Blackwolfe wrote:
Personally if an intended (landing) shoulder or chest shot grazes My face/ear/side of head etc I take the death as I feel that is the honorable way to play.
I only yell "head" when a shot slams My head.
Not everyone plays this way. The rule is being suggested in order to make this the standard interpretation.
Blackwolfe wrote:
Everywhere I've played or watched fighting, when someone yells "head" that's the end of the story.
Never have I seen a herald or official call someone dead when that person called "head"
SO this change in rule - to My thinking - is not needed and will cause, not prevent problems.
Therefore I am against this motion.
There are two seperate issues here:
- 1. Different interpretations of the rule.
- 2. Intentional cheating.
This rule aims to set a standard interpretation, rather than allowing for differing interpretations among fighters (
1).
This fix does nothing to prevent people from cheating (
2). If someone willfully ignores the BoW, that's not something that a rule will fix.