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Clock and camera

Posted By: Colin Owen
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2012, at 4:27 p.m.

In Response To: Clock and camera (Phil Simborg)

I would like to suggest a few more possible reasons for stopping the clock:

1) The opponent completely fails to shake his dice. (Perhaps you'd already warned him about this.) Let's say the roll is a perfecta, and you dispute it's validity.

2) The opponent rolls, but the dice leave the cup at quite different times. Made worse, of course, if the first die had already come to rest, and the second die hits it, or the second one was subsequently thrown into the left hand board, invalidating the first die (I have experienced this, but said nothing). You dispute the roll.

In these type of cases there is a moot point of whether we should have the right to let the roll stand or not - as in the generally prevailing rule for premature rolls. In both cases, you would be stopping the opponent's clock.

3) The opponent starts talking to us during our turn. We might have been doing a pip count and consequently lose track of it, or perhaps even a much more difficult process like working out a redoubling window. Should we have the right to stop the clock then? Perhaps even, to complete that turn with the clock stopped??

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• Clock and camera
  Ray Kershaw -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 5:28 p.m.
  • Clock and camera
    Rory -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 5:35 p.m.
    • Clock and camera
      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 6:21 p.m.
      • Clock and camera
        Bob Koca -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 6:30 p.m.
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          Rory -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 6:43 p.m.
      • Clock and camera
        Phil Simborg -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 11:56 p.m.
        • Clock and camera
          Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 13 November 2012, at 1:50 a.m.
        • Irony in Novi
          Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 13 November 2012, at 2:25 p.m.
        • Clock and camera
          Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 14 November 2012, at 4:27 p.m.
          • Clock and camera
            Tom Keith -- Thursday, 15 November 2012, at 2:23 p.m.
            • Clock and camera
              Bob Koca -- Thursday, 15 November 2012, at 3:09 p.m.
              • The clock and the cube are sacred
                svilo -- Tuesday, 20 November 2012, at 7:05 a.m.
                • The clock and the cube are sacred
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 20 November 2012, at 3:20 p.m.
                  • The clock and the cube are sacred
                    svilo -- Wednesday, 21 November 2012, at 4:09 a.m.
                    • The clock and the cube are sacred
                      Stick -- Wednesday, 21 November 2012, at 9:04 a.m.
                      • The clock and the cube are sacred. Directors too.
                        svilo -- Wednesday, 21 November 2012, at 10:00 a.m.
                      • The clock and the cube are sacred
                        Michael Crane -- Thursday, 22 November 2012, at 10:14 a.m.
                    • The clock and the cube are sacred
                      Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 21 November 2012, at 10:44 a.m.
                    • The clock and the cube are sacred
                      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 21 November 2012, at 11:29 a.m.
              • Stopping the clock on your own turn
                Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 21 November 2012, at 3:12 p.m.
    • Clock and camera
      Taper_Mike -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 9:25 p.m.
      • Clock and camera
        Rory -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 10:23 p.m.
  • Clock and camera
    rew -- Monday, 12 November 2012, at 7:39 p.m.
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    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 19 November 2012, at 9:53 p.m.