The Wednesday after a pre-release, one of our new players came up to
me and asked whether the player with the most life after 5 turns of
overtime wins. I explained to him that it was only true in single
elimination, but since he was so new I wondered why he was asking at
all. He told me that at the pre-release, his opponent had told him
that since he had less life at the end of 5 turns, he loses. I looked
up his opponent and it was a player who goes to PTQs taking advantage
of a new player at a pre-release.
I told the store that I would not allow the experienced player to play
in a tournament until he spoke with me. I wasn't going to DQ him
without hearing him out. (This is something a TO can do, not a judge.)
The player didn't come back until Game Day which is a month later.
After speaking with him and his friend who was there at the time, I
only confirmed my suspicion. I DQed him from the pre-release and
allowed him to play in the Game Day.
The Investigation Committee issued him a Warning Letter.
Do not feel like you have to disqualify someone right there or not at
all. While it is better to do it as soon as possible, it is not
something to be rushed. At PT Philly, I was shadowing Riccardo on
an investigation, and he did something similar. He allowed the player
to continue playing while he was performing his investigation. He DQed
him the next round or the one after that, I don't remember exactly.
-Jacob Faturechi
L2 Los Angeles
Edited Jacob Faturechi (Feb. 14, 2013 05:06:06 AM)