[Judge!] Dispute about Life Point totals

I had a dilemma occur at the card shop I work/play at.

PLAYER A was keeping track of life points and PLAYER B agreed for that player
to keep track. During the duel, PLAYER A was about to attack for 2700 LP
reducing PLAYER B to 0. Player B then said that he wanted proof to show that
he was at X Life Points by recapping how he had been taking all this damage.

PLAYER A could NOT prove ALL damage but during the course of the duel, PLAYER B
did not disagree with the LP until he saw that he was going to lose, what would
be the best course of action for this situation? The TO in this tournement
dedided that this was a Prodecural Erorr-Major and awarded both players a
game loss.



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Response:

I see several things wrong with this entire situation.

1. Player B allowed their opponent sole control over Life Point tracking.
They have allowed themself no recourse if they think something is wrong.

2. Player B is demanding that Player A, the only player that tracked Life Points,
prove the totals are accurate? Player B has no way of proving it at all. Given a
dispute between the two, we as judges are more likely to side with the player
that is actually keeping the life point totals.

3. Issuing a game loss to both players in this situation was very wrong.


We should remind our players that is in their best interest to track Life Point
totals. Players need to understand that they have little evidence to support
their claims when they aren't tracking Life Points.

Tracking Life Points on paper, showing damage inflicted and what caused it,
reinforces your ability to recount the events of the duel and support your
claims. Given a dispute between a calculator that shows only a total,
and paper that shows how and why, judges are much more likely to side with
the paper totals.

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Curtis Schultz
Official UDE Rules Dude
CurtisSchultz_Netrep@Hotmail.com