We've had a couple of complaints regarding the use of TUS schemes and variants thereof. Browsing through the rules, there's no real mention about which scheme to use, so we need to change that
In principle, you
must use the TUS schemes (i.e. the schemes on
this page with a
behind it).
However, you're allowed to pick a different scheme under the following conditions.
- The nature of the game is not changed by the scheme itself. For example, 5 second turns in hysteria changes the dynamic and is therefore not allowed.
- The host gives a warning before the game starts that the scheme is different.
- If you forget to mention that the scheme is different and your opponent asks for a rematch immediately after he finds out, the game is then void and must be replayed with the correct scheme, regardless of whether he quits or not.
If people can't agree on a variant of the scheme, then the official TUS scheme must be used.
We've had a little discussion amongst the mods about which schemes to allow, especially shopper has various schemes. We're going to discuss that a bit more and we'll probably have a couple of allowed official schemes then
But we'll post more when we know more.
Of course, these rules can't be used retroactively to handle past complaints.