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*202a. Points are awarded by the last digit of the timestamp of a post. | *202a. Points are awarded by the last digit of the timestamp of a post. If that digit is a 0, 10 points shall be awarded. | ||
* 203. A rule-change is adopted if and only if the vote recieves no negative votes and gets the minimum number of needed positive votes, tallied after 12 hours. If this rule is not amended after another 12 hours, it automatically changes to require only a simple majority. (Meaning, if your vote isn't accepted unanimously, you can either amend it, or (if the majority of votes were positive) you may wait 12 hours and it will be passed.) | *203. A rule-change is adopted if and only if the vote recieves no negative votes and gets the minimum number of needed positive votes, tallied after 12 hours. If this rule is not amended after another 12 hours, it automatically changes to require only a simple majority. (Meaning, if your vote isn't accepted unanimously, you can either amend it, or (if the majority of votes were positive) you may wait 12 hours and it will be passed.) | ||
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:New Judges are not bound by the decisions of old Judges. New Judges may, however, settle only those questions on which the players currently disagree and that affect the completion of the turn in which Judgment was invoked. All decisions by Judges shall be in accordance with all the rules then in effect; but when the rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the point at issue, then the Judge shall consider game-custom and the spirit of the game before applying other standards. | :New Judges are not bound by the decisions of old Judges. New Judges may, however, settle only those questions on which the players currently disagree and that affect the completion of the turn in which Judgment was invoked. All decisions by Judges shall be in accordance with all the rules then in effect; but when the rules are silent, inconsistent, or unclear on the point at issue, then the Judge shall consider game-custom and the spirit of the game before applying other standards. | ||
*213. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player unable to complete a turn is the winner. | *213. If the rules are changed so that further play is impossible, or if the legality of a move cannot be determined with finality, or if by the Judge's best reasoning, not overruled, a move appears equally legal and illegal, then the first player unable to complete a turn is the winner. | ||
This rule takes precedence over every other rule determining the winner. | :This rule takes precedence over every other rule determining the winner. | ||
*214. The minimum number of votes for any rule change is 3. | *214. The minimum number of votes for any rule change is 3. | ||