","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/mtr2-13\/","title":{"rendered":"MTR 2.13 Video Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0px\">Some Competitive and Professional Rules Enforcement Level tournaments use video for live streaming or replay broadcast of matches. Players may decline to appear on camera; however, players in the playoff matches of Professional Rules Enforcement Level tournaments may not decline to appear on camera.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"> <em>Typically every player fills out a press release form at larger events with video coverage. Players can refuse for reasons from being shy to being in witness protection, but all Top 8 matches are on coverage.<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0px\">Video commentators are considered spectators for the purpose of the tournament, but may talk during the match as long as they can\u2019t be heard by players being covered. They are responsible for behaving respectfully to all tournament participants during coverage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"> <em>At large events, the coverage team is usually more than 25m (75 ft) away from the feature match area so that players can\u2019t overhear the coverage team talking about cards that were just drawn, or lines of play available to players.\u00a0 If, at your local store, there is some sort of stream, the TO needs to ensure that the commentators cannot be heard.<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0px\">Spectators are also permitted to record matches provided that they do so unobtrusively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"> <em>This typically takes the form of a buddy or helper recording the play so the player can review after the fact.\u00a0 Its not common, but it can happen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s typically considered safe because s<\/em><em>pectators can\u2019t share those notes with a player during play.\u00a0 However if the spectator is being obtrusive or disruptive, the opponent and\/or the judge can ask the spectator to leave.<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0px\">The Head Judge of a World Championship, Pro Tour, or Limited Championship tournament may, at their sole discretion, use video replay to assist in making rulings during a match. Video replays may not be used to assist in making rulings in tournaments other than a World Championship, Pro Tour, or Limited Championship tournament. Players may not request that a judge consult a video replay. Video replays may also be used for investigative purposes at a later time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"> \u00a0<em>The use of video to make a ruling is severely limited due to the consistency of the recording and the time added to even mundane investigations.\u00a0 At the larger events where the stakes and visibility are amongst the highest, and the quality and availability of video is consistent, the Head Judge may utilize the option to use video replay to make a decision.\u00a0 The decision to review video has to be at the HJs sole discretion because otherwise, players would call for a video review any time a judge call did not end up in their favor.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Competitive and Professional Rules Enforcement Level tournaments use video for live streaming or replay broadcast of matches. Players may decline to appear on camera; however, players in the playoff matches of Professional Rules Enforcement Level tournaments may not decline to appear on camera. Video commentators are considered spectators for the purpose of the tournament, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_width-index.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"language":[6],"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11687,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/11687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}