I think this debate is silly. Obviously, if Shaharazad was unbanned it the ruling would be:

Time

5 turns

Game and subgames over.

Fill out your match slip.

My wife plays magic. She is more into for the social aspect and would never play in a tourny. But when we get together for a big EDH game she pulls out her Akroma deck and gets that sly smile on her face.

She also plays tons of other games!

Peace!

I am glad to hear it. I hope next time goes a lot better.

Sorry to all the others that had to deal with it.

Jerry

@ Brennen

Hey, I am the guy that Dobby wanted to hit. Up until the very end of the match the only people that were there was me, dobby, his opponent and Bill the unofficial judge that was watching the match. I never antagonized him until after the match was finished. I said two things during the match.

One: Gush needs two islands, not two lands.

Two: You cannot reorganize the order of your graveyard because of cards like corpse dance. (after Bill had told him that)

If you call telling a guy an answer to his question and supporting a judge call "antagonizing" a player I have to disagree with you.

Second his opponent was not at all "shady" I watched the last 10 minutes of the game. His opponent was mana screwed with one Island. He needed a white source so he could cast a canonist as a blocker. He drew looked at his card and passed the turn each time. It was Dobby that reorganized his graveyard, tried to return a wasteland for gush, claimed that Sundering Titan didn't hit his lands, cast something during his upkeep and then tried to untap again, was rude and angry.

I fully admit, that after the game was finished and Dobby jumped up and aggressive berated his opponent, I said something. I called him an asshole. I told him what he was doing wrong. He apparently can't handle the truth of his own short comings. I admit that I could have been more cordial and explained it to him rather then accusing him, but he was the one that jumped up and started being a dick. I just called it like I saw it.

After Ed gave him a us warning and threatened anyone that caused trouble with a DQ Dobby proudly claimed "Wouldn't be the first time!"

My point is that we don't need that type of player at tournaments. First of all he needs to control his anger. He made enough misplays to get a game loss, but then tried to throw all the blame for the tie on his opponent. It is possible that his opponent took longer in the earlier games I didn't see that, but the game I saw Dobby certainly took 80% of the game time. From my observation both players were playing a deck that was new to them. I know his opponent was because he told me. I assume Dobby was because he had asked to borrow cards from me before the tournament. Which I said I would.

Second of All he needs to learn how to play in a tournament. He needs to know all the rules of correct play. I understand what it is like playing a new deck. I can also understand making play mistakes especially when you are frustrated. But you need to own up to your mistakes not take it out on others.

Finally, I was told, I don't know this for a fact, that he has been kicked out of more than one tournament for Aggressive Behavior before. If that is the case then he obviously has a huge problem. He can't handle losing and needs to find a different hobby that allows fighting.

Brennen I have no issues with you. If you are his friend than I encourage you to help him learn how to lose graciously and help him to learn all the rules you need to know for a tournament. I hope in the future all of us can have a fun tourny. I won't hold a grudge against him.

Jerry

Dobby needs to control his anger issues and learn how to play magic in a tournament setting. He should have been banned from the tourny.

From the Penalty Guide:

145.   Unsporting Conduct — Aggressive Behavior
Definition
A player acts in a threatening way towards others or their property.
Examples
A.   A player threatens to hit another player who won’t concede to them.
B.   A player pulls a chair out from under another player, causing her to fall to the ground.
C.   A player makes threats against a judge after receiving a ruling.
D.   A player tears up a card belonging to another player.
E.   A player intentionally turns over a table.

Philosophy
The safety of all people at a tournament is of paramount importance. There will be no tolerance of physical abuse or intimidation.
Penalty
All Levels
Disqualification

The offender should be asked to leave the venue by the organizer.


The dude was being an ass and was pissed off at his own short comings. We don't need that type of player at tournaments.

I'm just glad that my time vaults work with stasis again.

 Hey, I am the guy with the hat. Sorry about not trading. I had to go and I wasn't going to wait for the tounrey to get finished. I had things to do. Next time get me in between rounds.


Peace