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Re: <G24> Empty Cell Ruling from DC

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Originally Posted by XXShadowXX View Post
After speaking to our head referee in Traverse City, he said that it was most likely a miss rule, but he would rule it as one foul per empty cell.
I was watching a regional with a flaky connection (hospital) and I remember the commentator said something about a "double penalty" regarding scoring a super cell without swapping it for an empty. If that can be a double, i'm guessing knowingly breaking the rules would be penalized the same way.


Without thinking about "the rules," I wouldn't allow my team to continue to do this based on what is "fair" and not a good example of GP.
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