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Slow Play
Slow Play
A short tour of why and how
Reasons For Slow Play
Thinking Too Long
Spending 5 minutes thinking about lines of play before keeping a hand
Mechanics of Playing
Every permutation of attacks and blocks with 6 creatures on each side of the table
Over shuffling
Slow rolling drawing a card
Tapping / Untapping Land
Thinking Too Often
EOT: Ponder playing a spell.
Nope, not going to play anything before attacks
Who to attack with?
Untap: Think about playing the spell now
Yep, this guy
Oh and this one
Draw: What does this new card do?
etc
Should I tap something before blocks?
etc
Which Land do I play?
etc
Oh, interesting you didn't block, should I pump?
Progressing the Game
We don't punish players taking useful shortcuts:
Official & unofficial shortcuts
Not shuffling a shuffled deck
Not shuffling a deck that is about to be searched again.
How to Pull the Trigger
Don't interrupt a thinking player
When to Pull the Trigger
Do interrupt a player who isn't going to come to a conclusion
Importance
"Fails to perform game actions in a reasonable period of time"
Everyone has paid to have fun
Playing is fun....
.....Waiting isn't
Award 2 extra turns and ask them to play faster
Look out for tables where a player looks bored
3 Games
20 Turns / Game
3 Minutes (De)Sideboarding
44 Minutes / 120 Turns
= 22 Seconds / Turn
Look at your watch so you know how long things are taking
Check for upgrades
Track how much time they take thinking across a whole turn - Numbers don't lie
If appealed they are to continue playing as you fetch the HJ