A third option is to have the players portray Corwin's children, in an Amber-like city built around Corwin's pattern ; this is sometimes called an " Argent " game, since one of Corwin's heraldic colours is Silver.

News of the signings by the Boston and Philadelphia players leaked to the press before the season ended, and all of them suffered verbal abuse and physical threats from the kranks, as baseball fans were called at the time, in Beantown and the City of Brotherly Love.

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

After receiving their initial two cards, players have the option of getting a " hit " ( taking additional cards ) to bring their total value of cards to 21 points, or as close as possible without exceeding 21 ( called " busting ").

The layout of the players on the pitch is called the team's formation, and defining the team's formation and tactics is usually the prerogative of the team's manager ( s ).

In games such as poker where players play against each other, the house takes a commission called the rake.

Poker is a family of gambling games in which players bet into a pool, called the pot, that the value of their hand will beat all others according to the ranking system.

This is often called the " no hiding " rule, since it prevents players from placing their first shots where their opponent must traverse completely though the guarded centre ring to hit them and avoid fouling.

Betting on don't pass is often called " playing the dark side ," and it is considered by some players to be in poor taste, or even taboo, because it goes directly against conventional play.

Nine-wicket croquet, sometimes called " backyard croquet ", is played mainly in the United States, and is the game most American casual players call simply " croquet ".

However, some players prefer to use an endgame procedure called " poison ".

Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called " rocks ", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice.

Besides being the changing rooms, the Cottage ( also called The Clubhouse ) was traditionally used by the players ' families and friends who sit on the balcony to watch the game, but the club now sell those seats at a premium game-by-game rate.

" Slap style " may have influenced electric bass guitar players who, from the mid-sixties ( particularly Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone ), developed a technique called slap and pop that used the thumb of the plucking hand to hit the string, making a slapping sound but still letting the note ring, and the index or middle finger of the plucking hand to pull the string back so it hits the fretboard, achieving the pop sound described above.

At creation, players select each character's adventuring occupation ( such as a wizard, ranger, or cleric – called a class – see below for particulars ), a patron deity, and starting city.

A person who plays the euphonium is sometimes called a euphoniumist, euphophonist, or a euphonist, while British players often colloquially refer to themselves as euphists, or euphologists.

By varying the snap count, a quarterback forces the defensive players to react to the movement of the offensive players, or risk being called for an offsides or encroachment penalty.

Canadian football used the rugby scrimmage unaltered until near the end of the 19th Century, when, regionally at first, under the influence of the American scrimmage, the number of players in the scrimmage was limited to three -- a " centre scrimmager " bound on either side by props called " side scrimmagers ".

John Wayne is a graceful man and so are some of the great ball players ... but, of course, they don't run the risk of being called sissies.

In some online computer games, players can form groups called player guilds, wherein people can socialize and organize various in-game activities.

Geodashing is an outdoor sport in which teams of players use GPS receivers to find and visit randomly-selected " dashpoints " ( also called " waypoints ") around the world and report what they find.

The hammered dulcimer derives its name from the small mallets that players use to strike the strings, called hammers.

Harmonica players who play the instrument while performing on another instrument with their hands ( e. g., an acoustic guitar ) often use an accessory called a " neck rack " or holder to position the instrument in front of their mouth.

CD + G players use a special track called subcode to encode the lyrics and pictures displayed on the screen while other formats natively display both audio and video.

Whether this is public or private information should be agreed upon between players before the game begins.

In 2005, owner Arthur Blank's $ 10 million investment in the facility's upgrade gave the players a more relaxing environment and, introduced its players to a training-camp style unlike few in the NFL had seen before.

Due to mutual agreements with foreign clubs, the youth academy has also signed foreign players as teenagers before making first team debuts, such as Belgian defensive trio Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Thomas Vermaelen ( now with Arsenal ) and winger Tom de Mul ( now with Sevilla ), all of whom are full internationals as well as Dutch youth international Javier Martina and Vurnon Anita of the Netherlands Antilles.

The selections have caused some controversy, mainly because of the predominance of VFL players at the expense of those who played in other leagues in the years before there was a national competition.

Against weaker players whose intended strokes are obvious, an experienced player may move before the shuttlecock has been hit, anticipating the stroke to gain an advantage.

Fully insuring a blackjack against blackjack is thus referred to as " taking even money ", and paid out immediately, before the dealer's hand is resolved ; the players need not produce to place more chips for the insurance wager.

As the boards arrive for play at each subsequent table, the four players take their cards from the board and should count them to ensure that there are 13 cards in their hand before looking at the cards, so that any irregularity can be corrected before the auction and play commence.

In the first end of the game the A players lead off with 2 bowls each, then the B players play 4 bowls each, before the A players complete the end with their final 2 bowls.

Three months before the start of the 1963 season, the Orioles stabilized its infield by acquiring Luis Aparicio in a transaction that involved sending a trio of homegrown players ( Hansen, Nicholson and Ward ) to the White Sox.

By quickly setting up for the next play ( often within 5 – 10 seconds after the last play despite being afforded 45 seconds ) this hindered the other team's defense from substituting situational players, regrouping for tactics, and, some suggest, increased the defense's rate of fatigue ( This is attributed to the belief that the offense dictates when a play starts so they tend to be more mentally relaxed and prepared for the start of a play where the defense must remain on a higher level of alert before the play starts ).

Just weeks before the season opener, most of the better Spiders players were transferred to St. Louis, including three future Hall of Famers: Cy Young, Jesse Burkett and Bobby Wallace.

Just weeks before the season opener, most of the better Spiders players were transferred to St. Louis, including fellow pitcher Pete McBride and three future Hall of Famers: Young, Jesse Burkett, and Bobby Wallace.

Killed players become " spectators " for the duration of the round ; they cannot change their names before their next spawn, text chat cannot be sent to or received from live players ; and voice chat can only be received from live players and not sent to them ( unless the cvar < tt > sv_alltalk </ tt > is set to 1 ).

During the 2004 offseason, the Wings focused on keeping players they already had instead of being active on the free agent market, resigning several players before the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout canceled the season.

With older viols, before screw threads were used to tighten the bow, players held the bow with two fingers between the stick and the hair to maintain tension of the hair.

Hank Williams III's bass players ( Joe Buck and Zach Shedd, most notably ) have used upright basses for recording as well as during the country and Hellbilly sets of Hank III's live performances before switching to electric bass for the Assjack set.

From 1580 until two years before his death, Oxford was the patron of a company of players.