Time

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mj

Agree.

Same type of situation, what if after a whistle the timer tells you the clock kept running after it should have. Say for example it should have stopped at 3:10 but it is at 3:00. Is the timer's word good enough for 'other information' to reset it to 3:10?

At three minutes, I'd take the timer's word on this.

At three seconds with the visitors trying to score in a close game, I would not.

[Mark Padgett]

I always tell this to the timers before the game - "If you forget to start the clock, we'll yell at you. If you forget to stop the clock, we won't say anything."

[chseagle]

Shouldn't it also depend on the competence of the timer & if they look as if they know what they're doing?

Not always will the timer be the best source of information due to other things happening at the table.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

At three minutes, I'd take the timer's word on this.

At three seconds with the visitors trying to score in a close game, I would not.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by chseagle

Shouldn't it also depend on the competence of the timer & if they look as if they know what they're doing?

Not always will the timer be the best source of information due to other things happening at the table.

Nah, if they tell me 10 seconds didn't elapse that should have when were at the 3 minute mark; that's good enough for me. I'm going to be far more careful, however, under 10 seconds. If I or my partner don't have direct personal information, I'm not making a change.

Frankly, this has little to nothing to do with my perception of the competence of the timer.