This question is specifically asking about how these situations are treated at Competitive or higher REL. I haven't played paper Magic in about four years, played in one event tonight, and now I'm off to PPTQs.
What acknowledgement does a player have to give about gaining energy counters? Physically (or verbally), how does a player demonstrate he's aware of energy?
When I left the game four years ago, it was deemed that players were not obligated to remind their opponents about their triggers. You still had to announce all of your own triggers, but if an opponent missed his you were legally allowed to keep your mouth shut about it. If I remember correctly, people were getting too upset about losing to their opponent's Shrine of Loyal Legions after constantly reminding them about it every upkeep. I assume this is still the same? If I play Aether Meltdown and forget gain energy counters off of it, then I just don't get the energy? My opponent is allowed to keep his mouth shut about it?
What if gaining energy is actually part of a spell, like Glimmer of Genius? It's not a trigger. Is my opponent still allowed to keep his mouth shut about that? If I missed it, can we call a judge and get the energy counters added back, after the fact?
You are never responsible for remembering your opponent's triggers. If you play Aether Meltdown, I have no obligation to remind you of the enter the battlefield trigger - it's your card, so you need to remember the trigger. If a trigger is missed, at Competitive REL, the responding judge will ask your opponent if they want the trigger go on the stack or not (and if the answer is no, you don't get the trigger). You just need to acknowledge the trigger - whether that's by saying something, or moving your energy counter upwards, or something along those lines.
However, both players are responsible for resolving spells correctly. That means if they notice that you didn't gain 2 energy from the resolving Glimmer, they have to point it out - they cannot stay silent. If it's discovered that the energy was missed, the judge will either back up to the point of the error (ie back up to the point of the Glimmer resolving so you gain the energy), or leave the game state as it is. The more that's happened since the Glimmer resolves, the less likely a backup will be.
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What acknowledgement does a player have to give about gaining energy counters? Physically (or verbally), how does a player demonstrate he's aware of energy?
When I left the game four years ago, it was deemed that players were not obligated to remind their opponents about their triggers. You still had to announce all of your own triggers, but if an opponent missed his you were legally allowed to keep your mouth shut about it. If I remember correctly, people were getting too upset about losing to their opponent's Shrine of Loyal Legions after constantly reminding them about it every upkeep. I assume this is still the same? If I play Aether Meltdown and forget gain energy counters off of it, then I just don't get the energy? My opponent is allowed to keep his mouth shut about it?
What if gaining energy is actually part of a spell, like Glimmer of Genius? It's not a trigger. Is my opponent still allowed to keep his mouth shut about that? If I missed it, can we call a judge and get the energy counters added back, after the fact?
However, both players are responsible for resolving spells correctly. That means if they notice that you didn't gain 2 energy from the resolving Glimmer, they have to point it out - they cannot stay silent. If it's discovered that the energy was missed, the judge will either back up to the point of the error (ie back up to the point of the Glimmer resolving so you gain the energy), or leave the game state as it is. The more that's happened since the Glimmer resolves, the less likely a backup will be.
Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.