Saw a guy DQ'ed by a HJ in the top 8 of a PTQ. The HJ said the player was lying about what happened in the game (fraud DQ) even though the floor judge who was sitting there agreed with that player and what had happened. Nothing happened with the HJ even though the emails were sent. At a certain point, you just have to suck up that at a non-pro tour/filmed event, in theory, a HJ can get away with the game equivalent of murder.
Now, for the grain of salt, I have played in/been at more PTQ level events than I care to count and have seen this happen once. I've had this judge once since then, at a side event of another event that involved teams. I was on the team with the guy who was DQ'ed by the judge. In between rounds, he made an off hand comment to my team mate about his ability to DQ someone. I went, informed another judge at the event, and was no longer being judged by this guy at the side event. There are definitely good judges, some I am on a first name basis with just from talking to them at various smaller event (and some with local nicknames from their areas that you can never forget, such as Tuscaloosa Alabama's "Judge Porky"). Judges, as a whole, are good people trying to improve the game. They want fair and correct play to be the highest priority. While I haven't always agreed with every judge call made since I started playing in 1994ish, I have only had one judge that left a sour taste in my mouth. That's some pretty damn good ratios if you ask me.
So is it possible that a judge can make a bad call or even a call to benefit a friend of theirs (which is what we are fairly certain happened at the PTQ in question)? No doubt, people are simply wrong on a daily basis, and in any sample group of a decent size, you will have some bad apples. Does the judging community as a whole have a pretty good track record? Most certainly. For the most part, judges are over worked and under compensated, so the majority of guys in the judging game are there because they want to make the game better. Most judges I know that travel will lose money on the hotel and food compared to their compensation but do it because they love making the game better. It isn't even the "power play" that some people become cops for, at least cops make money. Are people willing to lose money to act all big and tough? Sure, but a lot less are willing to lose money to do that than those who will accept their paycheck to do it.
Also, 5D seems to be popular with the casual crowd, so not only is it easier to pull one from a 5D pack, but the set has a lot of casual appeal, meaning it gets opened a fair bit (I still see casuals buying 5D packs on a semi-regular basis at a few different LGS's).
you should look at Nm of course. My shop sells them at 90 euro
Then you are getting ripped since you can get NM English at roughly $70 from the same link he gave you.
$69.95
Shipping: $0.95
So even if you want to include shipping, it's $70.90. And if people are asking for prices, it makes sense that someone would be some research instead of just picking numbers out of their ass. Google is not the enemy.
Has blue been a color in the best deck at times? Yes, so has every other color. Do I play blue for the counterspells? In eternal formats, sure, I'd like to not just lose outright to ANT, belcher, etc. In standard/modern? I like the card draw. I am currently playing a deck in standard that runs blue and zero main deck counterspells. 2 in the board.
Please, whine about counterspells to R&D more and more, but tell them card draw is ok for blue. I will take the negates and essence scatters if I get to cast Ancestral Recall to find them.
Given that it's $18 now, perhaps it will stabilize at $15?
Two possibilities, she either fell $4 in 13 hours or she's only a $14 card. Since she's already at $14, I highly doubt she will stabilize in the short term higher than that, most likely at $8-10.
If they do, ask them not to, if they continue call judge and ask the judge to cut your deck. I've only had it be an issue once in a great number of years.
Solid stuff all. I was freaking out when it first hit me, but honestly, my parents are still my parents regardless of who my biological parents are. They reared me, kicked me out, and made me be my own person. I can't ask for much more.
I appreciate the advice all. Definitely glad this came up years after I moved out rather than when I was still living with them, because this discussion would not have happened. I would have already confronted them. It's not a matter of who is who, he is still my dad regardless of if he is my father. It's a trust thing, which I have noticed in my month and a half in sobriety, I have an issue with.
Pretty much sums it up. Will I give access to some random on my facebook page? Hell no.
Now, for the grain of salt, I have played in/been at more PTQ level events than I care to count and have seen this happen once. I've had this judge once since then, at a side event of another event that involved teams. I was on the team with the guy who was DQ'ed by the judge. In between rounds, he made an off hand comment to my team mate about his ability to DQ someone. I went, informed another judge at the event, and was no longer being judged by this guy at the side event. There are definitely good judges, some I am on a first name basis with just from talking to them at various smaller event (and some with local nicknames from their areas that you can never forget, such as Tuscaloosa Alabama's "Judge Porky"). Judges, as a whole, are good people trying to improve the game. They want fair and correct play to be the highest priority. While I haven't always agreed with every judge call made since I started playing in 1994ish, I have only had one judge that left a sour taste in my mouth. That's some pretty damn good ratios if you ask me.
So is it possible that a judge can make a bad call or even a call to benefit a friend of theirs (which is what we are fairly certain happened at the PTQ in question)? No doubt, people are simply wrong on a daily basis, and in any sample group of a decent size, you will have some bad apples. Does the judging community as a whole have a pretty good track record? Most certainly. For the most part, judges are over worked and under compensated, so the majority of guys in the judging game are there because they want to make the game better. Most judges I know that travel will lose money on the hotel and food compared to their compensation but do it because they love making the game better. It isn't even the "power play" that some people become cops for, at least cops make money. Are people willing to lose money to act all big and tough? Sure, but a lot less are willing to lose money to do that than those who will accept their paycheck to do it.
Then you are getting ripped since you can get NM English at roughly $70 from the same link he gave you.
$69.95
Shipping: $0.95
So even if you want to include shipping, it's $70.90. And if people are asking for prices, it makes sense that someone would be some research instead of just picking numbers out of their ass. Google is not the enemy.
Edit to expand on that: $5 each for them individually with an extra $5 on the "set" of two misprints in the set.
Seems like a lot of mana where those cards are only legal in formats where you can be easily dead on turn 4.
Two possibilities, she either fell $4 in 13 hours or she's only a $14 card. Since she's already at $14, I highly doubt she will stabilize in the short term higher than that, most likely at $8-10.