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A Very Tough Ruling in the Cleveland Finals
Posted By: Stick In Response To: A Very Tough Ruling in the Cleveland Finals (Henrik Bukkjaer)
Date: Friday, 1 April 2011, at 12:17 p.m.
You maybe "steal" two tenths of a second when succeeding (splitting the dice)
I don't know how quick and agile players are in DK but it would be more than two tenths of a second if the person picking up the dice. My estimate is 1 second. Have you tried it on a professional board? I have.
In order to "split" the dice on purpose, you'd either have to...
Again, have you tried it? It's quite easy to roll them left to right or right to left and have them split. You also can't assume that me costing myself time is equally valuable as me costing my opponent time. If I'm playing UBK or Francois or any other player who usually uses up a hefty sum of their time the fact that I wasted 60 seconds of my own and cost them only 20 seconds of their clock can still be advantageous to me.
You could state that a correct roll consists of the dice hitting the playing surface first not the bar or you could simply state that you should not try to split the dice on purpose
These seem like pretty lame workarounds. I have a better idea of what constitutes a valid roll, both dice flat on your side of the board along with all the other usual specifications.
As for your listed advantages I find the majority of them null and void compared to the RHS only rolling rule. #1 and #2 are taken care of completely under the RHS only rule. #3 ... lefties are at a disadvantage ... these seems a little bit ridiculous to me so maybe some lefties out there can speak up and tell me if they think this is true. Also under #3 if people have this kind of handicap, one hand as the given example, of course exceptions could be made. #4 - How often do you think this actually happens? On top of that, since most of these positions tend to be straight races and the moves are more or less forced, how often do you think it costs anyone time? On top of that, as I always say, learn to roll, it's not that hard. #5 - The number or rerolls will be greatly reduced. I ask, have you conducted any studies?
I particularly like that the dice on my side mean it's my turn and the dice on the other side mean it's the other players turn. What if, as a TD, there's a dispute in a match with no spectators or biased spectators. You're called over and Player A said it was his roll on the board whereas Player B said he had rolled the dice. Coin flip time?
Stick
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