A letter appears in the line below to which the player must add the existing letters to find a solution.

A popular, but probably apocryphal, story is that once when an opponent laid a cigar on the table, he complained to the tournament arbiters, " He is threatening to smoke, and as an old player you must know that the threat is stronger than the execution.

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.

The main use of the plate appearance statistic is in determining a player's eligibility for leadership in some offensive statistical categories, notably batting average ; currently, a player must have 3. 1 PAs per game scheduled to qualify for the batting title ( for the 162-game schedule, that means 502 PAs ).

Matches are best out of three: a player or pair must win two games ( of 21 points each ) to win the match.

First, the player must turn their back to their opponents, restricting their view of them and the court.

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.

If a player rolls two of the same number, called doubles, that player must play each die twice.

For example if a player rolls a 6 and a 5, but has no checkers on the 6-point, though 2 checkers remain on the 5-point, then the 6 and the 5 must be used to bear off the 2 checkers from the 5-point.

Whether the game is worth one point or two, the trailing player must win to continue the match.

If there are any enemy discs on the board, a player must make contact, directly or indirectly, with an enemy disc during the shot.

When there are no enemy discs on the board, many ( but not all ) rules also state that a player must shoot for the centre of the board, and a shot disc must finish either completely inside the 15-point guarded ring line, or ( depending on the specifics of the rules ) be inside or touching this line.

There are no markings on the tiles to distinguish these suits ; a player must simply remember which tiles belong to which group.

While acting as the shooter, a player must have a bet on the " Pass " line or the " Don't Pass " line.

* If a player's injury causes the play-clock to stop, the player must sit out at least one play ; and

If a word is challenged, the player who played the word must then name an acceptable word that anagrams to the tiles played.

Should this player score or be sent off, a drink must be taken.

Within the circle, after putting, a player must not advance beyond the marked lie toward the pin until establishing balance and control, normally by picking up the marker disc.

Among the obstacles are demonic monsters, pits of toxic or radioactive slime, ceilings that lower and crush the player, and locked doors for which a keycard, skull-shaped key device, or remote switch must be located.

When choosing a bass with a fifth string, the player must decide between adding a higher or lower-tuned string.

When the scrolling arrows overlap the stationary ones, the player must step on the corresponding arrows on the dance platform, and the player is given a judgment for their accuracy of every streaked notes ( From highest to lowest: Marvelous, Perfect, Great, Good, Almost, Miss.

He'll still be a top player, they concede, because he's got a great glove and the long ball going for him.

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.

In this situation, there are a number of strategic reasons why an individual player might select one hotel chain over another to be the one that remains on the board.

It is eligible to be founded again if another player founds a chain again in a later turn.

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.

Counter-Strike is a notable exception, in that the player models are seen externally to fire akimbo Berettas from the hip, but appear to be firing from shoulder level from the first-person perspective.

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.

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.

" Number of times batted, except that no time at bat shall be charged when a player: ( 1 ) hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly ; ( 2 ) is awarded first base on four called balls ; ( 3 ) is hit by a pitched ball ; or ( 4 ) is awarded first base because of interference or obstruction ..."

Note that just because a player is described as being " at bat " in this sense, he will not necessarily be given an at bat in his statistics ; the phrase actually signifies a plate appearance ( assuming it is eventually completed ).

Brady Anderson was the first, and currently only, player to be hit by the pitch two times in the same inning in an American League game.

This happens when a player has almost no walks or times hit by pitch, with a higher number of sacrifice flies ( e. g. if a player has 2 hits in 6 at bats plus a sacrifice fly, his batting average would be. 333, but his on-base percentage would be. 286 ).

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.

Finally, for 1950 only, runners would be credited with a stolen base if they were " well advanced " toward the base they were attempting to steal ", and the pitcher is charged with a balk, with the further exception of a player attempting to steal, who would otherwise have been forced to advance on the balk by a runner behind them.

Runners would specifically not be charged with being caught, if the player was put out after a wild pitch or passed ball.

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 )

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 consequence of this system is that, each time a side regains the service, the server will be the player who did not serve last time.

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.

The F8 processor at the heart of the console is able to produce enough AI to allow for player versus computer matches, a first in console history.

Despite its many ( serious ) limitations, including extremely low volume, it has considerable expressive power, the player being able to control attack, duration, volume, and even provide certain subtle effects of swelling of tone and a type of vibrato unique to the clavichord.

If no player is able to legally catch the ball it is an incomplete pass and the ball becomes dead the moment it touches the ground.

A tackle must make contact below the shoulders and above the knees, and a player is able to be thrown to the ground, so long as the tackle is not reckless.

* broken tackle – when a player is able to break free of a tackle

When there are multiple choirs of strings, the player is often able to control which choirs sound.

A player must first throw a six to be able to move a piece from the starting area onto the starting square.

* There are 4 safety squares on the board, like castle squares in Pachisi, as well as the safe home squares, where a piece may able to move forwards or backwards and start their turn before previous player finishes.

This game has a Sprague-Grundy value of zero, i. e., it is biased in favor of the second player as s / he can get to 4 first and then control the game from there, as no matter what, the first player will never be able to say a multiple of 4 as s / he is only allowed increments of either 1, 2 or 3.

Sometimes replacement cards are " bought " by requiring a player to add a fixed amount to the pot to be able to get a replacement.

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 card's value and suit is face up, and should be able to be viewed by the player.

It would be convenient to be able to show these SMIL files natively in web browser, eliminating the requirement of a separate SMIL player or plug-in.

Since the player is essentially playing a computer / video game, the manufacturers are able to offer more interactive elements, such as advanced bonus games and advanced video graphics.

It is important that the machine contains a high-quality RNG implementation, because all PRNGs must eventually repeat their number sequence ( see Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 Chapter 3, Random numbers ), and if the period is short, or the PRNG is otherwise flawed, an advanced player may be able to ' predict ' the next result.

Most often, the situation involves a team using a right side player with a big block who must be subbed out in the back row because they aren't able to effectively play back court defense.

This is mostly because VCD technology is able to start playback at a chapter point but there is nothing to signal the player that the chapter has changed during a program.

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.

The player is also able to utilize a digital rights management service in the form of Windows Media DRM.

# both the rank and file ( if neither alone is sufficient to identify the piece — which occurs only in rare cases where one or more pawns have promoted, resulting in a player having three or more identical pieces able to reach the same square ).

With bowing, the player is able to excite the bars directly to the pure ringing tone and eliminate many of the transient dissonant sounds that are present immediately after a mallet strikes.

Any team that falls below nine players able to play due to injury or any other factor outside of the control of the team will, upon request, be granted a roster hardship exception allowing the team to sign an additional player or players so that the team will have nine players able to play in an upcoming game or games.