Plate Obstruction Mechanics

[Dukat]

Originally posted by mcrowder
Edited to add: ) by the way, the arm out mechanic is to tell others you have a Delayed Dead Ball. In this case, you have no delayed dead ball, just a dead ball (or if you do, it's delayed for milliseconds). So the arm out mechanic is not necessary.

That is almost what I was thinking, That is the reason it seemed odd because to everyone else it appears as if I just called safe because the see an arm out. It becomes habit because obstruction is normally a DDB situation but actually in this situation I do like your mechanic better.