[quote author=Ladna link=topic=606.msg6178#msg6178 date=1328843289]<br />Though I currently have no legislative power, the fact remains that I&#039;ve written nearly all of IDL&#039;s rules and as such am an authority on what their intent was.&nbsp; Therefore allow me to clarify some demo/penalty issues that have come up this season.<br /><br />[b]What the fuck is a power play?[/b]<br /><br />Your team plays down a man until the power play elapses (usually 3 minutes) or the other team scores.&nbsp; If you have two power plays you play down 2 men.&nbsp; If you have three you&#039;re fucked.<br /><br />[b]So this means that after 3 minutes or my opponents score, that my other player can join?[/b]<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />[b]Can&#039;t I just not use that player?[/b]<br /><br />No.&nbsp; &quot;Captains cannot substitute non-offending players to compensate for the power play; teams must play down a player for every penalty.&quot;<br /><br />[b]What if someone on my team doesn&#039;t upload a demo, but they aren&#039;t going to play in next week&#039;s game.[/b]<br /><br />It doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; &quot;Captains cannot substitute non-offending players to compensate for the power play; teams must play down a player for every penalty.&quot;<br /><br />[b]But what about this &quot;Players, not teams are penalized with a power play. The penalty cannot be transferred to a different player, and if traded the player will serve the penalty on whichever team they ultimately play their game.&quot; ???[/b]<br /><br />That&#039;s so teams aren&#039;t penalized for players they no longer have.<br /><br />[b]So that means if I trade away a player who didn&#039;t upload their demo, then I don&#039;t have to serve their penalty?[/b]<br /><br />Correct.<br /><br />[b]But what about the team I trade that player to?[/b]<br /><br />That team now has to serve the penalty.<br /><br />[b]Isn&#039;t that shitty?[/b]<br /><br />It&#039;s shitty that a team could serve a penalty for an ex-player, and it&#039;s shitty that a team could serve a penalty for a player who wasn&#039;t on their team when they incurred the penalty.&nbsp; Pick yr poison.<br /><br />[b]What if I have a player who gets a demo penalty, and I trade them to free agency?&nbsp; Does whichever team that picks him up have to serve the penalty?[/b]<br /><br />This isn&#039;t a situation we considered when making the rule, so I don&#039;t know.<br /><br />[hr]<br /><br />FYI this took me all of 10 minutes to type out.&nbsp; I don&#039;t understand why Ralphis and I aren&#039;t the first people asked if there&#039;s any confusion about the rules.<br />[/quote]