Editing Round 9/History (section)

=== Spending a Quack and Posting ===

On 4 March 2021 after Wotton had attempted to move some of his ducks, Trungle questioned whether the action had worked since Wotton hadn't stated that he was expending a quack to do so<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/816826026818142208</ref>. This seemed to contradict the Ponds rule, which stated that "Players may move ducks from one pond to another by spending one quack from that duck and posting in #game-actions<ref>https://infinitenomic.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Round_9/Ruleset&oldid=750#Ponds</ref>," which seemed to imply that stating the performance of both actions was required. After a bit of conversation nestled between drafting notes for the Fruits proposal, a Ruling was called, which ruled that Trungle's suspicions were indeed valid<ref>[[Round 9/Rulings#Ruling 6]]</ref>.

At first glance this could hold catastrophic consequences for the gamestate: Wotton and others had moved a lot of ducks in the preceding weeks. However, the problematic phrase in the rules only referred to moving a duck that was already in a pond, and it turned out that this had only been attempted three times, all that day<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/795369457340907561/816825640229142578</ref><ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/795369457340907561/816827023007416360</ref>. Thus, this breakage passed with just a little confusion. The second breakage that day, however, would be less clearly cut.