[CI] Protest and my TemperTantrum

[Mark Brader]

> So how about a rule that if a
> protest is accepted, people who answered the question right (as per
> accepted protest) should get the appropriate number of points for it?

In fact we already have the opposite as an explicit rule (rule C9,
point 3):  "Protests made at one game do not affect the scoring of
other games".

I and my team have been bitten by this situation more than once over
the years, but it really is a more practical rule.  Protests need
to be recorded while it's fresh in everyone's mind exactly what
was said.  It may take days after a protest, sometimes even longer,
before a ruling is issued and players hear about it.  If people
then make delayed protests on the basis of the ruling, they may not
remember exactly what happened, and if the delayed protest involves a
judgment call such as "close enough?", that can take even more time.

A further issue is that when the league statistician issues the stats
with "all protests resolved", it means people will know that they're
correct.  Allowing a delayed protest could alter the result of a game,
maybe even affect who gets in the Final.

So I say keep the present rule.
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