On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Kerim Aydin wrote: > CFJ: Blob has forfeited. > > The rule in question (345) states: > If a player proposes a rule change which is not adopted at the end > of its voting period, that player must immediately forfeit the > game. > > Note that the wording is a requirement placed on the player to act, not > an automatic event. (Compare to the rejected proposal that stated a > player would be "deemed to have forfeited"). > > R113 strongly implies that forfeiture is a choice (a conscious act at > the control of the player in question). Therefore, the R345 states > that Blob is now under the compulsion to deregister (i.e. e is violating > this rule as long as he hasn't deregistered), but has not yet done so.
Addendum, if you replace "forfeit the game" in R345 with (say) "produce a report", it's pretty clear that it's a mandate for a person to perform an act, not a statement that the act automatically happens.
