Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Ewan McNay]

Hey Asif -

shahadet_99 wrote:
> 1.) Umpiring and Rules Intent: Hey Ewan? I'm sorry, but I have to
> disagree with you in part.

- I hate it when that happens .

> If such an umpire were to call balls lobbed 20 feet over the
> batter's head to the catcher as "strikes", he'd do so ONCE, and then
> get yanked by the rules committee person who is ALWAYS present at
> such games.

Yep. I alluded to this when I noted that a bizarre Q such as 'what is the
short range for bowfire?' would receive scorn as a reply, and that a wrong
answer would simply be houted down.

> Getting a win because of a rules technicality? That's like a
> convicted killer who gave a murder scene confession getting off in
> court because it was found that the cop MIS-SPOKE his Miranda
> rights! It's makes one's guts churn and leaves a bad taste in the
> mouth.

Well, no. There are systems in place for good reason. To use even your
extreme example, I'd rather that the accused go free than that there not
be protection from police abuse. But on a scale of off-topicness, we're
prety high now.

> "Try harder next time", is the ultimate refuge of rules lawyers and
> uber-competitive weasels, EXACTLY the kind of people that populate GW
> tourneys and who I was looking to escape from when I tried Warrior a
> few months ago.

I've never understood why 'rules lawyer' is such an insult. If the rules
say A, and I expect you to rule A, why is that an issue.

But then, I probably fall into your grouping of weasels. Distinguishable
from stoats by the absence of black spots on the tail.

> In my opinion on this subset of the issue, IF you can get the
> ruling RIGHT, then you SHOULD.

Well, yeah. But are you arguing that 'right' means 'what someone tells
you was supposed to be written' instead of 'what is written'? If so, we
indeed disagree.

> Will this cover everything? NO. Players (especially American
> ones) are horribly inventive at reading rules and finding some new
> and creative way to do something that NEVER crossed the author's
> mind. It's probably our independent streak - we all have a bit of
> the born rebel in us. <lol>

Naah. Tim aside, the UK 7th scene was far, far, far more inventive than
the US one. I doubt that's changed with Warrior.

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