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How do you nactate..?
Posted By: Nack Ballard In Response To: How do you nactate..? (rew)
Date: Wednesday, 23 December 2009, at 11:08 p.m.
rew: He, 21$. You roll 22 and hit and make a point. (20x,4(2)). How do you nactate this?
Nack: In other words, "How do you nactate 21$-22 played 20* 4(2)?"
You received great answers. David's explanation of "e" (my first choice of character here as well) was especially fine.
Stick uses P, reasonable assuming the reader will know to hit (see Section 6 of the tutorial for other assumption examples), and similarly "4" works as Matt pointed out. I think it is better to assume the hit half of the play with P or 4 than the 4pt half with H or S, but any of these four characters should get the job done (or arguably the roll can even stand alone without a character).
rew: How would you nactate 20(2) in this same diagram?
Nack: For 21$-22 played that way, Matt's and my first choice is @ (for anchor). For his third choice he said 20 but that was either a typo or he didn't realize you can omit the 2 and just use the last digit of the point number -- "0" (zero). Technically 0 is okay here, though there is a danger the reader will assume making the 4pt is an obvious part of the play and think you mean hit loose on the 20pt.
V also works, while U is actually a subtly mistaken choice -- I take responsibility for changing the rules last year and not updating Matt. If a doublets move is played within only one quadrant, the hierarchy letter (e.g., capital letter rather than lower case) is not assigned to the making of an extra point (as it is in the two-or-more-quadrant cases David aptly described -- E/e, N/n, O/o, etc.) For single-quadrant moves, the closest to 6pt convention is generally applied.
For purposes of Splits and Up moves, the 18pt (opp's 7pt) is considered part of the back quadrant (to accommodate 6s from the 24pt). Up moves are confined to this (modified) back quadrant, and the Up move hierarchy is U, V, u, v. The play that moves the lead checker closest to one's own 6pt (or here think of it as furthest towards home) is considered the uppiest play and is therefore assigned U, while the second uppiest play is assigned V. (If more up plays exist, the third uppiest is u, and the fourth uppiest is v).
Hence, in the case of 21$-22, U is 24/20*/18, and V is 24/20*(2). It is beyond the scope of this post to explain why I set up the allocation that way, but it suffices to say that it is for the greater good.
Good questions. Hope that answers (and then some) :)
Nack
P.S. You hit the nail on the head, Leonardo, correct on all counts: for 21$-22, B = 24/22(2) 13/11(2), E = 24/22(2) 6/4(2), O = 13/11(2) 8/6(2), and N = 13/11(2) 6/4(2). (There is no need to repeat the 22 before the letter once the position with dice roll has been established.)
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