Sloping Pitch
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:51 am
"NOTE: A drive is defined as playing until a touchdown is scored or the half ends."--CRP p. 7 (don't have box set rules)
"At the start of the first drive"--DZ2 p. 32
In sequence of events, when is this?
Between which?
dugout setup
coin flip
setup choice
(here is where I put halfling chef, but that is subject to debate)
kicking team setup
receiving team setup
kick scatter
kick-off event
bounce (after this is nonsense since it affects this)
Of particular importance is knowing if it happens before or after the setup choice.
"At half-time, the teams change ends and the pitch slopes the opposite way."--DZ2 p. 32
My opponent argued that if you change ends AND the slope changes, then the same team is going downhill in both halves.
While that doesn't make sense from game mechanics or real pitches (barring earthquakes at halftime), he is right that it could be read that way.
If the same team is going downhill both halves, it is even more important to know when the slope is determined.
What I think is logical (but only my opinion) is that the pitch slope is known before the coin flip and the receiving team at the beginning of each half has the same slope.
"At the start of the first drive"--DZ2 p. 32
In sequence of events, when is this?
Between which?
dugout setup
coin flip
setup choice
(here is where I put halfling chef, but that is subject to debate)
kicking team setup
receiving team setup
kick scatter
kick-off event
bounce (after this is nonsense since it affects this)
Of particular importance is knowing if it happens before or after the setup choice.
"At half-time, the teams change ends and the pitch slopes the opposite way."--DZ2 p. 32
My opponent argued that if you change ends AND the slope changes, then the same team is going downhill in both halves.
While that doesn't make sense from game mechanics or real pitches (barring earthquakes at halftime), he is right that it could be read that way.
If the same team is going downhill both halves, it is even more important to know when the slope is determined.
What I think is logical (but only my opinion) is that the pitch slope is known before the coin flip and the receiving team at the beginning of each half has the same slope.