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They simply cause confusion and the rules are not a democracy. Even "Ignoring the rules how do you play it" questions have no business being polls.

Polls serve a very useful purpose in determining how people read and/or play a given rule. They're obviously not going to be iron-clad proof of anything, given the general unreliability of internet polls... but they can help to give a general idea.

Having a set idea of what you think the rules actually say is ultimately not particularly useful if almost everyone other than you reads the rule or plays the rule differently.


For people who actually play the game, the rules absolutely are a 'democracy', because playing the game requires both players to agree on a resolution when there are differences of opinion on how it should work... and that's not always going to come down solely to the strict letter of the rule.

Evidently we're getting it once every six months or so, because, you know, reasons.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/762362.page

 Azreal13 wrote:
Evidently we're getting it once every six months or so, because, you know, reasons.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/762362.page

The answer given in the previous thread is just as valid now as it was then and we don't need to go over it again.