Editing Round 9/History (section)

== Initial Ruleset Selection (Before 3 Jan 2021) ==

The story of Round 9 starts as 2020 came to a close. [[Round 8B]] having finished at the beginning of December 2020, we had had a few weeks of interim time during which we discussed our vision for the next round when on 26 December, [[User:Wotton|Wotton]] proposed a short ruleset based on Round 8's with some notable elisions so it would not be tooled to any specific starting game<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/792420713738928148</ref>.

Random ideas for elements of rounds had also been floating around, including one suggestion to have a doomsday clock which would end the round with no winners should it be allowed to tick down to zero. Several players had also noticed that burnout in prior rounds was high. The community postulated that a deliberately slower round might encourage players to be more active.

With no other suggestions for an initial ruleset and at least a halfhearted "sure, why not" from the most active players, the game began on 3 January 2021 with [[Round 9/Initial Ruleset|Wotton's Initial Ruleset]] and a vague plan to add a doomsday clock and some other mechanics later on<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/687047874483060755/795369071842557972</ref>.