When I first saw this card see play the judges were more strict with it's execution. Never bothered me, especially since I didn't, nor ever have, run it. But even so, the intentions of your opponent is just fine, but I feel that playing fast and loose with the card's effect, rather than being precise like we are with every other card effect, will lead to more disharmony.
It should be the
official card text called. If it's not ruled this way then I can see more arguments developing from it then if the rules were "hard and fast." If it
is ruled this way then it makes things much neater and cleaner. You state the official name of the card making no exceptions for cards who's names have been errated. No
Cyber Harpie Lady if they incorrectly refer to it as
Harpie Lady, because I'm looking for the official card text, not it's effect text. No
Sasuke Samurai if you you exclude the numbers. No
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning if you leave the Envoy part out.
If you don't enforce precision then you create leeway. And people love to wiggle when there is sufficient wiggle room. We may not see it yet but give this message from Kevin enough time to circulate through the Grapevine and watch it get twisted to the point were people start misapplying it to othe rulings that have nothing to do with Question. (Much the way they did when it was handed down that monsters equipped to
Thousand-Eyes Restrict and
Relinquished are face-down Equip Spell Cards.)
If you don't know how the effect works, well then how is that any different then when I Normal Summon Gia Soul during your Battle Phase through the effect of
Ultimate Offering? Very few of my opponent's know thats how that card works. But it's not my fault if it gives me the advantage over them. Neither is it unfair nor dishonorable.
And if I'm playing a young child in a tournament that I paid fifteen to thirty dollars to enter, then yes, I'm going to be picky about how the cards are played, regardless of his/her age. We are a one income family of three, and tourneys are a luxury for me. If I manage to scrape up enough dough to enter one, then it's with the intention to go as far as I can, not to forfiet, essentially, to a child whose parents don't care if they waste thirty bucks on their kid's each and every whim.
Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge anyone, of any age, from entering a tournament if they don't play the game very well, because that's one of the best places to gain the neccassry experience to become a better player. But it's the "big leagues" as it were. And it's not my responsibility to hold back just because my opponent doesn't play very well. He won't learn anything that way, especially if he's a youngster.
