Rate my Ruling: misinformation

[blackshoe]

That is a bit unfair. Restricting the pool of playing directors to those who love making rulings would reduce the pool of volunteers, and see the same half-dozen people having all of the responsibility.

Where did I say anything about "love making rulings"?

[barmar]

I've never seen a playing director ask players to make their own rulings because he doesn't want to be bothered. In my experience as another competent director at a club, the only times I've seen a director ask me to make a ruling have been because the director stepped out to the restroom (this can happen whether they're playing or not) or the ruling was at the table where the director is playing (they'll usually handle routine rulings themselves, but if there's a judgement call involved it may be best to ask someone unbiased).

[pran]

I've never seen a playing director ask players to make their own rulings because he doesn't want to be bothered. In my experience as another competent director at a club, the only times I've seen a director ask me to make a ruling have been because the director stepped out to the restroom (this can happen whether they're playing or not) or the ruling was at the table where the director is playing (they'll usually handle routine rulings themselves, but if there's a judgement call involved it may be best to ask someone unbiased).

Neither have I.

[Cyberyeti]

I've never seen a playing director ask players to make their own rulings because he doesn't want to be bothered. In my experience as another competent director at a club, the only times I've seen a director ask me to make a ruling have been because the director stepped out to the restroom (this can happen whether they're playing or not) or the ruling was at the table where the director is playing (they'll usually handle routine rulings themselves, but if there's a judgement call involved it may be best to ask someone unbiased).

 

I've also seen a playing director who hasn't played a board ask the other qualfied directors in the room if they have to avoid being unable to play it themselves.

[pran]

I've also seen a playing director who hasn't played a board ask the other qualfied directors in the room if they have to avoid being unable to play it themselves.

Sure, that is quite OK. It is called directors cooperation and happens whenever needed.

[barmar]

I've also seen a playing director who hasn't played a board ask the other qualfied directors in the room if they have to avoid being unable to play it themselves.

While I can understand it, I don't think I've seen anyone do it. They usually just try to minimize how much of the hand they have to see while making the ruling, or try to forget the hand, and if neither of these is successfully they give themselves avg-minus when they get to the board.

[blackshoe]

Many years ago, at a club team game, the director was playing on one team when there was a call from the table where the other half of his team was playing. So the director asked somebody else to take the call. Unfortunately that worthy apparently hadn't directed in some years, because shortly after he went to the calling table, the player who had originally called exclaimed loudly "I want a real director!" I remember this not just because of this comment, but because the resulting brou-ha-ha caused me to blow the 3NT contract I was trying to make. :(