Editing Round 9/History (section)

=== Voting periods ===

Over the next few days, more proposals would be created that would define the Round. Klink proposed a system of voting periods (Proposal 🍞 🦆 2, 4 Jan 2021). Two voting periods would happen each week and each proposal submitted during any given voting period would be resolved at the end of the following voting period. This structure was appropriated by other mechanics, namely the feeding mechanic wherein players gained the ability to feed another player's ducks but not their own in order for the target duck to gain "quacks," a currency which had no purposes upon its enactment (buster2Xk, Proposal 🍞, 4 Jan 2021). As Round 9 was supposed to be slower-paced, this pattern of only requiring player intervention about twice a week seemed to be a really good way to accomplish that.

{{Proposal Box
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Amend rule  "Proposals" by replacing the section reading:
:The voting period for proposals is 24 hours.
with the following:
:Each week is broken into two periods:<br>
:Period One: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday<br>
:Period Two: Thursday, Friday, Saturday<br>

The voting period for all proposals made in Period One is Period Two. The voting period for all proposals made in Period Two is the next weeks Period one.
}}

{{Proposal Box
| name=🍞
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Enact a rule "Feeding":
:Once per voting period, a player may feed another player's duck by announcing which duck they wish to feed in #game-actions. The duck being fed gains 1d6 Quacks. If a duck is ever to change possession, its Quacks transfer with it, remaining in possession of the duck.
}}

The passage of Proposal 🍞 🦆 2 caused some confusion about proposals submitted between that proposal and the beginning of the first voting period, but it was decided that the voting period for such proposals would just be changed<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/795996047809839115</ref>. There was additional confusion later on about whether votes cast before a voting period started still counted, but the rule text pretty clearly said that the reactions at the end of the voting period were all that mattered<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/796116526977515572</ref>. Furthermore, proposals on Sundays never got voting periods<ref>https://discord.com/channels/515560801394753537/518856008605499402/796117176339529769</ref>. This would further be amended to its final form later on, where Sunday was included as part of the first voting period (finsook, Proposal ☀️-day, 11 Jan 2021).