A player may intend, for example, to create a character who is a strong, mighty warrior, but being " outplayed " in the auction may result in lower attribute scores than anticipated, therefore necessitating a change of character concept.

A willingness to spend as many points as possible on an attribute may improve your chances of a high ranking, but too reckless a spending strategy could leave a player with few points to spend on powers and objects.

After a player places a tile, and the results of that placement have been handled, he may purchase up to three shares of stock.

A player may only purchase shares of stock in chains that have already been founded.

A player may purchase shares in one, two, or three existing chains ( assuming at least three chains are currently in play ), in any combination up to a total of three shares.

Starting with the player who caused the merger to happen, each player may either sell his shares in the acquired chain, trade in two shares of the acquired chain for one share of the acquiring chain, or hold on to his shares of the acquired chain.

A player may trade in as many shares as he owns, but may not trade in one share of the acquired chain for half a share of the acquiring chain.

If a player holds onto his stock, he runs the risk that the acquired chain may not reemerge before the game ends.

That is, the rules do not say whether one player may ask another how many shares of stock he or she owns in a particular chain.

Any player may declare the game over at any time during his turn if either of two conditions is true: one chain has 41 or more tiles, or there is at least one chain on the board and every chain on the board has 11 or more tiles.

Because ending the game is optional, and a player may not realize that he can end it, it is unethical to say " good game ", or in any other way indicate that the game could be ended, until after a player actually has ended the game.

# No playable tiles-Per 2008 rules, a player that has no legal plays because all 6 tiles in his or her hand are unplayable may reveal his or her hand, set aside his or her unplayable tiles, and draw six new tiles at the beginning of his or her turn.

A player may be hampered by a few poor rolls of the dice in Risk or Monopoly, but over many games a good player will win more often.

Each player may control one or more game pieces.

In some games, pieces may not represent or belong to any particular player.

In more recent years, pure steals of home are rare, although a player may steal home plate during a " delayed double steal ," in which a runner on first attempts to steal second, while the runner on third breaks for home as soon as the catcher throws to second base.

A technical foul may also be issued when certain infractions occur, most commonly for unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of a player or coach.

A player may build up the handle with one or several grips before applying the final layer.

Players often find that sweat becomes a problem ; in this case, a drying agent may be applied to the grip or hands, sweatbands may be used, the player may choose another grip material or change his grip more frequently.

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The player can also send their ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen ( with the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid ).

Mergers also give each player who holds any interest at all in a chain a chance to sell his stock or to trade it in for shares of the acquiring chain.

Rugby union player Jone Tawake also had a finger removed.

On-base percentage can also vary quite considerably from player to player.

A player completes a turn batting when: he strikes out or is declared out before reaching first base ; or he reaches first base safely or is awarded first base ( by a base on balls, hit by pitch, or catcher's interference ); or he hits a fair ball which causes a preceding runner to be put out for the third out before he himself is put out or reaches first base safely ( see also left on base, fielder's choice, force play )

Sam Jethroe is the oldest player to have won the award, at age 32, 33 days older than 2000 winner Kazuhiro Sasaki ( also 32 ).

A short hitting action is not only useful for deception: it also allows the player to hit powerful strokes when he has no time for a big arm swing.

He also played Senior hockey with the local Foam Lake Flyers of the Fishing Lake Hockey League, winning the league scoring title as a bantam-aged player.

In some versions, the two player game can also be played by one player against a computer opponent.

* Bernard Lee ( poker player ) is a poker professional / media personality who has also written for ESPN. com and CardPlayer Magazine and hosts his own radio show.

If the other player also knows to offer sacrifices, the expert also has to manipulate the number of available sacrifices through earlier play.

When bearing off, a player may also move a lower die roll before the higher even if that means ' the full value of the higher die ' is not fully utilized.

A player also receives an extra turn after a roll of 1-2 or of doubles.

His 400 not out also made him the second player after Donald Bradman to score two Test triple-centuries, and the second after Bill Ponsford to score two first-class quadruple-centuries.

Lara was also a talented football player in his youth and often played with his close friends Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop and Russell Latapy while growing up together in Trinidad.

Brian Lara is also a golf player.

The Grammy Award-winning guitar player Doc Watson also comes from the Boone area, as do many bluegrass musicians and Appalachian storytellers.

The player can also blow bubbles.

A monster will also become angry if either player collects a skull ( the only negative item in the game ), and the monster is hit by the resulting comet crossing the screen.

A game may also result in a draw in several ways, where neither player wins.

A lay bet is the opposite of a buy bet, where a player bets on a 7 to roll before the number that is laid.

Players are generally given a few seconds before the round begins ( known as " freeze time ") to prepare and buy equipment, during which they cannot attack or move ( one notable exception is that a player may receive damage during freeze time.

Each player creates his character starting with a pool of points to buy abilities ( such as the aforementioned " Energy Blast " and " Armor "), increase characteristics ( such as " Strength " and " Intelligence ") and buy skills ( such as " Computer Programming " and " Combat Driving ").

DIVX was a rental format variation on the DVD player in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc ( similar to a DVD ) for approximately US $ 4, which was watchable for up to 48 hours from its initial viewing.

Open stakes is the older form of stakes rules, and before " all-in " betting became commonplace, a large bankroll meant an unfair advantage ; raising the bet beyond what a player could cover in cash gave the player only two options ; buy a larger stake ( borrowing if necessary ) or fold.

If a player cannot or does not wish to go all-in, he or she may instead choose to buy chips with cash out-of-pocket at any time, even during the play of a hand, and his bets are limited only by the specified betting structure of the game.

Loading a reel of tape onto the machine and threading it through the various guides and rollers proved daunting to some casual users — certainly, it was more difficult than putting a vinyl record on a record player and flicking a switch — and because in early years each tape had to be dubbed from the master tape in real-time to maintain good sound quality, prerecorded tapes were more expensive to manufacture, and costlier to buy, than vinyl records.

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He used his rations to buy Chess Praxis by Danish grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch, a book which Petrosian would later claim to have had the greatest influence on him as a chess player.

Camby received attention in 2005 for making comments regarding the NBA's dress code, implemented during the 2005 – 2006 season, saying that " I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes.

* In the " Dragon Age " series the player or their party can buy / make firebombs ( more like grenades ).

In Missions Mode the player completes various missions to attain points, which can be used to buy various art and costumes.

During gameplay, the player accesses menus to allow characters to use objects ; trade items with other characters ; parley with enemies ; buy, sell, and pool the characters ' money ; cast spells, and learn new magic skills.

By landing on an unoccupied space, the player is able to buy that space for a set amount of money.

The player earns points and money for high scores in each event, and doing well at the events earns you the cash needed to buy equipment that at shops that improve player performance, and a chance at a bronze, silver, or gold medal.

Because they are individually so powerful, their armies tend to be small, thus a player can buy and assemble a functional army for relatively little cost and effort.

The price indicates information that the player does not know ; by deciding to buy, sell or abstain at that price it also gives the player a chance to bring their knowledge to bear and reflect itself in the price.

By visiting cities ' commodity exchanges, the player can inspect what is for sale, buy and sell commodities and, ideally, turn enough profit to buy everything the colony needs.