On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 09:45:37PM +0000, Trigon via agora-discussion wrote: > On 5/2/21 4:09 PM, Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote: > > > DISTRIBUTION: The auctioneer for an auction CAN and SHALL, within > > > seven days of the ending of that auction's retrieval period, > > > create a public message (henceforth the "distribution message") > > > that contains a full history of bids on the auction and > > > withdrawals from the auction. It must also clearly indicate each > > > awardee and the lot e recieves. In this message, the auctioneer > > > CAN and SHALL destroy the amount to be paid from the inventory > > > each awardee and transfer to that player (or create in eir > > > possession if the item is new) the set of assets associated with > > > the lot e won. Failing to publish a distribution message > > > constitutes the Class 3 Crime of Auction Abandonment. > > > > Can an auction regulation give the auctioneer the power to destroy > > assets, as this text purports to do? > > > > As far as I can tell the only power this regulation has is that it adds > > some definitions. R2565 grants the auctioneer the power to "transfer > > said items as necessary..." but I think that's referring to the goods > > being auctioned off. > > > > It is quite possible that this does not work; however, if it does the best > rebuttal is found in R2545ΒΆ4: > > > The Treasuror is the promulgator for regulations that define > > specific auction methods (i.e. "the default auction method") and > > SHOULD do in order to aid trade and commerce. *For the purposes of > > interpreting auction definitions, such methods are treated as if > > they are defined in this rule.* > > As the section on distribution authorizes the auctioneer to destroy the > assets and it is considered part of Rule 2545. > > -- > Trigon
That's only for the purposes of interpreting the auction definitions, though. To me, that just means: if you aren't sure what the auction regulations mean, imagine the text placed in R2545, and that will give you tho correct interpretation. But this isn't a question of what the auction regulations mean --- that's clear enough in this case. So I'm not sure the "For the purposes of interpreting..." clause is relevant. -- Falsifian
