{"id":852,"date":"2016-02-15T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T09:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/whatsupdocs\/?p=852"},"modified":"2016-11-08T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T13:19:10","slug":"investigating-step-0-knowing-when-to-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/whatsupdocs\/2016\/02\/15\/investigating-step-0-knowing-when-to-investigate\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigating, step 0: Knowing when to investigate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: All of the scenarios described in this article are based on real life situations. However, some of them have been edited so as to serve better the needs of this article. They are in no way meant to be a public statement about investigations that have been led.<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/p>A while ago, I published an article named Investigating: The Role of the Floor Judge<\/a>, one of its first sentences reading: \u201cJudges detect issues, analyse situations and then make the decision whether a situation is worth investigating further\u201d.<\/p>\n

Back to the time, I did not feel the need to expand at all on this sentence. I wrote it like a pre-requisite that was obvious and widely mastered. Since then, I have realized detecting shady situations may be trickier than I assumed and, after having been asked numerous times which elements make me start to investigate, I felt it could be useful I share my tips.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s make it clear, 99.99% of the mistakes players commit are genuine. If this means that some aren\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t imply that a witch hunt is in order. This being said, which elements should you, as a judge, pay attention to, just in case this classic GRV would actually be more than a GRV?<\/p>\n

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From GPE to USC \u2013 Cheating<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For a play error to be Cheating, there need to be three criteria:<\/p>\n