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A case for clocks - fast rolling

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2009, at 7:42 p.m.

In Response To: A case for clocks - fast rolling (Jim Allen)

Welcome back!

Obviously you have nobody to blame but yourself for 1) your fast rolling (particularly in a contact position), and 2) your ignorance for the rules. It sounds like you learned the lesson the hard way and will not be repeating those errors any time soon.

4.6 PREMATURE ACTIONS. The opponent of a player who rolls prematurely shall complete his turn and then either let the premature roll stand or require a reroll.

The rules place no specific obligation on your opponent to ask you to stop fast rolling. If they say nothing, they are simply completing their turn and allowing your roll to stand in accordance with the rule. But I am a believer in avoiding ambiguities and believe that a player should ask his opponent to stop any PATTERN of improper behavior. Just because the rules provide for a penalty, does not mean the behavior if repeated should be allowed to persist. A player need not point out an illegal play if he chooses to allow it to stand. He can simply roll the dice and condone the illegal play. But if the opponent keeps making illegal plays and it becomes a pattern, something should be said in my opinion, and if it continues to persist, the director summoned.

But, to your original point - yes, the use of clocks as a semaphore with a single set of dice eliminates all sorts of issues like fast rolling and questions about what number was just rolled.

Messages In This Thread

• A case for clocks - fast rolling
  Jim Allen -- Wednesday, 8 July 2009, at 6:36 p.m.
  • A case for clocks - fast rolling
    Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 8 July 2009, at 6:42 p.m.
  • A case for clocks - fast rolling
    Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 8 July 2009, at 7:42 p.m.
    • A case for clocks - fast rolling
      phil Simborg -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 11:43 a.m.
      • A case for clocks - fast rolling
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 1:46 p.m.
        • A case for clocks - fast rolling
          Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 4:16 p.m.
          • A case for clocks - fast rolling
            neilkaz -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 5:46 p.m.
            • A case for clocks - fast rolling
              Marty Storer -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 4:54 p.m.
      • A case for clocks - fast rolling
        Robert Maier -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 5:44 p.m.
  • A case for clocks - fast rolling
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 2:29 p.m.
    • A case for clocks - fast rolling
      Jim Allen -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 4:51 p.m.
      • A case for clocks - fast rolling
        Jim Allen -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 4:53 p.m.
      • A case for clocks - fast rolling
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 4:59 p.m.
        • A case for clocks - fast rolling
          Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 July 2009, at 8:10 p.m.
          • A case for clocks - fast rolling
            neilkaz -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 2:18 a.m.
  • A case for clocks - fast rolling
    Marty Storer -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 4:51 p.m.
    • A case for clocks - fast rolling
      Marty Storer -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 4:52 p.m.
    • A case for clocks - fast rolling
      Chuck Bower -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 4:59 p.m.
      • A case for clocks - fast rolling
        Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 8:01 p.m.
        • A case for clocks - fast rolling
          Marty Storer -- Wednesday, 5 August 2009, at 5:38 p.m.
  • a bad rule
    garyo -- Monday, 10 August 2009, at 4:25 p.m.
    • a bad rule
      Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 11 August 2009, at 1:08 a.m.
      • a bad rule
        playBunny -- Tuesday, 11 August 2009, at 4:28 p.m.
        • a bad rule
          Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 11 August 2009, at 4:49 p.m.
      • a bad rule
        Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 11 August 2009, at 7:44 p.m.