Arrested (Decklist) Development - BRONZE
Plenty of good discussion here, and thanks to everyone who participated.
Douglas Spak was first to chime in with the correct answer, which is
Tournament Error – Tardiness. He also quoted the relevant section of
the IPG's definition of that infraction, which is:
“A player hands in his decklist after the time designated by the judge
or organizer.”
Since the Head Judge had clearly designated the time by which
decklists were due, and this player didn't get his list in by that
time, the infraction he's committed is Tardiness. He'll be receiving a
Game Loss; if his round-one match is still going on, he can be given
that penalty now. Otherwise, it should be given for the first game of
his round-two match.
Also, remember that “disruption”, with respect to Tardiness, doesn't
just mean players' matches being held up. Failing to hand in a
decklist does cause disruption to the tournament – just on the
judge-staff side, since it means we have to spend more time figuring
out who didn't hand in a list, tracking down the player, etc. (and
this scales pretty badly when more than one player doesn't hand in a
list!).
One other interesting parallel that was brought up here was using
Failure to Follow Official Announcements. While it's good to be aware
that there is an infraction for that, there are also a lot of things
that are announced by tournament officials, and which have more
specific infractions when not followed. As in this case, where the IPG
specifically provides for Tardiness when a player fails to hand in a
decklist on time. Erik Mulvaney, however, does get some points for
mentioning how to handle this properly if both infractions (Failure to
Follow Official Announcements *and* Tardiness) were being assessed.