True, but their silence only really helps the OP's case. If some official was to step forward and explain the story from another perspective, I'm sure the tone of this thread would be different (or at least have a sense of balance).
Of course it would, but they don't do that, so you're only going to get the side of the players and the thread is going to remain imbalanced.
There are reasons they don't talk about DQ's, and part of that is most likely liability.
we would like to hear it because he brought it up in the first place. sure he doesn't need to give it, but by mentioning it as relevant and then not telling us, i'd venture to call that willfully trolling the topic.
Not only that, what's to stop a player marking their deck after the initial inspection?
I've been a judge for rather a while and countless times before an event, players have brought their decks to me to check their sleeves. I always tell them that no matter what condition the sleeves are in now, there's no guarantee they won't be marked within a few rounds of play. It's the responsibility of the players to ensure their deck isn't marked, and to ensure they know the tournament rules they'll be playing under.
I admit that when a player first starts entering tournaments, they're probably not nearly as familiar with the floor rules as they need to be, but by the time they can play a decent RDW deck with foil Hell's Thunders? I'd say they should. Age also is no indication of a player's intent or knowledge of the rules.
So to recap, noticing your opponent has four foils of a card and no other foils is a judge call? Is it really Nass' fault that his opponent chose to play with a marked deck? Is it really Nass' fault that the only time you're really going to see the fourth Hell's Thunder is right before it would kill you?
If you play with foils in a competitive level even, and the judges find your deck to be marked, who is at fault here?
When David Williams was DQ'd (and subsequently banned) for having marked Accumulated Knowledges, who was the unsportsmanlike player there?
\although i have not had the time to read all the stuff that members have been posting it seems to me that the one thing that Wizards have not done b4 taking this action is the most OBVIOUS thing,, namely to take the trouble to find out which of their employees leaked the information in the first place,, put your own back yard in order first Wizards b4 poking an unwanted nose into other peoples.
i think you'll find that's what they're trying to do now
i'm assuming that some recent rumors have obviously crossed some kind of line, and rather than set a precedent that such rumors are tolerated, they've had to act. fair enough
i don't think they'll do anything different with this block, they certainly didn't with oddyssey. in fact, i'm sure they take great joy from watching us figure out what to do with the format when it arrives
unfortuneately no technology exists to make anything of that small image...but with 150 cards I'm sure the other 10 cards are negligible:p
EDIT: I TAKE THAT BACK GOD WE NEED THE BLUE EPIC!
i don't see how there can be technology to enhance the image. it's a .jpg, how can any software/hardware look at a red pixel or a blue pixel and decide it's actually the following x pixels correctly?
Of course it would, but they don't do that, so you're only going to get the side of the players and the thread is going to remain imbalanced.
There are reasons they don't talk about DQ's, and part of that is most likely liability.
Where here did John Carter bring up the DQ?
While everyone would like to hear the explanation, he certainly doesn't need to give it.
I've been a judge for rather a while and countless times before an event, players have brought their decks to me to check their sleeves. I always tell them that no matter what condition the sleeves are in now, there's no guarantee they won't be marked within a few rounds of play. It's the responsibility of the players to ensure their deck isn't marked, and to ensure they know the tournament rules they'll be playing under.
I admit that when a player first starts entering tournaments, they're probably not nearly as familiar with the floor rules as they need to be, but by the time they can play a decent RDW deck with foil Hell's Thunders? I'd say they should. Age also is no indication of a player's intent or knowledge of the rules.
Did his opponent not d-bag his way to victory first?
If you play with foils in a competitive level even, and the judges find your deck to be marked, who is at fault here?
When David Williams was DQ'd (and subsequently banned) for having marked Accumulated Knowledges, who was the unsportsmanlike player there?
i think you'll find that's what they're trying to do now
EDIT: oh they totally read it senori
there is only one gold card
i don't see how there can be technology to enhance the image. it's a .jpg, how can any software/hardware look at a red pixel or a blue pixel and decide it's actually the following x pixels correctly?