Resolving disputes based on dice results annoys me. Me and a player in a tournament came to a disagreement, the disagreement is unimportant because that is not what annoys me, what annoys me is the fact that what resolved our disagreement was the judge basing his decisions solely on the result of a dice roll.

The story is that the judge was called over by the other player and we both made our case about the disagreement. The judge heard us out and then asked if it was okay if he roll the dice to make a decision since the dice is impartial. At this point I said "no its not okay for you to roll the dice, the whole reason you where called over is because you are supposed to be a impartial person to judge and then make a decision one way or the other." I also added that I would be fine with whatever decision he made but not one made with a dice result. At this point the judge asked the other player whether he wanted hits or misses on the dice result, rolled the dice and based his decision on that.

This to me seems unfair and waste of of everyones time. It would have been better, but still in no way satisfactory, for the judge to just have come to the table, told everyone to shutup, rolled the dice, then say "I decided he is correct," and then just pointed at someone.

Im not sure how everyone else fells about dice roll dispute resolution or if this is common in tournaments? I would like to hear from tournament judges and hear their thoughts on basing their decisions on dice results? I would like to caveat that I understand that it is difficult to judge a tourney and that some judgments can be clear and easily made while other judgments might not be. I'm more interested in what would be a better way to make a judgement where no clear side is wrong or right without rolling the dice.

Edit: i posted this to wrong forum

If the dispute was a rules infraction the TO should have taken the time to check on it. If it was something like a asteroid got nudged during the execution of a maneuver or did two ships bump during a maneuver there isn't much a judge can do unless they are standing right there watching. So in the second scenario a dice off is in my opinion the best way to resolve that. In your case without knowing some of the details is a bit hard to say one way or another what should have been done. For the TO to ask if its ok to roll a dice and you clearly say NO and for him to continue was wrong.