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Seeking clarification on dice tube usage...
Posted By: Chuck Bower In Response To: Seeking clarification on dice tube usage... (Justin N.)
Date: Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 6:35 p.m.
...I guess even the more dexterous of us will fail to put down the tube flatly at least once in a match....
Not sure I understand this requirement. Last night I took my (new) MDT to our (just as new :) local club. It was used for four matches (two tourney rounds and two 'practice' matches). This is the third time I've played with one of these and I noticed a couple things:
1) It is much easier to get your hand off the tube if you grab the tube with hand in the orientation such that your thumb is pointing down. The reason is that as you finish the roll with your thumb pointing up, your arm/wrist/hand are in a much more natural position with easy rotation both directions. Just the opposite is true if you grab the tube with hand pointing up and rotate it.
2) It shouldn't be a problem if you take your hand off the tube while it is still wobbling, i.e. bottom not flat in contact with the table. One of two things will occur:
a) the wobble is damped and the tube quickly comes to rest upright.
b) the tube is so off vertical that it falls over.
Case b) never happened the entire night. If it would have, then a 'reroll' would have been appropriate.
I did notice the tendency for some people to grab the tube when it was wobbling, and I'm guessing this is what you were seeing. It's an easy reaction to correct.
It's no more difficult to learn to properly handle the dice-tube than it is to learn to properly handle a dicecup.
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