On 2013-07-25, Benjamin Schultz wrote:
> Aside: As best I can tell, "by announcement" is presently defined in
> R1728/32. I don't see that rule saying the announcement must be ttPF, but
> I believe this requirement is derived from 18 years of game practice.
This requirement is derived from Rule 478:
A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent
to all players and containing a clear designation of intent to
be public. A rule can also designate that a part of one public
message is considered a public message in its own right. A
person "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public
message.
Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by
announcement", a person performs that action by unambiguously
and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs
it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at
the time date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages
(including sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear
in the message, unless otherwise specified.
--
Michael Slone
