General Philosophy The way Feature Matches are generally handled makes Featured players not treated the same way as other players: While they may already be on their way to their table, they may be asked to go in a completely different direction instead. These announcements may happen some time after Pairings (either online or on-site) […]
Handling disagreement on life totals, part 2: Invisible
Life totals are something special. While each player needs to track their own, the fact they’re generally tracked on each player’s own life pad may lead to discrepancies which may be discovered sometimes way too late to be safely backed up. As a judge, you will need to make a decision that may be game […]
The “Lanes” Method for Midround Constructed Deckchecks
In midround Constructed deck checks it can be hard to methodically check the deck while also avoiding the risk of us accidentally changing how the player sideboarded. Indeed, the consequences of such mismanipulation are fairly important since, when decks are handed back after a deck check, players cannot use their sideboards again. Here’s something that’s […]
Out of Order Sequencing
or, “How RO(oo)Swell ended Well” Out of order sequencing. For friends, just “OooS”. Manna from heaven for players, long spoon for rules lawyers, pleasure and pain for judges, source of countless time paradoxes for the Multiverse. But what are they, and why they exist? From here, I’ll try and walk you through the distortions […]