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John, I'm glad you asked the question on the L3 site. I took it one step further and asked to have someone comment on the situation where both players have 1 win and a double game loss = double game win penalty is issued, because both players are now at actually 2-2 (2 wins and 2 losses). It...

Unsporting Conduct - Cheating merits the most severe penalty of disqualification w/o prize! You would want the HJ to issue an Unsporting Conduct - Major, for which the usual penalty is a match loss. It is highly unlikely that a quality HJ will issue any penalty, since it is legal to concede a...

A player's turn or Draw Phase begins when the player Draws a card. You cannot activate any card effects until the player draws, which is why you can't activate that Time Seal before the draw. I emphasize the above point because I witnessed a game where the Turn Player ended his turn by setting...

I understand why you are posting this, so I edited my original message. Yes, SEGOC involves chaining, but it only applies to resolving effects that AUTOMATICALLY activate at the same time. SEGOC never occurs during the MANUAL activation of effects because you can't manually activate effects at...

Thanks John! That makes perfect sense. When you used "If" there, I was worried you were inferring that the effect was optional. doc

Fury, you're confusing the resolution of Simultaneous effects with the actual manual chaining of effects. The Robbin' Goblin and Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer ruling you posted involves RESOLVING Simultaneous effects which essentially go on chain at the SAME time, but have rules to resolve them...

You guys have got to quit using Monster effect terms for Trap cards! Please read this earlier post of mine: http://www.cogonline.net/showpost.php?p=149655&postcount=64 Ordeal of a Traveler has an ACTIVATION REQUIREMENT! The activation requirement is a declaration of attack. As pointed out...

This discussion is too old for me to follow what you posted John. I thought Fairy Box was a mandatory effect. If it's trigger occurs (declaration of attack), you must toss the coin. Am I missing something here? doc

First of all, I would like to commend you for the way you handled this difficult, but often encountered situation. You discussed this situation with the store owner, the TO and with potential witnesses. You used the extra information provided by the security cameras. You avoided potential...

Perhaps, I read too much into the message, but I've Head Judged events in the past (particularly the SOI Sneak Preview) where initially we were understaffed, but I was able to recruit 2 more judges at the start of the event and they were sorely needed. I have also walked into a Regional event...

I don't know if you guys can read the post on the L3 site, but Jeff Yuschak, the HJ at SJC Anaheim was appreciative of you guys volunteering to judge at the last minute. As you were well aware, there were NOT enough judges scheduled to judge for the crowd that showed up there. You guys helped...

Just checked my front door... No package yet. :( I'm curious, has anyone here received UDE's Holiday YGO Judge gift, that has NOT judged any events in the last year? Does anyone know if they are sending any VS items to VS Judges? doc

Try as we might, NO RULING questions are ever answered on the L3 board. Ruling questions are to be directed to the open Judge site and UDE. doc

This is true! The St. Louis SJC will actually be in Illinois, only 10 minutes from downtown St. Louis. The Gateway Center is actually a very nice facility with free parking, many decent inexpensive hotels within walking distance and many nearby fastfood restaurants. Public Transportation is...

What did the Deluxe mats look like? Were they still just paper mats? doc

I was at a local Wal-Mart today and saw a Deluxe Duel package that had: 1 Blaze of Destruction Structure Deck 1 Fury of the Deep Structure Deck 2 Holo cards 2 "Deluxe" Playmats The picture on the back had a picture of the mats which look like a truncated version of the "Fire and Ice" judge...

Here's a list of 2007 Shonen Jump Championships announced thus far: SJC Orlando,Flordia January 27-28 SJC St. Louis, Missouri February 24-25 SJC Columbus, Ohio March 24-25 SJC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 19-20th I have also learned the next Yu-Gi-Oh! Sneak Preview date will also be on...

When Gearfried the Iron Knight gets to destroy Blast with Chain is paramount to deciding when to activated Blast with Chain's destruction effect. I initially believed that Blast with Chain on Gearfried would be treated the same as Rush Recklessly on Spirit Reaper. The ATK increase is applied...

I and most other L3 judges are aware of the JERP; even UDE officials are aware of the Japanese ruling; however, UDE officials have currently ruled Gearfried the Iron Knight as having a continuous effect. I have been told they are consulting Konami to confirm the type of effect Gearfried the Iron...

I like carlossilva's explanation of the Spirit Reaper vs. Rush Recklessly ruling. I hadn't heard that before about the monster destruction, but it makes sense to avoid replay rule issues. However, even if Gearfried is ruled a trigger effect, does that mean he'll get the ATK increase and then...