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Originally Posted by Eulipian
If this were correct, there would be no need to amend the rules. The rules have been amended to reflect clarifications explained in the Q&A. The Q&A are not rules.
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No, but they are a good indication of what the rules were meant to be, and will likely be amended to be.
Remember, the GDC tells us flat-out that the rules should be read with the spirit of the game in mind, and not lawyered to squeeze every possible potential advantage. They tell us this, right in the manual.
So cut 'em a break.
I've done some freelance game design in the past, and I've never had a such a large group of incredibly smart and motivated people set out to break the games I've designed... And yet I've still had to go back and clarify, and re-clarify, and re-write, so that the game in my head matches the game on paper.
Overall, given the complexity of the framework they design every year, I am incredibly impressed by the GDC's ability to put out what is a quality (if not perfect) product year after year.