This person did not indicate that they wanted to register *when they sent the message*, so e did not register then. However, as there is no accommodation for delaying registration, e did not register at all. Thus, e will need to submit a registration when they actually want to register.
On Jan 8, 24 Heisei, at 11:59 PM, Pavitra <celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/08/2012 11:51 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 00:49, Pavitra <celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 01/08/2012 11:30 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 00:28, Craig Daniel <teu...@pobox.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I intend to become a player in four weeks' time. >>>>> >>>>> - teucer >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Too bad. Welcome to Agora. >>> >>> Nope. >>> >>> A first-class person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or >>> prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that >>> indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e >>> intends to become a player at that time. >>> ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ >>> >>> >> At the time the message was sent, e indicated reasonably clearly and >> reasonably unambiguously that e intended to become a player. > > That is a plainly ridiculous reading of the rules. Whatever happens as a > direct consequence of sending a message necessarily happens at the time > the message is sent, so your reading would cause the phrase "at that > time" to have no effect whatsoever.
