Note: This article was originally an excerpt from the Tardiness article which describes the philosophy behind the infraction. It happens that upon shuffling their deck, a player realizes they are missing cards and call a judge. Reading Tardiness, this should be an immediate Game Loss, then the player has 10 minutes to find replacement, or […]
Tournament Error — Tardiness
Note: This article was originally published in Dec 2009. It’s been edited for content to make it match the current policy. Most notably, the part about handling lost cards has been moved to another article. It’s fairly easy to be late at a table. There are variety of more or less good reasons for it, […]
Miscommunication (yes, again)
Welcome back to What’s Up Docs?! As you may have read in this announcement, one of the reasons I’ve resigned from being a Program Coordinator was that I could not find the time to enjoy talking about tournaments and policy situations on What’s Up Docs. It took me some time to in my life […]
Running a Day 2 Deck Check Team: Tips and Tricks
As of recently, I’ve been involved at all possible degrees with the new process of the Day 2 Deck Check Procedure: Creator, Head Judge, Team Leader, Floor Judge. Having experienced the process from each of these positions taught me an incredible amount of things I’d like to share today. Warning: This article is only […]