Chas Argent
Play to the end.
I saw one or two big fat scary rules yelling matches at ASLOK this year; it happens, people get tired, but man it is ugly. I would just hand my opponent the game in that situation. That's not why I'm playin'....
:laugh: No, actually a discussion JP and i have been having made me think of it... of the useless hours spent arguing over a +1 here or there... but i must say that in general i do find it frustrating... it is a game, we are not playing for sheep-stations and sometimes the strict adherance to rules does get in the way of the flow of the game!Jay White said:Sounds like someone had a recent bad experience...?
InUSA, the term is "playing for the farm":devil: .Jay White said:I don't know what a sheep-station is, but it doesn't sound like something to get very worked-up about either
"Playing for Sheep-stations" is an Aussie expression stating that you are putting a lot on the line... it is usually used in a derogatory way - to say that it is not as though one is playing for control of heaven and earth!Jay White said:I don't know what a sheep-station is, but it doesn't sound like something to get very worked-up about either
Hard to find a better definition of 'rules lawyer' than this, Markpitman said:You have to distinguish between the derogatory term "rules lawyer," in the sense of someone who wants to argue over every rule, and someone who is a master of the rules. The latter will not necessarily slow down a game.
Good point, Mark. I have always thought of the term "rules lawyer" as derogatory.pitman said:You have to distinguish between the derogatory term "rules lawyer," in the sense of someone who wants to argue over every rule, and someone who is a master of the rules. The latter will not necessarily slow down a game.
I'm a little surprised that you would wonder that, because I have stated so many times that I am not like that during play. I suppose it's a fair question, since you and I have not played each other. We shall have to remedy that some day, time and place permitting.pitman said:I always wondered if you would be a rules lawyer during play, Bruce, because you seem so interested in rules interpretations (including sometimes, shall we say, novel ones).
bebakken said:I daresay that the best tacticians have more that a "decent grasp" of the rules, otherwise they would not know how to put the opponent in such painful decisions.
Agreed...it is no guarantee. But, to be good at tactics one must understand what the options are in any given situation. One has to know about SF, BFF, FPF, Bore Sighting, HtH, IF, Double Time, etc...before one can use them. Once the knowledge relative to the options is in hand then it is a matter of experience to learn when to use them.McFinn said:Put me in Mastering the Rules is a prerequiste for Masterful ASL Tactics camp.