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

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 ).

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.

As the player shoots asteroids, they break into smaller asteroids that frequently move faster and are more difficult to hit.

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.

The second player ( B ) plays the mirror image of the first player's move, hoping to divide the board into two pieces and tie the game.

The first player ( A ) makes a sacrifice at move 7 ; B accepts the sacrifice, getting one box.

For example, if the player rolls a 6 and a 3 ( notated as " 6-3 "), that player must move one checker six points forward, and another or the same checker three points forward.

For example, upon rolling a 5-5 that player may move up to four separate checkers forward five spaces each.

For any roll, if a player can move both dice, that player is compelled to do so.

A player may not move any other checkers until all checkers on the bar belonging to that player have re-entered the game.

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.

For example, if a player has exactly 1 checker remaining on the 6-point, and rolls a 6 and a 1, the player may move the 6-point checker 1 place to the 5-point with the lower die roll of 1, and then bear that checker off the 5-point using the die roll of 6 ; this is sometimes useful tactically.

The roll of 1-2 is given special consideration, allowing the player, after moving the 1 and the 2, to select any desired doubles move.

A player may not make any move that would put or leave his king under attack.

If the player to move has no legal moves, the game is over ; it is either a checkmate — if the king is under attack — or a stalemate — if the king is not.

It is illegal for a player to make a move that would put or leave his own king in check.

A player may not combine hopping with a single-step move – a move consists of one or the other.

* Croquet: As in six-wicket croquet, the player may place his ball next to the ball he hit, and strike his ball in such a way that both balls move.

Unlike the American game, Canadian rules allow a drop kick to be attempted at any time by any player, but the move is very rare.

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.

Duke's jetpack allows the player to move vertically.

The player can tell the dealer that they want their odds working, such that if the shooter rolls a number that matches the come point, the odds bet will win along with the come bet, and if a seven is rolled, both lose.

In the wake of John Byrne's reboot of Superman continuity in The Man of Steel, many traditional aspects of Clark Kent were dropped in favor of giving him a more aggressive and extroverted personality ( although not as strong as Lois ), including such aspects as making Clark a top football player in high school, along with being a successful author and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

All players must start in their defensive half ( apart from the player making the pass ), but the ball may be played in any direction along the floor.

Raven did however add a number of touches to Heretic that differentiated it from Doom, notably interactive environments, such as rushing water that pushes the player along, and items.

Karaoke Revolution, created for the PlayStation 2 by Harmonix and released by Konami in North America in 2003, is a console game in which a single player sings along with on-screen guidance and receives a score based on pitch, timing, and rhythm.

The nonet was active until the end of 1949, along the way undergoing several changes in personnel: Roach and Davis were constantly featured, along with Mulligan, tuba player Bill Barber, and alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, who had been preferred to Sonny Stitt ( whose playing was considered too bop-oriented ).

In the flying sections, the player controls Nights ' flight along a particular predetermined linear route through each Mare.

Whatever the results, they are mailed back to the player to be studied and used as the basis for the next turn ( often along with a new blank turn card ).

* Spotify uses a peer-to-peer network along with streaming servers to stream music to its desktop music player.

In single player, players explore and navigate to the exit of each level, facing many challenging monsters and a few secret areas along the way.

He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups and holds the record for most goals scored in World Cup tournaments for Italy, along with Paolo Rossi and Christian Vieri.

Holes along the pipe allow the player to control the length of the column of air, and hence the pitch.

They are also one of two teams, along with the Miami Marlins, in Major League Baseball history to never have a player hit for the cycle.

One reason that the slot machine is so profitable to a casino is that the player must play the high house edge and high payout wagers along with the low house edge and low payout wagers.

At the time of his retirement, Gretzky was the second-to-last WHA player still active in professional hockey, Mark Messier, who himself attended the game along with other representatives of the Edmonton dynasty, being the last.

If a player is able to form a straight row of three pieces along one of the board's lines ( i. e. not diagonally ), he has a " mill " and may remove one of his opponent's pieces from the board ; removed pieces may not be placed again.

To move, a player slides one of his pieces along a board line to an empty adjacent spot.

A competitive and skilled midfielder, Ardiles became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, as a player for Tottenham Hotspur.

In describing Turkish music, Mc Boe-B from Islamic Force tells the narrative, “ boy comes home and listens to hip hop, then his father comes along and says ‘ come on boy, we ’ re going shopping .’ They get in the car and the boy listens to Turkish music on the cassette player.

With guitarist Miko Weaver and long-time keyboardist Doctor Fink gone, Prince added bass player Sonny T., Tommy Barbarella on keyboards, and a brass section known as the Hornheads to go along with Levi Seacer ( taking over on guitar ), Rosie Gaines, Michael Bland, and the Game Boyz.

The contestant who was about to spin the board played the Home Player Spin and read the name of the home player who would play along ; names and addresses were on postcards situated in front of the contestants.

Mantle twice hit balls off the third-deck facade at Yankee Stadium, nearly becoming the only player ( along with Negro Leagues star Josh Gibson, though Gibson's home run has never been conclusively verified ) to hit a fair ball out of the stadium during a game.

Initially only a single Zenith player was available, along with 19 titles.