The whole point of features like Powerplay is that they impose structure onto a structureless game if we opt into those features. Misusing other features to get around those imposed situations makes that gameplay largely redundant and pointless. Its not 'crying' pointing out how incompatible and illogical these concepts are when mixed.
There is a tiered effect to the rules. Some tiers have an impact on a narrow set of features, i.e. PP rules, and others have a wider impact, i.e. Block. This is something we all have to make our way through. Being that anyone can dismiss the combat rules within PP by opting out in Solo or PG, why should anyone expect that dismissing them via the Block should be seen any differently?
That you read the rules in one fashion does not force any other players into that interpretation. You can only expect to play along side those players that see things as you do. Any player that doesn't want to play with you has a number of ways to do that, most definitely including Block.
When you log into open, you are consenting to being blocked.
P.S. Being pledged doesn't/shouldn't exempt a player from the Block. That would just facilitate the use of PP for trolling.
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