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and what about "legal rolls"? MISSING from the rules completely!

Posted By: Art Grater
Date: Friday, 10 June 2016, at 8:22 p.m.

In Response To: and what about "legal rolls"? MISSING from the rules completely! (Phil Simborg)

>If it is not written somewhere that the rule is specific about a certain thing, how will the players know what is expected of them? How will the TD's know what to rule, except based on what their particular attitude is towards a rule.

>As much as possible, all rules should be spelled out for everyone. Even if a player doesn't know all the rules or doesn't apply them properly, if the opponent or someone else calls them on it, they can point to a specific rule to show what the rule is and what is expected of them.

I agree that handling irregularities should be written down, but sometimes as supporting material and not in the formal ruleset. It is counter-productive to list every conceivable and unlikely irregularity in the formal ruleset that tournament players are responsible for reading since that could literally be a hundred pages if not more. When you do your taxes, do you first reread the entire tax code and new case law? I can assure you even tax preparers don't. But it's there to find if and when they need it, or anytime before that.

>For example, my example. Should a player be allowed to let his opponent roll and move and roll and move without hitting the clock or not? Is it player's B's responsibility to stop him or not? This should be spelled out.

I agree this particular item should be in the pass-out ruleset because players new to a clock may not be aware they are doing themselves a disservice. So reading it before the tournament would be fair warning.

So that brings up this question: If it is added to the ruleset, and players are responsible for reading the ruleset, then why is the opposing player still ethically responsible for bringing it up? I'm not saying he or she shouldn't, just that the opponent should not be slammed for failing to do so.

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