rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

UK Nationals Result [TWDA]

34 messages from 14 participants · 08 October 2007 – 18 October 2007
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hugh.an...@gmail.com

Location: The Outlook, Reading, UK Number of Players: 43 Number of Rounds 3 + final Results after 3 Rounds 1 Anthony Coleman 1 7 4 150 2 Antonio Cobo Cuenca 2 7 1 168 3 Martin Cubberly 2 8 0 168 4 Graham Smith 2 8 0 150 5 Arthur de Lustrac 1 7 0 156 6 Mike Nudd 1 6.5 156 7 Steve Read 1 5 150 8 hugh angseesing 1 5 132 8 Sam Marsh 1 5 132 10 Rob Thompson 1 5 126 10 Aaron Gunstone 1 5 126 12 Rafa Matysiak 1 4 138 13 Maciej Bernart 1 4 126 14 Barney Baker 1 4 102 15 Richard Brooks 1 3.5 126 16 Gines Quiñonero 1 3.5 114 17 Brian White 1 2.5 96 18 Eric Chiang 0 3 132 19 Mike Wilson 0 2.5 120 20 Jon Shonk 0 2.5 108 21 Paul Reid-Bowen 0 2 120 22 Ian turner 0 2 108 23 Matt Green 0 2 90 24 Ed Trollope 0 1.5 120 25 Andy Quinn 0 1.5 108 26 Michael Heyder 0 1.5 90 27 Daniel Kasatchkow 0 1 96 28 Niki Sehmi 0 1 84 28 Jon Cooper 0 1 84 28 Phil Thompson 0 1 84 31 Andy Bennett 0 0.5 96 32 Sven Helmer 0 0.5 90 33 Noel Butler 0 0.5 84 33 Frank Connell 0 0.5 84 35 Kostas Mavraganis 0 0.5 78 35 John Best 0 0.5 78 37 Mat Cook 0 0 78 38 Andrew Brown 0 0 72 39 Edd Phipps 0 0 66 40 Chris Huszcza 0 0 60 40 Joel Tate 0 0 60 42 kieran carder 0 0 54 43 Artur Siupik 0 0 48 Finalists were: Martin Cubberley (playing old old school dom ravnos tool box) Antonio Cobo Cuenca (playing Edward Vignes) Graham Smith (playing imbued) Ant Coleman (playing Bridges, Crowley and Nash) Arthur De Lustrac (playing for/cel/pot/pre multihit) Final Result: Ant Coleman 4 Antonio Cobo Cuenca 1 Martin Cubberley Graham Smith Arthur De Lustrac Thankyou for everyone who turned up making this our largest gathering yet and especially to the Olde boys who made the day that more entertaining especially Barney with his quest. I'm going to have to leave the commentary as I need to get to Farnborough. Deck: Bridges, Coleman & Nash Author: Anthony ' Satan's Spawn' Coleman 3 Name: Emerson Bridges Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 8 Discipline: pot DOM FOR PRE Camarilla Prince of Washington, DC. 2 Name: Sir Walter Nash Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 7 Discipline: DOM FOR PRE Camarilla Prince of Chicago. 1 Name: Timothy Crowley Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 7 Discipline: ani dom FOR PRE Camarilla Prince of Dallas. 2 Name: Ranjan Rishi, Camarilla Scholar Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 5 Discipline: for DOM PRE Camarilla: Ranjan gets +1 bleed when bleeding a Methuselah who controls a ready Brujah. 1 Name: Jazz Wentworth Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 5 Discipline: dom for PRE Camarilla: If the Edge is not controlled, Jazz may give you control of it as a +1 stealth action. 1 Name: Roland Loussarian Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 3 Discipline: for pre Camarilla. 1 Name: Violette Prentiss Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 4 Discipline: dom PRE Camarilla. 1 Name: Gideon Fontaine Clan: Ventrue Capacity: 3 Discipline: PRE Camarilla. library: 71 master: 1 anarch troublemaker 2 misdirection 1 fear of mekhet 2 pentex subversion 1 hostile takeover 1 ventrue headquarters 3 blood doll 1 the coven actions: 7 govern the unaligned 2 entrancement 2 mind numb political actions: 2 parity shift 1 ventrue justicar 2 kine resources contested 2 conservative agitation 2 ancillae empowerment 2 anarchist uprising action modifier: 3 seduction 6 conditioning 3 bonding 5 bewitching oration 3 voter captivation 4 freak drive 1 Kiss of Ra combat: 8 majesty reaction: 4 deflection

hugh.an...@gmail.com

P.s thanks very much to Karen & Malcom at House Atreides for supporting the event: www.hacards.com free stuff = good

Oortje

LOL, that deck is great!! You could have named it Ventrue '94 Apart from the coven, every other card is pretty old school. Congratulations!!!

Anthony Coleman

[ quoted text not captured ] My Name for it was 'Dirty since 1994' Hugh was using his creative liscence there :O) Ant

tobiasopdenbr...@notsocoldmail.com

[ quoted text not captured ] Quite creative: "Deck: Bridges, Coleman & Nash Author: Anthony ' Satan's Spawn' Coleman " Tobias

hugh.an...@gmail.com

On Oct 9, 8:34 am, "tobiasopdenbr...@notsocoldmail.com" [ quoted text not captured ] I try my best. i made a slight mistake to the non-finalists positions please see below for corrected results: 1 Anthony Coleman 1 7 4 150 2 Antonio Cobo Cuenca 2 7 1 168 3 Martin Cubberley 2 8 0 168 4 Graham Smith 2 8 0 150 5 Arthur de Lustrac 1 7 0 156 6 Mike Nudd 1 6.5 156 7 Steve Read 1 5 150 8 hugh angseesing 1 5 132 8 Sam Marsh 1 5 132 10 Rob Thompson 1 5 126 10 Aaron Gunstone 1 5 126 12 Rafa Matysiak 1 4 138 13 Maciej Bernart 1 4 126 14 Barney Baker 1 4 102 15 Richard Brooks 1 3.5 126 16 Gines Quinonero 1 3.5 114 17 Brian White 1 2.5 96 18 Eric Chiang 0 3 132 19 Mike Wilson 0 2.5 120 20 Jon Shonk 0 2.5 108 21 Paul Reid-Bowen 0 2 120 22 Ian Turner 0 2 108 23 Artur Siupik 0 2 102 24 Ed Trollope 0 1.5 120 25 Michael Heyder 0 1.5 114 26 Andy Quinn 0 1.5 108 27 Daniel Kasatchkow 0 1 96 28 Niki Sehmi 0 1 84 28 Jon Cooper 0 1 84 28 Phil Thompson 0 1 84 31 Andy Bennett 0 0.5 96 32 Sven Helmer 0 0.5 90 33 Noel Butler 0 0.5 84 33 Frank Connell 0 0.5 84 35 Kostas Mavraganis 0 0.5 78 35 John Best 0 0.5 78 37 Mat Cook 0 0 72 37 Andrew Brown 0 0 72 39 Edd Phipps 0 0 66 40 Chris Huszcza 0 0 60 40 Joel Tate 0 0 60 42 Matt Green 0 0 54 43 kieran carder 0 0 54

Temporis

On Oct 11, 2:06 pm, hugh.angsees...@gmail.com wrote: > > i made a slight mistake to the non-finalists positions please see > below for corrected results: > 42 Matt Green 0 0 54 > > - Show quoted text - Cripes, poor Matt has moved from 23rd to 42nd, you will be popular ; )

mgre...@googlemail.com

[ quoted text not captured ] No that's correct, I had a pretty torrid day of it. I am 98% deck design with 2% actual ability to play them well. I got a prize for the most original deck (essentially by default as the levels of degenerate sleaze were higher than normal). Given that I was using 16 Spirit Marionette's I was at least moderately surprised to say the least. ;o) Matt

Anthony Coleman

[ quoted text not captured ] The prize of 'Bollock Punt from Ten Paces' surely has to go to the dude with the Tupdog and Mark of the damned deck. I'm farking glad I didn't have to play gainst that pile'o'shite... talk about randomly ruining a game.. Plan was, get 10-15 Tupdogs in ashheap - and call Mark of the Damned with some large setite backousting everyone in turn for a 2VP game win. Only one small problem with that plan - its total bollocks. Ant

James Coupe

In message <1192121504.5...@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>, Anthony Coleman <Bunti...@gmail.com> writes: >Plan was, get 10-15 Tupdogs in ashheap - and call Mark of the Damned >with some large setite backousting everyone in turn for a 2VP game >win. Only one small problem with that plan - its total bollocks. Makes aiming the bollock punt easier, then. Seriously, though, you have to wonder what was going on at Wizards of the Coast the day Mark of the Damned was written. -- James Coupe PGP Key: 0x5D623D5D YOU ARE IN ERROR. EBD690ECD7A1FB457CA2 NO-ONE IS SCREAMING. 13D7E668C3695D623D5D THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

rptre...@aol.com

On 11 Oct, 21:40, James Coupe <ja...@zephyr.org.uk> wrote: > In message <1192121504.524926.312...@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>, > > Anthony Coleman <Buntina...@gmail.com> writes: > >Plan was, get 10-15 Tupdogs in ashheap - and call Mark of the Damned > >with some large setite backousting everyone in turn for a 2VP game > >win. Only one small problem with that plan - its total bollocks. > > Makes aiming the bollock punt easier, then. > > Seriously, though, you have to wonder what was going on at Wizards of > the Coast the day Mark of the Damned was written. I find it somewhat of a coincidence that Green used to work for them and is reknown for 'creative' deckbuilding and the use of oddball cards to ummm interesting ends. I think he worked after black Wednesday when Mark of the Damned was written but had a hand in classics such as Cardinal Sin: Failure of Mission and earth-shattering powerhouses like Code of Milan Suspended *shudder* I have it in good authority that they all got the meths out of a Friday afternoon...

Salem

hugh.an...@gmail.com wrote: > 16 Gines Quinonero 1 3.5 114 Is this Damnans? (I get online vs real names confused fairly easily) If so, can you make a player a head judge in the middle of a tournament that's not multi-judge? Or was this a multi-judge event? -- salem (replace 'hotmail' with 'yahoo' to email)

hugh.an...@gmail.com

On Oct 12, 3:24 am, Salem <salem_christ....@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 16 Gines Quinonero 1 3.5 114 > > Is this Damnans? (I get online vs real names confused fairly easily) > > If so, can you make a player a head judge in the middle of a tournament > that's not multi-judge? > > Or was this a multi-judge event? > > -- > salem Erm Damnans wasn't head & yes that is him. Rob Treasure was there with Damnans and myself to provide current card text & rulings for his 'gap'. We're not technically allowed to run it as multi-judge (if we continue logging it through as nationals rather than just constructed) although I see no reason why in all practicality we can't as there isn't any difference.

atomweaver

hugh.an...@gmail.com wrote in news:1192191303.181601.300210 @k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com: [ quoted text not captured ] Well, one difference is that it would be illegal under 2.9 for Damnans to be the judge of the final table. http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=veknRules 2.9. Multi-Judge System When using the Multi-Judge System, ***the head judge makes all rulings, except when a decision is needed in a game in which the head judge is participating.*** DaveZ Atom Weaver

Jeff Kuta

On Oct 8, 7:56 am, hugh.angsees...@gmail.com wrote: > Location: The Outlook, Reading, UK > Number of Players: 43 > Number of Rounds 3 + final > > Results after 3 Rounds > > 1 Anthony Coleman 1 7 4 150 > 2 Antonio Cobo Cuenca 2 7 1 168 > 3 Martin Cubberly 2 8 0 168 > 4 Graham Smith 2 8 0 150 > 5 Arthur de Lustrac 1 7 0 156 > > Finalists were: > Martin Cubberley (playing old old school dom ravnos tool box) > Antonio Cobo Cuenca (playing Edward Vignes) > Graham Smith (playing imbued) > Ant Coleman (playing Bridges, Crowley and Nash) > Arthur De Lustrac (playing for/cel/pot/pre multihit) > > Final Result: > > Ant Coleman 4 > Antonio Cobo Cuenca 1 > Martin Cubberley > Graham Smith > Arthur De Lustrac > So suppose that the standings prior to the finals also were added into the final standings calculation: Anthony Coleman 2 11 210 Antonio Cobo Cuenca 2 8 216 Martin Cubberly 2 8 0 192 Graham Smith 2 8 0 174 Arthur de Lustrac 1 7 180 In this instance, you get the same result. I'm sure in others you'd have the occasional chance for someone to remain in first place throughout. How about "Swiss style" table assignation? ;) Jeff

Damnans

On Oct 12, 7:57 pm, atomweaver <atomwea...@hotmail.com> wrote: > hugh.angsees...@gmail.com wrote in news:1192191303.181601.300210 [ quoted text not captured ] Why would it be illegal? According to the 'Tournament Organizer Responsibilities' section, the tournament organizer may choose to delegate some or all of these responsibilities (including Staffing the event with appropriate personnel): * Selecting the site for the event * Providing all materials to operate the event (product at Sealed Deck events, and so on) * Retaining all tournament results for one full year after the event's completion * Reporting to the V:EKN of all event results, including winner, in a timely manner * Staffing the event with appropriate personnel (including finding an appropriate head judge for the event) * Advertising the tournament sufficiently in advance of the event date So the tournament organizer (Hugh) could have legally chosen any player not in the final to judge the final (as he did). -- Damnans http://www.almadrava.net/damnans http://www.vtes.net http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/vteshispania/ http://iuturna.sorcery.net (IRC channel: #vtes)

atomweaver

Damnans <damna...@ono.com> wrote in news:1192215906.0...@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com: [ quoted text not captured ] Becasue "The head judge makes all rulings, except when a decision is needed in a game in which the head judge is participating." Who was the Head Judge? Rob Treasure (or, possibly Hugh, but not you). Was he participating in the finals? No. > According to the 'Tournament Organizer Responsibilities' section, the > tournament organizer may choose to delegate some or all of these > responsibilities (including Staffing the event with appropriate > personnel): > > * Selecting the site for the event > * Providing all materials to operate the event (product at Sealed > Deck events, and so on) > * Retaining all tournament results for one full year after the > event's completion > * Reporting to the V:EKN of all event results, including winner, > in a timely manner > * Staffing the event with appropriate personnel (including finding > an appropriate head judge for the event) WHo did he choose as Head Judge? > * Advertising the tournament sufficiently in advance of the event > date > > So the tournament organizer (Hugh) could have legally chosen any > player not in the final to judge the final (as he did). > The rules of the Multi-Judge system place additional constraints on what can be done with respect to selecting judges for various rounds. Being the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks, but not in such a way as to violate other sections of the rules when those rules are explicit. DaveZ Atom Weaver

Damnans

atomweaver escribió: > Damnans <damna...@ono.com> wrote in [...] > The rules of the Multi-Judge system place additional constraints on what > can be done with respect to selecting judges for various rounds. Being > the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks, but not in such a > way as to violate other sections of the rules when those rules are > explicit. Being the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks and to recover them, since you are ultimately responsible for all tournament operations. [ quoted text not captured ]

James Coupe

In message <Xns99C7909411...@207.115.33.102>, atomweaver <atomw...@hotmail.com> writes: >Well, one difference is that it would be illegal under 2.9 for Damnans to >be the judge of the final table. Not necessarily. (Note: I wasn't at this event.) For example: - if someone had been appointed Head Judge but found they had to leave early, it would certainly be sensible to have someone else assume head judge responsibilities (particularly if other judges were on the final table!) - if someone is less familiar with a small portion of the game, but finds that the final table is going to be full of it, it would be sensible to let someone else judge and, though they could just repeatedly defer, it's simpler all round to let someone else do it (e.g. 2 Imbued on a finals table when I've barely had chance to look at NoR, just after it's come out) - if I find that my skills are somewhat lacking or rusty, I might want to let someone else take over - if there has been a particularly difficult or acrimonious ruling(s) (or other incidents) made that day, I might want to recuse myself to avoid the appearance (however mistaken) of bias against a player In any situation like that, it would likely be perfectly reasonable for an organizer to switch judges around. [ quoted text not captured ]

atomweaver

Damnans <damna...@ono.com> wrote in news:fevusg$un5$1...@registered.motzarella.org: > atomweaver escribió: >> Damnans <damna...@ono.com> wrote in > [...] >> The rules of the Multi-Judge system place additional constraints on >> what can be done with respect to selecting judges for various rounds. >> Being the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks, but not >> in such a way as to violate other sections of the rules when those >> rules are explicit. > > Being the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks and to > recover them, since you are ultimately responsible for all tournament > operations. > Actually, the "and recover" part above is your own insertion. THe VEKN rules do not say "and recover"... From http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=veknRules 2.2. Tournament Organizer Responsibilities The tournament organizer for an event is ultimately responsible for all tournament operations and event reporting for the event. The tournament organizer's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Selecting the site for the event Providing all materials to operate the event (product at Sealed Deck events, and so on) Retaining all tournament results for one full year after the event's completion Reporting to the V:EKN of all event results, including winner, in a timely manner Staffing the event with appropriate personnel (including finding an appropriate head judge for the event) Advertising the tournament sufficiently in advance of the event date The tournament organizer may choose to delegate some or all of these responsibilities. ----- I ask for confirmation from LSJ, please. Does being tournament organizer allows you to override explicit rules, such as assigning who is Head Judge, and who is 2nd-6th Judge under Multi-Judge Rules, or not? It sounds to me like Damnans is wanting the "not limited to" clause on the T-O overview to provide the Tournament Organizer the blanket authority to override explicit rules for convenience, only. I don't think that this is within the bounds of the T-O's authority. DaveZ

atomweaver

James Coupe <ja...@zephyr.org.uk> wrote in news:clwojcmY...@gratiano.zephyr.org.uk: > In message <Xns99C7909411...@207.115.33.102>, atomweaver > <atomw...@hotmail.com> writes: >>Well, one difference is that it would be illegal under 2.9 for Damnans to >>be the judge of the final table. > > Not necessarily. (Note: I wasn't at this event.) > > For example: > > - if someone had been appointed Head Judge but found they had to leave > early, it would certainly be sensible to have someone else > assume head judge responsibilities (particularly if other judges > were on the final table!) > Sure. You have to have a Head Judge. iF he leaves, it makes sense that you need a new one, and the T-O is the right person to delegate that task (to himself, even, after the Head Judge has left) > - if someone is less familiar with a small portion of the game, but > finds that the final table is going to be full of it, it would > be sensible to let someone else judge and, though they could > just repeatedly defer, it's simpler all round to let someone > else do it (e.g. 2 Imbued on a finals table when I've barely had > chance to look at NoR, just after it's come out) > > - if I find that my skills are somewhat lacking or rusty, I might want > to let someone else take over > These are good reasons to refuse the job of Head Judge in the first place, but once a Judge accepts the spot, I don't see it as an option to beg off the job. Sure, you can consult with other Judges in the Multi- Judge format, or take into account other people's interpretations... thats just being a thorough judge, but this is not what is being discussed here. > - if there has been a particularly difficult or acrimonious ruling(s) > (or other incidents) made that day, I might want to recuse > myself to avoid the appearance (however mistaken) of bias > against a player > OK. I'd dispute that, but I can see how a T-O might want to reserve the ability to exepmt a Judge under multi-judge rules, _if_ there was prior acrimony. > In any situation like that, it would likely be perfectly reasonable for > an organizer to switch judges around. > While all of your examples are reasonable, but none of them apply to this specific circumstance, as far as I can see. DZ AW

LSJ

atomweaver wrote: > I ask for confirmation from LSJ, please. Does being tournament > organizer allows you to override explicit rules, such as assigning who is > Head Judge, and who is 2nd-6th Judge under Multi-Judge Rules, or not? The rules do not allow for more than one head judge at given tournament, nor do they allow for a head judge stepping down (voluntarily or otherwise) once appointed for a given tournament. Extenuating circumstances resulting in the inability of the head judge to continue performing xer duties should be handled with common sense, of course.

Daneel

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:54:01 +0200, Damnans <damna...@ono.com> wrote: > atomweaver escribió: >> Damnans <damna...@ono.com> wrote in > [...] >> The rules of the Multi-Judge system place additional constraints on >> what can be done with respect to selecting judges for various rounds. >> Being the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks, but not in >> such a way as to violate other sections of the rules when those rules >> are explicit. > > Being the tournament organizer allows you to delegate tasks and to > recover them, since you are ultimately responsible for all tournament > operations. If the tournament organizer - through whatever use of the rules - can override the head judge's decisions than in reality he or she is the head judge. -- Regards, Daneel

hugh.an...@gmail.com

Einstein, all I did was make the most senior judge present responsible for overseeing the finals. To me this seems most logical thing to do as he is the one with the wealth and experience to pick up on items that other players would not (especially as our 'nominated' head judge Rob Treasure hasn't seen a large number of new cards & was not aware of the various rulings around them. I am really not aware of any practical difference, certainly in a play environment like the UK, between having Gines act as Head Judge after 3 rounds or from the beginning. As it is all this makes me want to do is step up my campaign to allow National events to be multijudged. I am aware this my not be suitable for all localities, but when you have two large tournaments a year one of which is your ECQ and the other your Nationals it would be good if one of them at least could be multi-judged to allow a bit of a respite.

atomweaver

LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in news:skPQi.9809$lD6....@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net: [ quoted text not captured ] Thank you, Scott. Soooo yeah, a T-O assigning a different Head Judge for finals, only = technically illegal. DaveZ

James Coupe

In message <Xns99CA996877...@207.115.33.102>, atomweaver <atomw...@hotmail.com> writes: >These are good reasons to refuse the job of Head Judge in the first >place, but once a Judge accepts the spot, I don't see it as an option to >beg off the job. So you think you're capable of doing something, find that you're out of date, and are forced to carry on even though you don't want to and other people would be better than you? Weird. >> - if there has been a particularly difficult or acrimonious ruling(s) >> (or other incidents) made that day, I might want to recuse >> myself to avoid the appearance (however mistaken) of bias >> against a player >> > >OK. I'd dispute that, but I can see how a T-O might want to reserve the >ability to exepmt a Judge under multi-judge rules, _if_ there was prior >acrimony. You might want to re-read what I wrote. I said "I might want to recuse myself". That doesn't indicate the T-O forcing anything. That's the judge recusing him or herself. >> In any situation like that, it would likely be perfectly reasonable for >> an organizer to switch judges around. > >While all of your examples are reasonable, but none of them apply to this >specific circumstance, as far as I can see. Hence my disagreeing with your earlier sweeping statement, by saying "Not necessarily." Your blanket ban was far too broad when, in real life, shit happens. [ quoted text not captured ]

James Coupe

In message <Xns99CAC512AAE0Eat...@207.115.17.102>, atomweaver <atomw...@spamtrap.com> writes: > Soooo yeah, a T-O assigning a different Head Judge for finals, only = >technically illegal. Unless there are extenuating circumstances. I haven't seen anyone outright ask *why* Hugh chose to do what he did, which makes this all a bit circular. [ quoted text not captured ]

atomweaver

James Coupe <ja...@zephyr.org.uk> wrote in news:EZ$uczDno $EHF...@gratiano.zephyr.org.uk: > In message <Xns99CAC512AAE0Eat...@207.115.17.102>, > atomweaver <atomw...@spamtrap.com> writes: >> Soooo yeah, a T-O assigning a different Head Judge for finals, only = >>technically illegal. > > Unless there are extenuating circumstances. > > I haven't seen anyone outright ask *why* Hugh chose to do what he did, > which makes this all a bit circular. > I heard a beer run mentioned at one point... ;-) *shrug* Who knows, maybe if they weren't playing free and loose with the multi-judge rules, we would have avoided one shit-storm of posts and a crappy judging situation... or maybe it would have resulted in an identical thread, but initiated from the perspective of another finalist's POV. No way to know, but I do think that it doesn't hurt anybody if we all "tighten up" a bit on how we treat what VEKN rules we do have... DZ AW

atomweaver

hugh.an...@gmail.com wrote in news:1192484119.107033.213820 @q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > As it is all this makes me want to do is step up my campaign to allow > National events to be multijudged. > You didn't mention it explicitly, but unless your event doubled as an ECQ this year, as far as my read on Multi-Judge, it doesn't need to be exluded. The only things that are excluded are qualifiers and championships (and by "championships", I take it to mean specifically the NAC, the SAC, the EC and the AC, and not "Nationals"... maybe LSJ can confirm that last.) from http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=veknRules 2.9. Multi-Judge System The Multi-Judge System may be used at any non-qualifier, non-championship tournament with at least eight participants (i.e., having at least two tables). So there ya go, campaign successful. DaveZ Atom Weaver

hugh.an...@gmail.com

> > As it is all this makes me want to do is step up my campaign to allow > > National events to be multijudged. > > You didn't mention it explicitly, but unless your event doubled as an ECQ > this year, as far as my read on Multi-Judge, it doesn't need to be exluded. > The only things that are excluded are qualifiers and championships (and by > "championships", I take it to mean specifically the NAC, the SAC, the EC > and the AC, and not "Nationals"... maybe LSJ can confirm that last.) > > fromhttp://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=veknRules > > 2.9. Multi-Judge System > > The Multi-Judge System may be used at any non-qualifier, non-championship > tournament with at least eight participants (i.e., having at least two > tables). > > So there ya go, campaign successful. > > DaveZ > Atom Weaver According to Oscar Garza Nationals count as championships (hence the phrase National Championship!) *shrug* If you look at: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=Championship you will note the events listed as championships are both National Championships. It doesn't just refer to the NAC, EC, AC, SAC and any other continental championships that may come about. No our event didn't double as an ECQ. so campaign not yet successful & until it is we (that is the organisers of the UK Nationals) have two options, one find a head judge who isn't playing (hence Rob Treasure this year) or drop the event to a 'constructed', which has a few connotations, notably finalists wouldn't have the invitational to Spanish/French Nationals which we currently do. I don't think we played 'fast and loose' with the multi-judge rules as we didn't use them technically(as we can't offically which is rubbish) and tbh if we run successful events (bar an interesting discussion of the legal deal in the finals) that are essentially in keeping with the ethos of the 'everyone mucks in and gets it to work' then I don't see what the issue is?

hugh.an...@gmail.com

Still in a rare piece of agreement I have this: <orgplay> Official Answer: National Championships can multi-judge. <LSJ> The tournament rules get updated every year. <orgplay> national championships don't carry the weight of continental championships, NCs can organize the qualifier structure (whether you have one or not) as you please. <LSJ> I'll change the verbiage to make it so only the continentals are restricted. Ok so can be multi-judged. And i defend my right as a TO to change the head judge if necessary, & i think swpaping to an experienced judge with regards to current text is reasonable.

atomweaver

hugh.an...@gmail.com wrote in news:1192557192.441658.7750 @i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > Still in a rare piece of agreement I have this: > > <orgplay> Official Answer: National Championships can multi-judge. > <LSJ> The tournament rules get updated every year. > <orgplay> national championships don't carry the weight of continental > championships, NCs can organize the qualifier structure (whether you > have one or not) as you please. > <LSJ> I'll change the verbiage to make it so only the continentals are > restricted. > > Ok so can be multi-judged. > > And i defend my right as a TO to change the head judge if necessary, For some values of "necessary", sure. Your Head Judge has to catch a plane, etc. > i think swpaping to an experienced judge with regards to current text > is reasonable. > Or, ya know, just pick the experienced judge to be Head Judge from the start... That's why I only referred to this "violation" as a mere technicality... If you were following straight-up multi-judge rules, and picked Judges 1-6 based on pure experience, Damnans would've been a clear choice for Head Judge. Then, no shuffling around after the fact is necessary. DaveZ Atom Weaver

atomweaver

James Coupe <ja...@zephyr.org.uk> wrote in news:D5Bv0QDdn$EHFwV3 @gratiano.zephyr.org.uk: > In message <Xns99CA996877...@207.115.33.102>, atomweaver > <atomw...@hotmail.com> writes: >>These are good reasons to refuse the job of Head Judge in the first >>place, but once a Judge accepts the spot, I don't see it as an option to >>beg off the job. > > So you think you're capable of doing something, find that you're out of > date, and are forced to carry on even though you don't want to and > other people would be better than you? > Is that what happened here with Rob? > Weird. > You take a minor comment about a specific circumstance, and automatically extrapolate to a broad general comment. Weird, indeed. >>> In any situation like that, it would likely be perfectly reasonable for >>> an organizer to switch judges around. >> >>While all of your examples are reasonable, but none of them apply to this >>specific circumstance, as far as I can see. > > Hence my disagreeing with your earlier sweeping statement, I made no "sweeping statement", James. I said, specifically, that this specific instance of Damnans being made head judge for the finals would be, specifically, technically illegal under Multi-Judge (in a minor sort of way that I'm not particularly caring about). Is that specific enough for you? I'm in agreement with you on the fact that there are circumstances in which a T-O can assign a new Head Judge, but that in this instance, there was no such reason expressed here so far. > by saying > "Not necessarily." Your blanket ban was far too broad when, in real > life, shit happens. > It wasn't about "in general", as the original comment _clearly_ stated "Damnans", not "all multi-judge d tourneys". They weren't even officially using Multi-Judge rules, by Hugh's comments... they were just swapping around duties (maybe a little too loosely), and this whole thread derived from a hypothetical. Go take your Happy Pill now, buddy. I've got no beef here, yeesh. From Message-ID: <Xns99C7909411...@207.115.33.102> hugh.an...@gmail.com wrote in news:1192191303.181601.300210 @k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com: > We're not technically allowed to run it as multi-judge (if we continue > logging it through as nationals rather than just constructed) although > I see no reason why in all practicality we can't as there isn't any > difference. > Well, one difference is that it would be illegal under 2.9 ****for Damnans**** to be the judge of the final table. DaveZ

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[ quoted text not captured ] Agreed but might have been nice to tell me for future reference, although clearly at the next one I will be far too busy rubbing you out to judge at all ;o)