On 05/29/2017 07:04 AM, CuddleBeam wrote:
> No one seems to understand what unregulated means. All it means is
> that the rules can't say that an action is impossible or prohibited.
> It doesn't magically make it possible, or convince the rules to care
> about it. All the unregulated/regulated distinction is intended to
do > is to prevent the rules from being interpreted so as to stop a
player > doing something ordinary, for instance walking down the
street. It > doesn't mean that you can suddenly do game actions that
you couldn't > before. See also CFJ 2151.
So... Nobody can actually withdraw anything? Because its unregulated,
and there is no mechanical way to actually do the action of 'withdraw'?
Note the definition of regulated, from R2125:
"An action is regulated if: (1) the Rules limit, allow, enable, or
permit its performance; (2) describe the circumstances under which the
action would succeed or fail; or (3) the action would, as part of its
effect, modify information for which some player is required to be a
recordkeepor."
The rules allow withdrawing ballots and proposals explicitly, and
explicitly mention what happens, so under those conditions it's clearly
regulated.
For this, there's no explicit definition. However, the rules still imply
it's a thing players can do, and mention a situation where, if it was
performed, it would have an effect. Combining that with the fact that
this form of 'withdrawing' is semantically similar to the other two
explicitly defined, and I think most people would accept that
withdrawing consent is regulated. And if people do disagree here, it's a
reasonable thing to CFJ.
