I don't think it's fair to red thumb people who are playing the way BGA implemented the game. I've played 240+ games of Puerto Rico on here and never knew about the captain and mayor selection order rules, and I'm sure there are other people who are in the same predicament as I am. I actually didn't learn about these rules until I played Puerto Rico with my board gaming group and they told me about them. When we play games on BGA, we are assuming that BGA's implementation is accurate. Players shouldn't have to auto-regulate themselves - the least BGA can do is add an option to turn this rule on/off. The current implementation causes too much unnecessary confusion.
We've seen the dangers of player auto-regulation already (remember the Can't Stop robot drama? ).
We've seen the dangers of player auto-regulation already (remember the Can't Stop robot drama? ).