T be fair, the Plainville community is VERY concerned with playing the game correctly, following all of the rules in each and every game.
Ben and the community at large have been great about making sure people learn and play correctly.
We've just got a lot of new rules and people are trying to figure out what is correct. This is especially important to hash out before any tournament is run.
Sam is the rules guy and everything with respect to our events will go through him.
People are absolutely free to play in whichever way they would like, but again, the Plainville crowd is pretty concerned with getting everything "right." Whatever "right" may be.