{"id":78,"date":"2015-10-08T21:57:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2019-07-14T04:50:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T01:50:38","slug":"ipg3-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rules\/ipg3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"IPG 3.1 Tournament Error \u2014 Tardiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Definition<\/h2>\n

A player is not in their seat at the beginning of a round, or has not completed tasks assigned within the time allocated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Penalty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game Loss<\/p>\n

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There are many parts of a Magic Tournament that revolve around time \u2014 20 minutes for this, 10 minutes for that. Players are given sufficient time to accomplish tasks, and failure to complete these tasks within the time limits slows the event down.
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If a round begins before the previous round would have ended (due to all players finishing early), tardiness does not apply until the scheduled end of the previous round.<\/p>\n

This happens rarely at competitive events, but occasionally all the match results are in with 10 minutes remaining on the clock. Round started at 1:00, and at 1:40, everything is done. Let’s go ahead and start the next round! The problem here is that the announced end time was 1:50. It’s unrealistic to expect a player who finished early and ran to get some food to know that the round is starting early. Therefore, even if you start the next round at 1:43, people aren’t actually late until 1:50. When they show up, give the appropriate time extension based on the 1:43 start time, but the penalty based on the 1:50 start time. This means that it’s possible that starting a round early won’t result in any actual saved time, but it’s still more likely to do so than not.<\/em><\/div>\n

If, before or during a match, a player requests and receives permission from a judge for a delay for a legitimate task, such as a bathroom break or finding replacements for missing cards, that player has up to 10 minutes to perform that task before they are considered tardy. If the player takes more than 10 minutes, a Match Loss will be applied. Otherwise, no penalty will be applied and a time extension given for the time taken.<\/p>\n

This part here should be pretty self explanatory. If the player needs to perform a legitimate task, let them. Smoking, or buying snacks, or finishing a trade aren\u2019t legitimate reasons. This also doesn\u2019t mean that they have unlimited time. \u00a0In fact, they should perform the task without delay. \u00a0Impress upon them that they need to hurry back. \u00a0They have up to 10 minutes to accomplish the task, at which point, if they haven\u2019t completed it, they receive a Match Loss and are dropped from the event, the same as the standard Tardiness upgrade. \u00a0This is to mitigate the impact to the event as long extensions impact everyone else. \u00a0It is also to establish an absolute upper bound on how much time a player to perform the task. \u00a0Now, that doesn\u2019t mean the player can wander off and do other things as well. \u00a0If they were given time to go to the bathroom, that doesn\u2019t include stopping at the counter to buy a snack. \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

When the player returns, give the match the appropriate extension.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

Examples<\/h2>\n