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Danish directing, etc.
Posted By: Daniel Murphy In Response To: Danish directing, etc. (Chuck Bower)
Date: Monday, 7 November 2011, at 4:50 p.m.
Henrik can respond as to how the penalty would actually be enforced. But here is the text of the rule:
"In matches using a game clock. If player B picks up the dice before player A has ended his or her turn, player B is given a warning. If the premature action is repeated the player is assigned a time penalty of 30 seconds. Player A makes his or her claim of the time penalty by finishing his or her turn, then stopping the game clock and presenting the fact to player B. When player B has accepted the fact, the penalty is executed by player A starting the game clock in player B’s time. After the countdown of the delay time and the assigned 30 seconds of game time, player B presses the game clock, and then Player A presses the game clock. Now player B is ready to commence his or her turn. If Player A has less than 30 seconds on the clock the clock is set to 1 second. If the premature action is repeated after the clock is set to 1 second the match is lost."So the rule would have A and B impose penalties without involving a director. But as always when A and B don't agree, there is:
"If a dispute arises between two players, they must leave dice, checkers, doubling cube, scorecards and other things untouched, while calling for the tournament director to settle the dispute."-- http://www.nordicopen.dk/fileadmin/nordicopen/images/format/Tournament_rules.pdf
Personally I'd be wary of making players responsible for imposing time penalties without a director's involvement. In various discussions about what to do about players who don't observe procedural niceties, I'm often perplexed to see why bad behavior should be such a problem. I suspect it is because when it occurs, aggrieved players put up with it too often or for too long. In my experience most players behave well, and for most of those who don't, one polite request to observe procedures is all that's needed.
How I might deal with an incorrigible* Fastrolling Frederik: first time, ask him to stop; second time, have the director issue a warning; third time, have the director impose a penalty. If we've felt the need to go that far, 30 seconds is a light slap on the wrist. If I had not previously made the director aware of my complaint, I would not want to put him in the position of suddenly imposing a time penalty because (on my say-so) my opponent had already fastrolled once (or twice or thrice or more).
* I leave an opening for more lenient treatment -- multiple reminders without calling a director -- of less incorrigible or less annoying opponents.
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