The player controls a triangular-shaped ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward.

Some details were changed slightly to allow more player choice-for example, players can be full Trump Artists without having walked the Pattern or the Logrus, which Merlin says is impossible ; and players ' psychic abilities are far greater than those shown in the books.

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.

* In the computer game Afterlife, the player controlling Heaven and Hell can eventually purchase Love Domes or Omnibulges.

An eagle will fly in the game near an area where the player has climbed to a high enough structure and there are nearby set pieces into which the player can jump, breaking the character's fall.

Games can be based on pure strategy, chance ( e. g. rolling dice ) or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve.

These can decide everything from how many steps a player moves their token, as in Monopoly, to how their forces fare in battle, such as in Risk, or which resources a player gains, such as in The Settlers of Catan.

Used to determine the amount of field that the player can cover

To achieve a hit, the batter must reach first base before any fielder can either tag him with the ball, throw to another player protecting the base before the batter reaches it, or tag first base while carrying the ball.

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

Noted statistician Bill James has argued that unless a player can steal a high percentage of the time, then the stolen base is not useful, and can even be detrimental to a team.

A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means.

A Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award is given to the outstanding player in each series, though voters can consider performances made during the divisional series.

An alternative view suggests that the optimum tension for power depends on the player: the faster and more accurately a player can swing their racquet, the higher the tension for maximum power.

The player and dealer can count their own Ace as 1 point or 11 points.

* Split ( only available as first decision of a hand ): If the first two cards have the same value, the player can split them into two hands, by moving a second bet equal to the first into an area outside the betting box of the original bet.

At the end of the hand each player returns his hand, intact, to the correct slot in the bridge board in which it is transported to other tables so that everyone can play the same deals.

Alternatively, if the boards are pre-dealt, " curtain cards " may be supplied which have each hand printed on them, so that each player can check at the beginning of the deal that he has the right cards.

* Brad Lesley ( born 1958 ), American baseball player and television personality also nicknamed " The Animal "

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.

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

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 player can send the jack anywhere on the green in this game and the green itself is more akin to a golf green, with lots of undulation.

In the case of a two player game such as chess, players would simply send their moves to each other alternately.

For example, if the player attempted to move forward, his client would send the request to move forward to the server, and the server would determine whether the client was actually able to move forward or if he ran into an obstacle, such as a wall or another player.

Each player takes it in turns to send their ball at least half way round the curved board until it drops down into one of the 9 indents of the 3 x 3 grid.

Also, they could use remote attestation to only send their music to a music player that enforces their rules: sealed storage would prevent the user from opening the file with another player that did not enforce the restrictions.

Thus, other equipment, such as a VCR, DVD player, or video game console, which wishes to send a signal to such an old TV must replicate this process, in effect " faking " an over-the-air signal.

To KO an opponent, the player must send that character flying off the edge of the stage, which is not an enclosed arena but rather an area with open boundaries, usually a set of suspended platforms.

The Red Wings were prepared to send Yzerman back to Peterborough for one more year, but " after one ( training camp ) season, you knew he was a tremendous hockey player ," said Ken Holland, the current Red Wings general manager who was a minor league goaltender for the Wings during Yzerman's rookie training camp.

Under the system, any orchestral player contracted for a concert was at liberty, if a better engagement became available, to send a deputy to a rehearsal or even to the concert.

; Networking: It is possible to send whole command objects across the network to be executed on the other machines, for example player actions in computer games.

The combat component of the first Star Control game is very similar in that each player has a group of spaceships with different abilities which they send into one-on-one combat.

Maps may also start with neutral towns, which do not send out heroes but may still be captured by any player.

Belgium was the only other nation to send a croquet player, though he did not finish the first round of his competition.

Illegal substitution results in the oncoming player being yellow carded or if it is unclear the captain will nominate a player ( two minute send off, team plays with one less player ).

Otherwise, a single jolt that's too strong may send marbles that are already in the hole out, requiring the player to reposition them.

The player can send their Mino Tetrinaut to six different worlds, where he / she plays the Tetris variant of that world.

* Captain: commands troops, usually heavier armor than other units, weapon choice is all up to the player ; some games such as Battlefield 2 give the commander the ability to send supplies and vehicles to locations on the map

One player takes on duties as host, and the other players send their instructions ( turn files ) by email to the host.

The RCA Mark II featured a fully automated binary sequencer using a paper tape reader analogous to a player piano, that would send instructions to the synthesizer, automating playback of the machine.

When an enemy is hidden behind a wall divider, the player can throw a grenade next to it to send the cover flying through the air, rendering the enemy unprotected.