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a bad rule

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2009, at 7:44 p.m.

In Response To: a bad rule (Phil Simborg)

"it should be written better so that no player may "entice" a player to roll quickly"

I don't agree. There is nothing ambiguous about touching the dice to signify ending of the turn and there is everything ambiguous about moving a hand in the general direction of the dice.

Why is is such an imposition to require someone to not roll their dice until actual contact is made with the dice, and take the extra quarter of a second to visually see it happen rather than acting upon anticipation of the event?

Otherwise by extension, if you're playing with a clock, it should be ok to lift the dice and roll when the opponent's hand moves toward the clock button whether or not they actually hit it. After all, they are potentially enticing their opponent into thinking they intend to end their turn.

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.