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But this brings up a question I've had in my mind for a while...is it illegal in tournament play to just write it all down/look it up on my phone? So lets say I was playing Allen here and as he reports people I write it down in a notebook or have the website up in the card builder and have that as a resource. Honestly never done it but is it something I COULD do?
AllenGould wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 3:31 pm I think there's a simpler angle here: what happens when you get caught?And to add ^^^ maybe it's just me but I feel it's pretty obvious when my opponent is trying to set up something by looking at my crew.
Say I've got a Gowron, a Picard, and some NAs and I've tucked them into a single team.
What does that get me?
If I use Gowron and Picard to solve a mission or pass a dilemma, I'm busted.
If I use both of them to staff a ship, I'm busted.
Any sort of effect where you get to see the whole stack, I'm busted.
And in any sort of tournament environment, if you get suspicious, you can call the TD over to check my team, and then.. yup, still busted.
And I think there's a pretty good case for trying this sort of shenanigans to qualify as Deception, which is a tournament DQ.
So... *maybe* I can sneak Picard over to that Fed mission using Gowron as staffing? But even then if I'm running Feds and Klingons without any Treaty, what opponent isn't going to be paying a bit of attention to where stuff is?
In short - don't do it (because you are straight up full stop *cheating*), and if a TD catches someone doing it, give them the full DQ so there's no upside to even trying.
And on the flip side - don't try using this as an excuse to get extra information. Brain Drain, Long Range Scan... ain't no lack of legit ways to get a look at an opponent's cards.
But this brings up a question I've had in my mind for a while...is it illegal in tournament play to just write it all down/look it up on my phone? So lets say I was playing Allen here and as he reports people I write it down in a notebook or have the website up in the card builder and have that as a resource. Honestly never done it but is it something I COULD do?