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I want to make something very clear. Not every infraction that a player commits is grounds for Disqualification from the tournament. DQ is a very specific penalty given for intentionally committed infractions (such as cheating, lying to tournament officials, or being severely unsporting). For example an unintentional illegal deck (such as a small kid playing god cards) is not a disqualification. Drawing an extra card, assuming it was unintentional, is also not a disqualification. Please make sure that all of you are familiar with the penalty guidelines outlined at www.ude.com/policy.
Thanks,
Alex Charsky
Upper Deck Entertainment
Related question:
The tournament I go to can be pretty small, sometimes only 8-10 people, and at
other times can go upwards of 20-30. Sometimes, we get several children, usually
no more than 7-8, and are found playing god cards, or japanese cards, or obvious
counterfiets they got from some unscrupulous dealer, or otherwise playing
incorrectly, like not tributing for 6-8 star monsters, or playing traps from
their hand or any number of other things that makes it quite obvious that if
they did read the rule book, they didn't remember a lot of it. I'd really love
to see them learn how to play and have fun, but everything I myself have seen
states that that's pretty much grounds for disqualification, at least in larger
tournaments, so obviously, DQing them would be counterproductive to that. Add in
that they usually have their parents somewhere in the store who can get very...
upset when they learn that little Timmy is no longer allowed to play because the
fake God Card that cost $70 is, well, A.) fake, and B.)not tournament legal.
Then again, is it even my responsibility if their opponent (who is usually
roughly the same age)doesn't call them on it and tell me? Before I became a
judge, I obviously couldn't do much of anything, but now that I am, this
theoretical (though all to probable) situation has been bothering me for quite
some time.
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There was a very similar discussion about issues like new players on this list about a month ago. Please search the archives at lists.upperdeck.com/read/ for this topic.
I want to make something very clear. Not every infraction that a player commits is grounds for Disqualification from the tournament. DQ is a very specific penalty given for intentionally committed infractions (such as cheating, lying to tournament officials, or being severely unsporting). For example an unintentional illegal deck (such as a small kid playing god cards) is not a disqualification. Drawing an extra card, assuming it was unintentional, is also not a disqualification. Please make sure that all of you are familiar with the penalty guidelines outlined at www.ude.com/policy.
Thanks,
Alex Charsky
Upper Deck Entertainment
Related question:
The tournament I go to can be pretty small, sometimes only 8-10 people, and at
other times can go upwards of 20-30. Sometimes, we get several children, usually
no more than 7-8, and are found playing god cards, or japanese cards, or obvious
counterfiets they got from some unscrupulous dealer, or otherwise playing
incorrectly, like not tributing for 6-8 star monsters, or playing traps from
their hand or any number of other things that makes it quite obvious that if
they did read the rule book, they didn't remember a lot of it. I'd really love
to see them learn how to play and have fun, but everything I myself have seen
states that that's pretty much grounds for disqualification, at least in larger
tournaments, so obviously, DQing them would be counterproductive to that. Add in
that they usually have their parents somewhere in the store who can get very...
upset when they learn that little Timmy is no longer allowed to play because the
fake God Card that cost $70 is, well, A.) fake, and B.)not tournament legal.
Then again, is it even my responsibility if their opponent (who is usually
roughly the same age)doesn't call them on it and tell me? Before I became a
judge, I obviously couldn't do much of anything, but now that I am, this
theoretical (though all to probable) situation has been bothering me for quite
some time.
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