@King -
Of course the rulebook doesn't mention points. The rulebook also doesn't mention variants, changed victory conditions, different length deadlines, pauses, extends, or a myriad of other features we have on vDip. Hell, even playing the game online isn't in the rulebook! No one is arguing that.
That said, while obviously the rulebook doesn't directly mention things, as technology and the game evolve, we can infer certain things via a logical deduction to assess similarities in our new ways versus the original rule book written decades ago.
For example, while points aren't mentioned in the rulebook, it's pretty easy to see how there can be a parallel with the original rules. Imagine every game has a grand total pot of 1 point. When the rules say:
"As soon as one Great Power controls 18 supply centers, it is considered to have gained control of Europe. The player representing that Great Power is the winner."
We can logically deduce that if someone is the winner, everyone else loses, and therefore the pot of 1 point goes to the winner. This point seems to be agreed to by most people in this thread who either support the current WTA model, or who support nopun's proposed changes to PPSC that gives the solo-er all the points.
Similarly, when the rules say:
"However, players can end the game by agreement before a winner is determined. In this case, all players who still have pieces on the board share equally in a draw."
We can look at the key words there *share equally* and deduce that the rules as written would split the 1 point pot between all surviving players if they had the notion of points.
So yes, while points aren't mentioned directly, it's easy to see a parallel between how the rules are written and how points would fit into the original writing of the rules, hence my suggestion that we call it "Rulebook scoring" since it parallels the original intent of the rules.
In the end, it's all semantics, since "Rulebook scoring" and "DSS" would do the exact same thing, I just think "rulebook scoring" is a bit more intuitive that Draw-Sized-Scoring. Personally, I'd prefer no points, and all we have are win-draw-loss records, but I know that's not going to happen site-wide.